Even the biggest of American pop stars were nerdy teenagers at one time and had to pose for yearbook photos.
And so this is what Madonna looked like in her pre-Material Girl days.
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The BOO Tube
Local TV Horror Hosts – most of us had ‘em. In New York and northern Jersey, it was Zacherley (aka John Zacherle). In L.A., it was Vampira. Milwaukee had Dr. Cadaverino and Tampa had Dr.…
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Where Are They Now? The Mousketeers Part 2
Mousketeer Roll Call: Karen Pendleton While some of us watched The Mickey Mouse Club and focused on Annette, many of us who were a little younger paid attention to the youngest Mousketeers, Karen & Cubbie.…
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About To Tell the Truth
We all remember To Tell the Truth. It ran once a week on CBS’s prime-time schedule from 1956 to 1967. A 5-day-a-week daytime version was added in 1962 and ran until 1968. Each episode started…
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The TV That Time Forgot: Sugarfoot
In the early days of TV, most major Hollywood studios saw it as “the enemy,” the force that was driving down attendance at movie theaters. In those days, only Universal (which frankly could use the…
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The Parent Trap (1961)
Is there a Baby Boomer male who didn’t have a crush on Hayley Mills back in the early 60’s? If there was, he probably never saw her in her magnum opus, The Parent Trap. The…
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The Top 10 TV Shows for Baby Boomers
by Allen B. Ury There are two kinds of TV series. I'm not talking about "drama" vs. "comedy." Or "prestige" vs. "popular." Or even "good" vs. "crap." I'm talking about "Teflon" vs. "sticky." Teflon series…