Brenda Lee was just 13 years old when she first recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in 1958. The song has gone on to be recorded by hundreds of artists, making it one of the most successful Christmas songs of all time. The song was penned by Johnny Marks, a writer who specialized in holiday tunes, having also penned perennial favorites “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” “Run Rudolph Run” and the melody for “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” among several others.
Lee’s lively rendition may be...
Lee’s lively rendition may be...
- 12/24/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
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Eye-patches, a yo-yo, Game Of Thrones and Benny Hill. Here are the geeky bits and pieces we noticed in Doctor Who's The Girl Who Died...
While Ashildr watches the centuries pass waiting until her paths cross with the Doctor again, here’s something she might want to read to the pass the time - it’s the fifth of our geekly, weekly viewing guides to the ninth series of Doctor Who, pulling together all of the references and callbacks, recurring themes and motifs, and tenuous connections that we thought were interesting enough to write about anyway.
As always, if you spot something that we haven’t, please do share it with us in the comments below - so far, you’ve proved that we have some impressively eagle-eyed readers out there! And remember - it’s just a bit of fun...
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Eye-patches, a yo-yo, Game Of Thrones and Benny Hill. Here are the geeky bits and pieces we noticed in Doctor Who's The Girl Who Died...
While Ashildr watches the centuries pass waiting until her paths cross with the Doctor again, here’s something she might want to read to the pass the time - it’s the fifth of our geekly, weekly viewing guides to the ninth series of Doctor Who, pulling together all of the references and callbacks, recurring themes and motifs, and tenuous connections that we thought were interesting enough to write about anyway.
As always, if you spot something that we haven’t, please do share it with us in the comments below - so far, you’ve proved that we have some impressively eagle-eyed readers out there! And remember - it’s just a bit of fun...
Norse Mythology
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- 10/16/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
So the other day a bunch of us were emailing back and forth about something and a tangent appeared in which we were ranking our favorite Steely Dan albums in order -- sticking to their '70s albums, their prime period.
Naturally I ended up writing a defense of my ranking. Doing so meant that I had to say unkind things about aspects of some tracks, which might seem like I'm denigrating them when, in fact, they all bring me pleasure. This is an exercise in relativity akin to the distasteful Howard Stern activity of pointing out the tiny flaws in some beautiful woman to explain why he, troglodyte that he is, finds her less than perfect. It is akin to pointing out Natalie Portman's mole. But if one is intent on ranking things, it must be done. And ultimately it all boils down to my highly personal tastes,...
Naturally I ended up writing a defense of my ranking. Doing so meant that I had to say unkind things about aspects of some tracks, which might seem like I'm denigrating them when, in fact, they all bring me pleasure. This is an exercise in relativity akin to the distasteful Howard Stern activity of pointing out the tiny flaws in some beautiful woman to explain why he, troglodyte that he is, finds her less than perfect. It is akin to pointing out Natalie Portman's mole. But if one is intent on ranking things, it must be done. And ultimately it all boils down to my highly personal tastes,...
- 9/19/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
For many people of a certain age, The Benny Hill Show was our first introduction to slapstick … and boobs. And slapstick boobs. The Thames show ran for over 30 years in England, and in The States, could usually be seen late Friday or Saturday nights.
The comedy was of a “different era,” meaning it was sexist and objectified women, but oddly, it was inoffensive and in a way, there was an innocence about it. The most popular part of every Benny Hill Show was the final segment, in which he would be chased by various characters, usually buxom and/or angry women, to the tune of Boots Randolph‘s “Yakety Sax.”
Benny died in 1992, but today would have been his 90th birthday, so I decided to pay tribute by picking four famous movie scenes and giving them the Benny Hill treatment. Take a look and tell me these scenes aren’t...
The comedy was of a “different era,” meaning it was sexist and objectified women, but oddly, it was inoffensive and in a way, there was an innocence about it. The most popular part of every Benny Hill Show was the final segment, in which he would be chased by various characters, usually buxom and/or angry women, to the tune of Boots Randolph‘s “Yakety Sax.”
Benny died in 1992, but today would have been his 90th birthday, so I decided to pay tribute by picking four famous movie scenes and giving them the Benny Hill treatment. Take a look and tell me these scenes aren’t...
- 1/21/2014
- by snicks
- The Backlot
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