Tag Archives: New York

CBS Sports: NFL 1982-NFL Today-First Round Playoff Preview

The 1982 NFL Playoffs were pretty interesting, since because of the NFL strike, it was really more like a tournament than a playoff.  Eight teams from both the NFC and AFC made the playoffs in each conference instead of the … Continue reading

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CBS Sports: NFL 1978-NFL Today Complete Episode 11/12/78

Source:The New Democrat  1978 was one of the best NFL seasons of all time, and I believe the National Football League was at its best with rule changes as they relate to blocking and pass defending to equalize the defense … Continue reading

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CBS Sports: NFL 1977- Week 14- NFL Today (December 17, 1977)

Source:The New Democrat  That was an interesting week for the NFL Week 14 of the 1977 season because it was the last game George Allen in Washington coaching the Redskins, and obviously they lost this game because they didn’t make … Continue reading

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FOX Sports: Beyond The Glory – Mike Tyson

Source:The New Democrat  Mike Tyson was the most devastating and intimidating force in boxing for about five years from some point in 1985 to 1990 and I could end the story right there because that pretty much sums up his … Continue reading

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Film Society at Lincoln Center: Q&A With Raquel Welch on Myra Breckinridge

Source:The New Democrat Myra Breckinridge is not the movie that made Raquel Welch a star. Myra Breckinridge was a loser at the box office no matter how funny it was.  It was one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. … Continue reading

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Justin Sluss: The Seven Year Itch (1954) Marilyn Monroe & Tom Ewell

Source:Justin Sluss– Chopsticks with Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. Source:The New Democrat “Here’s a clip of the upcoming Blu-ray Disc release of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s “The Seven Year Itch” starring Marilyn Monroe. I do not own this clip, … Continue reading

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Profiles in History: Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Dress From The Seven Year Itch

Source:The New Democrat  One of the most famous scenes in Hollywood history happened in one of the most conservative times in American history, the 1950s, when women weren’t expected to show off their physical beauty and were looked down upon … Continue reading

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CBS Sports: NFL 1979-NFL Today-Week-Halftime Highlights (September 30, 1979)

Source:The New Democrat I take away from this video a few things. The Tampa Buccaneers were not only a playoff contender in 1979 but made the NFC Playoffs by winning the NFC Central, and this was a club that lost … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: James Parker: Madder Than Hell: How Network Anticipated Contemporary Media

Source:The New Democrat  This is an interesting topic for a blog that I got from James Parker over at The Atlantic. The 1976 movie Network, which is not only a great movie but one of my all-time favorites, predicted and … Continue reading

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Commonsense Capitalism: Representative Charles Rangel Debates Dr. Walter Williams – On The Minimum Wage

Source:The New Democrat  Sounds to me that whatever spin that Common Sense Capitalism wants to give it, that Representative Rangel was arguing not only in favor of the minimum wage, but empowering those workers to be able to get additional … Continue reading

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