Female Singers with One Name The trend didn’t start with Cher but she certainly popularized the artifice of using a mononym for a stage name. It seems to be increasingly popular today. It seems they are intent on establishing not only careers but brand names too. Dagmar Cher Madonna Adele Bjork Beyonce Lorde Pink […]
Favorite Sit-Coms The Situation Comedy are probably the most popular (and profitable) genre on in the annals of television programming. There have been many good ones but far more stinkers. Here are my personal 50 favorites in no particular order. The Honeymooners I Love Lucy Make Room for Daddy My Favorite Martian The Donna Reed […]
Famous Sidekicks Featured talent is commonly contrasted with goofy sidekicks. There are hundreds of them but these are a few of my favorites. Fred and Ethel Mertz to Ricky and Lucy Ricado Ed Norton to Ralph Kramden Barney Fife to Andy Taylor Skipper to Gilligan Ed McMahon to Johnny Carson George Costanza to Jerry Seinfeld […]
Famous Cartoon Characters There are a ton of cartoon characters we know and love, far too many for me to consider creating an exhaustive list here. But I’m giving it a try eventhough I know it is woefully incomplete and far from up to date. Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble and their families Bugs Bunny […]
European Film Beauties Hollywood attracts thousands of beautiful women, all hopeful of becoming stars. In the Golden Age beauty was combined with talent of remarkable depth. But the exotic is always alluring and thus from across the Atlantic came a bevy of beauties to compliment the American breed. In many instances, they over took them […]
Clothing Designer Labels There seem to be a million and one clothing designer label band names. Here are the ones I have come across and thought enough of to note here: Polo/Ralph Lauren Giorgio Armani Yves St. Laurent Laura Ashley Burberry Chanel Hermes Michael Kors Liz Clayborne Gucci Diane von Furstenberg MaxMara Valentino Dolce & […]
Dance Crazes It’s not a new phenomenon that dance crazes pop-up ever few years. They sweep the nation and overwhelm people’s desire to shake their booties. Here are once I can tick off on my fingers. The Waltz (1900’s) The Tango and Ballin’ the Jack (1910’s) The Charleston, The Jitterbug and The Lindy Hop(1920’s) The […]
Cowboy Actors The movie Western is an unlikely franchise, largely because of the difficulty of wrangling all those horses. But since the Silent Era it has been popular because of the Good Guy/Bad Guy dynamic. For better or worse numerous actors became typecast as Western archetypes. Others transcended it with diverse career roles. Here are […]
Commonly Conjoined Words The following conjunctions are so common they almost become a single word and thought. I started collecting them when I realized how popular but neglected they are. This is a list that is bound to grow. In(s) and out(s) Up(s) and down(s) High(s) and low(s) Aches and pains Give and take Rack […]
Stupid TV Characters Did you ever notice that TV sit-coms always, always have at least one character who is clueless. And that’s always supposed to mean automatic laughs. Sad thing is that it usually works. Here are just a few because I am not a big sit-com watcher, especially if it has laugh-tracks. I hate […]