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2022 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 14

2022 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 14

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1960s TV Christmas, and Brian continues to count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1960s.
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How Happy Days Drove the Catchphrase Concept Into the Ground

How Happy Days Drove the Catchphrase Concept Into the Ground

Happy Days took the idea of catchphrases and drove it into the ground over the years, becoming more about serving the phrases than the story itself
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Classic 1970s Christmas #11 – All in the Family “Edith’s Crisis of Faith” Edith Bunker gets emotional

Classic 1970s Christmas #11 – All in the Family “Edith’s Crisis of Faith”

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1970s Christmas TV episodes with 1977's "Edith's Crisis of Faith" from All in the Family
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2022 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 13

2022 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 13

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1960s TV Christmas, and Brian continues to count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1960s.
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Top Five Stuart Margolin Episodes of Rockford Files

Top Five Stuart Margolin Episodes of Rockford Files

In the latest Top Five, Brian counts down the late, great Stuart Margolin's best episodes of The Rockford Files.
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Judith Light’s Answer as to ‘Who Was the Boss?’

Judith Light’s Answer as to ‘Who Was the Boss?’

If you ever wondered just who was the boss on the hit sitcom, Who's the Boss?, its star, Judith Light, has a possible answer.
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Five TV Shows That Syndicated Like Basically Two Different Shows

Five TV Shows That Syndicated Like Basically Two Different Shows

In a feature looking at recurring themes in pop culture, Brian spotlights five long-running TV shows that split their series into two separate syndication packages, with the two packages being different enough that it's...
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What Was the Most Heroic TV Sacrifice?

What Was the Most Heroic TV Sacrifice?

In the newest Pop Culture Theme Time, I'm looking to see what TV character made the most heroic sacrifice (not counting series finales).
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Classic 1970s Christmas #12 – Family “A Child is Given” Willie and Buddy hug at the Christmas Tree

Classic 1970s Christmas #12 – Family “A Child is Given”

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1970s Christmas TV episodes with 1977's "A Child is Given" from Family
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2022 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 12

2022 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 12

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1960s TV Christmas, and Brian continues to count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1960s.
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