I was channel surfing last night and came across an old episode of Kate & Allie. Kate & Allie was on the air for five years, 1984 to 1989. I started wondering whatever happened to the characters on this show.

Kate - Susan Saint James. Susan hasn’t been acting much since the cancellation […]

City people have always had an easier time getting their mail delivered. Mail carriers were employed in the city, but is wasn’t until the late 1800s that the Rural Free Delivery was created. Prior to mail delivery, farmers had to ride many miles into town to pick up and send mail. The […]

I started noticing a trend in old (and even current) horror movies. If they are set in an old house, there are always a wall sconce or two with candles. Why? Because the hero or heroine always needs to walk down an narrow hallway, find a darkened room or passageway and pick […]

Here is something I don’t remember - the Shoe Fluoroscope. The Shoe Fluoroscopes were X-ray machines that were installed in shoe stores in the early 20th century. There were not removed until the early 1960s. The fluoroscopes were really a gimmick, they were marketed as a better way to measure feet and […]

Some movies are just best listened to with a Bose home theater system. Why? Because the music is so great. The American Film Institute has listed the Best 100 Film Scores and here are the top 10:
#10 - High Noon (Dimitri Tiomkin) - loved the film and the music
#9 - Chinatown (Jerry […]

According to an agreement made between Oscar winners and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, you can not sell your Oscar to the highest bidder. Of course, this agreement has only been in effect since 1950 and values the statuette at $1.00. This has not barred, however, the selling of older […]

I didn’t realize it, but there have been a lot of celebrities born in Memphis, Tennessee. Of course, they were not born at the Pigeon Forge cabin rentals, but here is a list none the less:
Justin Timberlake, January 31, 1981
Shannen Doherty, April 12, 1971
Chris Parnell, February 5, 1967
Cybill Shepherd, February 18, 1950
Kathy Bates, June […]