Even the biggest of American pop stars were nerdy teenagers at one time and had to pose for yearbook photos.
And so this is what Madonna looked like in her pre-Material Girl days.
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The TV That Time Forgot: Sugarfoot
In the early days of TV, most major Hollywood studios saw it as “the enemy,” the force that was driving down attendance at movie theaters. In those days, only Universal (which frankly could use the…
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The Parent Trap (1961)
Is there a Baby Boomer male who didn’t have a crush on Hayley Mills back in the early 60’s? If there was, he probably never saw her in her magnum opus, The Parent Trap. The…
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The Top 10 TV Shows for Baby Boomers
by Allen B. Ury There are two kinds of TV series. I'm not talking about "drama" vs. "comedy." Or "prestige" vs. "popular." Or even "good" vs. "crap." I'm talking about "Teflon" vs. "sticky." Teflon series…
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The TV That Time Forgot: I Remember Mama
It seems like a contradiction in terms: forgetting I Remember Mama, but only the heartiest of Baby Boomers are likely to remember this gentle sitcom from TV’s early days. Based on the book, Mama’s Bank…
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The TV That Time Forgot: Richard Diamond
With all of the CSI-style forensic cop shows on TV, it may be hard to remember that network television was once ruled by cowboys and two-fisted private eyes. One of the first of the shamuses…
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Gidget (1959)
This is the film that started it all! Teen exploitation movies! A nationwide craze for surfing! The slang phrase “Big Kahuna!” Sandra Dee’s brief career as a movie star! Before Gidget, there had been movies…