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NCIS’s Tribute to David McCallum Had Some Interesting Easter Eggs

NCIS’s Tribute to David McCallum Had Some Interesting Easter Eggs

NCIS' tribute to the late David McCallum this week, "The Stories We Leave Behind," had a number of McCallum-related Easter Eggs in it. Here are the ones we discovered.
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Marla Gibbs Is a Standout in This Classic Jeffersons Farce Florence and Ralph pretend to be the Willises

Marla Gibbs Is a Standout in This Classic Jeffersons Farce

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian examines a classic Jeffersons farce that gave Marla Gibbs plenty of room to hilariously vamp
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An All-Star Cast of Black Actors Teamed Up With Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke’s ‘Good Samaritans’ Matt Dillon and Cato

An All-Star Cast of Black Actors Teamed Up With Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke’s ‘Good Samaritans’

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains how the scarcity of good roles for Black actors led to Gunsmoke getting basically a "who's who" of Black actors for...
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Archie Mondays: Who Was the First President That Archie Met in the Comics? Archie for President button

Archie Mondays: Who Was the First President That Archie Met in the Comics?

In my weekly Archie news and previews spotlight, on President's Day, learn who was the first U.S. President that Archie Andrews met in the comics
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Why Wasn’t Barbra Streisand Included In ‘We Are the World’? Barbra Streisand on the cover of her Broadway Album

Why Wasn’t Barbra Streisand Included In ‘We Are the World’?

Barbra Streisand was a huge star in the 1980s, and yet she wasn't included in the performance of "We Are the World." Why didn't she participate?
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Fire Reveals All in a Thrilling Episode of Underground Slaved held by flame in Underground

Fire Reveals All in a Thrilling Episode of Underground

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian examines the revealing effects of fire in a thrilling early episode of Underground
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What Song Did Prince Write About Not Appearing on ‘We Are the World’? Prince performing in 1985

What Song Did Prince Write About Not Appearing on ‘We Are the World’?

In the latest Pop Culture Questions Answered, Brian reveals what song Prince wrote about not participating in "We Are the World"
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CCH Pounder Got An Emmy Nom For Her Excellent The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Guest Spot The Boy with the African Heart

CCH Pounder Got An Emmy Nom For Her Excellent The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Guest Spot

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian examines a great guest performance by CCH Pounder that netted her an Emmy nom in a compelling episode of The No. 1...
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A Blues Legend Helps Solve a Family Murder Mystery on a Great In the Heat of the Night A Blues singer in In the Heat of the Night

A Blues Legend Helps Solve a Family Murder Mystery on a Great In the Heat of the Night

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian examines a well-written In the Heat of the Night episode that paid homage to the horrific assassination of Medgar Evers.
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Can a Good Samaritan Catch a Break on a Classic Hill Street Blues Episode? Art Evans is a Good Samaritan caught in the system

Can a Good Samaritan Catch a Break on a Classic Hill Street Blues Episode?

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian examines a classic Hill Street Blues episode that shows a Good Samaritan fall victim to the system.
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