Tag Archives: Pop Culture

April 14

“Bosom Buddies” – Lucille Ball and Bea Arthur

Bea Arthur and Lucille Ball’s duet on “Bosom Buddies” from the film version of “Mame.” Legendary comic actress Bea Arthur told it like it was – on stage and off. Her ‘pull no punches’ approach can be summed up from her scene in the film:  Mame and the duet with Lucille Ball.

March 25

Time Lapse Music Video: “Dream Music”

Time is the illusion within the dream of life. A static screenshot fails to do justice to this time-lapse masterpiece of a music video, which was created by Marc Donahue and Sean Michael Williams and took around 6-8 hours of work for 3-4 seconds of footage.

March 23

30 Years of Great TV Farewells

From Walter Cronkite to (just recently) Regis Philbin, here is a look back at fond television farewells over the last three decades, though some of them still continued to do some other work (including Regis, who is returning to daily TV with “Crowd Goes Wild” on the new Fox Sports 1 channel).

March 22

Pras featuring Mya & Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Ghetto Superstar”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIGCGu9L90 “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)” is a 1998 hip hop song by American rapper Pras, featuring rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard and R&B singer Mýa. The track was produced by Wyclef Jean and Jerry ‘Wonda” Duplessis for Pras’ debut solo studio album, Ghetto Supastar. It also features on the soundtrack for the motion […]

March 17

Headline of the Week: “Kathie Lee launches wine app., surprises no one”

Kathie Lee Gifford announced that she is launching her own wine line via USA Today. Now all comedy shows and variety specials have fuel for the comedic fire. Kathie Lee Gifford on wine. “It’s wine every day [on ‘The Today Show.’ We would never lie about that. But you’ll notice most of the time, the glasses […]

March 15

24 Straight Hours of Nelly’s “Hot in Herre”

For 18 hours, Latino Mix 105.7 has been playing Nelly’s “Hot in Herre.” The stunt promotion is part of the format change for the radio station. Stunt promotions are not a new thing. In July, a new Toronto radio station, Indie88, tested out its long-dormant FM signal by playing Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” […]

March 11

Kill, Marry, F#@k Game

The Rules of Kill-Marry-F#@k (KMF): When given a choice of three names, the players must decide who they would prefer to kill, marry, or f#@k. For example this round of K-M-F, we’ll go with Channing Tatum, Taylor Lautner, and Zac Efron. Player: I’ll marry Channing because he’s funny, sleep with Taylor because he’d be crazy in […]

March 02

“DROP DEAD GORGEOUS” – THE BEST BITS [PART 2]

“Drop Dead Gorgeous” is one of my favorite movies of all time. The film is a mockumentary about a vicious competition between two contestants in a rural Minnesota beauty pageant. While the two girls prepare for the contest their mothers (an overbearing hairdresser and a civic-minded matriarch) decide they will stop at nothing to help […]

March 01

“Drop Dead Gorgeous” – The Best Bits [Part 1]

“Drop Dead Gorgeous” is one of my favorite movies of all time. The film is a mockumentary about a vicious competition between two contestants in a rural Minnesota beauty pageant. While the two girls prepare for the contest their mothers (an overbearing hairdresser and a civic-minded matriarch) decide they will stop at nothing to help […]

February 28

Fox News Wonders Why Gays Don’t Just Go Do Business Where They Are Accepted

“This is America. We all have freedoms. Why would you want to do business with somebody – no matter what your personal issue was that they had with you – why would you want to force them to do business with you? Why not just go down the street and say I’m going to spend […]