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Of the ’50s and ’60s

Mary Tyler Moore By Lori Acken

hy are classic comedies still so appealing decades after they stopped ﬁlming? Simple: simpler days. Series like The Andy Grifﬁth Show, Leave It to Beaver and Rowan & Martin’s LaughIn take us back to easier times when we could turn on the Magnavox and learn every word of “The Crawdad Song” from Andy, get a laugh and some gentle parenting advice from Ward and June Cleaver, and — if we we’re feeling groovy — frug away in the living room while learning a few kneeslappers from the titular Rowan and Martin and their who’s who of Hollywood guests. Peruse the treasure trove from the golden age of TV sitcoms, and a few trends emerge. There were shows about traditional families, shows about nontraditional families, shows that put the country in the city or the city in the country (or everyone on a deserted isle), and shows that simply let funny men and ladies run loose with other funny men and ladies and (well, mostly) let the whole family laugh along.

TOP 25 COMEDIANS They came from the golden age of television and standup gigs, fromVegas to Hollywood to the comedy albums we played on our record players. In no particular order, here are our faves from the ’50s and ’60s who made us laugh until we cried.

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Fred Allen Lucille Ball Jack Benny Shelley Berman Mel Brooks Lenny Bruce George Carlin Johnny Carson Sid Caesar Imogene Coca Bill Cosby Dick Gregory Bob Hope Jerry Lewis Alan King Don Knotts Dean Martin MaryTyler Moore Bob Newhart Don Rickles Joan Rivers Mort Sahl Allan Sherman Dick Van Dyke Jonathan Winters

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Comedian Gilda Susan Radner was one of the original “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and her parodies of advice specialists (“Rosanne Rosannadanna”) and news anchors (“Baba Wawa”) made her one of the show’s most popular cast members. She met second husband Gene Wilder on the set of the movie Hanky Panky (1982), and they married in 1984. Radner was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1986, passing away in 1989. Gilda Radner: NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

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Don Rickles

RICHARD PRYOR

The actor and comedian, who succumbed to heart failure, had a way of teasing and roasting famous people.Those being teased enjoyed it — though Rickles’ jokes often busted the boundaries of polite and politically correct society. Rickles — often called the “Sultan of Insult” and the “Merchant ofVenom” — made regular appearances on shows like The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Late Show With David Letterman and others. He brought his acerbic wit to these programs, popping out one-liners with his native NewYork accent.

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Richard Pryor is considered one of the greatest and most inﬂuential standup comedians of all time. He began performing in NewYork City nightclubs. He soon became a regular onTV shows ranging from The Ed Sullivan Show to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Later in the ’60s, Pryor began working a rougher style of delivery, lacing his delivery with profanities. His comedy albums took off, and he picked up three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Recording.The comedian died in 2005 at age 65.

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SEPTEMBER 2018

National Comedy Center Features The Classics

Lucy's hometown wanted to enshrine her. She wanted something bigger for comedy. By Barb Oates

In the late 1980s, Lucille Ball had an idea.The beloved comic and savvy businesswoman wanted her hometown of Jamestown, N.Y., to go beyond just focusing on her legacy and, instead, be a national destination for the celebration of comedy as an art form. It took a few decades to fully execute Ball’s broader vision, but the 37,000-square-foot National Comedy Center officially opened its doors during the city’s annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival on Aug. 1, 2018.The Comedy Center is located in NewYork’s southwestern Chautauqua County and is less than two hours from Niagara Falls. “Upon entry to the National Comedy Center, visitors are greeted with an enormous media montage of scenes and arrivals throughout comedy history mixed with today’s comedy headlines,” says Journey Gunderson, the Center’s executive director. “This is about making the past relevant to what’s going on today.” The facility tells the story of comedy in all of its forms — from silent movies to standup, from sketch and improv toTV and film and more. “People are offered the opportunity to experience just how difficult this is, and that it’s not enough to have good writing — you have to actually have good delivery and timing, and you can screw up a joke just by how you deliver something as finite as a syllable.” Some of the comedy inspirations from the ’50s and ’60s represented at the National Comedy Center include …

The Honeymooners

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Traditional Families

I Dream of Jeannie

Nontraditional Families Warmhearted family laughers didn’t always involve beleaguered marrieds. The Andy Grifﬁth Show (196068) featured widowed Sheriff Andy Taylor (Grifﬁth) raising impish little Opie (Ron Howard) with the help of his Aunt Bee and the Mayberry townsfolk, while My Three Sons (1960-72) saw widowed engineer Steven Douglas (Fred MacMurray) raising his boys with granddad Bub O’Casey and later Uncle Charley. And sometimes it was the uncle outright doing the raising. Family Affair (1966-71) featured Brian Keith’s dapper businessman bachelor Bill Davis welcoming his late brother’s orphaned children — teenage Cissy (Kathy Garver) and little twins Buffy and Jody (Anissa Jones, Johnny Whitaker) — from Indiana to his Fifth Avenue high-rise apartment. His partner in child-rearing? His elegant (but not unwilling to braid hair) valet Mr. French, played by Sebastian Cabot. In some sitcom marriages, the ladies of the house didn’t have domestic superpowers — they actually were from another dimension. I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70) starred Barbara Eden as a belly-baring 2,000-year-old genie who falls for Larry Hagman’s Capt. Tony Nelson, the

astronaut who frees her from her bottle and becomes the object of her affection and well-meaning schemes to please her man. NBC execs encouraged the pair’s marriage in the show’s ﬁnal season, much to Eden’s very vocal dismay. Bewitched (1964-72) featured Elizabeth Montgomery as a comely witch of indeterminate age who marries businessman Darrin Stephens (Dick York, replaced by Dick Sargent when York took ill) before letting him in on why her nose twitches signal more than a cold, resulting in family-comedy chaos.

the country. The show centered on the travails of widowed rural hotel owner Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet) dealing with her business while also keeping tabs on her rascally uncle Joe Carson (Edgar Buchanan) and three spirited daughters, redhead Betty Jo, brunette Bobbie Jo and blonde Billie Jo. The latter’s oft-doffed petticoats signal their fondness for skinny-dipping in the local railway’s water tower and also account for the nearby train station’s name. Petticoat’s sister series Green Acres (1965-1971) concerned disenchanted Manhattan lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert), who decides to realize his dream of becoming one with the land and spirits his pampered Hungarian wife Lisa (Eva Gabor) off to a farm in Hooterville. Lisa doesn’t quite cotton to domestic

life but bonds with the new neighbors better than Ollie ever will. Keeping Gilligan’s Island up the ﬁsh-outof-water theme, Gilligan’s Island (1964-67) placed the unlucky participants of an ill-fated three-hour boat tour — skipper Jonas Grumby, his bumbling ﬁrst mate Gilligan, Professor Roy Hinkley, millionaire Thurston Howell III and his wife Lovey, movie star Ginger Grant and perky Kansas farm girl Mary Ann Summers — on a deserted island where no amount of ingenuity or guest stars could return them stateside.

The Andy Grifﬁth Show

City Meets Country...or Vice Versa By the mid ’60s, sitcoms had gone country — sort of — thanks to veteran TV producer Paul Henning. The Beverly Hillbillies (196271) featured poor mountaineer Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen), his domineering mother-in-law “Granny” (Irene Ryan), daughter Elly May (Donna Douglas) and perpetually famished cousin Jethro Bodine (Max Baer Jr.), who head West when Jed shoots at some food and unearths crude (oil) instead, making them millionaires. Though the show garnered “country bumpkin in the city” laughs, the Missouri-born Henning made sure the resourceful, morally centered mountain folk often displayed more sense than their citiﬁed counterparts. A year later, Henning’s Petticoat Junction (1963-1970) turned back to

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Series like The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-66), Father Knows Best (1954-60), Leave It to Beaver (1957-63), The Donna Reed Show (1958-66) and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66) featured proudly traditional gender roles, as the little missus held down the fort (and then some) while her mister trooped off to work. The kids got into gently comic scrapes that let Mom — who often subtly wore the pants in the family — and Dad work respectfully together to set them straight, setting a good example for their progeny and viewers in the process. No kids? Different comic problems! A pair of the 1950s’ most iconic sitcoms won over audiences by portraying childless married New Yorkers just trying to get by. Before Little Ricky came along, I Love Lucy (1951-57) portrayed real-life showbiz marrieds Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as apartment dwellers Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, who, along with their landlord besties Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance), gave comic life to the reality of showbiz dreams in the Big Apple. Likewise, The Honeymooners (195556) paired working-class couples Ralph (series creator Jackie Gleason) and Alice Kramden (Audrey Meadows) and Ed and Trixie Norton (Art Carney and Joyce Randolph), dreaming of fame, or at least fortune, from their own apartment building in Brooklyn. Iconic despite its single-season run, the show garnered both controversy and comedy cult status for Ralph’s afﬁnity for his ﬁst-waving empty threats. “One of these days … POW! Right in the kisser!” and “You’re going to the moon!” he’d warn, though audiences never doubted how he really felt about his girl: “Baby, you’re the greatest.”

While an expansive tribute to what Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz accomplished over their lives and careers with I Love Lucy (1951-57) and Desilu Productions is showcased at their stand-alone museum just a couple of blocks from the National Comedy Center, the Center also pays tribute to these legends. One of the artifacts featured is Lucy’s signature polka dot dress with the tuxedo-shirt front panel and white cuffed short sleeves.

Red Skelton

“Red Skelton was a great comedic technician,” says Laura LaPlaca, the National Comedy Center’s director of archives. “He was an artist and really at the top of his craft during some really instrumental decades that were bridging vaudeville and the rise of electronic media, and he was one of a peer group that included Lucy, who really laid the foundation upon which contemporary pop culture has been built.” Pictured is Red’s “Clem Kadiddlehopper” costume, worn by the country bumpkin character he created.

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By Candice Sullivan & Emma Wathen

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When Dick Gregory ran for president in 1968, what publicity stunt landed him in trouble with the federal government? A. Performing a “ﬁlibuster” standup comedy routine outside the Capitol. B. Releasing a fake “Enemies List” with Nixon’s name on it. C. Printing dollar bills with his face on them. D. Publishing a manifesto that claimed Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone.

In what year did Johnny Carson introduce his character Carnac the Magniﬁcent? A. 1962 B. 1959 C. 1964 D. 1966

Which one of these is not a catchphrase of Ralph Kramden (played by Jackie Gleason) in The Honeymooners? A. “How sweet it is.” B. “One of these days … POW! Right in the kisser!” C. “To the moon, Alice!” D. “Va va va voom!”

’50s & ’60 ’60s Comedians?

How many kids did Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz have in real life? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 This famous comedian played a round of golf with Presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the same time. A. Jack Lemmon B. Bing Crosby C. Lenny Bruce D. Bob Hope Which one of these movies did not star Rock Hudson and Doris Day? A. Send Me No Flowers B. PillowTalk C. Love Me or Leave Me D. Lover Come Back

Which one of these statements is not true about Dean Martin? A. He had a severe case of claustrophobia. B. He was actually Jewish. C. He didn’t speak English until he was 5. D. He was once an amateur boxer.

Which character did vaudeville veteran Jackie “Moms” Mabley inspire? A. Madea from Diary of a Mad Black Woman B. Grandma Klump from The Nutty Professor C. Mama Odie from The Princess and the Frog D. Deloris from Sister Act Which one of these comedians has an “EGOT” (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar andTony Awards)? A. Mel Brooks B. Bing Crosby C. Dick Van Dyke D. Jerry Lewis

This comedy 12. legend

It is estimated 10. that Abbott and

Costello recited the “Who’s on First?” sketch how many times? A. 15,000 times B. 50,000 times C. 7,000 times D. 1,000 times

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What actor was not considered for the role of Jerry, played by Jack Lemmon, in Some Like It Hot? A. Danny Kaye B. Jerry Lewis C. David Niven D. Frank Sinatra

What comedian is known for trademark eyeglasses, nose, mustache and cigar? (Shops now sell glasses with fake noses and mustaches named after the comedian.) A. Art Carney B. Groucho Marx C. Jerry Lewis D. George Burns

discovered AnnMargret and made her part of his act in Las Vegas. A. Lenny Bruce B. George Burns C. Sid Caesar D. Bob Hope

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Jerry Seinfeld called this comedian “the Picasso of our profession.” A. Richard Pryor B. Eric Idle C. John Cleese D. Danny Kaye

This comedian happened to be the ﬁrst male to appear on the cover of Playboy magazine. A. Peter Sellers B. Jack Lemmon C. Woody Allen D. Gene Wilder

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To fulﬁll their contract, theThree Stooges had to use a “Fake Shemp.” Why? A. Shemp died from a heart attack. B. Shemp got in an argument with Larry and Moe. C. Shemp refused to work under the contract expectations. D. Shemp was kidnapped and held for ransom.

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This comedian attributed his longevity to a vegetarian diet and abstention from alcohol. A. Walter Matthau B. George Burns C. Johnny Carson D. Milton Berle

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Jerry Lewis was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for doing what? A. Making people laugh. B. Supporting the civil rights movement. C. Raising money to ﬁght muscular dystrophy. D. Directing ﬁlms for UNICEF. How many times did Joan Rivers appear on The Ed Sullivan Show? A. 7 B. 17 C. 21 D. 27

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Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball were very close friends.What did Lucille do for Carol that good friends do for each other? A. She stood up in Carol’s wedding. B. She lent Carol money. C. She threw Carol a baby shower. D. She was the godmother of Carol’s daughter.

