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Steve Martin was a phenomenon in the seventies. He was everywhere. Audiences loved him. I was a fan, along with most everyone else in the world. To me, everything that came out of his skull was pure comedic genius. It’s interesting to look back on some of his work now. It still makes me chuckle, [... read more ...]

I recently came across the Postagram app by Sincerely, and was eager to give it a try.  The service makes it trivially easy to send a physical postcard through the US Mail, custom printed with a photo of your choosing.  It’s a neat idea.   Unfortunately, I am worried about what appears to be a [... read more ...]

It was the year 1987 when the world came to know the truth — Michael J. Fox has no Elvis in him! From the album Bo-Day-Shus!!! by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper. Hadn’t seen this video in years, but everything about it feels completely familiar. Poor quality video, but it’s still a keeper.

The first movie to spoof slasher-horror flicks? It came out long before Scary Movie, Scream, or others that come to mind. In the early 80′s, a film by the name of Student Bodies hit theaters. Scenes from this movie would pop into my head occasionally over the years, but I always had difficulty remembering its [... read more ...]

I don’t know if Father Guido Sarducci’s character was an invention of Saturday Night Live, or if that was simply a television venue finally introducing him to the masses (GET IT?! MASSES?!!!). Absolutely hilarious! In the clip below, he lays out a vision for higher education in America… and ends up making a lot of [... read more ...]

I know these guys played Woodstock and all, but I learned about them because of their cheesy variety TV show in the early 70′s. A wonderful production that was undoubtedly loved by everyone under the age of eight. I’d be curious to know exactly how popular their show was back then (apparently popular enough to [... read more ...]