Book Review & Excerpt: Right Place, Wrong Time
For anyone who is a fan of mystery books and detective novels, Right Place, Wrong Time by indie author Joe Hamilton, is an absolute must to read. Hamilton's strong, distinct…
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Boomer TV Trivia: Perry Mason
Q1. Were any of the 271 episodes of the original Perry Mason television series which ran for 9 seasons (1957-1966), ever filmed in colour? Q2. Which of the series main…
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If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot
Among the many hits by legendary Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, are classics like If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, Rainy Day People, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,…
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Swimsuit Designer Rose Marie Reid
How a Canadian Mormon girl from Cardston, Alberta, became a twice-divorced single mom of three and founded the largest swimsuit manufacturing company in the world... (Rhonda Fleming in a 1950…
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Were You Alive in April 1945?
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia From April 1945: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies & President Harry S. Truman is sworn into office; World War II events in Europe & North…
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Boomer TV Trivia: Charlie's Angels
Q1. Which two characters on the original Charlie's Angels television series appeared in all 110 episodes (including the pilot 1976 made-for-tv movie)? Q2. Which character was represented on almost every…
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When Every Day is April Fool's Day
Vintage cartoons, funny stuff (unintentional and otherwise), and an assortment of the odd and unusual from the land of filmdom. Baby Peggy Flies Her Pelican Caught on film for eternity,…
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Boomer TV Trivia: The Streets of San Francisco
Q1. Two actors that guest-starred frequently on The Streets of San Francisco would end up starring as police officer partners in their own television series (1975-1979). What was the series…
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Lassen Peak Volcano Photographer B. F. Loomis
Images of the volcanic eruptions of Lassen Peak in the Cascade Mountains of California in 1914-1915, were captured in Collier's Magazine and newspapers around the country. "On May 30, 1914,…
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That Little Rascal Robert Blake
Actor Robert Blake's legacy includes a long list of notable performances in movies and on TV, beginning as a child actor in the 1930s Hal Roach Little Rascals / Our…
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