Monday, June 23, 2014

Casey Kasem 1932-2014

Casey was very influential to me as a teenager and I went into radio (for a short time) because I wanted to do a show like American Top 40. Life got in the way but I still listened and still want to be Casey and thanks to internet he will always be with us.

Friday, June 20, 2014

Bonanza - Season 6 (1964-65)

Bonanza, the classic family western aired on NBC from 1959 to 1973 and spent its 6th, 7th and 8th seasons as the #1 show on network prime time television.

Starring Lorne Greene and patriarch Ben Cartwright with 3 grown sons - Adam, Hoss (Eric) and Little Joe.

They ran the largest ranch in the Nevada territory, The Ponderosa.

Season 6

Hound Dog

episode 25

aired March 21st 1965

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

A Christmas Story

1983

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Korea Billboard Hot 100 (Top 20) 06/11/2014

Korea Billboard Hot 100

Top 20 Songs

Week ending June 11th 2014

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

This week, we go back to June 14th 1950 for the final performance of Harold Peary as The Great Gildersleeve.
Harold played Gildy for 13 years on radio, starting on "The Johnson Wax Program starring Fibber McGee and Molly" in 1939 as Throckmorton Gildersleeve
In 1941 Gildy was "spun off" to his own show, Harold Peary stayed as Gildersleeve until 1950. He left after the 1949-50 season and was replaced by soundalike Willard Waterman who finished with the radio version in 1957. Waterman also played Gildersleeve on 39 episodes of the television version for NBC in 1955.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) June 15th 2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending June 15th 2014
(click on title to view at Amazon)

10 - Flash Boys - Michael Lewis
(9 weeks on list)

9 - No Place To Hide - Glenn Greenwald
(3 weeks on list)

8 - A Fighting Chance - Elizabeth Warren
(6 weeks on list)

7 - Tibetan Peach Pie - Tom Robbins
(Debut)
The author of novels like "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Another Roadside Attraction" recalls his colorful life.

6 - Finding Me - Michelle Knight and Michelle Burford
(4 weeks on list)

5 - Stress Test - Timothy F Geithner
(3 weeks on list)

4 - Think Like a Freak - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
(3 weeks on list)

3 - The Closer - Mariano Rivera with Wayne Coffey
(4 weeks on list)

2 - Capital In The Twenty-First Century - Thomas Piketty
(8 weeks on list)

1 - One Nation - Ben Carson with Candy Carson
(2 weeks on list) (2nd week at #1)
Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems in health and education based on capitalism, not government.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) June 15th 2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending June 15th 2014

10 - The Lincoln Myth - Steve Berry
(2 weeks on list)
The ex-government operative Cotton Malone becomes involved in a dangerous conflict set in motion by the founding fathers.

9 - Natchez Burning - Greg Iles
(5 weeks on list)

8 - Field of Prey - John Sanford
(4 weeks on list)

7 - The Target - David Baldacci
(6 weeks on list)

6 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(4 weeks on list)

5 - Unlucky 13 - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(4 weeks on list)

4 - The One and Only - Emily Giffin
(2 weeks on list) (Last week's #1)
A woman who has grown up and made her life in a small, football-obsessed Texas town begins to expand her horizons.

3 - The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(32 weeks on list)

2 - Ghost Ship - Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
(Debut)
Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala and the rest of the NUMA crew investigate a sinister organization responsible for vanishing scientists, suspicious accidents and a human trafficking ring.

1 - Skin Game - Jim Butcher
(DEBUT)
The Chicago wizard Harry Dresden is forced to help an enemy break into a high security vault.