For nearly 30 years, Captain Kangaroo made television feel like the safest place a child could be. But the man behind the red coat had spent years keeping parts of himself out of sight. And the closer you look, the less simple that comforting smile becomes.
The 1970s produced dozens of funny movies that somehow slipped through the cracks. Some starred enormous names. Others influenced comedies that came later. Yet mention them today and even serious movie fans may need a minute. How many do you remember?
These beloved 1990s romantic comedies paired unforgettable stars, sharp writing, and irresistible chemistry, proving the decade perfected love stories audiences still adore today, from Pretty Woman to You’ve Got Mail.
For years, she had been the woman standing just outside the photographs. She traveled with Humphrey Bogart, worked on his movies and was welcomed into his home. Then, 25 years after Bogart was gone, Verita Thompson revealed what she claimed had really been happening whenever nobody was looking.
From Steve Urkel and Fran Fine to Hercules and the Crypt Keeper, revisit iconic 1990s TV characters people still recognize even when their original shows have faded from memory today.
Boris Karloff transformed Frankenstein’s monster into a Hollywood icon, but behind the terrifying makeup was a gentle English actor whose warmth, talent, and humanity shaped generations of popular culture forever.
A surprising number of songs Baby Boomers loved in the 70s are still getting played by Millennials today. Not because they’re trying to be retro. Not because their dad left the radio on. Because some songs are just too good to age out.
Some movies are festive. Some are definitely not. And then there’s that wild middle category—the films people fight about every December. Are they Christmas movies? Are they just movies that happen to take place at Christmas? Let’s settle nothing and argue everything.
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