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Catching Up With ... Carol Burnett By Lori Acken

Fifty years ago, a young Texas-born, Hollywood-reared actress stepped into CBS Television City’s Stage 33, chatted up her live audience, performed silly songs and sidesplitting skits, tugged her left ear and made history. The woman was 34-year-old Carol Burnett, a wellliked stage and TV actress who honed her knack for physical comedy as a regular on The Garry Moore Show and parlayed it into a variety show of her own. Surrounded by a crack ensemble of laugh-getters — pretty newcomer Vicki Lawrence, comedy veteran Harvey Korman and movie-star handsome Lyle Waggoner, plus frequent guest star Tim Conway — Burnett made The Carol Burnett Show must-watch, feel-good TV that earned the weekly series 25 Emmy Awards in 11 seasons. Fifty years later, the show lives on in reruns (titled Carol Burnett and Friends) and DVD box sets, a testament to its timeless good humor and good humor’s timeless appeal. I still watch the show in reruns because comedy now can feel so meanspirited. Do you hear that often? Carol Burnett: Well, somebody asked, “How come it’s lasted so long in all these different incarnations, with YouTube and the DVDs that Time Life is putting out?” and my answer is “Funny is funny.” I dare anybody to look at the dentist sketch with Harvey and Tim and

not double over with laughter, and it’s 45 years old! What happened — and it wasn’t on purpose — is we were never topical. So, what was funny then is holding up now, as opposed to being topical to what’s happening in the world today. … Our goal [was] to make people laugh and forget their troubles for an hour. How quickly did you know this cast was something special? Well, I have to say, I never thought we were anything particularly special. [Laughs] I thought we were good, but I guess when I realized we were doing something right was when we got picked up for another season. After the 11th season, they wanted us for a 12th, but I felt that we had just done everything and it was time to move on, so, I pulled the plug on it. I guess it’s because I wanted to go out before CBS ﬂicked the lights on and off and said, “Leave.” [Laughs] You had your work cut out for you with Mrs. Wiggins, having to hold your own against Tim Conway while doing and saying so little. Well, with Mrs. Wiggins, I’ve often said the IQ fairy never visited her. So, Tim was always trying to crack me up with a line that he hadn’t had in rehearsal, and I realized that I can’t laugh as Mrs. Wiggins, because she’s so stupid and people who are that dumb don’t

have a sense of humor. So, he would throw these lines out, and sometimes you would see me putting my little finger in my mouth where it looks like I’m biting my fingernail? I was really biting my finger to keep from laughing. He was a devil. Any other favorite characters? I loved doing Eunice. She just spoke to me. I loved doing Nora Desmond and all the movie takeoffs because I was raised in the ’40s and early ’50s going to movies with my grandmother. I loved doing Stella Toddler because it was like a cartoon with the physical comedy. I got beat up all the time doing this poor old lady, but I loved doing physical comedy, so I enjoyed doing her. Fans of the show love the times when you cracked each other up. Was that part of the fun, knowing you were as susceptible to each other’s talent as we were? We didn’t break up as often as people think; it’s just that they remember it so much! I averaged out how much we broke up, and it comes to 7 percent of the time. … Usually it was Conway that caused it. Were the Q&A segments as fun to do as they looked? Well, I didn’t want any plants in the audience. I didn’t want any planned

questions. So, I just said, “If I’ve got egg on my face, that’s what the audience is going to see.” After a while, I just loved doing it. Sometimes we would have people in the audience come up and do stuff on the stage … … the Bea Arthur lookalike. I got a letter a few months ago from someone who knew her! She died recently at age 100, and they played that clip at her memorial. People said that that had to be a plant, but it wasn’t. I’d never seen her before in my life. We just happened to know the same song!

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On The Tube

TOUGH GUYS, BAD GIRLS 42 Star of 1987-debuting crime series Wiseguy: 2 wds. 45 Image filename extension 46 Criminal’s curriculum vitae: 2 wds. 48 Apartment building manager, commonly 51 ‘Serpent’ suffix 52 Mail 53 Ivan was a Terrible one in Russia 54 Vampires shy away from the what? 55 Victor Hugo book, __ Miserables 56 Black Sabbath rocker Mr. Osbourne DOWN 1 Scrooge’s cranky utterance 2 Org. for dockworkers 3 Movie for Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Diamonds Are __ (1971) 4 __ fatale 5 When doubled, it’s a cheerleading prop 6 Mean Streets (1973) star Harvey 7 Lillian of 1955 film noir The Night of the Hunter 8 Crack the case, with It 9 Their soles leave hints for detectives 10 Australian birds

13 Nero’s 52 17 Show shows like Baretta again, for example 19 Live Free __ __ Hard (2007) starring Bruce Willis 21 190 to Caligula 22 River to the Volga 23 Cat’s cry! 27 Lima’s country 28 Possessed, archaically 30 Partakes in a Western movie showdown 32 Police, in classic mobster ﬁlms: 2 wds. 33 Villainous computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 34 N. America-Eng. separator 36 Ms. Dahl of Wicked as They Come (1956) 38 Mr. Reeves of the Matrix movies 39 How some might be cracking this puzzle: 2 wds. 41 Law & Order actor Jeremy 42 Mr. Kristofferson of Vigilante Force (1976) 43 Hesitant sounds 44 Scoundrel 47 Quarterback’s feats, for short 49 La __ (City of Bolivia) 50 Sufﬁx to ‘Trick’ (Schemer’s skill)

ACROSS 1 Ronny & the Daytonas car tune 4 British streetcar 8 “Dead __ Curve” by Jan & Dean 12 Car labor org. since 1935 13 “__, you can drive my car and maybe I’ll love you.” – the Beatles 14 “_ __ drive now!” (Licensegetter’s exclamation) 15 Nero’s 1011 16 Chemical sufﬁxes 17 Yea-sayer on the boat 18 GMC __ (Pickup truck on the action/adventure series at #36-Down) 20 Hebrides cap 22 Q. “Is ‘The Cover of Rolling Stone’ _ __. Hook song?” A. “Indeed.” 23 Greg of trucker TV comedy BJ and the Bear 27 The __ of Hazzard 30 Car 54, Where __ You? (Early-’60s police sitcom) 31 __-Aztecan languages 32 Christian denomination, for short 33 Use the pan 34 Crime-ﬁghting chauffeur on The Green Hornet 35 Summer hrs. in Washington, D.C. 36 1974: “__ It Ride” by Bachman-Turner Overdrive 37 Detroit, The __ City

CARS & STARS 38 Mid-’60s Jerry Van Dyke sci-ﬁ sitcom, My __ the Car 40 The ‘S’ of RSVP 41 Atop, to a poet 42 “__ Claire”: The B-52’s song with faster-than-the-speedof-light Plymouth Satellite 46 Ford __ Torino, red/white striped transport on Starsky & Hutch 49 Mr. Arkin 51 __-friendly, like a hybrid car 52 Without proof of personhood, such as a driver’s license, e.g., __ _ _ 53 Scarce 54 Flight monitor acronym 55 Meter Maid in the Beatles tune 56 Old road of Rome 57 Scooby-__ (Woof!) DOWN 1 Trident and Dentyne, and others 2 Jeff Conaway sitcom 3 Cute-style “Ouch!” 4 The star at #2-Down, and his fellow car-loving gang members in Grease (1978) 5 “__ Love”: 1973 hit car song by Dutch band Golden Earring 6 Mr. Vigoda of Cannonball Run II (1984) 7 The __ Machine (Sleuthing van for Daphne, Shaggy, Fred, Velma … and #57-Across, too!)

8 Flashy cars ‘80s series, __ Vice 9 ‘Fall’ suffix (Misbelief) 10 No, in Scotland 11 Junior’s abbreviated opposite 19 Arctic explorer John, and family 21 Street variety, for short 24 Central America country, for short 25 Prefix that means ‘Quintillionth’ 26 Koh-i-__ Diamond 27 Judge 28 Hairstyle like a Beehive 29 David Hasselhoff’s car on Knight Rider 30 Museum fare 33 Car for Magnum, P.I. star Tom Selleck on the ’80s hit series, __ 308 GTS 34 Caffeine nut 36 The Fall Guy star Mr. Majors 37 Martin of Route 66 39 “Little __” by the Beach Boys 40 Extra tire 43 1986: “All I __ Is a Miracle” by Mike + the Mechanics 44 __-1, vehicle in Ghostbusters (1984) 45 Fuss-commotion 46 Rock gr. for Axl Rose 47 King: French 48 Little island 50 Global positioning figure, for short

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ACROSS 1 The Dynamic Duo taking on the bad guys sound effect in the opening credits of cult ’60s classic Batman! 5 Mysterious hand-delivered item in a ﬁlm noir, e.g. 8 Compass pt. 11 Moisturizer ingredient 12 Trompe l’__ (Visual illusion) 14 Electrical resistance unit 15 Damage 16 Dick Dale & His Del-Tones guitar instrumental on the soundtrack album for Pulp Fiction (1994) 18 Goth’s rock music style 20 Some of the bad guys 21 Cop-to-cop request when closing in on the bad guy: 2 wds. 24 Bronze Roman money 25 Jaguar model, _ _ _ 26 ‘Oracle’ location in ancient Greece 29 Being a fugitive, literally on the run, is a workout in it, commonly 31 Ms. Kitt who also played Catwoman on Batman 35 WANTED POSTER detail 37 Part of a spy’s disguise 38 Auto company 40 The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) star Jane

ACROSS 1 Theater stage doorman on The Muppet Show 5 U.S.S. Enterprise’s marking, _ _ _-1701 8 Cakes-making-toy, Easy-Bake __ 12 Water, in Barcelona 13 “Hey __ guys!!!” (Start of the theme song for #50-Across) 14 Snoopy’s owner pre- Charlie Brown 15 Mr. Kelley who starred as Dr. McCoy on Star Trek 17 Daily Planet journalist Miss Lane 18 Political title, e.g. 19 Philosophy 20 Pebbles Flintstone’s mother 21 Train stop such as on Brit kids show Thomas & Friends, for short 23 Garﬁeld’s canine friend 25 Ms. Moreno of #50-Across 27 The Munster family’s pet bat 28 __-El (Clark Kent as he was known on the planet Krypton) 31 Blue 1980s animated creatures 33 __ Street 35 Batman-against-villains ﬁght sound! 36 Other 38 “Sit __ __!” — The Fonz 39 Adjudge 40 Carpet alternative

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Classic building toy blocks Galway’s li’l country Apple pie _ __ mode Ornamental obi accessory PBS educational kids show of the 1970s, The __ Company 52 Connected 53 The __ & Stimpy Show 54 Preschool show classic, Romper __ 55 Jumpy 56 Bionic implant on Col. Steve Austin 57 Sound loudness unit DOWN 1 Notes-jotting supplies for Clark Kent and #17-Across 2 S-shaped molding 3 Kids show set on Living Island featuring the famous dragon of the title, H.R. __ 4 City of Brazil, __ Paulo 5 Bill ‘The Science Guy’ …and surnamesakes 6 __ _. Spacely (George Jetson’s boss at Spacely Space Sprockets) 7 Snip 8 Kukla, Fran and __ (Puppets show classic) 9 Bowed orchestra instrument 10 __. round, as per tournaments 11 Maj. Nelson’s employer on I Dream of Jeannie 16 The Adventures of __ Tin Tin

20 Cable 22 Driveway’s topping 24 Medicine amt. for #15-Across 25 1970s record label for the Bee Gees 26 Viewpoint letters in email 27 Classic sitcom theme song bit: “The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert __ / With Gilligan / The Skipper too…” 28 Captain __ (Long-running show starring Bob Keeshan) 29 Friend, to Pepé Le Pew 30 Rent 32 Costs 34 Old French coin 37 Guy __ (Game show host on #33-Across) 39 Howdy __ (Marionette of kids TV) 40 VCR button for shows-taping 41 Radio genre, __ Rock 42 Ms. Bagnold (British author of National Velvet) 43 Oldest brother on The Brady Bunch 45 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Mr. Auberjonois 47 The __, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis fantasy novel of 1950) 48 Wile E. Coyote’s gadgets supplier 50 Previously, in verse 51 26th president’s initialssharers

COMEDY LEGENDS OF THE ‘50S AND ‘60S

ACROSS 1 Ralph Kramden’s job, __ driver 4 __ 54, Where Are You? (Early-’60s comedy) 7 Elvis’ wife’s initials - sharers 10 Sufﬁx to ‘Ideal’ 11 Standup comic Mr. King (b.1927 - d.2004) 13 ‘Plat’ add-ons (Tablelands) 15 Scooby-__ Where Are You! 16 The Dick Van Dyke Show actress, __ Marie 17 Mystique 18 Pace for Mister Ed 20 Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In star, Jo Anne __ 22 Lucy Ricardo’s best friend Mrs. Mertz 24 ‘50s Army sitcom, The __ Silvers Show 25 Place 26 Alum 27 B-to-F link 30 Mr. Reiner of ‘50s comedy series Your Show of Shows 31 Comedy colleague to #44-Down in The Three Stooges, for short 32 Performs 33 Lettered ofﬁce printers 34 Cooped up 35 Gomer Pyle, _._._._. (1964-69 military comedy) 36 Bill 37 Comedienne Ms. Fields who was a frequent guest on The Ed Sullivan Show 38 Standup legend Joan

41 __-majeste (Treason) 42 Barbara of 1965-debuting sitcom I Dream of Jeannie 43 Funny Girl (1968) star Mr. Sharif 45 Workplace for The Professor on Gilligan’s Island, for short 48 Jerry Lewis’ comedy partner Mr. Martin 49 Movie genre, ﬁlm __ 50 First name of the comedy legend of the answer to #27-Down 51 Crafty 52 ‘Brew’ sufﬁx 53 “The 2000 Year __ Man” (Name of Mel Brooks and #30-Across’ famous comedy skit) DOWN 1 Tender 2 Comic legend Bob Hope put on shows for soldiers for this military entertainment gr. 3 The __ Brothers Comedy Hour 4 1967-debuting sketch comedy classic, The __ Burnett Show 5 Frequently: 2 wds. 6 ‘_’ __ in Rickles 7 Comedian on Hee Haw known for her trademark hat with a price tag on it, Minnie __ (b.1912 -d.1996) 8 Mr. Anka (Composer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson theme music — the funny talk show legend has a song-writing credit on it)

9 Certain 12 Acclaimed live comedy album of 1960: The ButtonDown Mind of Bob __ 14 Enunciate 19 1957-1963 sitcom, The __ McCoys 21 ‘Fact’ completer (Trivial bit of information) 22 Apiece 23 Pitfall 24 Candid Camera style of joke 26 As per #1-Across… The Honeymooners star Jackie 27 The Abbott and __ Show (‘50s comedy series) 28 Half, in Paris 29 ‘Conval’ sufﬁx (Recover) 32 Burns & Allen and Stiller & Meara = Comedy __ 34 __ capita 36 The Jack __ Program (Comedy classic of 1950-65) 37 Mr. Gilliam or Mr. Jones of British comedy troupe Monty Python 38 Mr. Buttons or Mr. Skelton of classic comedy 39 Mid-month times 40 Meat department selection 41 Retreat 44 Curly’s funny pal 46 “You’ve Got Mail” ISP 47 First name of ‘Abbott’ as at #27-Down

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1957 1968 1984 1995

In the fall of 1957, the Ford Motor Company launched the Edsel. Sept. 4 was coined “E Day,” and this issue helped introduce the car to America.

Diahann Carroll stars in the NBC sitcom Julia. TV Guide, Dec. 14-20, 1968

Popular Mechanics, September 1957.

Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas ordered his state’s National Guard to bar nine black students from attending a Little Rock high school, in direct opposition to a Supreme Court decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional.

Lew Alcindor continues to lead UCLA to greatness. Sports Illustrated, April 1, 1968

It’s a boy! At the time of his birth, Prince Harry is third in line to the British throne.

The sexiest man in ’95? Brad Pitt, according to People — and women everywhere.

Life, December 1984

People, Jan. 30, 1995

After an unprecedented 37 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, Michael Jackson’s album Thriller is finally cut loose by Footloose.

The O.J. Simpson case was top water cooler talk in 1995 — especially its controversial verdict.

The Electric Company Magazine, November 1984

Time, Feb. 6, 1995

Time, Sept. 23, 1957.

In 1957, Althea Gibson became the first blackWimbledon champion. She also won the U.S. National singles title, as well as the Wimbledon and Australian doubles championships and the U.S. mixed doubles crown that year.

Richard Nixon defeats Hubert Humphrey for the presidency. Life, Nov. 15, 1968

The Supreme Court rules that using video tape recorders does not infringe on copyright. (We can thank Mr. Rogers for that.) Time, Dec. 24, 1984

1995 was the year when Friends’ Ross and Rachel had their infamous first kiss! TV Guide, Sept. 23-29, 1995

Sports Illustrated, Sept. 2, 1957.

The bulk of the inaugural issue focused on Elvis Presley — including his advice on how to enjoy a date and even an advice column with makeup tips. 16, May 1957.

These teenage girls showcase a few of the popular hairstyles. Teen, February 1968

Democratic Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro makes waves as the first female U.S. vice presidential candidate for a major party. Time, June 4, 1984

Michael Jordan came out of retirement and rejoined the Chicago Bulls. Sports Illustrated, March 27, 1995

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TOP News 1951

Feb. 27 ––The The 22nd Amendment, which limits presidents to two elected four-year terms, takes effect when Minnesota becomes the 36th state to ratify it.

COST OF LIVING 1976 $ 1951 Median yearly income (all families) ..............................$3,709 Minimum wage (per hour) ......$0.75 Postage stamp ..........................$0.03 Gas (gallon)...............................$0.23 Bacon (pound) ..........................$0.55 Hamburger (pound) .................$0.65 Milk (quart)................................$0.21 Movie ticket...............................$0.53 Television (17-inch)...................$299.95 Gold (ounce) .............................$34.72

1964

Median yearly income

(all families) ...............................$6,569 Minimum wage (per hour).......$1.25 Median cost of a new home ....$18,900 Postage stamp...........................$0.05 Gas (gallon)................................$0.30 Coca-Cola (2 cans) ....................$0.27 McDonald’s hamburger............$0.15 Chicken (pound) ........................$0.25 Milk (gallon)...............................$0.93 Movie ticket................................$0.93 Gold (ounce) ..............................$35.10

1969

Median yearly income (all families) ...............................$9,433 Minimum wage (per hour).......$1.60 Cost of a new home..................$27,900 ColorTV (18-inch) ......................$288 Polaroid Camera........................$23.68 Postage stamp ..........................$0.06 Gas (gallon)................................$0.35 Movie ticket ...............................$1.42 Oreo cookies (1 lb. package)....$0.51

Median yearly income (all families) ...............................$14,958 Minimum wage (per hour).......$2.30 Median cost of a new home ....$44,200 Postage stamp ..........................$0.13 Gas (gallon)................................$0.61 Eggs (dozen) .............................$0.79 Movie ticket ...............................$2.13 Gold (ounce) ..............................$124.74 College tuition* .........................$2,577

1979

Median yearly income (all families) ...............................$19,587 Minimum wage (per hour).......$2.90 Median cost of a new home ....$62,900 Postage stamp ..........................$0.15 Gas (gallon)................................$0.86 Movie ticket ...............................$2.51 McDonald’s hamburger............$0.38 Campbell’s tomato soup .........$0.10 Gold (1 oz.).................................$307.50 College tuition* .........................$3,167

Everyone loves Lucy!The real-life couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz set the standard forTV sitcoms with I Love Lucy.

Median yearly income (all families) ..............................$26,433 Minimum wage (per hour) ......$3.35 Median cost of a new home....$79,900 Postage stamp ..........................$0.20 Gas (gallon)...............................$1.21 Eggs (dozen) .............................$0.89 McDonald’s hamburger ...........$0.50 Movie ticket...............................$3.36 Gold (ounce) .............................$320.14 College tuition ..........................$5,160* *Average annual cost of tuition, room and board at a four-year institution

Joe DiMaggio retires after winning the 1951 World Series with the NewYork Yankees — just in time to start dating Marilyn Monroe in 1952. The play Gigi turns unknown actress Audrey Hepburn into a household name.

1964

Broadway says hello to Hello, Dolly!The original production would run for 2,844 performances. The British Invasion begins!The Beatles score their ﬁrst Billboard No. 1 single with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” L’chaim, l’chaim! Fiddler on the Roof comes to life on Broadway with the ﬁrst of the original production’s 3,242 performances.

1969

1979

McDonald’s introduces the Happy Meal, which includes a hamburger or cheeseburger, fries, a drink, cookies and — of course — a toy.

Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants becomes the ﬁrst player since Babe Ruth to hit 600 career home runs.

Michael Jackson releases his breakthrough album Off the Wall and earns him his ﬁrst of many Grammy Awards.

Scooby-Doo,The Brady Bunch and Sesame Street all premiere.

The ﬁrst cable sports network, ESPN, is launched.

1976

1984

Punk rockers the Ramones release their ﬁrst album (self-titled).

American athlete Carl Lewis wins four Olympic gold medals in track events.

Rocky is released.The small-budget film is an instant success and goes on to become the highest grossing film of ’76. Nadia Comaneci earns the first of seven perfect 10 scores at the Summer Olympics.

1964 March 14 – A jury sentences Jack Ruby to death for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, President Kennedy’s accused assassin. June 12 – Future South African president Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage against the apartheid government. Oct. 4 – Martin Luther King Jr. wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in the civil rights movement and becomes the youngest person at the time to receive the award.

A rocket accidentally detonates on the USS Enterprise in Pearl Harbor, killing 27 people, injuring over 300 more, and destroying 15 airplanes. Charles Manson’s followers brutally murder eight-month-pregnant Sharon Tate, along with several other people, in Tate’s home. The Eagle has landed! Apollo 11 makes it to the moon, and Neil Armstrong takes his ﬁrst steps on the lunar surface as 500 million people watch live onTV.

1976 Jan. 14 – A mere 28 days after moving in, the Lutz family ﬂees from their Amityville, N.Y., home.This, of course, leads to the famous story of The Amityville Horror.

The Woodstock Festival runs from Aug. 15-18 on a farm in upstate New York. About a half-million people come to watch the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

Apple Computer, Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

Oct. 24 ––Truman Truman ofﬁ ofﬁcially cially ends the war with Germany, six years after the Nazis surrendered.

1969

1984

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March 6 – The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, begins. They would be sentenced to death row one month later.

The famous Wendy’s ad has all of America asking, “Where’s the beef?”

Baby, Prince is a star! His album Purple Rain tops the Billboard 200 chart for 24 consecutive weeks.

Jan. 21 – The ﬁrst commercial Concorde jet ﬂight takes off. July 4 –The United States celebrates its bicentennial. Nov. 2 – Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford in the presidential election.

1979 MargaretThatcher becomes the ﬁrst female prime minister of Britain. An American Airlines DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O’Hare, killing all 271 onboard and two people on the ground. Six-year-old Etan Patz is kidnapped in New York. Later known as “the boy on the milk carton,” his is one of the most famous child abduction cases of all time.

1984 April 23 – Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler announces that researchers have identified identified the virus that causes AIDS. July 17 – Congress passes the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, requiring states to raise the legal drinking age to 21 as a condition of receiving federal highway funds. Aug. 11 – “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever,” President Ronald Reagan quips during a mic check. “We begin bombing in five minutes.”

POLITICS & POPULATION

1951

U.S. president: Harry S.Truman

1964

U.S. president: Lyndon B. Johnson

1969

U.S. President: Richard M. Nixon

1976

U.S. president: Gerald Ford

1979

1984

U.S. vice president: AlbenW. Barkley

U.S. vice president: Ofﬁce vacant

U.S. vice president: Nelson Rockefeller

U.S. vice president: Walter Mondale

U.S. vice president: George H.W. Bush

U.S. population: Approx. 154.9 million

U.S. population: Approx. 191.9 million

U.S. vice president: SpiroT. Agnew (as of Jan. 20)

U.S. population: Approx. 218.0 million

U.S. population: Approx. 225.1 million

U.S. population: Approx. 235.8 million

World population: Approx. 2.6 billion

World population: Approx. 3.3 billion

World population: Approx. 4.1 billion

World population: Approx. 4.37 billion

World population: Approx. 4.8 billion

U.S. population: Approx. 202.7 million World population: Approx. 3.6 billion

U.S. president: James E. Carter Jr.

U.S. president: Ronald Reagan

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POPULAR TOYS: 1969

• G.I. Joe •Telescopes • Betsy Wetsy doll • Wham-O Shrink Machine • Barbie • Lite-Brite

TOP TV 1951

1969

1979

Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS)

Gunsmoke (CBS)

60 Minutes (CBS)

I Love Lucy (CBS)

Mayberry R.F.D. (CBS)

Three’s Company (ABC)

Family Affair (CBS)

Alice (CBS)

Here’s Lucy (CBS)

M*A*S*H (CBS)

Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)

Dallas (CBS)

The Doris Day Show (CBS)

The Jeffersons (CBS)

The Red Skelton Show (NBC) Fireside Theatre (NBC) Your Show of Shows (NBC) The Jack Benny Show (CBS)

1976

1964

Laverne & Shirley (ABC)

POPULAR CARS:

Eight Is Enough (CBS)

Happy Days (ABC)

1984

1969

ABC Monday Night Movie (ABC)

Dynasty (ABC)

M*A*S*H (CBS)

The Cosby Show (NBC)

Charlie’s Angels (ABC)

Family Ties (NBC)

The Fugitive (ABC)

ABC Sunday Night Movie (ABC)

The A-Team (NBC)

The Lucy Show (CBS)

One Day at a Time (CBS)

Bewitched (ABC) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (CBS) The Andy Grifﬁth Show (CBS)

• Atari 400 • Hand-held electronic games • Speak and Spell • Star Wars spaceships and ﬁgurines

The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS)

You Bet Your Life (NBC)

Bonanza (NBC)

1979

• Chevrolet Chevelle • Dodge Charger • Pontiac GTO • Chevrolet Camaro • Plymouth Road Runner

Dallas (CBS)

Simon & Simon (CBS)

1979

Murder, She Wrote (CBS)

• Oldsmobile Cutlass • Pontiac Firebird Trans Am • Mercury Cougar XR-7 • Cadillac Coupe DeVille

1951

BILLBOARD HITS

1976

World Series Champions: NewYorkYankees NFL Champions: Los Angeles Rams NBA Champions: Rochester Royals Stanley Cup Champions: Toronto Maple Leafs

1964

World Series Champions: St. Louis Cardinals Pro Football Champions: Buffalo Bills (AFL) and Cleveland Browns (NFL) NBA Champions: Boston Celtics Stanley Cup Champions: Toronto Maple Leafs

1969 World Series Champions: N.Y. Mets

World Series Champions: Cincinnati Reds

1951

Pro Football Champions: Oakland Raiders (determined in Super Bowl XI, January 1977)

Best Actor – Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen

“TooYoung” – Nat King Cole

1964

Stanley Cup Champions: Montreal Canadiens

“IWant to HoldYour Hand” –The Beatles “She LovesYou” –The Beatles

1979 World Series Champions: Pittsburgh Pirates Pro Football Champions: Pittsburgh Steelers (determined in Super Bowl XIV, January 1980)

“I Can’t Get Next to You” –TheTemptations

NBA Champions: Seattle SuperSonics

1976

Stanley Cup Champions: Montreal Canadiens

“Disco Lady” – JohnnieTaylor

NBA Champions: Boston Celtics

NFL Champions: San Francisco 49ers (determined in Super Bowl XIX, January 1985)

Stanley Cup Champions: Montreal Canadiens

NBA Champions: Boston Celtics

Best Actress – Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins

“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” – Elton John & Kiki Dee

1979

“My Sharona” –The Knack “Bad Girls” – Donna Summer

1984

“When Doves Cry” – Prince

*Awarded 1965 for movies released in 1964

1969

Best Picture – Midnight Cowboy Best Actor – John Wayne – True Grit Best Actress – Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie *Awarded in 1970 for movies released in 1969

“What’s Love Got to Do With It” –TinaTurner

Stanley Cup Champions: Edmonton Oilers

*Awarded 1952 for movies released in 1951

Best Actor – Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady

POPULAR Films

Easy Rider

Taxi Driver

Alien

The Amityville Horror

Best Actor – Peter Finch – Network Best Actress – Faye Dunaway – Network

1979

Best Picture – Kramer vs. Kramer Best Actor – Dustin Hoffman – Kramer vs. Kramer Best Actress – Sally Field – Norma Rae *Awarded in 1980 for movies released in 1979

1984

Best Picture – Amadeus Best Actor – F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus Best Actress – Sally Field – Places in the Heart *Awarded in 1985 for movies released in 1984

True Grit

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1984

1979

Rocky

1976

Mary Poppins

Best Picture – Rocky

N FASHIO

1969

A Hard Day’s Night

A Streetcar Named Desire

Alice in Wonderland

1964

1951

1976

*Awarded in 1977 for movies released in 1976

Best Picture – My Fair Lady

“Sugar, Sugar” – The Archies

World Series Champions: Detroit Tigers

Best Actress – Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire

1964

1969

1984

Pro Football Champions: Kansas City Chiefs (determined in Super Bowl IV, January 1970)

Best Picture – An American in Paris

Because ofYou” – Tony Bennett

NBA Champions: Boston Celtics

1951

Ghostbusters

SPORTS:

OSCAR® * WINNERS

Sixteen Candles

1979

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Olivia NewtonJohn & John Travolta in Grease (1978)

Hollywood’s Best Hot-Weather Romances.

