by David Krell | Mar 20, 2017 | David Krell
Glitz, glamour, and gambling—escalated, somewhat, by gaudiness, garishness, and greed—fuel Las Vegas. It is, after all, a desert metropolis built on a foundation of fantasy. It is also where Elvis Presley made his live performance comeback after eight years of...
by David Krell | Dec 1, 2016 | David Krell
In the first half of the 1970s, two clans ruled Friday night television—The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family. Both shows aired on ABC. Dodgers legend Don Drysdale met the Bradys in the episode “The Dropout” as a client of Mike Brady, America’s...
by David Krell | Mar 30, 2015 | David Krell
Who was the voice of Harry Boyle, the father in Wait Til Your Father Gets Home? When did The Jetsons initially air? What was the name of the prime time cartoon series that Steven Bochco produced? The answers to these and just about any other cartoon questions can be...
by David Krell | Feb 16, 2015 | David Krell
Hard rock sounds of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Doors emerged as musical touchstones in the late 1960s. A decade later, disco ruled, largely because of the phenomenon of the movie Saturday Night Fever and its soundtrack anchored by the Bee Gees. In between,...