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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Doodyville Babylon?
The Life & Times of Howdy Doody – Part 4 The puppets on The Howdy Doody Show were fairly easy to control. The flesh and blood actors, not so much. And it was a group…
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He Had the World on a String!
The Life & Times of Howdy Doody – Part 3 We all remember that we spent our afternoons, and later, our Saturday mornings in the 50’s with Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody, but how much…
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The Original “Must-See TV" – Every Afternoon
The Life & Times of Howdy Doody – Part 2 It wasn’t all smiles and squirting seltzer bottles. There were plenty of show biz squabbles behind the scenes of The Howdy Doody Show. And the…
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The Baby Boom’s First Superstar
To this day, walk up to any Baby Boomer and exclaim, “Say kids, what time is it?” Odds are tremendous that Boomer will reply (and loudly, too): “It’s Howdy Doody time!” No doubt as a…
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The TV That Time Forgot: Mr. & Mrs. North
Pam and Jerry North were a very happily married couple who kept tripping over dead bodies. Jerry was a publisher of mystery novels (natch) and his slightly off-kilter wife was usually the one who solved…
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8 Things You May Not Know About "A Christmas Story"
Is there anyone in the U.S. – heck – is there anyone on the world that hasn’t seen the holiday comedy A Christmas Story at least once? Based on the essays of noted humorist Jean…