Troy D ona Sandra hue & A Sum Dee in mer Pla (1959) ce

Patrick Swayze y & Jennifer Gre ng ci an in Dirty D (1987)

Dirty Dancing

Mickey Rooney & Gloria DeHaven in Summer Holiday (1948)

“I’m perfectly willing to come to you whenever you want,” a sultry, love-starved Sylvia says to her former teenage love Ken Jorgenson, who is unhappily married to another. “All summer?” he asks. “All summer.” Remember that turbulent lustful summer in 1950s Maine? Midnight meetings in the boathouse, galloping bare-bottomed into the sea, time spent nestled arm in arm on the beach, and the raging fights between mother and daughter, husband and wife. Pine Island was a place where young love transpired and forbidden love was tempted in the heated melodrama A Summer Place (1959). As iconic innocents Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue pitch woo under the disapproving eyes of the older generation, their parents (stars Richard Egan and Dorothy McGuire) rekindle a romance of their own. Summer is the go-to background for flirtations and friends. And, sometimes, love with the proper — or slightly Elizabe improper — stranger. Not surprisingly, th Taylo & Mon r tgome most of Hollywood’s hot-weather ry Clift in A Plac romances revolve around teens or e in the Sun 20-somethings — young people still (1951) alive with possibility (and still able to show off those surfboard-flat tummies). There’s nothing lighter than the ducktailed Grease (1978), with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John rocking out (while real ’50s stars like Edd Byrnes, Sid Caesar and Frankie Avalon drop by for a laugh). And the original, pre-Sally Field Gidget (1959) brings back the busy Sandra Dee as a surf-loving girl who enlists in “the beach generation:” look for Tom “Billy Jack” Laughlin and Yvonne “Batgirl” Craig in early, tiny roles. Gidget is definitely a trip back in the time tunnel — any movie where Cliff Robertson plays a surfer-dude called the Big Kahuna would have to be. But if you want to go back even further, chase down the quaint Summer Holiday (1948), about a Fourth of July celebration. A musical version of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! — yes, he did have his lighter side — it stars the perpetually lively Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven as its young lovers, although most of the scene-stealing is done by those old pros Frank Morgan and Agnes Moorehead. Other summer movies even take on taboos — particularly the age divide — in subtle, sympathetic ways. In the beloved Dirty Dancing (1987), the summer romance between Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze is easy for us to cheer on — even if dad Jerry Orbach never forgets his innocent “Baby” is only 17, and Swayze’s dance instructor is a man in his 20s. And in the wistful Summer of ’42 (1971), Gary Grimes plays Hermie, a 15-year-old virgin who understandably develops a crush on the older Jennifer O’Neill (his love is eventually tenderly requited, too). Of course, finding a summer-love movie about losing your virginity isn’t difficult, if you don’t mind crude teen comedies. Fans of something more genuinely adult, though, can track down Stealing Beauty (1996) with Liv Tyler spending a vacation in sunny Tuscany. A 19-yearold innocent, she’s there to stay with family friends, and maybe have her portrait painted. Things, of course, soon get complicated — but the lessons Tyler learns about love are simple and direct. Or go really dark and tragic with A Place in the Sun (1951) as the never-lovelier Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor fall hard for each other (and poor Shelley Winters meets the sort of fate her movie characters regularly seemed to meet). Even if you aren’t a romantic, you won’t be able to resist chasing love onscreen — often with some pretty backdrops to ramp up the romantic effect. Like the eternally captivating Katharine Hepburn falling — once, quite literally, right into a Venetian canal — for the suave Rossano Brazzi in Summertime (1955). Or the ageless Cary Grant wooing Grace Kelly along the gorgeous French Riviera in To Catch a Thief (1955). Full of flowers and fireworks, leisurely swims and gorgeous clothes, theirs is truly a steamy summer love for the ages — and a memory to warm yourself by once winter comes round again.

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Hollywood’s

TOUGH

GUYS By Eric Kohanik

There have been many tough guys in Hollywood. And, whether they’ve been on big or small screens, their spheres of influence remain huge, ranging from gangster flicks and detective movies to film noir and action/adventures. Here’s a look at 10 of Hollywood’s top tough guys …

Always an intimidating presence, Robert Mitchum had a stare that sent chills down anyone’s spine, both on and off the screen. His aura added a menacing vibe to the world of ﬁlm noir and psychological thrillers. Among his most famous efforts in those genres were his roles as a murderous preacher in The Night of the Hunter (1955) and a psychotic rapist in Cape Fear (1962).

When it came to a largerthan-life screen presence, Charlton Heston had all the ingredients to make it work, not to mention a booming voice that amplified amplified it. His filmography filmography included such classics as The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959) and Planet of the Apes (1968). Even Heston’s stint as Jason Colby onTV’s Dynasty spinoff, The Colbys (198587), showed that his toughguy image wasn’t about to waver.

When it came to sociopathic characters, perhaps the most memorable were portrayed by Jimmy Cagney. Raised in a working-class New York neighborhood, Cagney had been a street ﬁghter ﬁghter in real life before he turned to acting.That acting. That helped him walk the walk and talk the talk convincingly as an onscreen gangster. And, as he demonstrated in 1931’s The Public Enemy, Enemy he knew what to do with a grapefruit as well.

His swagger was one that no one could match. And, as far as onscreen cowboys go, none have come close to the rugged manner of fixture John Wayne. A fi xture in many memorable Westerns, Wayne’s breakthrough role came in director John Ford’s 1939 classic Stagecoach. His toughguy image kept growing films, through other fi lms, including 1962’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,, 1969’s True Grit and his fi final nal effort, 1976’s The Shootist.

“Go ahead, make my day.” Although Clint Eastwood had appeared in dozens of spaghetti Westerns and action/adventure films by the time he made Sudden Impact, those five words from the 1983 film make up one of his most famous lines. The movie was the fourth of five productions in which he played that iconic police inspector known as “Dirty Harry” Callahan. Eastwood’s tough-guy image is still strong and still has that hard edge.

One of the most famous portrayers of movie gangsters in history, Edward G. Robinson always had a look about him that seemed evil and threatening. His roles in such ﬁlms as 1931’s Little Caesar and 1948’s Key Largo ﬁrmly burned that gangster image into moviegoers’ minds. It never faded.

Whether he played a hero or a bad guy, Humphrey Bogart always exuded a gritty toughness, often with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other. One of Hollywood’s original tough guys, Bogie’s image became epochal, with credits ranging from ﬁlm ﬁlm noir pieces like The Maltese Falcon (1941) and The Big Sleep (1946) to such venerable classics as 1942’s Casablanca and Bogart’s Oscar-winning stint in 1951’s The African Queen.

The rugged, weatherbeaten features of his face made Charles Bronson a stereotypical tough guy. Although he had signifi cant significant roles in such Westerns as The Magnifi cent Seven (1960) and Magnificent Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), as well as in war movies like The Great Escape (1963) and The Dirty Dozen (1967), Bronson’s most famous presence came as a vigilante crime-fi ghter crime-fighter in a series of fi ve Death five Wish movies from 1974 to 1994.

Catching Up With ... Ray Liotta By Lori Acken

good. His character, police Lt. Matt “Woz” Wozniak, was a complicated guy. Oscar winner Barry Levinson (Oz, Donnie Brasco) was aboard to executive produce and direct. And pop culture superstar Jennifer Lopez would be making her return to scripted TV — a guaranteed ratings boon. But. “The one thing I didn’t want was to be in ‘the J.Lo show,’” Liotta admits. “That’s nothing against Jennifer at all. It’s just at this stage of my career, I didn’t want to be the guy behind the desk giving orders and everybody goes out and does them and when they come back, I say, ‘Good job, guys!’ I wanted to be active — and that’s exactly what they wanted, too.” Liotta says the medium’s recent focus on cinema-quality series populated with A-list actors, directors and producers made his return to the small screen a no-brainer. “When I started [in this business], if you’re doing a series, that’s it. You’re at the tail end,” he explains. “You’re not gonna be doing movies. It was kind of like the last bastion. Even doing commercials. Now you do a commercial and that’s great! The same thing with these 13-episode

ro rvino, Robert De Ni Joe Pesci, Paul So oodfellas” and Ray Liotta in “G

series. It helps your career — it’s not the graveyard anymore.” Plus, Liotta was intrigued by his Shades of Blue character — a sexually fluid, morally flexible Brooklyn police lieutenant, boss to Lopez’s equally unethical cop Harlee Santos — and what was in store for Woz and his crew. “I had other offers for 13-episode things that didn’t float my boat as much, but there was just something about this,” Liotta says. “I liked the fact that it was on NBC, and I really like the fact that NBC wanted to push the envelope. And we really pushed the envelope.” But not so far that Liotta felt like he’d betray the Big Apple policemen who frequently stop him on the street to tell him they like his work . “I get recognized a lot by cops — especially in New York — and they’ll

ask what I’m doing and I tell them [about Woz],” Liotta says. “They’ll be like, ‘Bravo! That is the way it should be done.’ Especially now. The cops are so disheartened about what they can do and can’t do because the change from [NYC mayor] Bloomberg to de Blasio is extreme. It really has affected cops, and really — no pun intended — handcuffed them in terms of what they can do to get the bad guy. When they heard our story, they’re like, ‘Bravo, man! That’s great. I wish we would be able to do that.’ For Liotta, that’s not just work. It’s personal. “All I know is I got a kid [model/ actress daughter Karsen, 18] and I want her safe and I don’t care what you got to do to make this person safe,” he says.

Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Goodfellas: © Warner Bros.

With his craggy-handsome face, East Coast swagger and a near four-decade career that has taken him from daytime drama to feature-film stardom to his current hit TV show (opposite Jennifer Lopez!), Ray Liotta is a genuine entertainment jack of all trades. But to lots of cinephiles, Liotta, 62, will always be Henry Hill, wiseguy turned FBI informant, in Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning 1990 mobster film Goodfellas. Liotta followed the attentiongrabbing turn with more good notices in Cop Land with Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel, Unlawful Entry with Kurt Russell, and Narc with Jason Patric. Still, he didn’t turn his back on his television roots, playing legendary crooner Frank Sinatra in the Emmy-winning 1998 telefilm The Rat Pack and scoring an Emmy of his own for his guest role as a terminal patient on E.R. Though he concentrated on his film career, Liotta was already contemplating a return to series television a few years back when he got a script for NBC’s gritty cop drama Shades of Blue, which has earned a third season. The veteran movie tough guy was intrigued. The material was

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Who’s That Star? Phyllis Diller

Roy Rogers

By Jeff Pfeiffer

The Beloved Singing Cowboy Led Fans Along Decades Of “HappyTrails.”

Born Leonard Franklin Slye in Cincinnati in 1911, Rogers first found fame in music. After a few years with other groups, he formed the Westernsinging Pioneers Trio in 1933. Eventually, they were given a new name: Sons of the Pioneers. The group became familiar in films that starred the likes of Gene Autry and Leonard Slye himself (who was eventually given the stage name “Roy Rogers” by Republic Pictures). It was on that film that Rogers began forging one of the key personal and professional relationships in his life. He was asked to select a mount to ride in the picture, and Rogers opted for a palomino named Golden Cloud. The horse proved to be so smart and charismatic that Rogers eventually bought the trusty steed and renamed him Trigger. Rogers found himself beginning another iconic relationship when he married Dale Evans in 1947. For most of the 1940s and early ’50s, Rogers ranked as one of the most popular Western stars, and box-office draws in general. His fans also tuned in to The Roy Rogers Show on radio from 1944-55 and followed him to television, with The Roy Rogers Show (1951-57). In the early 1950s, Evans wrote the song “Happy Trails.” It became the theme to Rogers’ radio program, and for the couple’s TV projects, which also included The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show (1962).

By Jeff Pfeiffer

Born Phyllis Ada Driver, Diller had studied piano but until her mid 30s was primarily a housewife and mother to the children she had with ﬁrst husband Sherwood Diller. In 1952, Diller began more widely displaying her talent for making people laugh in local TV segments called Phyllis Dillis, The Homely Friendmaker. Donning a housecoat, she offered humorous “advice” to homemakers. Diller made her standup comedy debut in 1955 at age 37. She was an instant success, and her professional career as one of the ﬁrst famous female comedians was launched. That led to comedy albums, movie and TV appearances, books, and more over the years as she perfected her self-deprecating humor and legendary onstage appearance. Younger generations who may not have seen Diller during her 1960s-’70s heyday of appearing in everything from What’s My Line? and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In to voicing herself on The New Scooby-Doo Movies. Among that later work, Diller recurred as Gladys on The Bold and the Beautiful from 1996-2012; voiced Granny Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius from 2002-04; and voiced Peter’s mom on Family Guy. Diller passed away at age 95.

OliviaNewton-John Clint Eastwood This Singer, Actress And Activist Has Been The OneThatYouWant. By Jeff Pfeiffer

Clinton Eastwood Jr., son of Clinton Sr. and his wife Ruth, was born on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, Calif. A screen test and contract with Universal led to bit parts in B movies while he dug swimming pools to make ends meet. Eastwood’s first real break came in ’59 with the TV series Rawhide, in which he played Rowdy Yates for eight seasons. After starring as the “Man With No Name” in the Sergio Leone trilogy A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the last of which made him an international star, Eastwood formed his own production company and played more laconic cowboys in films such as Hang ’Em High. In 1971, he made his directorial debut in Play Misty for Me and also introduced the world to San Francisco cop “Dirty Harry” Callahan, an iconic character he would reprise in four more films. Through the decades Eastwood’s remarkably varied career has included duds (Pink Cadillac), surprises (The Bridges of Madison County), awards (four Oscars and multiple Golden Globes), occasional forays into politics, pub and golf club ownership, a lifelong love of music and a devotion to transcendental meditation.

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By Lucie M. Winborne

Born in England in 1948, NewtonJohn started on her music career after she won a talent contest in Australia. She released her first album in 1971 and had a string of hit songs in the early ’70s, including “I Honestly Love You” (1974) and “Have You Never Been Mellow” (1975). A few years later, it was the release of Grease that really shot her career into the stratosphere. Not only did she act in the film, but she also lent her voice to several songs that helped Grease become one of the bestselling movie soundtracks of all time. The cover of her 1978 studio album Totally Hot found the singer, not unlike Sandy, dressed in black leather, and in 1980 she costarred with Gene Kelly in the disco fantasy Xanadu. Critics didn’t take to Xanadu, but it remains a cult favorite. The following year, the singer released her most successful studio album, Physical, headlined by the less-thanmellow hit title song accompanied by a somewhat risqué early music video. Some of Newton-John’s most important work over the years has come through activism and advocacy, especially her longtime fight for children’s and animal rights. Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer. She recovered and became an advocate for breast cancer research. Although her cancer had been in remission for years, in May 2017 Newton-John revealed that it had returned and metastasized in her lower back. Despite canceling upcoming concerts to focus on her recovery, she was confident that she would return to the stage — which she has. — Karen Ruud contributed to this article.

