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Late Night Local TV And Fabulous Saturday Night Discomania in the 1970s
I Really Miss Local Television Programming I really miss 1970s television. Not just the great shows that were in prime-time, but late-night LOCAL TV – which simply doesn’t exist anymore,…
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New York Television Celebrates New York and New Jersey During the 1970s and 1980s
New York Television Celebrates New York and New Jersey New York in the 1970s was a tough place. New York City was teetering towards default, crime was rampant, and times…
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Branch Brook Park and the Beautiful Cherry Blossoms 2024 | Newark and Belleville, New Jersey
The New Cherry Blossom Welcome Center A new Cherry Blossom Welcome Center opened at Branch Brook Park in November 2023. You may learn all about the magnificent cherry blossom trees…
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The Sopranos’ Opening Credits and Super Bowl Commercial 2022
The Sopranos The Sopranos was an incredibly successful HBO series that ran from 1999-2007. It became a cultural touchstone. This year is the 25th Anniversary of The Sopranos. It is…
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Holsten’s Ice Cream Parlor (famous from The Sopranos) | Bloomfield, New Jersey
Holsten’s Ice Cream Is A New Jersey Legend Holsten’s ice cream parlor has been a legendary meeting spot in Bloomfield, New Jersey for over 75 years. They are famous for…
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Positively New Jersey!
Positively New Jersey I have been reading some very interesting articles about New Jersey. It’s nice to read something that isn’t negative. New Jersey has a lot going for it!…
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Morley Safer and Modern Art (1993)
Morley Safer And Modern Art I grew up watching 60 Minutes on CBS (Channel 2 in New York). My parents would watch the show every Sunday night, and so I…
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It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature TV Commercial
It’s Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature! Dena Dietrich played this character in Chiffon Margarine commercials in the early 1970s. The first one was so successful that she did quite…
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You Deserve A Break Today Commercial (1970s) | Television
You Deserve A Break Today McDonald’s is struggling nowadays in the fast food market. Perhaps they should drop that idiotic campaign and extremely stale “I’m lovin’ it” and go back…
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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
The Homecoming (1971) This is the TV movie that started it all. This film, based on creator Earl Hamner’s real-life family, aired in 1971. It was such a huge success…
