Quite a Story Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/category/quite-a-story/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:15:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://popculturereferences.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-thumbnail-1-32x32.png Quite a Story Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/category/quite-a-story/ 32 32 How Bob Dylan Let Sinead O’Connor Down At His 1992 Tribute Concert https://popculturereferences.com/how-bob-dylan-let-sinead-oconnor-down-at-his-1992-tribute-concert/ https://popculturereferences.com/how-bob-dylan-let-sinead-oconnor-down-at-his-1992-tribute-concert/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:25:11 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5266 The late Sinead O'Connor dealt with a number of unfair moments in her career, and she took issue with Bob Dylan for one of them in 1992

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/how-bob-dylan-let-sinead-oconnor-down-at-his-1992-tribute-concert/feed/ 9 How Adam F. Goldberg Would Have Originally Ended The Goldbergs https://popculturereferences.com/how-adam-f-goldberg-would-have-originally-ended-the-goldbergs/ https://popculturereferences.com/how-adam-f-goldberg-would-have-originally-ended-the-goldbergs/#respond Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:17:20 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=4820 The Goldbergs creator, Adam F. Goldberg, reveals how he originally planned to end the long-running sitcom that was initially based on his life growing up.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/how-adam-f-goldberg-would-have-originally-ended-the-goldbergs/feed/ 0 Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters Had Different Recollections of Why She Broke Out on the Today Show https://popculturereferences.com/hugh-downs-and-barbara-walters-had-different-recollections-of-why-she-broke-out-on-the-today-show/ https://popculturereferences.com/hugh-downs-and-barbara-walters-had-different-recollections-of-why-she-broke-out-on-the-today-show/#respond Sat, 31 Dec 2022 07:40:06 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3708 Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters both had slightly different versions of the story of how Walters broke out as a correspondent for The Today Show in 1964

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/hugh-downs-and-barbara-walters-had-different-recollections-of-why-she-broke-out-on-the-today-show/feed/ 0 How Barbara Walters Came to Terms With ‘Baba Wawa’ https://popculturereferences.com/how-barbara-walters-came-to-terms-with-baba-wawa/ https://popculturereferences.com/how-barbara-walters-came-to-terms-with-baba-wawa/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2022 04:58:55 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3703 Barbara Walters explained how she came to terms with Gilda Radner's iconic "Baba Wawa" impression of Walters

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/how-barbara-walters-came-to-terms-with-baba-wawa/feed/ 4 The Network Politics That Led to Barbara Walters Becoming an Iconic Interviewer https://popculturereferences.com/the-network-politics-that-led-to-barbara-walters-becoming-an-iconic-interviewer/ https://popculturereferences.com/the-network-politics-that-led-to-barbara-walters-becoming-an-iconic-interviewer/#respond Sat, 31 Dec 2022 03:40:38 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3700 Barbara Walters was one of the most famous television interviewers of all-time, but it's interesting to see how network politics sort of drove her into it.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/the-network-politics-that-led-to-barbara-walters-becoming-an-iconic-interviewer/feed/ 0 That Time Angela Lansbury Trashed Priscilla Barnes’ Acting Out Of Nowhere https://popculturereferences.com/that-time-angela-lansbury-trashed-priscilla-barnes-acting-out-of-nowhere/ https://popculturereferences.com/that-time-angela-lansbury-trashed-priscilla-barnes-acting-out-of-nowhere/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2022 03:36:23 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3590 In a spotlight article on the then-new hit series, Murder, She Wrote, Angela Lansbury took the time to trash the acting of one of her guest stars, Priscilla Barnes, from Three's Company fame.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/that-time-angela-lansbury-trashed-priscilla-barnes-acting-out-of-nowhere/feed/ 1 How Even Closeted, Sheila Kuehl’s Sexuality Cost Her Her Booming Acting Career https://popculturereferences.com/how-even-closeted-sheila-kuehls-sexuality-cost-her-her-booming-acting-career/ https://popculturereferences.com/how-even-closeted-sheila-kuehls-sexuality-cost-her-her-booming-acting-career/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:25:57 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=3113 Sheila Kuehl explains how her sexuality, even when she was still heavily in the closet, cost her her acting career in the early 1960s

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/how-even-closeted-sheila-kuehls-sexuality-cost-her-her-booming-acting-career/feed/ 8 Three’s Company’s Richard Kline on Being Struck by Lightning in Vietnam https://popculturereferences.com/threes-companys-richard-kline-on-being-struck-by-lightning-in-vietnam/ https://popculturereferences.com/threes-companys-richard-kline-on-being-struck-by-lightning-in-vietnam/#respond Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:37:40 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2969 Richard Kline, Larry from Three's Company, shares the bizarre story of how he was struck by lightning while serving in the Army during Vietnam.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/threes-companys-richard-kline-on-being-struck-by-lightning-in-vietnam/feed/ 0 Amy Poehler’s Iconic Response to Jimmy Fallon Telling Her Her Joke Wasn’t ‘Cute’ https://popculturereferences.com/amy-poehlers-iconic-response-to-jimmy-fallon-telling-her-her-joke-wasnt-cute/ https://popculturereferences.com/amy-poehlers-iconic-response-to-jimmy-fallon-telling-her-her-joke-wasnt-cute/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:10:33 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2970 Early in her time on the cast of Saturday Night Live, Amy Poehler had a classic response to Jimmy Fallon telling her that a joke that she was telling "wasn't cute."

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/amy-poehlers-iconic-response-to-jimmy-fallon-telling-her-her-joke-wasnt-cute/feed/ 3 Three’s Company’s Richard Kline on the ‘Double Guilt’ of Serving in Vietnam https://popculturereferences.com/threes-companys-richard-kline-on-the-double-guilt-of-serving-in-vietnam/ https://popculturereferences.com/threes-companys-richard-kline-on-the-double-guilt-of-serving-in-vietnam/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 04:16:21 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2946 Richard Kline, Larry from Three's Company, shares the sense of "double guilt" that he dealt with in Vietnam due to both being a liberal actor being in the Army, and as as non-combat officer.

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