by David Krell | Mar 20, 2015 | David Krell
When Johnny Carson was in his golden years as the host of The Tonight Show, when Yo! MTV Raps introduced Hip-hop music to Generation X, when George Herbert Walker Bush started a potential presidential dynasty in his clan, comedian Arsenio Hall took on the challenge of...
by David Krell | Feb 12, 2015 | David Krell
The Simpsons began as cartoon shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987. It was the debut year of the FOX network. FOX expanded The Simpsons to a half-hour show in 1989. The Simpsons got so popular that FOX moved America’s favorite dysfunctional family from...
by David Krell | Feb 8, 2015 | David Krell
One of television’s greatest stars would probably be unrecognizable to most people, but his voice is burned in our collective memory. Mel Blanc. In fact, he had many voices. Mel Blanc’s vocal roster of characters includes Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and...
by David Krell | Jul 16, 2013 | David Krell
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then James Bond should be very flattered indeed. Bond’s popular culture icon status inspired spoofs, parodies, and parallels aplenty. Roger Moore portrayed Bond in the 1970s and 1980s. He also portrayed a Bondish...
by David Krell | Jul 14, 2013 | David Krell
James Bond has gadgets that would make Thomas Edison green with envy for not inventing them. Q, of course, monitors Bond’s gadgets from conception to execution. The exchanges between Q and Bond reveal how and why the gadgets can be used. Later in the film,...
