The Classic/Retro Pop Culture Thread

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  1. The Old Mixer

    The Old Mixer Mih ssim, mih ssim, nam, daed si Xim. Moderator

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    A couple of things I remember reading about High Noon when I checked the movie out a couple of years back...in its time, it was criticized for being "un-American"; and it was a favorite of Bill Clinton, who screened it in the White House theater multiple times.

    An enjoyable piece of proto-R&R.

    Don't make us disavow you...



    Still hung up on the guy in the cardboard robot suit with a funnel for a nose?

    A fun fact that I ran across while skimming its Wiki page:
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    On the topic of potential comic book references in vintage songs...the following line in "Randy Scouse Git" from Headquarters came to my attention:

    The being known as Wonder Girl is speaking, I believe

    A deliberate reference? Would we have a hardcore, dyed-in-the-wool Monkees fan in the house who might be able to shed some light on this?

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    When "Mary Had a Little Lamb" charted a couple weeks back, it escaped my attention that it was listed as a double A-side with the following track:

    "Little Woman Love," Wings
     
  2. DarrenTR1970

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    Well, since you asked. I checked my Monkees Complete Recording Sessions book and in it, Micky says it's a reference to his future wife Samantha Juste (presenter on BBC's "Top of the Pops" and mother of actress Ami Dolenz), whom he was dating at the time.

    The two met when Micky and Mike flew to England to promote the single "I'm A Believer" which had just reached number one on the British charts.

    In Harry Nilsson's biography, she recalls that it was Micky's hard partying with Harry that led to the subsequent disillusion of their marriage.

    In the documentary, Mickey is interviewed and he recalled a time Harry showed up at Micky's doorstep, the two went out partying and Mickey got so blackout drunk, he woke up a week later in a hotel room in a different state, not knowing how he got there. That's when he realized it was time to get off the "Harry Train".
     
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    This was the music my mother and her friends partied to. My sister and my brother and I would laugh our heads off watching them dance.It wasn’t until years later that I gained an appreciation for jump blurs. Not only was this music a precursor to rock n roll, it also eventually gave rise to doo wop , r&b and soul, which led to the first “boy band” era in the early 60’s.

    There is a pretty good movie that came out about 10 years ago called “Cadillac Records” which chronicles the rise and fall of Chicago’s legendary blues house, Chess Records ,
    which was home to great blues artists, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolfe, Chuck Berry, and more. I do recommend


    I loved this show so much as a kid. If played as a straightforward adventure/drama. I was expecting the same from Batman ‘66. But alas, what a disappointment.
     
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    What's the source for that info? According to this linked article, the world's first automatic landing of an airliner on a scheduled commercial flight took place two years earlier, in 1965. The aircraft was a three-engined Hawker Siddeley Trident owned by British European Airways (BEA), flying from Le Bourget airport (Paris) to Heathrow (London).

    In any case, the Boeing 727 is also a tri-jet.
     
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    You weren't there, man. You don't know what it was like!

    Well, it's better than "Mary Had A Little Lamb." :rommie:
     
  6. The Old Mixer

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    The question then would be, was the nickname based on the comic character, or independently derived?

    I find that Batman views better for me as an adult, as it has that tongue-in-cheek humor; whereas Superman is generally weakly written.

    July 1967 - Wikipedia
    July 1967 - Wikipedia

    A fluffy, relatively indistinct little ditty, but reportedly some stations preferred to play it over the other side.
     
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    Wikipedia isn't always the most reliable source of information. At the very least, we know a 727 doesn't have four engines!
     
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    The Green Hornet TV series was good as a more straightforward masked hero show without the wink-wink absurdity of Batman '66. Unfortunately, I think the Green Hornet is still not officially available on a modern home video format due to complicated issues of licensing and distribution rights or whatever.

    Kor
     
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  9. The Old Mixer

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    It's where I've always quoted the news items from...can't promise they'll be accurate. :shrug:
     
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    Living here in Boeing country I can assure you that the 727 has three engines. The very first 727 is on display at the Boeing Museum of Flight. I've been onboard it. It's the only tri-engine plane that Boeing built, the rest being either two or four engines.
     
  11. The Old Mixer

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    Really Big Anniversary Viewing

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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    Season 18, episode 40
    Originally aired June 26, 1966
    Season finale

    Performances listed on Metacritic:
    • Jerry Vale (singer) - "The Song Is You" & "It's Magic" medley
    • Birgit Nilsson (Metropolitan Opera soprano) - "Pace, Pace, Mio Dio" (from Verdi's "La Forze del Destino")
    • The Swinging Lads (two singers and four musicians) - perform "Sermonette"
    • Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team) - reporter interviews a man who spent 24 years inside a whale
    • Nancy Walker, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Julia Meade - do a delicatessen sketch
    [This was also listed as being in an episode we already covered, but it looks like the clip is no longer available.]​
    • London Lee (comedian)
    • The Arirang Ballet (Korean dance and instrumental group)
    • Joyce Cuoco (12-year-old ballerina) - performs a solo dance
    • The Yong Brothers (balancing act)
    • The Berosini Chimps (animal act)

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    Kind of weak for a season finale. More like running out of steam than a big finish.

    I'm sure that was good.


    That was great. It still seems like it's the only actual skit they ever did.

    Probably entertaining, but you'd think they'd have some bigger names scheduled for the finale. Their best item was a re-run from a previous episode.
     
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    Linus is often overlooked as one of the most important sidekick characters (let's face it, he was as much a sidekick as a best friend to Brown) in comic strip history.


    Sheesh...the Tired Uncle of Steel.
     
  14. The Old Mixer

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    Like most shows of the era, I'm sure that didn't have proper finales in mind...they were just fading into the summer reruns.

    George Reeves kept the Man of Steel healthy during the transition between the Golden and Silver Ages, when the superhero was an endangered species.
     
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    For me George Reeves has always been Superman of Earth-2 and Christopher Reeve the Superman of Earth-1. Both brought their own dignity and interpretation to the role.
     
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    It came to my attention today that "The Times They Are a-Changin'" is a waltz...I wonder if anyone ever danced to it...
     
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    He was often a mentor character, I think.

    No, that's me.

    True, they cared more about premieres in those days.

    Probably many, but they weren't necessarily waltzing. :rommie:
     
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    At times, he would seem to be wise beyond his years, but he was more of a follower to Brown.
     
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    The Old Mixer Mih ssim, mih ssim, nam, daed si Xim. Moderator

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    Rule 1 of Charlie Brown: Nobody refers to him as just "Charlie" or "Brown". He is, however, sometimes referred to as "Chuck".
     
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    That blockhead!
     
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