Hopefully, no baby boomer is asking, “Who is Werner Erhard?” I wasn’t a rock star or actor, but I became as famous as any pop culture celebrity. With lots more gravitas and lasting influence. My life has spectacular successes and spectacular controversies. The success remains and the controversy is rightly discredited. But throughout it all,Read the Rest…
Is there a baby boomer that doesn’t know who I am? Cuchi-Cuchi! My real name is Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Moquiere de Les Esperades Ana Romanguera y de la Nojosa Rasten, but I shortened it for my show business career. Lets clear up my real age. My Spanish birth certificate records 1941, but whenRead the Rest…
1997: Supreme Court declares that the current Internet indecency law abridges freedom of speech. 1997: Supreme Court upholds a doctor-assisted suicide ban. 1993: Tabloids describe it as a celebrity “Beauty and the Beast.” Actress Julia Roberts and country singer Lyle Lovett wed. 1993: President Clinton orders a cruise missile strike on the Iraqi secret serviceRead the Rest…
Character actors. Oh yeah, that guy. I see him in my dreams. Who is he? I’ve appeared in over 100 movies and countless television shows. Every baby boomer and her mother knows my face. Been nominated for Academy Award Best Supporting Actor, two Emmys, and a Golden Globe. If you’re not a leading man type,Read the Rest…
I began as the brightest of political stars: a World War II hero, Yale Law degree, married to the sister of future President G. H. Bush, and elected to Congress from the “Silk Stocking” district of Manhattan. 6’4″, trim, charismatic, and devilishly good-looking, is it any wonder that when elected Mayor of New York inRead the Rest…
Its roots may be Southern but the branches spread out across America. Just good ol’ boys Never meanin’ no harm Beats all you’ve ever saw, Been in trouble with law Since the day they was born Dukes of Hazzard theme song Bo and Luke were fun-loving, kind-hearted mountain kids sentenced to probation for transportation ofRead the Rest…
› Match the line to the baby boomer television show ›I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing. ›I don’t care what you say, this is my life. ›Who loves you, baby? ›Kicking myself for nothing was my favorite sport. Kojak / Hogan’s Heroes / Bosom Buddies / Alice The Way They Were: WhoRead the Rest…
I used to be a household name but I’m guessing most baby boomers don’t remember me much, even though I was a regular TV talk show guest in the 1950s and 60s and appeared on Steve Allen no less than 25 times. I became a pop culture icon. I was a hippie before there wereRead the Rest…
As they say, what a long, strange trip it’s been. I had a fabled pop culture career in the 1970s – three of my albums went Triple Platinum. Every baby boomer listened to my music, even if they don’t recall much about me today. There’s a reason. When I came close to death with tuberculosisRead the Rest…
I produced The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game – colossal baby boomer TV hits of the 1960s and 70s. My name appeared in the credits but no one recognized me walking down the street. I stepped in front of the camera in 1976 to host my latest creation, which was way ahead of itsRead the Rest…
