Connie Francis serenades our armed forces with "Where The Boys Are" on The Ed Sullivan Show.
The Land of Whatever
Friday, July 18, 2025
Musical Interlude: Where The Boys Are (1961)
Give up the facade, Mr. President. Stop hiding the truth
Behind the bluster of a 79 year old grifter posing as the president is a scared little boy.
Donald Trump's inner child has erupted again after the Wall Street Journal, one of Rupert Murdoch's holdings, ran an article that brought up links between Trump and deceased, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a long time friend. To the shock and surprise of, well, no one, Trump is threatening a lawsuit against Murdoch, and this is despite the fact that there is way more evidence out there of Trump & Epstein at various functions than there were about Trump and E. Jean Carroll, whom Trump still denies ever knowing, even though he's on the hook for millions of dollars.
For someone who reportedly expressed interest in hypothetically dating his own daughter, well, that's a little hard to buy.
Trump, who writes (we think) a lot of his Truthless Social posts in the 3rd person, thinks he can rise above the fray. However, because his public image was destroyed long ago as his peculiar, ah, interests came to light, few outside of his brainwashed base will willingly buy his bull. The pictures & videos are out there, easily accessible. Trump can deny all he wants, but denial is a waste of time.
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Now, this could've been a spin-off: Pop legends on Hollywood Squares (1979)
The syndicated evening edition of Hollywood Squares was running on fumes as the 70's were nearing its end.
In 1979, before they changed the classic theme music, 8 music legends, plus Dick Clark (American Bandstand, Pyramid), are on the panel, with Clark occupying Paul Lynde's center square seat. The rest of the panel consists of Little Anthony, Freddy Cannon, Fabian, Patti Page, Connie Francis, Frankie Avalon, Martha Reeves, and Bobby Vee.
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Classic TV: Was Sherlock Holmes actually real? (In Search Of..., 1978)
From season 3 of the original In Search Of.......:
Series host Leonard Nimoy looks at the belief that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes, was based on a real person or persons. The episode also includes a brief bio of Doyle's own life.
Whomever is in charge of Wikipedia needs to correct one fact in the series history. The original series was syndicated, not a network program.
Musical Interlude (I Just) Died in Your Arms (1986)
Cutting Crew's debut single, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms", released in 1986, is getting some regular rotation on oldies channels, nearly 40 years after it climbed the charts.
Monday, July 14, 2025
Videos of Summer: Ray of Light (1998)
Madonna raced up the charts in 1998 with a song that illustrates what a day would look & feel like at the speed of, well, a "Ray of Light"....
Sports this 'n' that
I'll let Brian Tyler Cohen paint the word picture for our first entry:
Rollins has had a history of knee & back issues, and even worked with a torn meniscus in his left knee during last year's Wrestlemania. The worst case scenario is that Rollins may have torn the ACL in his right knee, and could be gone until next April. He stayed in Atlanta to support his wife, Becky Lynch (Rebecca Quin-Lopez) during Evolution last night, and is set to meet with doctors in Birmingham, Alabama today.
Predictably, some pitchers previously announced for the game have withdrawn due to having pitched on Saturday, including Jacob deGrom (Texas) and Max Fried (Yankees), the latter of whom left Saturday's game vs. the Cubs with a blister. Karma?