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Classic 1950s TV Christmas #21 – The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis “Deck the Halls”

Classic 1950s TV Christmas #21 – The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis “Deck the Halls”

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1950s Christmas TV episodes with 1959's "Deck the Halls" from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
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Classic 1950s TV Christmas #22 – The Bob Cummings Show “Grandpa’s Christmas Visit”

Classic 1950s TV Christmas #22 – The Bob Cummings Show “Grandpa’s Christmas Visit”

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1950s Christmas TV episodes with 1955's "Grandpa's Christmas Visit" from The Bob Cummings Show
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Classic 1950s TV Christmas #23 – Dennis the Menace “The Christmas Story”

Classic 1950s TV Christmas #23 – Dennis the Menace “The Christmas Story”

We continue our countdown of Brian's favorite 1950s Christmas TV episodes with 1959's "The Christmas Story" from Dennis the Menace
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Classic 1950s TV Christmas #24 – Highway Patrol “Christmas Story”

Classic 1950s TV Christmas #24 – Highway Patrol “Christmas Story”

We begin our countdown of Brian's favorite 1950s Christmas TV episodes with 1956's "Christmas Story" from Highway Patrol.
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Die Another Day: One Homage Each For the First 20 Bond Films in the Franchise

Die Another Day: One Homage Each For the First 20 Bond Films in the Franchise

In the latest Pop Culture Easter Eggs, Brian shares one James Bond homage for each of the first 20 Bond films in 2002's Die Another Day.
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The Bold Type Romance That Caused a Revolt From One Half of the Romantic Pairing The Bold Type Eva and Kat

The Bold Type Romance That Caused a Revolt From One Half of the Romantic Pairing

In their latest look at abandoned pop culture plots, Brian shows how The Bold Type dropped a romance when one of the show's leads objected to the romantic pairing.
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Pop Culture Wake-Up Call – I Want to Hold You in Parentheses

Pop Culture Wake-Up Call – I Want to Hold You in Parentheses

In the first of the weekly Pop Culture Wake-Up Call quizzes, the theme of this first quiz is songs with parenthetical statements in their titles (and you can fill in the rest).
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Vision Quest Grossly Glosses Over its Attempted Rape Scene Vision Quest

Vision Quest Grossly Glosses Over its Attempted Rape Scene

In a feature spotlighting plots that were almost assuredly a mistake, Brian takes a look at how poorly the film, Vision Quest, handles an attempted date rape in the film.
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What Was the Worst Recurring Bit on an Otherwise Good TV Series? Murphy Brown with one of her rotating cast of secretaries

What Was the Worst Recurring Bit on an Otherwise Good TV Series?

In the newest Pop Culture Theme Time, I want to know what you think are the worst recurring bits on shows that you otherwise really enjoyed.
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How “From a Distance” Proved Clive Davis Wrong

How “From a Distance” Proved Clive Davis Wrong

In a feature looking at the journeys of songs that eventually became famous from a cover version, we open up by showing how "From a Distance" became a surprise smash hit.
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