Hear a BBC documentary on Frank Sinatra's radio years
Right here.
Paul Gambaccini explores Frank's career as a radio star during the golden age of radio in the US.
Produced in association with NBC Radio, who will provide access to their archive of classic radio shows featuring Sinatra as actor, comedian and presenter as well as his more familiar role of singer.
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Cool! Dogmatix toy from Steiff
The German toymaker has produced a limited edition of Asterix and Obelix's adorable canine friend. Bad news is that it's obscenely expensive: $155 via this seller.
Pop Focus: The Absent-Minded Professor
Here's a trove of promo stills from the 1961 Disney/Fred MacMurray vehicle, "The Absent-Minded Professor."
It's a film that still holds up quite well, I think. I know my kids enjoyed it quite a bit when we went on a family jag through Disney's 1950s and 1960s live-action flicks a few years back.
The movie spawned a sequel, "Son of Flubber," named after the "flying rubber" substance MacMurray's character Professor Brainard discovers in this first film.
"The Absent-Minded Professor" can also be seen as the first of Disney's Medfield/Midvale comedies including "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes," "The Strongest Man in the World," "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones," and "The Monkey's Uncle," all of which were set in small college towns and carried the theme of science gone humorously awry.
It's a film that still holds up quite well, I think. I know my kids enjoyed it quite a bit when we went on a family jag through Disney's 1950s and 1960s live-action flicks a few years back.
The movie spawned a sequel, "Son of Flubber," named after the "flying rubber" substance MacMurray's character Professor Brainard discovers in this first film.
"The Absent-Minded Professor" can also be seen as the first of Disney's Medfield/Midvale comedies including "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes," "The Strongest Man in the World," "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones," and "The Monkey's Uncle," all of which were set in small college towns and carried the theme of science gone humorously awry.
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