Hands Across America Came And Went Into The Ether On This Day

There’s probably a reason a lot of people had forgotten about Hands Across America until filmmaker Jordan Peele used it as a plot point in his 2019 horror movie US. You, see, Hands Across America was one of many greatest promotion and fund-raising blunders of the latter quarter of the 20th Century. Burger King hadContinue reading “Hands Across America Came And Went Into The Ether On This Day”

How ‘In Living Color’ Forever Changed The Super Bowl Broadcast

Since the first Super Bowl game on Jan. 15, 1967 and for every one 25 years later, the halftime became synonymous with an urban legend that the New York City sewer system would experience problems. Before there was TiVo and the generic DVS, people had to watch the Super Bowl live. They couldn’t even tapeContinue reading “How ‘In Living Color’ Forever Changed The Super Bowl Broadcast”