Created by Ed Friendly (Little House on the Prairie), and George Schlatter, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In premiered as a one-shot NBC special on September 9th, 1967. Viewers had rarely seen the kind of rapid-fire, free-form series of politically, and sexually…
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[amazon_link asins=’B06XS2BBJ5′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’427f8fbd-4173-11e7-8b6b-dfcd0e1e8ddb’] This release combines Frank Sinatra’s first two TV specials from the late 1950’s. The first, The Frank Sinatra Timex Show, was broadcast on ABC on October 19, 1959. Produced by Sammy Kahn, orchestrated by…
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“Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the DVD I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own.” In February of 2016, Netflix released the first season of Fuller House, a sequel…
I’ve been a fan of both Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin for as long as I can remember. 9 to 5, the 1980 film they co-starred in, alongside Dolly Parton, remains a personal favorite. So naturally, I had high hopes…
Back in 2014, Time-Life/StarVista released the legendary TV special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever on DVD, over thirty years after it first aired. While I reviewed the three disc set back then, with the deluxe six disc set soon to…
A classically trained musical genius and Black Power icon, Nina Simone has influenced scores of other musicians, from John Lennon to Adele. Born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, N.C., Simone began playing piano at age 3. Showing talent from the start,…
Though set in the beginning of the 20th century, The Knick stands out in its continual ability to delicately comment on issues relevant today, while staying true to the past. The themes of addiction, class, race, desire, competition are timeless,…