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You doubtless know that a placebo is a pill or substance that is given to a patient like a medication but in fact has no physical effect. Most people, however, haven't heard of a nocebo – a similarly harmless substance that might make patients sick because they think it will.

If you're like the average human being, you have approximately 250,000 sweat glands on your feet alone.

Those who study such things say that when you're sleeping a quarter of all your blood is in your liver.

After the outbreak of World War I, American ﬁnancier August Belmost Jr. volunteered for the U.S. Army – at the age of 64. He served in France as a major in the Army Air Service. His wife was so proud that when one of their mares, Mahubah, gave birth to a colt in 1917, she named it in honor of her husband, not realizing that Man 'o War would become one of the greatest racehorses of all time.

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Famed mystery novelist Agatha Christie was originally interested in a career as a concert pianist. Legendary football coach Knute Rockne wanted to be a chemist. Want to visit Brazil, Paris, Denmark, Belfast, Moscow, Rome and Milan, but don't have the means to afford international travel? Just take a road trip to Tennessee, and you'll ﬁnd all those places. Those who keep track of such things say that, across the globe, there are more people who have cellphones than have toilets. A survey from retailer Long Tall Sally found that 40 percent of American women own shoes that they know they can't walk in, but wear them anyway. The average woman claims she can last two hours in painful shoes.

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In 1950, 11 thieves made off with more than $2 million from this location. One of America’s most famous trials ended in a perjury conviction for this alleged spy. President Harry Truman ordered U.S. military forces to aid in the defense of this nation. Long-running comic strip about an Army private, created by Mort Walker. After retiring from making movies, Shirley Temple Black became a what? This 1951 Broadway role made Yul Brynner a star. The George Washington Carver National Monument became the ﬁrst such memorial to do this. Who composed the theme for Peter Gunn?

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This American monument, completed in 1965, is as tall as it is wide. Finish this famous quote from Dr. Strangelove: “Gentlemen, you can’t ﬁght in here! …” What new feature did the U.S. Postal Service introduce in 1963 to aid mail delivery? True or false:The ﬁrst manned Apollo mission was actually Apollo 3. Name theTV comedy whose theme song began: “Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks …” Why did Major League Baseball postpone opening day in 1968? This man’s testimony before a Senate subcommittee in 1969 prevented PBS’ funding from being cut. Why was George Lucas rejected from the U.S. Air Force?

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This classic about a wonderland of candy made its debut in 1971.

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Why did Bill Gates leave Harvard? What two tennis athletes competed in the “Battle of the Sexes” match in 1973? True or false:The Universal Product Code was scanned for the first time on a pack of Wrigley’s gum in 1974. Name the baseball star who broke Babe Ruth’s record when he hit his 715th career home run in 1974. What science-fiction phenomenon first debuted in 1977 and is still going strong? Who is G. Gordon Liddy? When did the 1,451-foot Sears Tower (now known as the WillisTower) first open its doors?

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Over which country did Pan Am Flight 103 explode in December 1988? In the 1982 classic movie, what was E.T.’s favorite candy? True or false: The first game show on MTV was Remote Control. Where were the first Cabbage Patch Kids introduced in 1983? Who was Time magazine’s 1980 Person of the Year? Name the popular grocery chain that was founded in Austin,Texas. This popular arcade game, named after its main character, was released in 1980. Which hotel in Las Vegas was consumed by flames in November 1980?

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a Time for Television 1968 FROM GOMER PYLE AND ANDY GRIFFITH TO LAUGH-IN AND THE MOD SQUAD, TV IN 1968 OFFERED VIEWERS A GREAT ESCAPE. By Matt Roush

OU BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY that 1968 was an unforgettable year in television. Though it was also the apex of one of the most turbulent and tragic eras in U.S. and world history, 1968 on TV was mostly about offering a giddy, great escape, adhering to traditional and fondly remembered formats like the Western and variety show. Still, TV couldn’t help but reflect the times, which most definitely were a-changin’. Nowhere was this more apparent than on the hottest, and freshest, sensation of 1968: Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In on NBC. Opening the doors of its fabled joke wall in January, the chaotic Laugh-In brought trippy psychedelic irreverence into living rooms with the timeless rhythms of vaudeville shtick and shameless knockknock — make that chicken — jokes. A launching pad for stars including Goldie Hawn, Henry Gibson, Judy “Sock It to Me” Carne, Arte Johnson and eventually Lily Tomlin, Laugh-In was oh-so-mod in its wink to the sexual revolution, with its graffiti-painted dancers in bikinis. Camouflaging its barbed political jokes in rapid-fire crowd-pleasing routines that viewers found “ver-r-r-y interesting” and absolutely hilarious, Laugh-In was an instant hit, reigning as the year’s top-rated show with an average 31.8 million viewers. But even as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour courted controversy on CBS and ABC paid lip service to the counterculture with the “hippie cops” of the trendy new The Mod Squad, America in 1968 was largely tuned in to comfort-food humor delivered by beloved entertainers. While the Vietnam War raged on, audiences got their jollies from the cornball antics of Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., TV’s No. 1 sitcom. Spun off from The Andy Griffith Show, which transitioned in 1968 to Mayberry R.F.D., Gomer led the popular pack of down-home comedies that included The Beverly Hillbillies and its progeny, Petticoat Junction, and the merrily twisted Green Acres. Lucille Ball, TV’s leading lady of laughter since I Love Lucy in the 1950s, was still going strong as a CBS headliner. The Lucy Show became Here’s Lucy in 1968, and Lucy Carmichael was now Lucy Carter, flanked by her real-life kids, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. Fictional family affairs were all the rage, including CBS’ Family Affair, with Brian Keith’s Uncle Bill and Sebastian Cabot’s Mr. French helping raise Cissy and the adorable Buffy and Jody. The enduring, endearing My Three Sons kept adding to its sprawling clan when newlyweds Robbie and Katie welcomed triplets in the fall of 1968 — three sons, wouldn’t you know. And after a long career in movies and music, Doris Day joined the CBS family in The Doris Day Show, an enterprise driven

Bonanza’s Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker

It was no “Surprise! Surprise!” when Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. proved an instant hit

The Beverly Hillbillies

I Dream of Jeannie

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more by her need to pay off debts incurred by her late husband/manager, but “Que Sera, Sera,” we loved her anyway. Magic and innocent sex appeal brought spice to Bewitched (starring Elizabeth Montgomery) and I Dream of Jeannie (starring Barbara Eden), and we were just as enamored with the more realistic New York misadventures of That Girl Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas). In the thriving arena of star-driven variety shows, a lost art in today’s culture, The Carol Burnett Show had just started its legendary 11-season run, making us laugh as the top-notch ensemble (Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner and later Tim Conway) cracked each other up. They joined the ranks of The Dean Martin Show, The Red Skelton Hour and The Jackie Gleason Show, with Ed Sullivan continuing to introduce all types of acts to America while Lawrence Welk provided bubbly champagne music for the ages. The Western, another favorite

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

Director Stanley Kubrick’s monumental production was inspired by a number of short stories by Arthur C. Clarke, the film’s screenplay was cowritten by Director Stanley Kubrick and Clarke. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood top the cast that embarks on a complex cinematic journey. At its core, the tale is about a space voyage to Jupiter, but the film explores much more than that. It is layered with a number of themes and bolstered by a memorable soundtrack. It also features a computer (HAL 9000) whose power and influence seem stunningly relevant today.

The cast of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

The Graduate

THE GRADUATE

It actually hit theaters on Dec. 22, 1967, but Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols’ romantic comedy/drama deserves to be part of this 1968 mix.The saga of young college graduate Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) getting seduced by the mesmerizing Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) ended up grossing $104.9 million at the box ofﬁce.The ﬁlm’s storyline has a number of awkward twists, fueled by Benjamin being encouraged by his parents (and Robinson’s husband) to date Robinson’s daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross).

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Written and directed by Roman Polanski, this thriller based on Ira Levin’s novel is

Bewitched

longtime TV genre that has mostly disappeared, was well-represented in 1968, with the Cartwrights of Bonanza and Dodge City’s Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke occupying slots in TV’s Top 10. Other Westerns upholding the tradition included The Virginian, Daniel Boone, The Big Valley, The High Chaparral, The Guns of Will Sonnett and the more fanciful The Wild Wild West. Contemporary crime dramas were gaining ground on TV. Dragnet’s Jack Webb introduced the patrolmen of Adam12, and an exotic setting with a driving theme song catapulted Hawaii Five-O into a long run. Raymond Burr as Ironside, Mike Connors as Mannix and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in The FBI helped keep the peace. And though The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and I Spy bowed out in 1968, Mission: Impossible, The Avengers from the U.K. and goofy Maxwell Smart of Get Smart made spies look cool, even funny. On TV’s cutting edge, CBS’ import of the surreal The Prisoner made 1968’s box-

ofﬁce champ 2001: A Space Odyssey seem almost tame. Star Trek, never imagining it would have the staying power it enjoys today, broke ground with America’s ﬁrst interracial TV kiss, between Kirk (William Shatner) and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). NBC also made strides in diversity by casting Diahann Carroll as a widowed mother and nurse in Julia. But of all of 1968’s TV innovations, none have had the lasting impact of CBS’ 60 Minutes, still making headlines 50 years later as the gold standard of newsmagazines. Matt Roush, “TV Guide Magazine’s” senior critic, is a nationally respected television journalist. He has served on the jury for the American Film Institute’s annual AFI Awards, selecting the best TV shows of the year. He has also served on the nominating committee for the Broadcast Television Journalists Association’s Critics’ Choice Awards.

Rosemary’s Baby

still widely regarded as a horror classic. The production teams Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes as Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, a young couple that moves into an apartment building ﬁlled with rather weird tenants. After Rosemary becomes pregnant, she goes through a hellish journey that involves sinister twists and satanic inﬂuences.

PLANET OFTHE APES

This is unquestionably one of the longestlasting influences in film and popular culture. Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall top the cast of a groundbreaking sci-fi adventure directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It features Heston as an astronaut who crash-lands on a planet

Planet of the Apes

populated by apes that have evolved into intelligent beings and are the planet’s dominant force.The ﬁlm’s success spawned four movie sequels in rapid succession.

BULLITT

Directed by PeterYates, this thriller was one of Steve McQueen’s biggest screen gems. McQueen dons the title role of Frank Bullitt, a San Francisco cop who is in pursuit of an organized-crime boss after a special witness is gunned down. Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset highlight an impressive cast.The ﬁlm’s biggest star, though, is Bullitt’s 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback. — Eric Kohanik

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NBC’S EXPLOSIVE TV SPECIAL RESURRECTS THE KING’S CAREER

Elvis’ custommade Bill Belew leather ensemble was dry-cleaned during a break in ﬁlming to keep the King fresh

IN 1968, ELVIS PRESLEY was more omnipresent movie star than rock ’n’ roll rebel, and his cinematic popularity was fading. Courtesy of 28 hastily produced films that relegated the handsome Mississippi native to singing, swiveling and scoring the girl — and a music scene increasingly populated with U.K. upstarts — the once invincible hit-maker and sex symbol wondered if he was already a has-been at age 33. Enter Steve Binder, a young TV producer who specialized in broadly popular, musiccentric projects. When Presley’s infamously stubborn manager Colonel Tom Parker pitched NBC a Christmas special featuring Elvis crooning carols, the network brought in Binder to assure its success. He started by scrapping the hokey holiday theme in favor of what made Elvis an icon in the first place: his ability to wow a live audience with his charm, sex appeal and, most critically, those irresistible, rockin’ songs. To win a dubious Elvis over, Binder paid special attention to his star’s sensitivities, flying in Elvis’ original bandmates, drummer D.J. Fontana and guitarist Scotty Moore, to back their former boss. He tapped songwriter Earl Brown to create a special finale song that reflected Elvis’ emotions about the social upheaval of the time.The resulting song, “If I Can Dream,” became a Presley favorite, spending 13 weeks on the Billboard chart. When Presley recorded the song, he did so in the dark. “He was in an almost fetal position, writhing on the cement floor, singing that song,” said Binder in

an interview. “And when he got done, he came in the control room, and we played it maybe 15 times. He just loved it so much.” Binder also crafted a gospel segment populated with racially diverse singers and dancers, which he knew would spotlight the Southern-born Presley’s disdain for prejudice. But Elvis wasn’t without its missteps. NBC initially axed a bordellothemed segment. And in a recent interview, Binder told Rolling Stone that Parker gave most of the tickets for the jam-session segments to a single NBC employee, necessitating an impromptu ﬁeld trip to a nearby Bob’s Big Boy to round up volunteers. Volunteers who would become part of the highest-rated TV special of 1968 and the rebirth of the King’s career. Making sure ladies’ hearts pounded from the start, Elvis — slim, burnished and more handsome than ever — spent much of the special clad in a form-ﬁtting leather ensemble that matched his gleaming jet-black hair.With Fontana drumming on a guitar case just like old times and the audience howling its appreciation for chart-toppers like “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hound Dog” and “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” Elvis began to relax. And then to shine. He joked easily about his signature sneer, his (undetectable) rustiness and the early days when his unfettered sex appeal threatened to derail his career. He made playful fun of Richard Harris’ bombastic current hit “MacArthur Park.” He started to boogie. And then boogie some more. And in an unforgettable Christmas gift to his fans and to himself, the King of Rock ’n’ Roll claimed his crown once more. — Lori Acken

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Jan. ‘68 Johnny Cash records two live shows at California’s Folsom Prison along with June Carter and Carl Perkins.The resulting live album would go to No. 1 on the country charts and revive his career.

JANUARY

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Jan. ‘68 The Beatles chart at No. 1 in the U.S. and U.K. with “Hello Goodbye.” In London they launch their own company,Apple Corps, with a store, recording studio and record label.

FEBRUARY

Jan. ‘68 Canadian rock band Steppenwolf releases their debut album, including the single “Born to BeWild,” which charts at No. 2 in the U.S.

MARCH

Feb. ‘68 The Rolling Stones start rehearsals for their next album at Keith Richards’ house, working on “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fighting Man.”Troubled cofounder Brian Jones would miss many of the sessions.

