This two-disc set includes over five hours of iconic Sesame Street segments from the past 40 years — including “Rubber Duckie,” “Lady Bug Picnic,” and Elmo’s debut; the set also features such memorable celebrity guests such as Robert de Niro, Destiny’s Child, Alicia Keys, and many more!
Bonus features on the set include trivia, exclusive never-before-seen [...]
Born on October 9th, 1940, today would be Beatle John Lennon’s 69th birthday.
Critics have generally praised John Lennon: The Life, though they often seemed shocked at how much hate and violence could be found in one of the 20th century’s most famous proponents of peace and love. Some were also taken aback by the book’s [...]
Born on October 7th, 1955 in Paris, cellist Yo-Yo Ma celebrates his 54th birthday today.
A musician of rare artistry, the self-effacing yet charismatic Yo-Yo Ma connects with his audiences with startling effectiveness. He remains devoted to the classical repertoire yet has long roved far beyond the Western classical music canon.
Despite his real superstar status and [...]
George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead premiered on October 1, 1968 at the Fulton Theater in Pittsburgh. In the 41 years since, we’ve seen remakes, sequels, and countless films, television shows, songs, books, comic books, and other pop culture references inspired by this original seed of “zombiemania” (itself dreamed up by Romero after reading [...]
Today in 1960, The Flintstones premiered on ABC. Meet The Flintstones in this prehistoric Hanna-Barbera production. Primetime’s first animated series was also the longest running until The Simpsons came along. Not so coincidentally, the two shows aren’t all that different–even if the former emerged in the sixties, the latter in the eighties. Fred (Alan Reed), [...]
943 years ago today, William the Conqueror landed on English soil to seize Pevensey and begin his march to the eventful battle of Hastings where he would defeat his rival, Harold Godwinson, for the English crown. The island nation has since successfully resisted further attempted invasions by foreign powers (though Daleks and Cybermen are reported [...]
Born today in 1936, this would be Muppet creator Jim Henson’s 73rd birthday.
Today, we look at It’s Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider. More like a book of aphoristic verse than a commemorative volume, this book collects quotes from the late Jim Henson, as well as his characters, family members, friends, and [...]
Known as a founding father of what would become the science fiction genre, British author Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866.
H.G. Wells’ imagination prophecized nuclear power, urban sprawl, sexual revolution, and World War II, among other inventions and situations that have come to pass.
Here, in an attractive gift box, are unabridged editions [...]
Share the excitement of Elvis Presley’s earth shattering introduction to the nation in these three unforgettable episodes from The Ed Sullivan Show and experience for yourself why Elvis became the legendary King of Rock and Roll!
Appearing on the show September 9, 1956, Elvis sent shock waves through a repressed nation with his soulful singing, wild [...]
Comedian Peter Sellers was born on September 8th, 1925. Had he not died of a heart attack in 1980, he’d be 84 years old today.
How do you write the biography of a cipher? In Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers, that’s the daunting challenge veteran Hollywood biographer Ed Sikov tackles while exploring the life [...]
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