The Dick Cavett Show – John & Yoko Collection (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on November 1, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

The Dick Cavett Show John & Yoko Collection (Shout! Factory-2005) It’s 1971 and John Lennon is now thirtysomething. His life, finally, is getting interesting. Always on the cutting edge, this time he is on the verge of getting his peacenik ass thrown out of the United States, and not just because he is inflicting Yoko … Continue reading →

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The Brady Bunch – The Complete Fourth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on November 1, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

The Brady Bunch The Complete Fourth Season 1972-1973 (Paramount Home Video-2005) Something suddenly came up, all right – it’s Season Four of The Bunch, just to boogie with you. The gang makes a group leap into adolescence, and the vibe is even more incestuous now that we have the maternal great-grandmother running off to Vegas with the … Continue reading →

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The Frank Sinatra Show – High Hopes (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on October 25, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

The Frank Sinatra Show High Hopes (MVD-2005) The old and true adage that “it’s Frank Sinatra’s world – we just live in it” is best illustrated during his Rat Pack years, from the very late fifties until the early sixties. Here you see the Chairman of the Board in his glorious, power-pipe action, during one … Continue reading →

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New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble – Operation Opera

Posted on October 22, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble Operation Opera by Ronald Sklar “Opera is the one art form that combines them all,” says José Alejandro Guzman, guest conductor for the New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble (NYMVAE). “If you like dance, singing, ballet, plays or orchestras — scenery or costumes — comedy or drama or melodrama … Continue reading →

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Peter Funt – Speaking Candidly

Posted on October 16, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Peter Funt Speaking Candidly by Ronald Sklar With Rhino’s release of the most classic of Candid Camera broadcasts (Candid Camera: Five Decades of Smiles), we can relive and re-examine the show that not only entertained us but taught us about human nature. The concept was nurtured and taken to icon status by its late host and producer, … Continue reading →

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The Ed Sullivan Show – The Beatles Episodes (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on October 13, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

The Ed Sullivan Show Four Complete Historic Episodes featuring the Beatles (SOFA Entertainment-2003) Ironically, the Beatles’ impact on modern popular culture has been diluted and diminished thanks to the very thing they themselves hath wrought: their successors, wanna-be’s and imitators, wearing us down with forty years of excessive noise. These trashy new neighbors have brought … Continue reading →

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Candid Camera – Five Decades of Smiles (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on October 5, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Candid Camera Five Decades of Smiles (Rhino Video-2005) Candid Camera – the original reality show – began life on radio as Candid Microphone in 1947, at the dawn of the television age. Its creator, Allen Funt, would spend the rest of his life championing this can’t-miss concept, making it the longest-running entertainment program in history – with good reason. … Continue reading →

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Perry King – A Different Story

Posted on September 24, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Perry King A Different Story by Ronald Sklar “I did a [Family Channel] movie with Sean Young called The Cowboy and the Movie Star,” underrated actor Perry King tells me recently. “I was playing a guy who has a cattle ranch who is getting divorced and about to lose the property. And just after that movie, the same … Continue reading →

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Jake Steinfeld – Business by Jake

Posted on September 20, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Jake Steinfeld Business by Jake by Ronald Sklar “I’m looking for a kick-ass idea,” says Jake Steinfeld, of the “Body by Jake” fitness empire. “I’m looking for someone with a boatload of passion, and a ‘don’t quit’ attitude. It doesn’t need to be a zillion dollar idea – no one comes up with a zillion … Continue reading →

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United Stages – Off Broadway

Posted on September 18, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

United Stages Off Broadway by Ronald Sklar The New York small-venue theater scene is — as it has always been — vibrant with new and even established talent – both on and off the stage. However, small venue – or as it is sometimes called, off-off Broadway – is an artistic endeavor that faces many … Continue reading →

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