by David Krell | Jun 30, 2015 | David Krell
Saturday Night Live has been and continues to be a launching pad for actors to break into the movies. Chevy Chase and Foul Play. John Belushi and Animal House. Eddie Murphy and 48 Hours. Mike Myers and Wayne’s World. Tina Fey and Mean Girls. But Saturday Night...
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 | Jul 13, 2013 | David Krell
When President John F. Kennedy declared Ian Fleming to be a favorite author, he unknowingly triggered a popular culture trend. Kennedy’s statement established Fleming’s creation of fictional spy James Bond as the standard against which spy genre...
by David Krell | Jul 7, 2013 | David Krell
On this date in 1954, the Memphis airwaves debuted a singer. And rock and roll was never the same. The singer was Elvis Presley. WHBQ played his rendition of That’s All Right on July 7, 1954. Recorded two days prior in Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio,...
by David Krell | Jun 24, 2012 | David Krell
Ray Kroc must have felt like the 19th century prospectors that struck gold when he fulfilled an order by Dick and Mac McDonald in 1954 for eight multi-mixers. They were milkshake machines that could make five milkshakes at a time. It happened in San Bernardino,...
