My husband Robert is pretty much ready to call it a night every night at 9 p.m. So, the fact he kept me up three nights in a row binge-watching Cobra Kai, is an indication of just how much Gen-Xers — particularly Gen-X men — love this show. Originally released as a web series on...
In 1971, Dr. Natalie Shainess, a prominent New York professor of psychiatry, testified before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee about the damage Sesame Street might cause young children. It would be 20 years before the name Generation X would take hold, but she was talking about us just the same. Here...
It’s Generation X vs. Millennials in the 33rd season of Survivor, a reality television series known for exotic locations and tough competitions. Slated to be one of the best Survivor seasons yet, the show features 20 participants divided along generational lines. I can’t wait to see...
A funny new comedy series, The Great Indoors, has been picked up by CBS and will air this fall. It’s about a 44-year-old, squarely Generation X reporter who must adapt to the times when becomes the supervisor to a group of Millennials. The team works in the digital department of an outdoor...
[Flashback Friday] Long before Generation X fell in love with Fright Night, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Count Von Count and my personal favorite, Count Chocula, Baby Boomer and Silent Generation women fell in love with Barnabas Collins, the love-sick vampire on Dark Shadows, a gothic TV soap opera...
Fractured Fairy Tales | Switchpak Poison Death Apples! Fractured Fairy Tales were Saturday morning cartoons – called segments or shorts – that appeared during The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The show appeared on network television from 1958 to 1973, and most older Gen Xers will recall...
I’m always interested in how generations and various other audience demographics are framed and cast in commercials. I find it especially interesting how commercials have depicted women in ad campaigns throughout the years. Domestic Psychological Horror was its own mini-genre during the 60s...
Anthony Ramirez, a reporter for the Las Vegas Sun, has written an article, Teachers on the front lines offer solutions to fix troubled schools. Quoted in the article is a school superintendent from Clark County, Nevada: “I concur that the we seem to OD on tests,” Rulffes said in an e-mail message,...
Don’t you know I’m still standing better than I ever did Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid I’m still standing after all this time Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind I’m still standing yeah yeah yeah –From Elton John On...
Earlier this week, Van Toffler, the president of MTV told a gathering of the Hollywood Television and Radio Society that his cable television network was pushing Generation X out. I have a news flash for Toffler. We dumped the network a long time ago. TwentyFourBit writes: We’ve known for years...
Given the fact Valentine’s Day is just a few days away, I thought this collection of love songs featuring Darla Hood of The Little Rascals (Our Gang) would be fitting for the weekly Wednesday After School Special. I loved the Little Rascals as a kid and I swear I wanted to be Darla....
Fred: They work so hard, Barney. Barney: Yeah, I hate to see them work so hard. Fred: Yeah, me, too. Let’s go around back where we can’t see them. I didn’t really like The Flinstones as a kid. Wilma and Fred were always grumpy or naggy; the men were generally dumb or lazy; Barney was way too short...
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