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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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Tag Archives: The 1960s
Top Celeb Tube: ‘Jayne Mansfield Transformation From 01 To 34 Years Old’
Source:The New Democrat “Jayne Mansfield was an American film, theater, and television actress. She was also a nightclub entertainer, a singer, and one of the early Playboy Playmates. She was a major Hollywood sex symbol during the 1950s and early … Continue reading
Willy Beable: Diana Dors Documentary
“Short documentary profiling the life of British ‘Blonde Bombshell’ Diana Dors, who died of cancer in 1984.” From Willy Beable English Muffin Diana Dors (as I call her) got tagged as the British Marilyn Monroe and the latest Hollywood Blonde Bombshell … Continue reading
The New Yorker: Douglas Watt- ‘The Glittering, Corrosive Humor of Lenny Bruce’
Source:The New Democrat “Early in 1966, the entertainer Lenny Bruce, who died in the midsummer of that year at the age of forty from a self-administered overdose of morphine, gave his next-to-last public performance, at the Berkeley Community Theatre, a … Continue reading
Posted in Lenny Bruce
Tagged 1966, America, Berkeley, California, Christian Conservatism, Christian Conservatives, Christian Right, Comedy, Douglas Watt, Far-Right, Fascism, Fascists, First Amendment, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, Lenny Bruce, Lenny Bruce's Career, Lenny Bruce's Life, New Right, New York, New York City, Political Correctness, Religious Conservatism, Religious Conservatives, Religious Right, Satire, The 1950s, The 1960s, United States, University of California
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The Dick Cavett Show: Raquel Welch- ‘Discuses Myra Breckinridge & Homosexual Audiences’
Source:The New Democrat “Raquel Welch discusses her movie, Myra Breckinridge in which she plays the title role undergoing gender reassignment surgery.” From The Dick Cavett Show I’ve seen Myra Breckinridge maybe 20 times, certainly 10 times in the last ten years … Continue reading
Posted in Dick Cavett, The New Democrat
Tagged 1969, 1970, ABC, America, Comedy, Dick Cavett, Dick Cavett Show, Gays, Gore Vidal, Hollywood, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Janis Joplin, Late Night, Late Night TV, Mike Sarme, Myra Breckinridge, Myra Breckinridge 1970, Myra Breckinridge 1970 Movie, New York, New York City, Raquel Welch, Raquel Welch's Career, Raquel Welch's Life, Satire, Sexy Women, The 1960s, The 1970s, United States
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Classic Film & TV Cafe: The Notorious Landlady 1962- ‘Scene with Jack Lemmon and Kim Novak’
Source:The New Democrat “Diplomat Jack Lemmon has just returned to England and doesn’t know that everyone else suspects Kim Novak’s character of murdering her husband!” From Classic Film & TV Cafe Just on a personal note first: it was the early … Continue reading
ATHENAISM: ‘Why Is John F. Kennedy so Popular?’
Source:The New Democrat “John F. Kennedy is one of the most popular US presidents. Was he as good as people remember him being? What exactly is it that makes him so popular?” From ATHENAISM As a Classical Liberal ( a real … Continue reading
Posted in JFK
Tagged America, Center Left, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Democratic Party, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Administration, John F. Kennedy Presidency, John F. Kennedy White House, John F. Kennedy's Career, John F. Kennedy's Life, John F. Kennedy's Popularity, Liberalism, Liberals, The 1960s, United States
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ACLU: A Supreme Court Fight For Students Free Speech Rights- The Story of John and Mary Beth Tinker
Source:The New Democrat If you look at American political culture from the 1960s and 70s, they have a lot of things in common with the Millennial’s today in the sense that they both have serious leanings on the Left ( … Continue reading
Posted in Free Speech
Tagged America, Baby Boom, Baby Boom Generation, Baby Boomers, Center Left, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Des Moines, Fascism, First Amendment, Free Choice, Free Expression, Free Speech, Free Will, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Iowa, John Tinker, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Mary Beth Tinker, Personal Autonomy, Personal Choice, Political Correctness, The 1960s, Tinker V. Des Moines, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War
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David Von Pein: CBS News Special Report- Eric Sevareid: Presidents and Assassins, November 25, 1963
Source:The New Democrat This CBS News Special Report, was just 3 days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. This was all very new with if not most Americans, but certainly a lot of them. Maybe … Continue reading
Jayne Mansfield Diamonds To Dust: ‘A Guide For The Married Man 1967- Jayne Mansfield’
SourceThe Daily Review “Jayne Mansfield Diamonds to Dust: The official trailer for the 1967 film which Jayne Mansfield has a cameo and is actually the last time she appears on the big screen. Her cameo is shown in this trailer. … Continue reading
Posted in Baby Jayne
Tagged 1967, A Guide For A Married Man, A Guide For A Married Man 1967, A Guide For A Married Man 1967 Movie, America, Art Carney, Comedy, Hollywood, Inger Stevens, Jayne Mansfield, Jayne Mansfield's Career, Jayne Mansfield's Life, Lucille Ball, Robert Morse, Romantic Comedy, Satire, Sexy Women, Terry Thomas, The 1960s, United States, Walter Matthau
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The Film Archives: This is Your Life With Ralph Edwards- Jayne Mansfield in 1960
Source:The Film Archives– Jayne Mansfield, this is your life. Source:The Daily Review “Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 — June 29, 1967) was an American actress in film, theatre, and television, a nightclub entertainer, a singer, and … Continue reading
