All, here is a link to one of pop culture’s greatest gifts: Rebecca Black’s song, Friday, the anthem made famous on YouTube. Funny enough, it is really catchy and has stood the test of time for the last few years. Here is the video for your viewing pleasure: Recently, the singer showed up on The…
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Fashion of the 60’s
So many rivers of activism and advancement showed itself in the 1960’s, even in fashion. Take a look at this picture and think about what they are thinking. Do you think that they would ever imagine that some of these trends would be just as popular today? What trends are we seeing today that could…
Golden Girls are Golden Comedy
The word nostalgia means Golden Girls for me. Whether it was watching the show in real-time with my Grandma at her home in Lincoln, NE or watching reruns after school while doing chores or even currently late night viewing helping me laugh as I go to sleep, the Golden Girls was a trailblazer in the…
Hold a Laugh-In this Week!
A nightly variety show for me in the early 80s, Nick at Night’ Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In entertained those that tuned in to see how the 60s informed the 70s and how the 80s where so far from the 60s, yet so close to Laugh-Ins core metaphor. Suddenly, the laughter helped the country move through…
Daria is Damn Honest
Growing up through the Beavis and Butthead generation and seeing this character morph into her own TV show was so cool in retrospect. I actually identified more with her than Beavis and his friend. Daria’s honesty about her high school experience echoed what folks were living through during this time in the 90s. Long live…
Reba!
Oprah, her own pop culture phenomenon, interviews Reba, country’s biggest pop culture female! itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/oprahs-master-class-the-podcast/id1401057414
Bringing people together
One of my favorite pop culture icons, Alan Alda, does it again! What a great interview and a great way to end the work day yesterday. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/clear-vivid-with-alan-alda/id1400082430