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The Redrum Kid from the good Shining

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Danny Lloyd was just a little kid with amazing powers of concentrations when he was plucked from obscurity to defeat the evil Jack Nicholson in Kubrick’s version of The Shining. Since he was so young, he wasn’t even told he was making a horror film. His performance was so memorable that he was almost guaranteed […]

Last news on: March 26, 2006
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Emo Philips

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Claim to fame: Emo Philips briefly attained a certain level of stardom in the 80s with the explosion of comedy clubs across America. Emo’s bizarre, high-pitched delivery, Prince Valiant haircut, and often anti-joke style put him more in company with Andy Kaufman and Pee Wee Herman than Jerry Seinfeld. In fact, if his routine can be […]

Last news on: March 26, 2006
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Those Two Scary Girls from The Shining

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Perhaps only Stanley Kubrick could have made the most terrifying scene in all of film history using only three kids and a Big Wheel. Lisa and Louise Burns were real-life twin sisters who played the unfortunate victims of an earlier psychopathic caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. The bizarre appearance of the young girls and their […]

Last news on: March 26, 2006
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Cathy Dennis

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Though technically not a one-hit wonder since she charted with three different songs in the early 90’s most people remember singer Cathy Dennis for either Touch Me All Night Long or Too Many Walls. The fact that those two songs differ substantially from each other by being a dance club favorite and a soulful ballad […]

Last news on: March 26, 2006
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Mary Lou Retton

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Mary Lou Retton bounded into the limelight at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. With her beaming smile, she was the first American woman ever to obtain the Gold Medal in the All-Around in women’s gymnastics. She also achieved a Silver medal in the Vault, and Bronze Medals in the Uneven Bars and Floor […]

Last news on: February 5, 2006
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Bob Keeshan

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Bob Keeshan was best known as the host of Captain Kangaroofor thirty years beginning in 1955. He also worked to improve health and child-care issues for children of large corporations. Keeshan won the title of Broadcaster of the Year in 1979 by the International Radio and Television Society and was inducted into the National Association […]

Last news on: February 5, 2006
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Al Lewis

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Everyone remembers him as the grinning, squinty-eyed lovable vampire, Grandpa Munster, in The Munsters. Al Lewis was born in New York City as Albert Meister, on April 30, 1910. In the late 1920s, Lewis earned a living as a circus performer, including his own travelling medicine show. He achieved a Ph.D.in child psychology from Columbia […]

Last news on: February 5, 2006
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Anson William Heimlich

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

Anson Williams shot to fame as the dimwitted, somewhat nerdy—except to Joanie Cunningham in one episode—Potsie on the 70s sitcom Happy Days. During that show’s long run, Williams showed off his smooth singing voice which fit in well with the show’s 50s setting as his singing talent ran to the bland sort of teenybopper stylings […]

Last news on: February 2, 2006
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M

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

M was the name of a band, but more specifically the band was really revolved around one man named Robin Scott. In 1979, the electronic music revolution got a kick in the pants from this one man band when the imminently listenable single Pop Muzik was released. Along with one of the earliest music videos […]

Last news on: January 29, 2006
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Billy Ray Cyrus

Submitted by: Bob Sacamano

One of the most famous one-hit wonders of all time, Cyrus became a household name when his Achy Breaky Heart became one of the biggest songs of 1992. The album, Some Gave All, spent 17 weeks at the top of the charts, selling 9 million copies.

Last news on: January 22, 2006
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