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, “but we now […]
Funny Things You Said In Reference To MTV Dumping Generation X
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 Wednesday, I wrote about Van […]
It’s Not You, It’s Me: MTV Quits Generation X
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 that they’re moving on from that […]
Darla From The Little Rascals
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. Didn’t every […]
Fred Flintstone Smoking and Wilma Mowing The Lawn
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 […]
1971: The Homecoming, A Christmas Story
The one thing I really didn’t like about The Walton’s was that Grandma and Grandpa always bickered at each other. Remember her nickname for him, Old Man? There were other things I didn’t like, too, but I still watched the TV series faithfully throughout my entire Generation X childhood. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story The […]
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving 1973 [Linus Van Pelt’s Prayer]
From Snoopy and Woodstock wearing pilgrim outfits to Snoopy getting snapped between the ping pong table, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving has long been a favorite among all generations of Americans, not just Generation X. Still, this TV special debuted in 1973, and so the children who first watched this were Gen Xers. In the days […]