August 1 Archives | Today in History

August 1 in Pop Culture History 1774 - British scientist Joseph Priestley re-discovered oxygen (the gas), verifying the discovery of it by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. 1790 - The...

Pop Culture News

My Weight Loss Adventure Week Four

My Weight Loss Adventure – Thanksgiving It is week four of my journey and I am still unable to get weighed. This makes the task a little harder as I really don’t know if I’m moving forward or not. I have done my best to implement the suggestions made by the dietician and I am […]

Thanksgiving History and Trivia

Thanksgiving History and Trivia The first Thanksgiving in North America was on September 8, 1565 in St. Augustine, Florida. Some say it was 1578, when an explorer Martin Frobisher held a Thanksgiving celebration for surviving his journey from England. The English settlers celebrated Thanksgiving on December 4, 1619, near Jamestown Virginia. The Pilgrims celebrated their […]

Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 2000’s

The 2000’s are the dark ages of television theme songs. The majority of shows have instrumentals. Several shows grab portions of songs already recorded and released. If you were a TV jingle writer, you were basically S.O.L. in this millennium. We scoured the landscape, and barely came up with 5 originals. Here are our Five […]

Amazon Studios Is Bringing Coming 2 America To The Masses

It has been a rough year for entertainment. Theaters around the country are shut down due to Covid-19. But recent news has broke that should bring some smiles to some faces. That news being that Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Coming 2 America from Paramount Pictures. This long-awaited sequel to the iconic comedy Coming to America […]

Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 1990’s

TV in the 1990’s got quirkier and bolder, as cable television boomed, and new stations sprung up all the time. This made for some highly focused entertainment, as the new networks took chances to attract an audience. It was also the last hurrah for theme songs, as shows began going with instrumentals, or using previously […]

Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 1990’s

Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 1980’s

The 1980’s were a crazy time in America. Many things were changing, and society was experimenting, while money was flying across the globe. Perhaps in reaction, there were many family sitcoms that went out of their way to teach life lessons. Their theme songs were often inspiring and hopeful, bouncy tunes that are stuck in […]

My Weight Loss Adventure Week Three

Start Now. Start where you are. Start with Fear. Start with pain. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just….Start. -Zig Ziglar The Long Weight Going into week three I have no weight to report. The county that I live in has […]

Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 1970’s

Television in the 1970’s reflected the turbulent times at the turn of the decade. In the midst of an endless controversial war, social justice struggles, political scandal, and the earth-shattering achievements of the moon landing and space exploration, TV became grittier and more inclusive. Presenting our Five Fave TV Theme Songs From The 1970’s. […]

How Do We Still Have A Major American Tournament Called “The Masters”?

2020 has provided us many opportunities to reflect on implicit bias, to reexamine systemic inequality, and to reconsider offensive terminology. After decades of resistance, the Washington Redskins reluctantly changed their name, to the sarcastic and spiteful Washington Football Team, but at least it is a first step toward acknowledging their hurtful appropriation of Native American […]

Tag: August 1

August 1 in Pop Culture History

50 United States Quick Facts

November 30 In Pop Culture History

November 29 in Pop Culture History

Thanksgiving is The Fourth Thursday in November

Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

November 27 in Pop Culture History

November 26 in Pop Culture History

Thanksgiving Tradition – Presidential Pardoning of the Turkeys

November 25 in Pop Culture History

November 24 in Pop Culture History

November 23 in Pop Culture History

November 22 in Pop Culture History

The Great American Smokeout