by David Krell | Feb 7, 2015 | David Krell
Everybody has a favorite movie star. For some of us, it’s an everyman, like Tom Hanks or Jimmy Stewart. For some of us, it’s a sex symbol, like Marilyn Monroe or Jennifer Lopez. For some of us, it’s an action hero. The 1982 movie My Favorite...
by David Krell | Sep 23, 2013 | David Krell
The Emma Sweeny played the Hooterville Cannonball in Petticoat Junction studio scenes shot at General Service Studios, now known as Hollywood Center Studios. Frequently, these scenes featured characters boarding or getting off the Hooterville Cannonball in front of...
by David Krell | Jul 1, 2012 | David Krell
“We got the Porsche! We got the Porsche!” I heard these words of celebration ringing on a spring night in 1986. I was not quite 19 years old, a somewhat shy pledge at Tau Epsilon Phi, Tau Beta chapter at the University of Maryland, College Park. With a dream to...
by David Krell | May 15, 2012 | David Krell
Baseball is full of clichés. So is Broadway. In Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, Kirk Gibson hit a home run in the bottom of the 9th inning to win the game for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Oakland Athletics. But this moment was not merely a veteran major...