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2021 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 19

2021 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 19

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1950s TV Christmas, and Brian will count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1950s. Here's Day 19!
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Classic 1960s Christmas #6 – Run For Your Life “Time and a Half on Christmas Eve”

Classic 1960s Christmas #6 – Run For Your Life “Time and a Half on Christmas Eve”

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1960s Christmas TV episodes with 1966's "Time and a Half on Christmas Eve" from Run For Your Life
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Why Gunsmoke’s Doc Adams Told Burt Reynolds to ‘Get Out of Here’

Why Gunsmoke’s Doc Adams Told Burt Reynolds to ‘Get Out of Here’

Today, in a look at interesting interview anecdotes, see Burt Reynolds explain how Milburn Stone telling him to "get out of here" on Gunsmoke changed his life forever.
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2021 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 18

2021 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 18

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1950s TV Christmas, and Brian will count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1950s. Here's Day 18!
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Is The Rookie Based on a True Story?

Is The Rookie Based on a True Story?

In the latest Pop Culture Questions Answered, Brian reveals whether the ABC police drama, The Rookie, was based on a true story or not.
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Classic 1960s Christmas #7 – The Avengers “Too Many Christmas Trees”

Classic 1960s Christmas #7 – The Avengers “Too Many Christmas Trees”

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1960s Christmas TV episodes with 1965's "Too Many Christmas Trees" from The Avengers
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Sondheim Performed By Julie Andrews, Placido Domingo and…John Denver?!

Sondheim Performed By Julie Andrews, Placido Domingo and…John Denver?!

In a feature spotlighting seemingly out of nowhere Stephen Sondheim references, Brian looks at a time that a Sondehim song popped up in the middle of a Julie Andrews Christmas special in 1987.
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2021 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 17

2021 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 17

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1950s TV Christmas, and Brian will count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1950s. Here's Day 17!
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Five TV Shows Whose Titles Quickly No Longer Matched Their Premise

Five TV Shows Whose Titles Quickly No Longer Matched Their Premise

In the latest collection of recurring pieces of pop culture, Brian spotlights five TV shows whose titles very quickly no longer matched their premise.
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Classic 1960s Christmas #8 – That Girl “Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid” That Girl celebrates Christmas

Classic 1960s Christmas #8 – That Girl “Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid”

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1960s Christmas TV episodes with 1966's "Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid" from That Girl
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