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Pixar’s SOUL Infuses Jazz Music Into Animated It’s A Wonderful Life
he meticulous attention paid to the key stroking of Joe during his piano solo was absolutely mesmerizing when you think just how far animation has evolved over the decades. Kudos,…
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The Grinch Gives Fresh Spin on Christmas Classic
Who doesn’t love The Grinch? Why do we love him? Are we amused at him for being the ultimate holiday season grouch? Are we delighted when he discovers that even…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #10: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
There are many Christmas stories that air during this time of year, but my all time favorite is How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Why? It’s like a modern spin…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #9: It’s A Wonderful Life
Produced and directed by Frank Capra, the film is based on the short story "The Greatest Gift", which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945.…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #7: HOME ALONE
Written by the late, great John Hughes (who brought us Ferris Bueller and 16 Candles), Home Alone was the highest-grossing comedy of all time. Home Alone proved so popular that it…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #6: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
In 1970 they produced the stop motion special...Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. The film stars actor Fred Astaire as the narrator S.D. Kluger, Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus,…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #5: White Christmas
Within the film, a number of soon-to-be famous performers appear. Dancer Barrie Chase appears un-billed, as the character Doris Lenz ("Mutual, I'm sure!"). Future Academy Award winner George Chakiris also…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #4: Holiday Inn
It's one of my all time favs mostly for the musical number and Fred Astaire and it really just takes me back to time where the holidays were looked at…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #3: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Believe it or not 2020 marks the 55th Anniversary of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Take a listen to this fabulous look back a the historic classic via NPR Radio. Lee…
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Christmas Top Ten Throwback #2: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of The General Electric Fantasy Hour. The special…
