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Just watched an old cult 1969 documentary 'Mondo Hollywood'.  It's a very quirky perverted piece (warning psychedelic painted, dancing, naked people enclosed) of film about tinsel town during the psychedelic sixties.  Like the saying goes, "The more things change - the more things stay the same".  Watching these people in Hollywood, change the soundtrack, hairstyles, fads, and fashions - I

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Gene Autry was know through radio and film fame as 'The Singing Cowboy'. In the fifties he also became known as 'The Christmas Cowboy' because of his hit song 'Here comes Santa Claus. As the story is told, Gene was riding his horse, Champion, down Hollywood Boulevard for the annual Christmas parade in 1946 when, hearing the crowds of children gleefully crying, “Here comes Santa Claus!” he was

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Nothing says Merry Christmas like Lucky Strike.

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If you're half a century old or a little older - you might remember this book. Heck, you might have found some of these toys under your tree.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford and Gordon MacRae. Good stuff.

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Like Bing Crosby, Tennessee Ernie Ford is someone else that reminds me of Christmas. This clip is something I ran across a good while back, and is among my all time favorite Youtube videos. The kid stealing the show is Ernie's son Brian.

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Rush Limbaugh was recently on William Shatner's 'Raw Nerve' show.  During the last segment Rush proudly pulled out his favorite childhood toy to show to Shatner and his audience.  This is a Remco Caravelle AM Radio Transmitter/Receiver.  Rush reminisced how he always wanted to be on the radio.  This was his Christmas present back in 1962.  Rush said that he would spin records and dj from his

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I remember my fellow classmates at R.A. Mitchell Elementary talking about 'Fantastic Voyage' (1966) that was to air on television that evening. I had no idea what it was about, but figured it must be really cool because of all of the emotional stir around me. Gee whiz - I just HAD TO SEE IT!It was pretty cutting edge stuff for it's day - that is until '2001: A Space Odyssey' . Take for

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James Doohan tells a sweet story.

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Television stations back during the 1960's used to sign-off their broadcast days with this poem. My pal J. Holland played this as he signed off today on his show. 'High Flight' was written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr / No 412 squadron / RCAF. Gillespie joined the RCAF before America entered the war. He was killed December 11, 1941 at the age of 19.

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don't try this at home kids

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Roger Daltrey produced his first solo album during a hiatus from The Who's touring schedule. Self titled 'Daltrey' (1973) was the first of his eight solo albums.My brother had this on 8-track. I have not heard these songs in over three decades, but I remember each song clearly.I didn't know until reading up on Wiki that this album introduced the song writing talents of Leo Sayer.Roger Daltrey

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For those of you who don't have a copy - Leone's spaghetti trilogy is now on Hulu. How cool is that? Truly great westerns for those of you who have yet to experience them. I can't tell you how many times down through the years I've watched each of these films, Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly.I own the DVDs. You can get them pretty cheap at Walmart

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Asbestos makes an important contribution to our time!

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Terrific stuff asbestos. This amazing material will outlast anyone who ever owned a home built with asbestos wall boards, floor tiles or roofing shingles (etc). Asbestos products come with a lifetime guarantee!

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I was listening to some of Rush's show yesterday as he talked about the Boy Scouts. It brought to mind not just the good memories, but many of the things Boy Scouts taught me. I was a member of Troop 54 up on Noccalula Mountain. Milton Smitherman was our scoutmaster. He was a sweet fellow. Both he and Johnny Bryd are gone now. Johnny participated in a great many of our outings. I had some

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Funny excerpts from Mystery Science Theater 3000 commentary of Prince of Space.

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The first time I saw John Candy was in the television show SCTV. The show was just as funny, and at times even funnier than Saturday Night Live at it's best. SCTV was consistently funny. As we entered the eighties, the Second City crew started getting parts on the big screen. John Candy was probably the most successful of SCTV cast.I miss John Candy, probably more so than I do John Belushi.

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Gina and I took our six year old Kelsey out on Halloween night. Katie is now a young teenager and spent the evening with other 13 year old girls partying the way young 13 year old girls party - pizza, games, silliness and giggling.I painted a clown face on Kelsey's small features Saturday evening. She's a beautiful little girl and made for a sweet little clown. Gina manned the wheel and we hit

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Want to watch a good movie? It's Halloween and I'm thinking of Vincent Price.

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I have yet to meet Cowboy Hutch. We met online a few years ago. He's a guy about my age that came across a CD of mine at a Flea Market years ago. He found me online and asked if I would send him another. If memories serves, he lost the original CD during a divorce. Anyway, Hutch and I have been back and forth online. He's a neat guy.I want to share a blog that he posted at the early part of

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Astro Boy was my first experience with Japanese animation. I loved this show as a kid. The show had a very unusual look and sound to it. There was no syncing the American voices to the animation. It didn't hurt the show in the least. As a kid,I anticipated each episode.There's a great article on the history of Astro Boy at http://scifiblock.com/feature-articles/

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I recall coming across a blue van in a Kmart parking lot a few years back. There was a tag on the front bumper that said Jesus on it. It made sense to me. I don't believe Jesus would drive a car that would only ride 2 to 4 people. He'd own a vehicle that could carry plenty of His peeps.

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Last Sunday evening I drove down to the office to piddle around. We had canceled out Internet and Dish subscription at the house. I wanted something to do, so I sat behind my monitor and watched a spaghetti western that I had never seen at www.Hulu.com. There were three Sabata movies made. Lee Van Cleef starred in the first and last installments. The one available on Hulu was the second

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Last Friday night I was at WalMart with Katie digging through the 5.00 DVD bin. I ran across a double feature of 'Tales From The Crypt' (1972) and 'The Vault of Horror '(1973). Both movies were made by the same production company and had the same premise. I won't spoil it for you.Though the special f/x are weak and the movie is very dated - these movies still hold up. So the fangs don't look

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