Do you remember the 1970s sitcom What’s Happening!!? It was one of the best shows of the 70s and one that many fans, young and old, still love to watch today. It was based on the film Cooley High written by Eric Monte. The show was produced by the famous Bernie Orenstien, Bud Yorkin and […] More
While plenty of progress seems to have made in Hollywood lately regarding the treatment of talent by those in power. Classic Hollywood filled with some incredibly corrupt studio heads. Though it’s easy to get nostalgic for the days of the past, these true stories might make you see classic entertainment in a new light! Join […] More
The Three Stooges may not seem very culturally relevant today, but they ‘soitenly’ were for the better part of the 20th century. The vaudeville and comedy team were active from 1922, when they got their start as Ted Heeley and his Stooges. To 1972, when they made their last short subject film. Their unique brand […] More
The Wild Wild West was an American sci-fi, espionage, Western series that ran on CBS for four seasons between September 1965 and April 1969. If that mash-up of genres sounds ‘wild’ to you, that’s because the series was truly one of a kind. The show developed during a period in television history when the Western […] More
Frank Sinatra was a notorious womanizer during his heyday that had a penchant for sleeping with every woman that he could. The star certainly not above throwing money around to get the women he wanted. But the woman that Frank gladly paid $20,000 a year for wasn’t a lover. Instead, this woman actually served a […] More
The Dukes of Hazzard – despite all of it’s flaws – was one of the most popular shows on television in the late 70s and early 80s. Sure, the confederate flag was emblazoned on the ol’ General Lee and many aspects of the show would be considered misogynistic by today’s standards. But yesteryear’s audiences weren’t […] More
Andy Griffith may have been the star of The Andy Griffith Show, but he wasn’t the audience’s favorite character! Many lovable and comedic characters populated the show’s town of Mayberry. One of the most popular of these characters was Floyd Lawson, or Floyd the barber. Sadly, Howard McNear, who played the character of Floyd the […] More
The Legendary Bob Hope was one of the biggest stars of all time! He was a multi-talented entertainer who spent most of his life performing in vaudeville acts, Broadway productions, feature films, and on the radio and television. He’s also remembered for his years touring with his popular USO shows around the globe. Hope’s career […] More
Vera-Ellen was one of the most popular dancers to ever appear in Hollywood and Broadway musicals. She was a very capable and charming actress who could effortlessly match and arguably even outdance many of the leading men of her era. She experienced the height of her fame in the 1940s and 1950s. But unfortunately, her […] More
For several years starting with the filming of Smokey and the Bandit in the late 1970s, Sally Field and Burt Reynolds became a hot Hollywood couple. Sadly, things didn’t work out for the two. Sally may have seemed like just one in a long string of costars that Burt hooked up with and even got […] More
Anne Baxter had been working for several decades before taking on her iconic role as Queen Nefertari in the 1956 masterpiece The Ten Commandments. Anne had a lot of respect for the film’s director, who was Golden Age legend Cecil B. DeMille. Because of this, Anne persuaded into baring a bit more of her skin […] More
Standards and practices of the 1960s would’ve prevented the Gilligan’s Island characters from sparking up a joint on the screen. It seems that there were two big stars from the series that had a penchant for smoking marijuana. Those stars were Dawn Wells and Bob Denver. Both of whom arrested for possession of the substance […] More
