During its first season on CBS, Gunsmoke wasn’t in the top thirty in the television ratings. It was during the series second year that that the show caught on, eventually becoming the year’s seventh most popular...
Read MoreBased on the Neil Simon Play and the 1968 hit film, in 1970 Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson developed The Odd Couple into a successful television series. Tony Randall plays the proper, fastidious photographer Felix Unger and...
Read MoreHawaii Five-O which ran from 1968-1980 on CBS remains one of the most popular police dramas in television history. Jack Lord’s steely portrayal of Five-O’s man in charge, Steve McGarrett, makes the show worth...
Read MoreFrom the time of her first album back in 1992, Mary J. Blige digs into the deepest corners of personal emotion on every song. She takes listeners through her struggles with addiction, depression and finding love. Now, happily...
Read MoreRivers Cuomo comes across like the ultimate music nerd. Since his band Weezer garnered mainstream success back in 1994 with their self titled debut, Cuomo has seemed uncomfortable with the notoriety. While many musicians would...
Read MoreArmed with a five octave voice, Mariah Carey burst on to the music scene in 1990 with her self titled album. At that time, she became the first singer to have her first five singles reach #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts....
Read MoreMovie trailers can make or break a film. Trailers are the marketing tool that can make an audience rush out to see a film or forget about it instantly. A great trailer can give birth to a tagline or catch phrase that becomes...
Read MoreI have to admit that having watched the first few minutes of Rob & Big when it debuted on MTV in 2006, I thought, what the heck is this? Watching a 30-something professional skater named Rob Dyrdek and his 400 pound...
Read MoreBrighton, England’s The Pipettes were formed in 2004, by a local promoter named Monster Bobby who wanted to bring the Phil Spector sound back into the 21st century. By early 2005, Monster Bobby had put together a line up of...
Read MoreThe late 1960’s was a tough time in California. In 1969, Charles Manson and his family systematically murdered seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Around that same time, during an eleven month period in 1968-69 an...
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