Happy Veterans Day to everyone, and a heartfelt “Thank you” to all the men and women who have served in America’s military past and present. On this day we’d like to offer a special salute to the movie career of…
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As anyone who’s ever watched Baggy Pants and the Nitwits can tell you, the 1970s were a strange time in the half-century history of kids’ Saturday morning television. The late ’60s superhero craze, brought on by the popularity of ABC’s…
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Happy Election Day, everyone. I’m on my way to the polling place now (I hope you’re doing or have done the same), but I’d like to take just a moment to suggest that–once you’ve fulfilled your Constitutional privilege–you might consider…
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Let’s face it: for all their cuteness, babies can sometimes be a bit unsettling. I mean, they’re like tiny people who are always wanting something, and every once in a while you get the feeling there’s something going on behind…
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She was one of the last living links to the Golden Age of Hollywood musicals, and with her passing last week at the age of 93, singer/dancer/actress Mitzi Gaynor leaves behind a memorable body of work in both movies and…
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To classic movie fans, the first name that comes to mind when someone mentions Tarzan is, of course, Johnny Weissmuller. For many of us born in the second half of the “Baby Boom,” though, there’s a place in our collective…
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Many, many moons ago (October of 2012, to be precise), I wrote an article for this very site listing 12 of the oddest, shoddiest, and least frightening menaces to ever grace the silver screen. From disembodied heads in lab pans…
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The western Ohio town of Springfield has received a good deal of unwanted publicity over the past couple of months. Something a lot of folks are not aware of is that the city was the birthplace/hometown of two notable early…
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“A sinister and unholy figure from the distant past, brought into the 20th century with the unwitting help of a poor chap driven insane by the experience, rises from his grave and sets out to draw a beautiful young woman…
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In 1964, when I was in First Grade, I had a very simple Friday (later Thursday) night routine. Just before 7:30, after finishing any homework and my dinner, I’d walk from our rowhouse to our next-door neighbors, the Mutschlers, and…
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