Tag Archives: Los Angeles

Jack Benny Show: Marilyn Monroe (1953)

Source:The New Democrat There is no better way to kick off the Jack Benny program than with Marilyn Monroe highlighting her excellent comedic abilities, which includes playing the dumb blonde but doing it intentionally for entertainment. Jack Benny is living … Continue reading

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CNN: The Newsroom- AJ Hammer On the Death of Great Comic Writer/Actor Harold Ramis

Source:CNN– talking about the life and career of Harold Ramis. Source:The New Democrat “R.I.P. Harold Ramis, Dead At 69” From Federal Jack Tube Harold Ramis will be missed for his comic writing and acting because he comes from the old school, … Continue reading

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Film Society at Lincoln Center: Q&A With Raquel Welch On Myra Breckinridge

Source:The New Democrat Myra Breckinridge is not the movie that made Raquel Welch a star. Myra Breckinridge was a loser at the box office no matter how funny it was.  It was one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. … Continue reading

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The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Biography of Raquel Welch

Source:The New Democrat  When I think of Raquel Welch, I think of a red-headed gorgeous baby-face goddess, at least at first sight, and she’s all of that and I’m sure a lot more physically, but that is not the whole … Continue reading

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The Today Show: Charles Manson Interview (1987)

Source:The New Democrat  Charles Manson has made a couple of admissions of guilt. I’m not a lawyer but this is what it sounds like when he says perhaps he should’ve killed more people. I’m paraphrasing here, but that is pretty … Continue reading

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Fat Hawaiian Man: Charlie Rose 1987 Interview of Charlie Manson

Source:The New Democrat I can feel a certain sympathy for Charlie Manson because it is easy to see why he is so pissed off at a society that provided only the corrections system as an early home for him. Never … Continue reading

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ABC News: 20/20 Diane Sawyer- 1994 Special on The Manson Family

Source:The New Democrat The Manson Crime Family, which is what I call it instead of a cult, because of all the crimes they committed and people they either seriously hurt or killed, is one of the worst crime families of … Continue reading

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Top Model Baby Belle: Elton John: Candle in the Wind Tribute Marilyn Monroe

Source:The New Democrat The best tribute to Marilyn Monroe because it perfectly sums up Marilyn Monroe’s life is that she was a candle in the wind that blew out far too soon and left a huge hole that no one … Continue reading

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HBO Films: Magic & Bird- a Courtship of Rivals

Source:The New Democrat This film is about the two men who saved the National Basketball Association in the 1980s. And to know that, you have to be familiar with the NBA back in the late 1970s. The fact that the … Continue reading

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Radical Films: U.S. House Un-American Activities

. Source:The New Democrat  The House Un-American Activities Committee and then later the Joe McCarthy Government Oversight Committee in the Senate were classic cases of guilt by association. Because they assumed some Americans were Un-American and not deserving of being … Continue reading

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