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23 Year Old Michael Jordan With David Letterman
I just tuned into the fabulous new documentary on the 1992 Dream Team, the magical group of Olympic All-Stars led by Michael Jordan. If you grew up as a kid in the 90s like I did, Michael Jordan was the closest thing to experiencing Babe Ruth. It didn’t matter what team you were a fan…
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Raymond Taylor, Best Wheel of Fortune Contestant Ever
So the story goes that while on the road in Chicago, the Wheel of Fortune game show had a contestant drop out at the last minute. The producers found some guy named Raymond Taylor on the street, gave him a suit, and propped him on the stage. I have no idea if this is true…
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Twist and Shout
The greatest cover song the Beatles ever did was of The Isley Brothers 1962 hit, “Twist and Shout.” Written by Bert Russell and Phil Medley, the original song was a tepid little dance song, but when John Lennon and the Beatles got their hands on it, they redefined rock and roll, and gave the genre…
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The Blues Brothers, Ray Charles, Twist it (Shake Your Tail Feather)
How about that keyboard reflecting in Ray Charles’s sunglasses? That’s rock and roll, or more specifically, the blues. This legendary scene, from the “Blues Brothers” movie, is and irreplaceable document of blues rock awesomeness. The Blues Brothers were a group formed by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, two SNL geniuses who loved the blues and…