Category Archives: Do You Remember?

More Than Slapstick Comedy: Political Satire from “The Three Stooges”

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Regina Jeffers

This is a poster for You Nazty Spy!. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, Columbia Pictures, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist. Further details: Original lobby poster for You … Continue reading →

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The Day the Music Died: 3 February 1959

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Regina Jeffers

This post is designed to have a look back at events that marked our world in popular culture and in literature. This one is on “ The Day the Music Died.” Do you recall the event that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, … Continue reading →

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Are You Smarter Than a Sixty Year Old? A Fun Quiz…

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Regina Jeffers

I was listening recently to Emmy Rossum from Showtimes’s “Shameless.” She was talking about being older than the other members of the cast. Rossum is 28 and the next oldest “sibling” in the show’s dysfunctional family is 15. Rossum remarked … Continue reading →

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Do You Remember America’s First True TV Hero: Hopalong Cassidy?

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Regina Jeffers

On 24 June 1949, “Hopalong Cassidy” premiered upon television. It would be another three months before “The Lone Ranger” followed suit. Soon, more people were watching “Hopalong” than TV stalwarts Athur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan, and Groucho Marx. Hopalong Cassidy was … Continue reading →

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Do You Remember the Yankee’s Farewell to the “Iron Horse”?

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Regina Jeffers

For the last few weeks in August, those of us in the States have been bombarded with images of common folks and celebrities pouring buckets of ice water over their heads in the name of fundraiser for ALS. But what … Continue reading →

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Do You Remember? The Three Stooges as Political Satirists

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Regina Jeffers

This is a poster for You Nazty Spy!. The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, Columbia Pictures, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist. Further details: Original lobby for You Nazty … Continue reading →

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Do You Remember: “Little Boy” and “Fat Man”?

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Regina Jeffers

On 6 August 1945 at 8:15 A.M., the Enola Gay released a uranium-charged bomb, nicknamed “Little Boy” over Hiroshima, an act which killed over 100,000 people. Three days later, another plane dropped a plutonium-charged atomic bomb, dubbed “Fat Man” upon … Continue reading →

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Do You Remember? When Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti Committed Bigamy

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Regina Jeffers

In February 1965, an Italian court in Rome declared the 1957 nuptials of Sophia Loren and her producer husband, Carlo Ponti, invalid, saying his Mexican divorce from his first wife, Giuliana Fiastri was not legal. Oddly enough, it was not … Continue reading →

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Do You Remember: the Last Old-Fashioned Presidential Campaign

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Regina Jeffers

What do you know of the Presidential race between Harry S. Truman and Thomas E. Dewey, one one where Truman came from behind to beat the anointed “next President,” Dewey? Do you realize it was really a four-party race? “Dewey … Continue reading →

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Do You Remember When? America Entered the Space Race…

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Regina Jeffers

There was a time when we Americans clung to our TV sets to watch our first astronauts accomplish what we thought no man could. I recall standing in my yard and staring up into the October (1957) sky to look … Continue reading →

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