Suzi Quatro Looking at a Rock ‘n’ Roll Life with Little Suzi from Detroit By Jay S. Jacobs Suzi Quatro kicked open the door for women in rock and roll. But do her a favor, though, don’t think of her as a woman rocker. She is just a rocker, full stop. “I never thought of … Continue reading
GREASE (40TH ANNIVERSARY) (1978) Starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Michael Tucci, Dinah Manoff, Didi Conn, Barry Pearl, Jamie Donnelly, Kelly Ward, Sid Caesar, Eve Arden, Dody Goodman, Joan Blondell, Frankie Avalon, Edd Byrnes, Dennis Stewart, Annette Charles, Susan Buckner, Lorenzo Lamas, Eddie Deezen, Alice Ghostley, Fannie Flagg, Dick Patterson, Ellen Travolta, … Continue reading
Squeeze & The English Beat – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – October 14, 2016 The 70s and 80s were littered with bands that were given the honorary title “the next Beatles” by fans and the music industry. This was usually reserved for particularly melodic and smart rock-pop bands, ones who had sterling critical … Continue reading
William Shatner & Terry Bradshaw It’s Never Too Late by Jay S. Jacobs Better Late Than Never has one of the crazier television premises to come along in a while. Take four pop culture living legends – two from television and two from athletics: William Shatner, a/k/a Captain Kirk of Star Trek, Henry Winkler better … Continue reading
Henry Winkler Fine Line Between Pleasure and Royal Pains by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always fun to talk with a television icon – particularly one who you grew up watching. I’d be a huge fan of Henry Winkler even if his wasn’t the first autograph that I ever got from a celebrity, because when I … Continue reading
Charles in Charge The Complete First Season (1984-1985) (Universal-2006) Scott Baio, formerly of Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi fame, plays Charles, a stylin’ mid-80s college student (dig those skinny ties, suspenders and sweater vests) who decides to pay for his tuition and get free board by playing nanny for a suburban couple and their group of precocious kids. It … Continue reading
Alan Rafkin The King of Nick at Nite by Ronald Sklar “I’m still working,” sixty-eight-year-old Alan Rafkin says. “They’ll have to carry me out in a body bag.” If you had his job, they would drag you out kicking and screaming too. Alan Rafkin is a TV sitcom director. And not just another forgotten name … Continue reading
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