Dragnet This is an early episode of Dragnet. The the first episode of the television show Dragnet, originally aired December 14, 1951 when I was about to turn 8-years old. Via regular broadcast TV or via online streaming, I have probably seen every episode of Dragnet at least twice, if not more. In this episode, […]
A Daughter’s Question Diane Disney Miller thought her dad was just “Dad” until she was about six years old. That’s when a classmate of hers asked her, “Is your dad Walt Disney?” Diane went home that day and waited for her dad to get home from work. Eventually, Walt entered the large Disney home around
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Gabby Hayes, Sans Beard Baby Boomers like me spent many hours before their black and white TVs watching Westerns during our youth, which prompted a previous blog title, “My Heroes Were Cowboys.” One of the best cowboy stars’ favorite sidekicks was Gabby Hayes, whose appearance and voice made us love him. What I had never
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Pulp Fiction’s “You Never Can Tell” Dance I saw Pulp Fiction in alocal theater when it first came out and have streamed it several times since. It is pretty gross in some scenes, but the dance scene to Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell” below is a definite winner. RECENT POSTS TAGS
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Hollywood’s First Cowboy Millionaire William Boyd lost everything twice: his fortune, his reputation, and his future. And then, when the world thought he was finished, he sold his ranch, bought back the pieces of his broken past, and turned them into gold. This is the story of William Boyd, the man who became television’s first
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