Even though these classical art pieces had an original intent to capture daily life experiences of that time period, meme culture has brought them back to today's audiences by giving them new meaning.
James MacArthur passes away at his Florida home of natural causes
Once again, the royal children, especially Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, captivated everyone's attention.
Do they make boats like this anymore? Some people do...while some of these wooden wonders are restored in garages and are labors of love for those involved. There are a number of wooden boat shows around the country...find one, you'll have fun! This one, like me...is a 1950's vintage! View LARGE: farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4939535863_a00a1fcf8c_b.jpg
Even though these classical art pieces had an original intent to capture daily life experiences of that time period, meme culture has brought them back to today's audiences by giving them new meaning.
J.S.Bach, Goldberg Variation n.2, score with notes by Glenn Gould (via alesario)
Explore rob.rudloff's 902 photos on Flickr!
The car from 'The Saint' will be one of several classic Volvo 1800s on display at this year's Techno-Classica show in Germany
These spies, along with very imaginative technicians, dreamed up and brought to life a variety of extremely clever concealment devices. Here is a look at some of the coolest and manliest of the bunch.
The 'MASH' TV show remains one of the greatest examples of Classic TV. This is a behind-the-scenes look at the television series and movie that inspired it.
Warren Mitchell, who died this week, was forever proud of the character Alf Garnett who divides opinion to this day. Christopher Stevens argues that it is unfair that the BBC has distanced itself from Mitchell's creation.
One of the few shows that I look forward to during Paris Fashion Week is that of Louis Vuitton, because Vuitton’s shows have become more than just about clothes and bags.
Photo gallery from the Tour & Preparation Day at the 2013 St. James's Concours of Elegance, held 5-7 September at the St James’s in London.
HAPPY MONDAY..OR NOT… 1. happy birthday wishes are going out to actor KEN HOWARD…he turns 67 today….he is best known for his early 80’s tv show “THE WHITE SHADOW…
Classic 70's Children's TV programmes
ON The Buses star Anna Karen has died in a blaze apparently started after she dozed off while smoking. Anna, 85 — Olive in the 1970s sitcom — was heard screaming “Help me, help me” as the fire engu…
Tax expert Ronnie Ludwig explains some dos and don'ts for people starting a small business.
TV and film writers may be on strike, but there's no reason you can't go ahead and prepare your great idea for production. Learn all about how to write a TV show, including understanding characters, treatments, and loglines.
Learn more about 1972 Volvo P1800E Coupe on Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online.
Classic 70's Children's TV programmes
We, as people, sometimes are too difficult to understand. Our thoughts, our feelings, and our sense of humor are better received with some visual aid. That is how memes were born, and some of the funniest ones are created by using classical art as a reference to modern-day issues.
Classy and luxurious farm residence designed by Catalano Architects.
Use Walter Zettl's shoulder-in entwickeln exercise to improve your dressage horse's suppleness, balance and rhythm.
At the risk of offending half of the people I’ve met in the last week, I have to admit that prior to our recent visit, I’d not been used to mentioning Volvo in the same sentence as performance or car shows. Nope, my previous experience of the Swedish car marque was that my friend’s dad …
The customised Aston Martin DBS, made famous by Roger Moore in The Persuaders, is expected to sell for £550,000 when it goes under the hammer in May.
As I've pointed out in the past, I'm a huge fan of game shows. Easily my favorite genre of television. I was extremely pleased to learn last year, while I was between jobs, that BUZZR, a new free over-the-air broadcast station (i.e., not cable or satellite, which I would have to pay for) dedicated to classic game shows, was beginning to air in my area. BUZZR just celebrated its first anniversary earlier this month, but I'm more interested in another anniversary, which I also learned about through BUZZR: Friday, July 1st, marks the 75th anniversary of the television game show! Now, truth be told, using July 1st, 1941, as the anniversary comes with a caveat. Wikipedia says that Spelling Bee is actually the earliest television game show, having been broadcast in the UK in 1938. Presumably, BUZZR is going with the standard of commercial television (or possibly even just television based within the United States), which also celebrates its 75th anniversary that day. That historic first day of commercial television featured two game shows, Uncle Jim's Question Bee and Truth or Consequences, which both aired special episodes on WNBT (what is now called WNBC in New York City). I know absolutely nothing about Uncle Jim's Question Bee beyond a very brief entry on Wikipedia. While Truth or Consequences would return for a successful television run in 1950, Uncle Jim's Question Bee was apparently exclusive to radio beyond that single television broadcast. Indeed, both shows had already been on the radio for some time prior to 1941, and it is certainly true that television and radio shared quite a few shows (and often the very same episodes) during many of television's early years. The early era of television game shows is most often remembered today for the quiz show scandals of the '50s, whereby some contestants were actually given the answers to questions they were to be asked on future episodes, yet coached to act as though they struggled through their responses. While I certainly applaud the efforts to eliminate such contest-rigging from the genre, it does not get mentioned enough that no actual laws were broken on these shows. This, of course, is simply because no relevant laws yet existed until 1960. This is not to absolve the people guilty of perpetrating these falsehoods in the 1950s, some of whom did violate perjury laws attempting to cover up their actions later, so much as to highlight that they did what they thought was necessary to build drama in much the same way as is routinely done for scripted programming. Much the same thing is done, even today, in the ways that many shows (including, but hardly limited to, the so-called "reality" sub-group of games) use careful editing to bring out whatever aspects a producer wants the audience to see. Nevertheless, people were being misled, and rules have since been put in place to ensure that, whatever else a producer might do to create "drama" for a program, the game itself remains fair. While many of the shows of this early era are largely forgotten today, several enjoyed extremely long runs. The original What's My Line, for example, ran on CBS straight through from 1950 to 1967 (17 years), and almost immediately moved to syndication for another 8 years, resulting in a solid 25 years before disappearing. To Tell the Truth has fared even better. Premiering in 1956, it celebrates its 26th year on the air (spread out over a half-dozen distinct versions) with a summer run which started this past month. All of this pales, of course, when compared to the staying power of The Price is Right. While most people today remember the version that started in 1972 with Bob Barker, it enjoyed a nearly nine-year run starting in 1956 with game show legend Bill Cullen at the helm. Adding Cullen's run to the long-standing CBS version nets Price a whopping 53 years! And that's just in the United States! For more than two-thirds of the time that commercial television has existed, some current US version of Price has been on the air. It's all-but impossible to imagine television without it!