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As the sun set on the Summer of Love,Americans wanted more meat from their music. And, in 1968, they got it.There was nothing meatier than Jimi Hendrix’s third and ﬁnal studio album Electric Ladyland, which soared to No. 1 in the U.S. It was Hendrix’s most commercially successful release and his only No. 1 album. Public protest over the Vietnam War gave us artists like Peter, Paul and Mary,Arlo Guthrie, and Pete Seeger, who used their voices to lead the cry for peace. It was another big year for the Beatles — a No. 1 single in January, the launch of Apple Records, the release of the harder-edged White Album and the seven-minutes-long “Hey Jude,” which topped the U.S. singles chart for nine weeks.The Rolling Stones reinvigorated their fan base with the release of the No. 3 hit “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and the Beggars Banquet album. Motown was hot!The collaborative album Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations roared to No. 2. Marvin Gaye’s I Heard It Through the Grapevine album and its title track marked Gaye’s commercial breakthrough. And an 18-year-old StevieWonder established himself as a budding Motown hit-maker with the title track from For Once in My Life. Aretha Franklin released the crossover hit albums Lady Soul and Aretha Now, while Gary Puckett & The Union Gap took over for their troubled blue-eyed soul comrades the Righteous Brothers, charting multiple Billboard hits. 1968 was truly the year America rocked — whatever way it pleased.

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Feb. ‘68 The Beatles, Donovan, Mike Love, Mia Farrow and others travel to India to study Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi MaheshYogi.

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Feb. ‘68 Pink Floyd lead singer and songwriter Syd Barrett is checked into a psychiatric hospital in the U.K., and the band replaces him with David Gilmour. Stateside, the Lemon Pipers hit No. 1 with the psychedelic pop single “GreenTambourine.”

July ‘68 Tommy James and the Shondells have a long-lasting hit with “Mony Mony.” California band Creedence Clearwater Revival releases their debut LP and hits No. 11 with their cover of the ’50s rockabilly hit “Suzie Q.”

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March ‘68 The Monkees have a No. 3 U.S. hit single with “Valleri.” It would be their sixth and ﬁnal Top 10 single. Otis Redding’s posthumous single “(Sittin’ On)The Dock of the Bay” goes to No. 1.

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Hey Jude – The Beatles Love Is Blue – Paul Mauriat Honey – Bobby Goldsboro (Sittin’ On)The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding 5 People Got to Be Free – The Rascals 6 Sunshine ofYour Love – Cream 7 This Guy’s in LoveWithYou – Herb Alpert 8 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Hugo Montenegro 9 Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel 10 Tighten Up – Archie Bell & the Drells 11 HarperValley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley 12 Little Green Apples – O.C. Smith 13 Mony Mony – Tommy James and the Shondells 14 Hello, I LoveYou – The Doors 15 Young Girl – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 16 Cry Like a Baby – The BoxTops 17 Stoned Soul Picnic – The 5th Dimension 18 Grazing in the Grass – Hugh Masekela 19 Midnight Confessions – The Grass Roots 20 Dance to the Music – Sly & the Family Stone 21 The Horse – Cliff Nobles 22 IWish ItWould Rain – TheTemptations 23 La-La (Means I LoveYou) – The Delfonics 24 Turn Around, Look at Me – The Vogues 25 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) – John Fred & His Playboy Band 26 Spooky – Classics IV 27 Love Child – The Supremes 28 Angel of the Morning – Merrilee Rush 29 The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde – Georgie Fame 30 ThoseWere the Days – Mary Hopkin 31 Born to BeWild – Steppenwolf 32 Cowboys to Girls – The Intruders 33 Simon Says – 1910 Fruitgum Company 34 LadyWillpower – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 35 A Beautiful Morning – The Rascals 36 The Look of Love – Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 37 Hold MeTight – Johnny Nash 38 YummyYummyYummy – Ohio Express 39 Fire – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 40 Love Is All Around – TheTroggs 41 Playboy – Gene & Debbe 42 (Theme From)Valley of the Dolls – Dionne Warwick

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In November of 1955 Billboard published its ﬁrstTop 100 list, which ranked singles using a weighted scale for sales, airplay and jukebox activity. In 1958, Billboard premiered its Hot 100 list, extending the rankings to all music genres, and it remains the industry standard still today.

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Classical Gas – Mason Williams Slip Away – Clarence Carter GirlWatcher – The O’Kaysions (Sweet Sweet Baby) SinceYou’ve Been Gone – Aretha Franklin GreenTambourine – The Lemon Pipers 1, 2, 3, Red Light – 1910 Fruitgum Company Reach out of the Darkness – Friend & Lover Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones MacArthur Park – Richard Harris Light My Fire – José Feliciano I LoveYou – People! TakeTime to Know Her – Percy Sledge Pictures of Matchstick Men – Status Quo Summertime Blues – Blue Cheer Ain’t Nothing Like the RealThing – Marvin Gaye &TammiTerrell I Got the Feelin’ – James Brown I’ve Gotta Get a Message toYou – The Bee Gees Lady Madonna – The Beatles Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan

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Simon & Garfunkel “Graduated” to superstardom with “Mrs. Robinson”

62 Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf 63 Bottle ofWine – The Fireballs 64 Stay in My Corner – The Dells 65 Soul Serenade – Willie Mitchell 66 Delilah – Tom Jones 67 Nobody But Me – The Human Beinz 68 IThankYou – Sam & Dave 69 The Fool on the Hill – Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 70 Sky Pilot – The Animals 71 Indian Lake – The Cowsills 72 IWonderWhat She’s DoingTonight – Boyce and Hart 73 OverYou – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 74 Goin’ Out of My Head/Can’tTake My Eyes OffYou – The Lettermen 75 Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day – Stevie Wonder 76 The Unicorn – The Irish Rovers 77 You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Vanilla Fudge 78 Revolution – The Beatles 79 Woman,Woman – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap 80 Elenore – TheTurtles 81 White Room – Cream 82 You’re All I Need to Get By – Marvin Gaye &TammiTerrell 83 Baby, NowThat I’ve FoundYou – The Foundations 84 Sweet Inspiration – The Sweet Inspirations 85 IfYou CanWant – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 86 Cab Driver – The Mills Brothers 87 Time Has ComeToday – The Chambers Brothers 88 DoYou Know theWay to San Jose – Dionne Warwick 89 Scarborough Fair – Simon & Garfunkel 90 Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud – James Brown 91 The Mighty Quinn – Manfred Mann 92 Here Comes the Judge – Shorty Long 93 I Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin 94 Think – Aretha Franklin 95 SealedWith a Kiss – Gary Lewis & the Playboys 96 Piece of My Heart – Big Brother and the Holding Company 97 Suzie Q – Creedence Clearwater Revival 98 Bend Me, Shape Me – The American Breed 99 Hey,Western Union Man – Jerry Butler 100 Never GiveYou Up – Jerry Butler

What presidential hopeful deadpanned “Sock it to me!” on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In? A. George Romney B. Hubert Humphrey C. Richard Nixon D. Robert F. Kennedy

He became the oldest artist to reach No. 1 on the British pop charts. A.Tommy Dorsey B. Louis Armstrong C. Dean Martin D. Bing Crosby

Where did Jackie Kennedy marry Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis? A.The Greek Isle of Skorpios B. Rome C. Machu Picchu D. Morocco

Allen Ginsberg and rock band the Fugs performed a mock exorcism at this senator’s grave. A. Barry Goldwater B. Joe McCarthy C. Bob Dole D. George Smathers

This actress was Roman Polanski’s ﬁrst choice to play Rosemary in the ﬁlm Rosemary’s Baby. A. SharonTate B. Suzanne Pleshette C.Tuesday Weld D. ElizabethTaylor

This soap opera was one of the ﬁrstTV series to explore interracial relationships and drug addiction. A. General Hospital B. The Edge of Night C. All My Children D. One Life to Live

Pop artist who suffered permanent health issues after being shot by radical feministValerie Solanas. A. Andy Warhol B. James Rosenquist C. Ed Ruscha D. Jasper Johns

Why did Charles Schulz initially resist adding a black character to his Peanuts comic strip?

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Aug. ‘68 L.A. rock band the Doors have their ﬁrst No. 1 album and their second and last No. 1 single with “Hello, I LoveYou.” New Jersey band the Rascals have their third and ﬁnal No. 1 hit with “People Got to Be Free.”

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Nov. ‘68 By the end of 1968, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream were the biggest live acts in rock.Although the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan were more popular than Hendrix, none of them had toured the U.S. since 1966.

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Sept. ‘68 Janis Joplin announces that she will be leaving the group Big Brother and the Holding Company at the end of the year. Looking for a more R&B Stax/Volt style sound, she later forms backup group the Kozmic Blues Band.

OCTOBER

B. He was afraid it would resemble tokenism

Nov. ‘68 Most of the songs written by the Beatles while in India are released on the White Album.

NOVEMBER

Nov. ‘68 “Love Child” by Diana Ross & the Supremes storms to No. 1 on the charts on the back of a U.S. and world tour.

C. He preferred to steer clear of social issues such as interracial relationships

DECEMBER Dec. ‘68 Motown dominates the end of the year as Marvin Gaye tops the charts with “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”

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For a while, Campbell’s Soup used marbles in their soup ads.Why? A.To make them more child-friendly B.They were an inside joke on the part of writers C.They pushed solids to the top of cans D. Campbell’s had a brief partnership with the Marble King company

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Where did France explode its ﬁrst H-bomb? A. New Caledonia B. Clipperton Island C. Reunion D. French Polynesia

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r’s ar’s yea terrye l, Yesste e To Silly And Surreal,Ye From Sweet And SincereTo Of Fun. Children’s Programming Was A Kaleidoscope By Matt Roush

hen it comes to TV, you’re never too old to feel like a kid again. I was reminded of the power TV can have on a child’s imagination a number of years ago, when visiting the set of PBS’ pioneering Sesame Street. Street With notebook in hand, I observed a little schoolgirl go goggle-eyed in shock and surprise when, during a break in ﬁlming, ﬁlming, Big Bird removed his giant head to reveal the performer (Caroll Spinney) within. Amid that confusion of fantasy and reality, the girl looked at me, then whispered in the ear of her mom, who turned to me to say: “My daughter wants to know if you’re Clark Kent.” In my dreams. But isn’t seeing your dreams come true part of the eternal appeal of kids TV? Jim Henson’s Muppets may embody most perfectly that fanciful world of wonder that children’s TV conjures in minds young and old. For generations, Henson’s versatile and expressive creations have taught simple life lessons, plus letters and numbers, on Sesame Street, Street where Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and irrepressible roomies Bert and Ernie became icons. And why grow up when you can entertain the masses with old-fashioned showbiz razzmatazz on a syndicated hit like The Muppet Show, Show which made pop-culture superstars of those mismatched lovebirds Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy on small and big screens? Even HBO got in on the action with the raucous Fraggle Rock. Watching a child interact sincerely and lovingly with a Muppet, be it Grover or Elmo or another friend in felt, is to be transported to a safe place where anything is possible. Nowhere on TV was there a safer haven than Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Neighborhood another landmark PBS series launched in the late 1960s, in which the gentle and wise Fred Rogers led his young viewers to a magical Neighborhood of Make-Believe, with favorite puppet characters including King Friday XIII and Daniel Striped Tiger. But Rogers could also speak directly, plainly and with compassion about

difﬁcult subjects like death, divorce and anger. (More overtly religious moral fables were the basis for the clayanimated Davey and Goliath.) From TV’s very beginnings, humans and puppets have been inseparable, starting most famously with Buffalo Bob Smith and his aw-shucks marionette Howdy Doody in the 1940s and ’50s. Kids clamored to be in the Peanut Gallery to sing, “It’s Howdy Doody time!” They also made time for Kukla, Fran and Ollie, with Fran Allison standing outside a Punch and Judy-style proscenium to delight in the antics of Burr Tillstrom’s puppets: classic clown Kukla and goofy one-toothed dragon sidekick Oliver J. Dragon. Ventriloquist Shari Lewis took it a step further, playing all parts with an often sly wit as she brought to adorable life the sock puppet Lamb Chop and other lovable characters including Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and Wing Ding. Few, though, had the staying power of Captain Kangaroo, a morning-TV staple on CBS for three decades. Bob Keeshan (The Howdy Doody Show’s original Clarabell the Clown), as the avuncular captain, presided over a Treasure House where on any given day you could ﬁnd him reading stories, showing cartoons and welcoming regular puppet guests like Mr. Moose, whose corny jokes usually preceded a cascade of falling ping-pong balls.

Won't You Be My Knitter? The Sweet Story Behind Mr. Rogers’ Sweaters. By Lori Acken

On each episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, that coziest of PBS kids shows, host Fred Rogers would launch the proceedings by swapping his workwear for a comfy cardigan and tennies while he greeted little viewers with a song. The change of attire was as much about the children’s comfort as his own. Hedda Sharapan, a ﬁve-decade employee of The Fred Rogers Company, wrote in a blog post that her boss repeated the ritual show after show to give kids a sense of routine and security, and a

multisensory cue that, for the next 30 minutes, they could settle in and safely explore their imaginations and emotions. The message was so effective that even Koko the signing gorilla embraced it, immediately reaching for Rogers’ sweater when she visited his show. But Rogers also wanted children to know that he was once a child, too, and that’s why those intricately cabled sweaters were extra, extra special. They were knitted by his mom. “She makes sweaters for many different people,” he explained in one episode, holding up a selection in a rainbow of hues. “That’s one of the ways she says she loves somebody. … When I put on one of these sweaters, it helps me

think about my mother. I guess that’s the best thing about things. They remind you of people.” Nancy Rogers Flagg kept her famous son stocked with cardigans until her 1981 death, after which the show’s producers were forced to get creative to keep the tradition intact as the existing collection wore out or were donated to charitable causes. In the era of shoulder pads, neon colors and parachute pants, they tracked down a manufacturer who still made the old-fashioned style, bought a healthy supply and dyed the sweaters the proper colors. An original — cherry red with ribbed collar and cuffs — hangs in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.

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On The Soupy Sales Show, pies were the thing, a slapstick free-for-all in which the mischievous host and occasional famous guests (Frank Sinatra most notably) got whipped cream in the kisser. (Today, pies in the face have given way to getting slimed on Nickelodeon.) It was a lot less messy to be among the legions joining The Mickey Mouse Club in its various incarnations — especially the 1950s version, with its catchy “M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E” theme song, Mouseketeer song-and-dance routines (introducing the world to future Beach Party sex symbol Annette Funicello) and serialized mini-dramas including Spin and Marty and The Hardy Boys. Kids across the country could get up close and personal with their own Bozo the Clown when that colorful cut-up was franchised to local markets. (Local hosts for kiddie shows were common in the ’60s and ’70s. I grew up outside Cincinnati and had my homegrown pick of Uncle Al, Skipper Ryle, and Larry Smith and his puppets.) Clowning of a different sort brought joy to Saturday mornings with the costumed creations of Sid and Marty Krofft, including The Banana Splits Adventure Hour,, a frenetic hybrid of The Monkees and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In featuring four musicians in animal suits, and H.R. Pufnstuf,, a kaleidoscopic fairy Oliver! Oliver!’s tale of a shipwrecked boy (Oliver!’s Jack Wild) being pursued by the ﬂamboyant ﬂamboyant Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes). Nothing, though, was as surreal as the surprise late 1980s phenomenon of CBS’ Pee-wee’s Playhouse, embraced by kids of all ages. The impish host (Paul Reubens as a cheerful, bow-tied manchild) evoked the children’s shows of TV’s past with its freewheeling celebration of pure imagination in a funhouse populated by wacky puppets and campy neighbors. Everyone may have screamed with Pee-wee anytime the “secret word” was uttered, but anyone who grew up on this sort of TV knows the word that really matters: Fun.

