Saturday, February 25, 2017
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Last Gleaming
In 1983, your world champion Los Angeles Lakers hosted the All-Star Game inside their Fabulous Forum. (And man, was it ever). Chosen to sing the national anthem was Marvin Gaye. When Gaye was done, CBS-TV, the NBA front office, GMs across-the-league, and Reaganistas everywhere went bananas.
'Cause the man knew. It was over.
'Cause the man knew. It was over.
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Valentine's Tour
A happy document and curiosity: Valentine's Day 1962 and Mrs. John F. Kennedy gives us a tour of the White House. Video quality is not great (kinescope); and final proof that the early-60s were even worse than the middle-80s for female hairstyles.
Jackie running into her bemused husband toward the end is certainly the highlight.
Jackie running into her bemused husband toward the end is certainly the highlight.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
A Little Bit Softer Now. . .
If the only decent thing Barry Levinson ever directed was Diner (1982) -- and it is -- that would be enough. Not only is the movie an enthralled valentine to a moment on the cusp of the 60s, it was also made on a cusp: right before the LucasBerg/MTV/Reagan era would begin, and destroy everything.
What a stable of unknowns: Reiser, Barkin, Stern, Guttenberg, Bacon, Tim Daly, Michael Tucker, the lovely Kathryn Dowling, Rourke. And not a pose or attitude in sight. . .