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Girl Watcher was a short-lived girlie magazine from the late 1950s. It was designed to be a humorous, over-the-top publication, in the vein of Mad Magazine, although more overtly and outrageously sexualized.
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Added: 9th July 2007
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Michael Landon once appeared on Hullabaloo (a short-lived NBC ripoff of ABC's Shindig) and sang You Were On My Mind--and here's the proof. Brace yourselves. This is not pleasant.
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Added: 1st October 2007
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Jackie Wilson first started his career in music in his native Detroit. He joined Billy Ward & the Dominoes in 1953, replacing Clyde McPhatter. After losing McPhatter, the group's only major recording success with Wilson came in June of 1956 with the single "St. Therese of The Roses" that reached number 13 on the Pop charts. His solo career began with 1957's "Reet Petite," written by the then-unknown Berry Gordy, Jr. He had his first top 40 hit in 1958 with "To Be Loved." At the end of that year he had his first big success with "Lonely Teardrops" that went to #7 on the charts. The song, also written by Gordy, became his signature tune. That same year saw Wilson release his first LP titled She's So Fine.
Wilson's brand of soul and R&B helped him cross over to the mainstream, having several pop hits. His dynamic stage performances earned him the nickname "Mr. Excitement." In another of his performances on Ed Sullivan's show, he sang "Lonely Teardrops" which was considered one of the show's classics. In the 1960s, Wilson continued to record singles, many of them operatic, such as "Danny Boy" or "Night," others were up-tempo and exciting, such as "Baby Workout" in 1963.
His career began to suffer in the mid-60s, though he managed a brief revival by collaborating with Carl Davis, a legendary Chicago producer. This resulted in two hits, "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)" and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher". The revival was short-lived, though, and Wilson rarely charted in the 1970s. He suffered a massive heart attack while playing a Dick Clark show at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on September 29, 1975, falling head-first to the stage; he was singing "Lonely Teardrops". The blow to his head left him comatose. For the next eight years and four months he was in a vegetative state until his death at age 49.
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Added: 5th October 2007
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Brian Hyland sings his 1962 hit, Sealed With a Kiss. This clip is from the short-lived syndicated music show, Hollywood A Go Go, in 1965.
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Added: 24th December 2007
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I haven't thought about this show for years: Musical Chairs. It was a short-lived music-based game show on CBS that ran for four months in 1975. It is somewhat culturally significant because its emcee, Adam Wade, was the first black game show host.
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Added: 9th May 2008
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Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes) is interviewed by Pat Sajak on the latter's short-lived talk show. Pat replaces Werner's beloved souvenir monocle which had recently been stolen. Aw!
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Added: 4th March 2008
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Here's one that needs to be included in any 1970s time capsule: The trailer for the 1979 film Roller Boogie. (In case you missed it, this Linda Blair flick was designed to cash in on the short-lived roller disco craze.)
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Added: 29th June 2008
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Here's a clip, lasting about a minute, of the short-lived Walter Winchell TV program from 1956.
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Added: 8th October 2008
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In this 1956 episode of What's My Line, singing star Johnnie Ray stumped the panel with his well disguised voice. (Scandal alert! Ray and panelist Dorothy Kilgallen, who was married, were later romantically linked. They first met each other on this night. Ray died in 1990 at the age of 63. His sexuality has long been questioned. He was twice arrested in the 1950s for soliciting gay sex. He had one short-lived marriage.)
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Added: 19th October 2008
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