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Director: Billy Wilder
If you’re an actor, you love it when you get to work with a director who brings out your best work. A director like Billy Wilder, who...
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TV Show: The Flintstones
I bet you can probably sing at least part of the theme song. Although The Flintstones premiered on prime time more than 50 years ago (Sept....
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Sports: Joe Montana
He wasn’t the most talented quarterback ever to play the game. But he won four Super Bowls. He didn’t accumulate the flashiest...
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Music: Duke Ellington
Jazz entered the popular consciousness in the 1920s, an untamed and spontaneous explosion. By the 1950s, it returned to its experimental...
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Americana: 1959 Cadillac
Ah, the fin. The fins on cars in the late fifties came in three sizes: Big, Bigger, ’59 Cadillac. The style mavens of the day minced...
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Food: Best Hot Dog (1)
First, let’s acknowledge this: The best hot dog in America is somewhere in your town. You know the place, maybe the rest of America...
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Singer: Billy Joel
First, let me get something out of the way that’s always bothered me. Once you reach age 21, you can be Bill, William, Will –...
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Kid Stuff: Cracker Jack
My first question – how is that all the peanuts always fall to the bottom? They’re my favorite part of Cracker Jack, and it...
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Song: “Psycho Killer”
“‘Psycho Killer,’ huh? Hey Mr. Great American Things guy, maybe you didn’t know that this song was such a huge hit...
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Writer: Dashiell Hammett
Every now and again, one person comes along who changes the tide of a literary genre. Dashiell Hammett took the genteel mystery novel...
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