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1. Mickey Mouse (first appearance 1928) 2. Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes (first appearance 1930) 3. Popeye the Sailor (first appearance 1933) 4. Tom and Jerry (first appearance 1940) 5. Woody Woodpecker (first appearance 1940) 6. Mighty Mouse (first appearance 1942) 7. Heckle and Jeckle (first appearance 1946) 8. The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-61) 9. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (1959-64) 10. The Flintstones (1960-66) 11. The Yogi Bear Show (1961-62) 12. The Jetsons (1962-63; 1985-87) 13. Jonny Quest (1964-65) 14. Underdog (1964-67) 15. The Atom Ant Show (1965-66) 16. Peanuts/Charlie Brown (first appearance 1965) 17. Speed Racer (1967-68) 18. Spider-Man (1967-70) 19. Scooby-Doo (first appearance 1969) 20. Super Friends (1973-85) 21. The Smurfs (1981-89) 22. G.I. Joe (1983-86) 23. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-85) and She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985-87) 24. Inspector Gadget (1983-86) 25. The Transformers (1984-87) 26. Thundercats (1985-89) 27. DuckTales (1987-90) 28. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-96) 29. The Simpsons (1989-present) 30. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present)

CaRTooNS We WiLL i LOVe FoReVeR Hanna-Barbera Toons

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William Hanna and Joseph Barbera started making cartoons on the big screen, but from the 1960s through the ’80s, their production company dominated television featuring the likes of Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo, Huckleberry Hound, Magilla Gorilla, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw and countless others. Many of these creations appeared in their own series. Hanna and Barbera created the ﬁrst primetime animated sitcom geared toward adults with The Flintstones, that “modern Stone Age family.”

Beginning in 1930, Warner Bros. produced a series of theatrically released animated shorts under the banners of Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes.. These iconic cartoons eventually introduced generations of viewers to the likes of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Bunny Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Tasmanian Devil and many others. When the studio stopped making new cartoons for movie theaters, that deﬁnitely was not all, folks. These creations were kept alive through re-airings of the originals on television.

Comic-Book Superheroes Get Animated Comic books, with their colorful pages and over-the-top heroes and action, have always been prime inspirations for cartoons, dating back at least to Max Fleischer’s theatrical Superman shorts in the 1940s. Even Mighty Mouse, who also debuted on the big screen in that era, borrowed elements from comic books. On television, DC Comics characters were represented well in the ’70s-’80s Super Friends series. That show ran in various incarnations and included different heroes on occasion but always maintained core favorites Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman.

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MGM Toons MGM was another major studio that produced theatrical toons during Hollywood’s Golden Age, featuring characters who also became famous to later generations on television. The cat-andmouse pairing of Tom and Jerry is among the company’s most famous creations, and those characters’ ongoing, often hilariously violent, battles and pursuits became an inspiration decades later for The Simpsons’ show-withina-show Itchy & Scratchy.

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There’s a little cowboy (or cowgirl) in all of us. “A pioneer spirit, a special American brand of courage,” as Dale Evans once said. Though most of us have traded bucking broncos for Buicks and wide-open spaces for suburban bliss, lots ofWestern wannabes still keep Stetsons and cowboy boots in our closets and gleefully debate which cinematic gunslinger knows his (or her) way around a six-shooter best. So, saddle up, ReMIND readers, as we salute theWildWest in popular culture and beyond. “You’re awful pretty when you’re mad.” “Take ’er easy there, Pilgrim.” “That’ll be the day.” When you think about the Western, it’s hard not to hear JohnWayne. Or see him, filling a doorway, his weight on one foot, that sweat-darkened Stetson dipped low. He made his first cowboy picture in 1926; his last came half a century later. Any list of the 10 greatest Westerns has to start with him, so let’s begin with Stagecoach, the 1939 John Ford film that forever madeWayne into the star he was meant to be. And then follow that with Ford’s The Searchers from 1956 featuringWayne at his darkest, a loner fueled by rage. Not as tall in the saddle (but just as comfortable) was Henry Fonda, although — unlikeWayne — he was just as happy playing a villain as a hero. For example, catch him as lawmanWyatt Earp in 1946’s My Darling Clementine (with a never-betterVictor Mature as the doomed Doc Holliday).Then skip ahead 22 years and shiver through his turn in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West. Fonda plays one of theWest’s coldest killers in that one, although he has a little competition from Jack Palance’s icy gunman in 1953’s Shane. Still, the real attractions in Shane are the cherubic Brandon DeWilde as the hero-worshipping little boy who looks up at Alan Ladd in wonder and the gorgeous landscapes director George Stevens got on the wide screen. Westerns began to change in the ’60s, helped by the original Magnificent Seven.With that immediately iconic Elmer Bernstein score (and a story stolen from Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai), it gave us wry humor and indelible antiheroes, including Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn and the cast-against-typeYul Brynner. Even more macho — but a lot less lighthearted — were the hard cases

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A. Henry Mancini B. John Barry C. Burt Bacharach D. Alfred Newman

Over her 60-year career, Barbara Stanwyck, played every conceivable role. In 1944, she was listed as the highestpaid woman in the U.S. As her ﬁlm career cooled, Stanwyck took roles in TV, including theWestern series The Big Valley. Playing the widow of a 19thcentury California rancher, Stanwyck transformed the reﬁned lady of the manor into a rough-and-tumble cowboy. She was nominated three times for an Emmy for her work on the show, with three Golden Globe nominations as well.

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who made up the outlaws of The Wild Bunch, among themWilliam Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Warren Oates (with the equally hard-bitten Robert Ryan on their trail).The 1969 movie made director Sam Peckinpah’s name a synonym for onscreen violence, but it also held its own kind of weary poetry. By then, people were already proclaiming the death of the Western, although artists kept ﬁnding ways to renew it, like 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which threw the genre a curveball by turning its train robbers into a couple of comical free spirits

in a modern ménage á trois. Or Clint Eastwood’s stunning High Plains Drifter, from 1973, in which his nameless Stranger finally seems to become Death himself. That one connected with audiences, but not with John Wayne, who sent the star a letter complaining, “That isn’t what the West was all about.” (Of course, Wayne hadn’t liked High Noon, either.) So we’ll let the Duke have the last word here with his own last word — 1976’s The Shootist, his final film and the tale of a man at the end of the trail. And a legend already in progress.

Jane Fonda

The movie that made Jane Fonda a star was Cat Ballou (1965), aWestern she starred in opposite Lee Marvin. Fonda plays a schoolmarm who turns outlaw to avenge the murder of her rancher father. Marvin plays the dual role of the outlaw who kills Cat Ballou’s father and a drunken bum who cleans up to take revenge on the man.The movie was a hit, and for her work Fonda would win a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.

Ultimate Trivia Quiz

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Name the 1952Western that starred Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. A. The Westerner B. Garden of Evil C. High Noon D. The Cowboy and the Lady

Calamity Jane, aWestern musical released in 1953, was based on the life of WildWest heroine Calamity Jane and her alleged romance withWild Bill Hickok. In Calamity Jane, Day plays the gun-totin’, maildeliverin’,Wild Bill Hickok-romancin’ Jane to the hilt. A song from the ﬁlm, “Secret Love,” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became a No. 1 hit single for Day.

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By David Cohea

What did John O’Hanlan (played by Jimmy Stewart) inherit in The Cheyenne Social Club? A. A brothel B. A saloon C. A ranch D. A church

What was the name of the family ranch in Bonanza? A.The Double R Bar B. Ponderosa C. Hill Ranch D. Canyon Creek Ranch

Name the ﬁrst book in The Trailsman series. A. Mountain Man Kill B. The River Raiders C. Seven Wagons West D. Montana Maiden

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In Howard Hughes’ The Outlaw, a character played by which actress took a shot at Billy the Kid? A. Jane Wyman B. Rita Hayworth C. Veronica Lake D. Jane Russell

The character Joe Erin threatened to murder child hostages in which ﬁlm? A. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly B. Vera Cruz C. Shane D. Django Unchained What was Louis L’Amour’s ﬁrstWestern novel? A. Westward theTide B.TheTrail to Seven Pine C. The Riders of High Rock D. Hondo

This country singer is credited with the honor of being the ﬁrst woman to top the country music charts. A. Carlene Carter B. Kitty Wells C. Martina McBride D. Patsy Montana

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In what year did the California gold rush begin? A. 1835 B. 1848 C. 1866 D. 1880

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In Mel Brooks’ 1974 Western comedy Blazing Saddles, this actor was originally cast to play the alcoholic Waco Kid but had to be replaced after collapsing during his ﬁrst scene from alcohol withdrawal syndrome. A. RichardWidmark B. John Russell C. Hugh O’Brian D. GigYoung

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Radio360

By Carl Amari

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AFTER THE SUMMER OF 1949,

Radio Comedy Was Never The Same!

irst heard on radio in 1938, Bob Hope had one of radio’s most popular comedy shows.The wisecracking, the fast one-line put-downs (usually of himself), the deadpan, dry style delivered with absolute precision — these all were Bob’s trademarks. His Pepsodentsponsored comedy show on NBC radio garnered millions of weekly listeners. Every year when it was time for Hope and his gang to take their summer vacation, NBC had its hands full ﬁnding a suitable replacement for 13 weeks. In 1949, NBC turned its eye toward Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as Hope’s summer replacement. Dean and Jerry were popular nightclub performers with sold-out crowds everywhere they played. NBC

offered them Bob Hope’s vacated time slot and committed to one of the biggest buildups ever given to a pair of newcomers to radio comedy. Dean and Jerry didn’t disappoint and proved that they could dish out their distinctive brand of zanyism over the airwaves in a big way. The Martin & Lewis Show was more than just Martin’s golden voice and Lewis’ “kidding on the square.”The network insisted on a weekly celebrity guest, the likes of which included Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Bing Crosby and even Bob Hope himself. The weekly budget was a pricey $10,000, but after a short while, the series attracted a sponsor, and executives at NBC patted themselves on the back for establishing a hit show that also became a ﬁnancial success. With that kind of budget, NBC could afford Norman Lear, the comedy

genius later responsible for All in the Family and Sanford and Son, as a writer for the show. (Editor’s note:You can hear an episode of a show written by Lear in Carl’s July 7 “Hollywood 360” radio show.) The success of the radio series led to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis also appearing as monthly hosts for NBC’s Colgate Comedy Hour, a highly rated television show. NBC used the television program to cross-promote the radio program, even recycling some of the radio sketches for the television counterpart. Film producer Hal Wallis jumped on the Martin and Lewis bandwagon, signing the boys to a multi-picture film contract.Their film comedies were box office gold, catapulting them to megastardom. With meteoric success on radio,TV and films, Martin and Lewis proved they were masters of all three commercial media.

When Universal Studios informed comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that their next venture would involve a team-up with Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s monster, Costello was against the proposal. “No way I’ll do it,” he told the head of the motion picture studio. “My little girl could write something better than this.” It took a $50,000 advance in salary, and the signing of Costello’s good friend Charles Barton to direct the picture, to convince the comedian to go along with the idea. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein became the highest-grossing movie of their career, and Costello later recalled, “They were right, I was wrong.” Sequels involving the Mummy and the Invisible Man followed. Today, fans of Abbott and Costello appreciate the numerous motion pictures available commercially on DVD, including the boys’ first film, One Night in theTropics (1940). Their second film, Buck Privates (1941), grossed an estimated $4 million — not bad when you consider the budget was $180,000. The duo started in vaudeville and by the fall of 1942, the boys had their own weekly radio program and topped the popularity polls of Radio Daily and Radio Guide.Their popular “Who’s on First?” routine made them a national sensation. In March of 1943, Costello was struck down with rheumatic fever. Abbott refused to perform without his partner, so the duo was temporarily replaced by Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore.Then, on the afternoon of Nov. 4, 1943, during rehearsals for the evening’s broadcast, Costello received a call from home — his son, Lou Junior, had accidentally drowned in the family swimming pool.The

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Who’s On First With Frankenstein?

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Lou Nova

comedian rushed home to discover the news was accurate as reported. Word spread through Hollywood, and numerous radio comedians volunteered to fill in for Costello that evening — Durante, Bob Hope, Red Skelton.To the surprise of everyone in the studio, Costello returned moments before airtime and went before the microphone to deliver his lines as scripted and rehearsed earlier in the day. Guest LanaTurner found it difficult to deliver her lines on the air while Costello pushed back the tears.Toward the end of the broadcast, Costello broke down and Abbott explained to the stunned radio audience the horrible news. The Abbott and Costello Show ran for seven years until the summer of 1949. By then, filming was completed for Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, and Costello was bedridden for several months due to a relapse of rheumatic fever. His illness prevented ABC from renewing the contract for an additional season on radio. Soon after Abbott and Costello went to Mars and then faced off against Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in successive 1953 movies, the boys ventured into the television business. Produced by Costello’s brother, Pat, The Abbott and Costello Show lasted two seasons and gave the boys an opportunity to reprise the best comedic sketches and scenarios from their radio scripts.

