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Time To Update Your Sound System?
Just see Manny down at Sounds Unlimited...
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Our Forgotten Cartoon-Americans!
If you were a Baby Boomer who got up at the crack of dawn on Saturday mornings, poured yourself a big bowl of Sugar Smacks and plopped yourself down in front of the family TV,…
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As Seen on TV: Silly Putty
Is there a Baby Boomer who did not own at least one egg of Silly Putty at some point in their childhood? Much more than a fad, the stuff still sells over six million eggs…
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Those Kids & Their Crazy Dances
The Origin of the Jitterbug Like a great deal of American popular culture of the 20th Century, the jitterbug has its origins in black culture. While the dance is quite frequently associated with the early…
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Up for a Hot Dog Steam-Cooked in Beer?
Alas, Lum’s Restaurants, purveyors of those beer-steamed dogs are no more. A shame,too. At their peak they had 450 stores across America and threw off enough cash that the corporate owners were able to purchase…
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Back When Everything Really Was Archie
The True and (Mostly) Untold Story of America’s #1 Teenager In the days before cable TV, DVDs, and video games, no summer vacation was complete without at least one afternoon (and probably many more) spent…