BIKINI BEACH, 1964 | HERE FOR DRAGSTERS, KEENAN WYNN, PATTI GALLAGHER & BIKINIS
Straight-up, this 1964 movie was low-budget, razor-thin but popular “beach movie genre” of the day. Keenan Wynn whipping around on his Triumph w/sidecar makes me happy, and enough to keep me glued. And...
View ArticleBUNNY YEAGER’S LEGACY OF EROTIC ART PHOTOGRAPHY & MIAMI’S “JEWISH ORGY”
There are many interesting, historical bits to discover in the Bunny Yeager Archive at the University of Miami Special Collections. Bunny Yeager was clearly the “world’s prettiest photographer,” and...
View ArticleWHEN THE CLASH DESCENDED ON AUSTIN | ROCK THE CASBAH MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT, 1982
WHERE WERE YOU IN ’82? Good lord, can you believe that The Clash’s Rock The Casbah hit the airwaves and seeped into our living rooms 40 years ago! Remember when Mtv seemed to be on 24/7– especially on...
View ArticleRICHARD NORTON AUSSIE BODYGUARD OF THE BIGGEST BANDS | MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE STAR
By age 17 Richard Norton was a karate black belt working security for nightclubs and serving as chief instructor to 500 karate schools nationwide. He landed a big job in the 1970s as security /...
View ArticleRIP OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN | GREASE THE MOVIE WAS A BIG DAMN DEAL IN 1978, AND...
In 2019 Julien’s Auctions organized a ‘Grease’ auction. Among the 500 items offered-up for auction were the hot black leather jacket, and skin tight leather pants worn by ‘Sandy,’ in the legendary...
View ArticleCANDY BARR | SMALL TOWN TEXAS GIRL, BURLESQUE STRIPPER, AND MOB DARLING!
From The Texas Monthly– Before she was Candy Barr she was Juanita Dale Slusher, the daughter of a South Texas bricklayer and harmonica player. When Juanita was nine, her mother died and her father...
View ArticleDAN BLOCKER WAS NO SQUARE, MAN | THERE WAS A LOT MORE TO LIVE FOR THAN BONANZA!
Dan Blocker is one of the true television immortals, having played Hoss Cartwright, the heart and soul of Bonanza (1959) for 13 seasons, before his untimely death in 1972 at the age of 43. “Bonanza”...
View ArticleBUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID | BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE 1969 CLASSIC
According to William Goldman, when he first wrote the script and sent it out for consideration, only one studio wanted to buy it, and that was with the proviso that the two lead characters did not flee...
View ArticleHEART ATTACK & VINE |“THE BACK” AKA VIKKI DOUGAN MADE MARVELOUS EXITS IN THE...
From The New York Times Archives: The evening of Feb. 28, 1957 in Los Angeles was a balmy one, and the 14th annual Golden Globes awards were in progress at the Ambassador Hotel. Inside, a nervous...
View ArticleGREAT AMERICAN HOME IMPROVEMENT THE OLD SCHOOL BASEMENT BAR
* From the desk of Contributing Editor, Eli M. Getson– * Our Grandparent’s generation got it right, man– the fully loaded, properly-appointed basement bar. via here * Like a lot of us affected by the...
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