Hollywood Loved LUCY With ambitions to become an actress, Lucille Ball entered a dramatic school in NewYork City in 1926, but while her classmate Bette Davis received raves, the school complained in a letter to Ball’s mother that she was “too shy.”This only motivated her, and she was soon seen in comedies such as LookWho’s Laughing (1941) and The Fuller Brush Girl (1950), and as a sidekick to the Marx Brothers in Room Service (1938). As she worked her way up Hollywood’s ladder, radio welcomed her with open arms. First appearing as a supporting player on Jack Haley’s The Wonder Show, Ball graduated to guest appearances on The Abbott and Costello Show, Duffy’sTavern,

The Kraft Music Hall and The Lux RadioTheatre. Her radio appearances were not always for laughs, as she appeared multiple times in dramatic roles on radio’s greatest series of mysteries, Suspense. One of the Suspense episodes costarred her real-life husband Desi Arnaz. In the summer of 1948 she accepted the role of Liz Cooper, a zany housewife who found herself facing comical situations, in the radio series My Favorite Husband. Her character’s husband, George Cooper, was played by veteran actor Richard Denning. In 1950, CBS offered to adapt the popular radio program to television. Unable to convince

network brass to let Arnaz play her husband on the television series, she instead performed a vaudeville show with Arnaz that was so popular with audiences that she was given creative control over her own situational comedy series, I Love Lucy. Here, she and Arnaz pioneered the three-camera technique now considered the standard in ﬁlming television sitcoms. She also became the ﬁrst woman to own a television studio when she headed Desilu Productions. Paid $50 a week for her role as an uncredited actress in Top Hat (1935), Ball now graduated to $3,500 per episode for I Love Lucy along with part ownership of the mega-series. Behind the camera, the

relationship between Ball and Arnaz was all business until they retired to their homestead between seasons.When they were first married in 1940, Arnaz had to give his wife-to-be a ring from a drugstore because all of the jewelry stores were closed. She kept it for the rest of their marriage. In 1960, Ball and Arnaz shocked fans when they divorced just two months after filming the final episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. The two remained close friends until his death in 1986, even though both would go on to remarry. Both made it clear in multiple interviews that each was the love of the other’s life. Ball attempted to revive her television career — twice — with The Lucy Show (1962-1968)

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and Here’s Lucy (1968-1974). Neither program found the same success as I Love Lucy, and after the latter program concluded, Ball was quoted as saying, “It was a hell of a jolt to ﬁnd myself unemployed with nothing to do after more than 25 years of steady work.”

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The Car Is The Star

These Four-Wheeled SuperstarsWere Just As Famous AsThe Stars Who DroveThem.

There’s nothing like a great car to impress a girl, chase down a bad guy or amp up your cool cred. No wonder Hollywood has long relied on four-wheeled superstars to turbocharge a storyline.We salute some of pop culture’s most notable “TV-ehicles,” their backstories, fun facts and famous drivers. For eight seasons (1980-88),Tom Selleck donned a half-buttoned Hawaiian shirt and drove around Oahu in an open-top Ferrari 308 GTS to playThomas Sullivan Magnum IV, aVietnam vet turned private investigator living a luxurious island lifestyle in the Emmy-winning CBS series Magnum, P.I. While the mustachioed Magnum brought plenty of sex appeal to the long-running series, when he slipped into that red-hot convertible, he smoldered. Producers originally intended to use a Porsche 928 for the show, but the automaker wouldn’t concede to modiﬁcations enlarging the sunroof for aerial shots. It was their loss. Having a sexy male lead in the driver’s seat on one of television’s hottest shows was good business for Ferrari — so much so that the Italian car manufacturer gave Selleck a car for his own personal use. Magnum’s own ride suffered countless mishaps — it was stolen, keyed, blown up (a few times) and driven off a cliff. But when the series ended in 1988, all of the surviving Ferraris used in the series were auctioned off. Last year, one of them — the 1984 308 GTS — sold for $181,500 at auction.

Starsky & Hutch

Another white-hot ’80s star-andcar combo was Knight Rider’s (NBC, 1982-86) high-tech modern crime-fighter Michael Knight — a role that made David Hasselhoff an international star — and his tricked-out Pontiac FirebirdTrans Am called KITT (Knight IndustriesTwoThousand). In addition to being able to drive itself, KITT also talked, with a voice supplied by William Daniels. On Hasselhoff’s 60th birthday in 2012, the original car’s designer gifted him with a 1986 Pontiac FirebirdTrans Am that was modified to resemble and function flickering like KITT, including the fl ickering red and yellow LEDs on the dashboard and more than 4,000 sound effects. When it comes to iconicTV iconic TV cars, the General Lee barely needs an

introduction. The Dukes of Hazzard’s (CBS, 1979-85) four-wheeled star was owned by moonshiner cousins Bo and Luke Duke, who were famous for scrambling in and out of the 1969 Dodge Charger through its windows, hoodslidin’ for quick getaways and vaulting the orange marvel over all sorts of obstacles. Over the course of the show’s seven-year run, more than 300 General Lees — with “01” on their doors, a Confederate ﬂag emblazoned on their roofs, and horns that played “Dixie” — were called into service. And as the show’s ratings soared and fans sought their very own ’69 Charger, the model became so rare that producers went carspotting, leaving notes on suitable Chargers’ hoods begging their owners to sell. In 2007, a

version of the General Lee owned by John Schneider (who played Bo Duke), augmented with autographs of all the living original cast members and crew, was auctioned off for just under $10 million. But humanTV stars didn’t always love their famous, four-wheeled counterparts. Starsky & Hutch producers wanted a stand-out car for their cuttingedge cop show, settling on a muscular Ford GranTorino, then painting it vibrant red with a bold and angular white stripe. When the show debuted in 1975, the switchboard at Spelling-Goldberg Productions lit up, sealing the car’s fate as aTV star in its own right. But the most famous vehicle in all ofTV and filmdom’s history is the everABC TV series evolving Batmobile. For the ABCTV Batman (1966-68), genius car customizer George Barris bought a discarded 1955 Ford Lincoln Futura concept car for one dollar and spent about $15,000 to equip it with a Batphone, internal mounted rockets and other imaginative crimefighting fighting gadgets for the Dynamic Duo. The car paid Barris back handsomely: He sold the original Batmobile in 2013 for $4.6 million.

“Welcome to Hazzard County.

You probably noticed there’s something different here.” — The Balladeer (Waylon Jennings), The Dukes of Hazzard

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A Photo Album Of Hollywood’s Classic Stars & Their Cars

25Tunes! Car

Here are our top picks to craft the perfect playlist for cruising, customizing your ride or just sitting on the hood and toasting all things automobile!

1. Beep Beep –The Playmates 2. Bitchin’ Camaro –The Dead Milkmen 3. Brand New Cadillac –The Clash 4. Cars – Gary Numan 5. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – DickVan Dyke and Sally Anne Howes 6. Dead Man’s Curve – Jan and Dean 7. Drive My Car –The Beatles 8. 409 –The Beach Boys 9. Greased Lightning – JohnTravolta John Travolta 10. G.T.O. – Ronny and the Daytonas 11. Hey Little Cobra –The Rip Chords 12. Highway Star – Deep Purple 13. Hot Rod Lincoln – Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen 14. Little Deuce Coupe –The Beach Boys 15. Little Red Corvette – Prince 16. Low Rider –War 17. Maybellene – Chuck Berry 18. Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin 19. Mustang Sally –Wilson Pickett 20. No Particular Place to Go – Chuck Berry 21. One Piece at aTime – Johnny Cash and theTennesseeThree 22. Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen 23. Red Barchetta – Rush 24. Road Runner – Bo Diddley 25. Rocket 88 – Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats

Cadillac Men (And Ladies) For a who’s who of the biggest stars of Hollywood’s golden age, a shiny new Cadillac was the ultimate sign of success — and trekking to Detroit to personally pick up their ride made for a top-notch photo op. From Richard Burton (pictured) and Clark Gable to Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich (who didn’t need a driver, thank you very much), the Caddy was king. And no Caddy is more legendary than Elvis Presley’s bubblegum pink 1955 Fleetwood sedan — purchased after a similar 1954 model burned up on an Arkansas highway.

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Funny Cars Classic, cool, cutting-edge car. In 1955, the BMW Isetta became the world’s ﬁrst mass-production car to get 78 miles to the gallon. But that’s probably not what drove Cary Grant to wedge himself behind the wheel. Like the dapper Grant, the Italian import was a sure attention-getter on the streets of NYC.

Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansﬁeld leaned into cars with bulging headlamps and expanded ﬁns. It was hard to tell which was more voluptuous — model or car!

Richard Burton: Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Clark Gable: Credit: Clarence Sinclair Bull/John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images; Mamie Van Doren: Credit: Loomis Dean/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images; Jayne Mansﬁeld: Credit: CBS via Getty Images; Cary Grant: © BMW AG; Marilyn Monroe & Sammy Davis Jr.: Credit: Frank Worth, Courtesy of Capital Art/Getty Images

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1954

1975

“And another thing — you guys give me a pain in the neck!”

1956

Laff-A-Day

“Jimmy, how many times must I tell you not to say ‘pitcher’?”

Laugh Time

1948

“Przybylzuchowski, get in there and make a name for yourself!”

1975

1984

“I understand they’re not satisfied with him this year!”

1961

LAFF-A-DAY

“Now, about your nickname — ‘Butterfingers’…”

1993

“If I ever hear you’ve been singin’ to da cops, you’ll be doin’ it wearin’ a helium overcoat! Right, boys?”

1970

“Boy, they sure picked a beautiful day to close down the school!”

“That’s our son, all right. Always the last to get up!”

“It’s a DEAL, Mr.Wilson! If you can talk my dad into buyin’ colorTV, I’ll stay home an’WATCH it!”

1954

Laff-A-Day

“Dad doesn’t want me to run around with you any more!”

“Say, this is no ordinary full moon.”

1962

1967

1973

1984

“Car pool?”

1954

“Thanks a million, Dad!”

1983

“I didn’t say ‘IRS to see you,’ I said ‘Mr. Iris to see you.’”

1965

“Now, this comes from a highly reliable source – the Southside Bridge Club.”

Laff-A-Day

1957

“I can’t start counting until he falls!”

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Puzzle Trivia On The Tube

Decade Trivia

ANSWERS

Trivia is on page 12.

These puzzles are on page 4.

1950S Trivia Answers 1. The Brinks armored car company’s headquarters in Boston.

1960S Trivia Answers

TOUGH GUYS, BAD GIRLS

1. The Gateway Arch. 2. “. . . This is the War Room!”

President Harry Truman

3. ZIP codes. 4. False: Apollo 7.

2. Alger Hiss.

5. Petticoat Junction.

3. South Korea.

6. So that the nation could mourn Martin Luther King Jr., who had just been assassinated.

4. Beetle Bailey. 5. U.N. diplomat.

7. Fred Rogers.

6. King Mongkut in The King and I.

8. He had too many speeding tickets.

7. Honor a black American. Shirley Temple Black

KIDS SHOWS

1970S Trivia Answers

1980S Trivia Answers

1. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Factory

1. Scotland.

2. Bill Gates left to cofound Microsoft in 1975, his sophomore year.

2. Reese’s Pieces.

3. Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

4. American International Toy Fair in New York City.

3. True. 5. Ronald Reagan.

4. True. 5. The Atlanta Braves’ Henry “Hank” Aaron. 6. Star Wars. 7. He organized the Watergate break-in and burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

Whole Foods.

Pac-Man.

MGM Grand Hotel.

Bill Gates

8. 1973. The Willis Tower, below, was once the tallest building in the world.

E.T.

Cabbage Patch Kid

8. Henry Mancini.

CARS & STARS

Ultimate Trivia Quiz HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW ‘50S & 60S COMEDIANS?

COMEDY LEGENDS OF THE ‘50S AND ‘60S

Trivia is on page 3. 1. C, 2. D, 3. B, 4. D, 5. C, 6. B, 7. B, 8. A, 9. B, 10. A, 11. C, 12. B, 13. A, 14. A, 15. A, 16. C, 17. D, 18. C, 19. C, 20. C

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW 1968? Trivia is on page 17. 1. C, 2. B, 3. A, 4. B, 5. C, 6. D, 7. A, 8. B, 9. C, 10. D

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW WESTERNS? Trivia is on page 18. 1. C, 2. C, 3. A, 4. B, 5. C, 6. D, 7. B, 8. A, 9. B, 10. D, 11. B,

FLASHBACK POP, ROCK & SOULTRIVIA 1. Golden Earring, a Dutch band. The 1982 song also was used in the 1993 pinball game The Twilight Zone and the film End of Watch. 2. Lou Rawls, in 1976. It was his only million-seller. 3. War, in 1970. The song was used in the films Boogie Nights and Remember the Titans. 4. The Beatles, in 1964. 5. “A Groovy Kind of Love,” by the Mindbenders in 1965. It reached No. 2 on both the U.S. and U.K. charts, but Phil Collins took it to the top in 1988 with his version, a slow ballad, that was used in the film Buster. 6. The Bee Gees, in 1967. They were inspired to write the song while sitting in a stairway during a power outage. A mining catastrophe in Wales in 1966, in which 144 people were killed, was fresh in their minds. 7. “Running on Empty,” which Browne released in 1977.

Tivia is on page 11.

8. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, in 1972 on their Trilogy album.

14.Stevie Wonder. The songs went to No. 1 on both the Hot 100 and R&B charts.

9. “Girl Watcher,” in 1968. They were originally known as The Kays.

15.In 1962 at the Marquee Club in London. Their ﬁrst record, “Come On,” came out in June 1963.

10. “Red, Red Wine,” ﬁrst recorded by singersongwriter Neil Diamond in 1967. UB40 released a reggae version in 1983. The group saw “Diamond” as a writer credit, unaware that it was Neil Diamond who’d written the song. 11.The Crests. The group also scored a major hit with “16 Candles” in 1958. The song was covered by Stray Cats for the 1984 movie of the same name. 12.Let It Be, released in 1970. 13.The Velvet Underground, on their White Light/White Heat album in 1968. Lou Reed, the song’s writer, was still with the group at that point. The song was used in the 2009 movie Adventureland.

16.Michael Jackson, in 1986, on the Bad album. 17.Buddy Holly. The statue in Lubbock, Texas, is along the Walk of Fame that also memorializes other Texas artists. It’s across the street from the Buddy Holly museum. 18.Melanie B (Scary Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice 1996-98), Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice), Melanie C (Sporty Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice). 19.The rock band that would eventually be known as Kiss, after a short run as Rainbow (1970-71).

20. All were written for other artists by singersongwriter Gene Pitney. His own chart hits often were written by the Burt BacharachHal David duo. 21. None other than Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas (“California Dreamin’,” “Monday, Monday” and “Dedicated to the One I Love”). 22. The two groups became Black Sabbath after another name change. It’s said that the Polka Tulk Blues Band name came from a brand of talcum powder used by Ozzie Osbourne’s mother. 23. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, in 1975. Various versions run from 3:16 to over four minutes. 24. “I’ve Got to Get a Message to You,” by the Bee Gees in 1968. In the story, a condemned man on death row asks the preacher to get a ﬁnal message to his wife. He’s killed his wife’s lover and his time is nearly up.

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