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Column: Please leave classics alone Harris Blackwood There were two landmark movies in 1939. One was “Gone With The Wind,” and the other was “The Wizard of Oz.” A few years ago, somebody tried to make a sequel to “Gone with the Wind.” Let me put it this way: Have you seen it on TV lately? I didn’t think so. Now, one of the big movie companies has announced plans for a redo of “The Wizard of Oz.” To use a line from “Gone with the Wind,�...

Trumps Legacy and the Gullible Old Party Details GELFAND’S WORLD--Remember when conservative politicians wrapped themselves in the anti-crime image, complaining to the public about how robbers and murderers were getting off on technicalities?  The Jack Webb television shows even made it a joke when Sgt Friday read criminals their rights, as if this were some sort of liberal plot to overthrow the American system of justice. Somehow the system survived, and we trea...

At the Scene, Spring Issue #167 Hello Everyone! Look who we found hiding out with the crockery at a Connecticut estate sale! Because the sale included items from many sources, there’s no easy way to establish ownership. But, of course, there are only a few people that it could have belonged to. Was it Jack Webb’s Edgar for the radio drama Dragnet? It would be fitting if it once belonged to John Collier. For this issue, Art Taylor assigned himself the task of reading all the Edgar short sto...

Share This: As the weeks went by and we drew closer to graduation, I kept inquiring about my orders to BUD/S. I finally got one of the SEALs’ attention, and he looked into the situation for me. I can’t say I was happy with the report. A decision I had made almost a year earlier had come back to bite me in the ass. Back in the summer of 1992, fresh out of my high school senior year, I had gone with my dad to pay a visit to the navy recruiter in Ventura. A few days after we talked with him, t...

A national ballet company is calling for people with dementia, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s to submit videos for the chance to feature in new dance productions. Scottish Ballet is asking people worldwide to send a 20-second clip, with the footage to be used in three new dance films as part of the multi-artform project Haud Close. Inspired by the ballet company’s film Haud Close Tae Me, created by filmmaker Eve McConnachie in 2017 and featuring poetry from Scots Makar Jackie Kay, the pr...

Martas legacy: Scotlands national ballet launches world-wide search for participants for unique film project AMID the relentless gloom of the pandemic it touched the hearts of millions all over the world, including Spanish actor Antonio Banderas. A video of former New York Ballet prima ballerina Marta Gonzalez performing with her hands to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake  in a Valencian care home went viral in November last year, the memory of her movements seemingly unhindered by advanced demen...

John Shearer: South Broad Publix Taking Shape Where Mt. Vernon, Pizza Hut Were Friday, January 8, 2021 - by John Shearer Mt. Vernon around late 1960s Sign announcing Publix coming - photo by John Shearer Workers clearing site for Publix in early December - photo by John Shearer Workers clearing site for Publix in early December - photo by John Shearer Mt. Vernon sign in recent years - photo by John Shearer On the block where diners used ...

James comey in the just released inspector generals report. he should be ashamed of himself. and there was an official statement that called comey quote a proven liar and leaker words often used by the president himself. you almost want to laugh, joe. you almost want to laugh. >> actually, i couldnt stop from laughing. what an overstatement especially considering the source. lets bring in nbc news and msnbc law analyst and editor-in-chief of lawfare, ben wittes. hes out with a new piece diving i...

Suddenly there were the damn dirty hippies. >> jack webb would lecture you about the dangers of marijuana smoking and crazy drug culture. >> theyre trying to deal with the counter culture, but they dont understand it, so basically their stereotypes of what the hippies were like and it plays exactly like that. >> keep your nose out of my purse. >> keep your nose out of the acid next time, i will. fundraising. giving back. subaru and our retailers have given over one hundred and sixty-five million...

>> and youll keep out of mischief? >> ill just watch the old tv. >> good. >> in the 60s, america was exploding in a way that needed to be reflected on tv. ♪ >> stand still. >> "dragnet" came back in the late 60s and friday was now in a very different world than he had been in in the black and white days. and suddenly there were the damn, dirty hippies. >> i bet hes been dropping that acid weve been hearing about. >> jack webb would lecture you about the dangers of marijuana smoking and crazy d...