Reflections on music, movies, TV, sports, American History, and other stuff.

I went to the show Monday and saw Moneyball. It was a profitable experience as while sitting and waiting for the 11:00 showing at my neighbo...

I love expressions and items from the past, especially the ones we see in classic films. These items were once applied universally to our li...

Whether we call it suds, a cold one, a draw, a brewski, a dime draft or whatever, most of us will admit that there is not a better beverage ...

“Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark”………Nat “King” Cole, 1957. When I was a kid, Nat “King” Cole was one of my favorite singers; especial...

Of equal importance with the Busby Berkeley musicals of the 1930s were the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. How these two even met ...

What would Will Hays think if he was alive today and saw the nudity in films along with the dreaded “F” word used so frequently? Since he...

Television sitcoms in the 1950s contained a lot of carryover shows from radio like Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Ozzie and Harriet, “The Aldr...

Although the early days of television hurt the movie business, they didn’t ruin it like they did radio. Sure, starting in the late 1940s TV...

At the risk of sounding wishy-washy, I think some film remakes are good and some bad. Some film makers try to cash in with remakes of block...

This is “singing cowboys month” on TCM and although William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy was not a singing cowboy, I think he deserves a mention...

Do you have memories of going to the show as a kid? I remember my mom telling me to not let my head touch the back of the seat or I might g...

I was listening to the radio in the car today and one of my favorite old "girl name" songs was played. It was "Francine"...

Those of you who are old enough can remember the fun of going to the drive-in theater. Whether you went as a child with your parents, went...

The ability of actors, musicians, and directors to instill laughter or pathos into an audience is fascinating. As a kid I used to cry when ...

By Guest writer Joe Finnerty Another D-Day has come and gone. Much to my surprise, this year’s anniversary (2011) received no media covera...

(Guest contributor Joe Finnerty returns with another childhood memory from his teenage days in Hoboken, NJ in the 1940s. Chemistry class wa...

(Re-printed from the May 20 edition of the Scottsdale Republic) When one looks at the busy intersection of Scottsdale and Camelback Roads ...

Of all the amusement parks in the New York area, the Palisades Park, located near the George Washington Bridge, was my favorite. To get ther...

If there is one thing we have too much of in this country other than liberal Democrats, it is complainers. Now the Indians (Oh, excuse me...

I recently read an interesting column by Kim Palmer of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune regarding the difficulty new college grads have finding...