I’ve been picking through some of the clips from the 50th anniversary SNL show. Yeah, I know they include a Lawrence Welk parody with “three of the four” singing sisters. That was why I posted a pure, perfect hit of the real thing, from after Dee Dee’s return to the show. Nobody disses Dee Dee!
A tip o’ the Dog Rat toupee to Tom Hanks for reprising his unforgettable Black Jeopardy! character.
Paul’s voice is sounding its age, but who would want to not hear Paul?
Here’s something I didn’t catch right away in the promotion for the Fantastic Four movie.
Twin Peaks pushed the limits of network television beyond anything ever seen before. Co-created by David Lynch, who directed a half-dozen episodes, the series’ premise was shocking and it would never have aired if the subject matter hadn’t been presented in the surreal way that it was.
Jules Feiffer started in Will Eisner’s cartooning studio. His essay “The Great Comic Book Heroes” for Playboy in 1965 was well-timed for the Pop Art era. It was expanded into a popular and groundbreaking book.
Feiffer wrote the screenplay for the Mike Nichols movie Carnal Knowledge. Nichols talked Prue’s bestie friend, Cynthia O’Neal, into accepting a role.
A little instrumental ditty by Bert Kaempfert from 1962.
Kaempfert recorded and produced this little instrumental ditty in 1961.
Paul McCartney’s iconic 1961 Höfner bass guitar was pinched over fifty years ago. It has finally been returned to its rightful owner.
Beatles mugs, a Christmas present from my big sister.
When she was here in August to help me during a very tough week of cancer treatment, she was amazed to see this photo that I came across purely by chance online. My sister confirmed that it does indeed show her at the legendary Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in 1965.
