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March 29, 1976

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48th Academy Awards | 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' wins

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1962 is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of the institutional processes and the human mind as well as a critique of behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles. It was adapted into the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman in 1963. Bo Goldman adapted the novel into a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman, which won five Academy Awards. Time Magazine included the novel in its '100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005' list.

Remember When

The famous moment on V-J Day
The famous moment on V-J Day a nurse and sailor at the end of World War II in New York City. Alfred Eisenstaedt took the famous photograph in Times Square but did not note the names of the people in the picture.
LA Dodger Highlights - Pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale
Joe DiMaggio - is the mystery guest on the TV show What's My Line? - September 18, 1955
Song of the Day
Tina Turner & Chuck Berry
Karen Carpenter and John Denver Duet TV Special 1976
Explore America
The Houston Astrodome

Who is your favorite male star?

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    Albert Finney | Big Fish
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    Liam Neeson | Schindler's List
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    Lionel Barrymore | Its a Wonderful Life
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Who won Best Director in 1964?

  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Stanley Kubrick
  • Mary Poppins - Robert Stevenson
  • My Fair Lady - George Cukor
  • Zorba the Greek - Michael Cacoyannis
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Am I right?

Our hits included Summer in the City and Do You Believe in Magic, who are we ?

The Lovin' Spoonful

What is another word for lexicon?  Dictionary.

What was the first country to which the United States sent a woman as ambassador? Denmark, in 1933. Ruth Bryan Owen, a two-term congress woman and the daughter of William Jennings Bryan, served until 1936 when she married Danish citizen Borge Rohde.

Chemistry on the screen

TV Show of the Day
Unaired Test Pilot for The Munsters TV Show Entitled "My Fair Munster"
Ray Charles sings America,The Beautiful | LIVE | A Fundraiser for The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind in 1999
The Harlem Globetrotters in 1950, great vintage basketball footage
Interview of the Day
Rod Stewart appears on Piers Morgan's Life Stories - Full Interview plus a live performance
Walter Cronkite is broadcasting the "CBS Evening News" when he received word of Martin Luther King's assassination

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Do you recognize me and the movie I am in ?

Jimmy Stewart in The Greatest Show on Earth

New England - a very special place

Basketball Scenes

The Celtics

Coach Bobby Knight

Lew Alcindor

Patrick Ewing

Dennis Johnson

The Celtics

Coach Bobby Knight

Lew Alcindor

Patrick Ewing

Dennis Johnson

Collectible Editions

You have a choice of three versions of our collectible edition to select from. 52-pages, 100-pages (special oversized edition) and our 104-page version (hard cover). Enjoy your stroll down memory lane!



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Johnny Unitas, Howard Cosell and who is the third player in this photo ?

Joe Montana

The Edge's name is David Howell Evans.

There are around 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. If you took them all out and laid them end to end, they’d stretch around the world more than twice.

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