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A side of by far the rarest Vaughn Meader/JFK record. 200,000 copies were reportedly pressed and scheduled for shipping on Nov 25, 1963. Only five or six are known to exist. #JFK #vaughnmeader #thefirstfamily #thenightbeforechristmas
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B side. Caroline on a side voiced by Norma Macmillan aka Sweet Polly Purebred; St Nick here by Joseph Silver.
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Drac didn’t bring his son to Fremont NH but they still had some fun in the burg #theshaggs #shaggs
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In which I discuss The Silent Treatment (1968, wr/dir Ralph Andrews), the only all-silent feature made in H’wood between City Lights & Silent Movie, with cast ranging from Jerry Lewis to Aldo Ray, kept at UCLA Film cc @BenMank77 facebook.com/share/19qAx3Snp…
Aug 30, 1978: Hanna-Barbera takes its shot at a variety show, starring impressionist Fred Travalena and his animated sidekick voiced by Kathie Lee Johnson (later to be Gifford) #fredtravalena #kathielee #HannaBarbera youtu.be/z7U_Pzaa8AE?is=qBFF…
From @SarahKernochan who made the Oscar winning documentary about him comes word that Marjoe (Gortner) has left the building. Here he is with Louisville’s Own the late great Milton Metz #marjoe #marjoegortner youtu.be/e2b_RoI2VxI?is=ZWV9…
…3rd podcast hosted by @JohnHinckley20 with guest @emmyB00M … wonder when he’ll get around to talking with @BrooksAndDunn or @HANK_III … #johnhinckley #johnhinckleyjr #emmyboom youtu.be/dj1KWJ8s-vM?is=R0bA…
Calvin Lockhart borrows 300k from mobster Richard Lynch via Charles McGregor (Superfly’s Freddie) to make movie & when it’s time to pay up sleeps with Joan Blondell for loan. Plus Raymond St Jacques & Marlene Clark. Directed by Superfly’s screenwriter: youtu.be/kT_ZbuMKQTw?is=Bz-L…
Many of you have watched Hunter S Thompson’s 1967 appearance on To Tell The Truth a million times. For a change of pace here’s Diggers leader Emmett Grogan’s appearance on that show in 1972: #diggers #emmettgrogan #ringolevio #totellthetruth youtu.be/uPE7cnUey4E?is=pq9F…
… @BenMullin ‘s article in @nytimes on the end of the print edition of @SatEvePost buried the lede a bit…
Little remembered precursor to US TW3, ABC’s Comedy News, SNL’s Weekend Update et al. Produced by Clay Felker & @KatrinaNation ‘s mom. W/Peter Cook, John Bird, Jonathan Miller, Pat McCormick, Barbara Harris & a couple of Second City guys Audio only youtu.be/7g4SMPVvQ9M?is=PJSm…
….Publishing historian Dan Sinykin ranks the greatest short story writers of all time…debuting post 1980…and debuting post 2000. The first of the three lists is decidedly eccentric. I’ve read almost none of the writers on second and third lists. sinykin.substack.com/p/the-g…
…,@showbiz411 ‘s Roger Friedman on the never ending debate of the last four decades: can @Madonna act? #madonna showbiz411.com/2026/08/20/ma…
“Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all.” This pic exemplifies Breton’s words. Monti Rock III as hippie cult leader; Murray Roman as biker; Edward Everett Horton & Terry-Thomas as cultural ambassadors; all clad by Rudi Gernreich
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