Comedy – 1983 – Skit – Irwin Mainway Billion Dollar Give Away – With Steve Martin + Gregory Hines

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Any time you get comedian extraordinaire Steve Martin along side dance legend Gregory Hines in a comedy skit teamed with Not Ready For Prime Time Players members Dan Aykroyd and Laraine Newman…and you’ve got the makings for some really funny stuff….as evidenced  by this video comedy SNL skit Irwin Mainway’s Billion Dollar Give Away. 

NFL – 1980 – NFL Films – Men In The Middle – The Story Of The NFL Center

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When the pickup game of sandlot football is in the process of picking teams and positions…..seemingly every time, the last position filled is center…..cuz very few have ever said “I wanna play center”….except when there is no other position to be filled.  However, the center is one of the most important positions on the football field….for…

Olympics – 1972 – Munich Games – USA Eddie Hart Remembers The Day He Missed His Olympic Start Time

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At the US Olympic Trials in 1972….Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson repeated their duo-held world record running of the 100 m in 9.9 seconds….and were both favored to win the race at the Olympic Games in Munich….but they were both eliminated in the 100 m race because their coach, Stan Wright….who unknowingly used an outdated Olympic schedule to determine the starting time of their quarterfinal heat….thus failing to deliver…

Comedy – 1983 – Monty Python Eric Idle Poses The Question About Whether Dinosaurs Built Stonehenge

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Legendary British comedy troupe Monty Python had a style of humor that became a phenomenon….which developed from a television series into something larger in scope and impact….including touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books, and musicals….as The Pythons’ influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music.  Regarded as enduring icons of 1970’s pop…

Music – 1981 – Red Skelton – My Time As Your Clown Has Come To Say Goodnight

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This video provides a wonderful insight into what makes a great comedian and entertainer….as America’s Clown Prince, the one and only Red Skelton, closes his live HBO comedy show with a song that says it all….from a man who spent 70 years making people laugh….simply saying that his time as your clown has come to…

MLB – 1980 – Special – Audrey Kates Interviews Elston Howard On Challenges Of Being 1st Black Yankee

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Host Audrey Kates from the baseball television special The Boys In The Field, interviews New York Yankee great Elston Howard on what it was like being the 1st black to play for the Yanks….as he provides insight about what the early black players had to endure when breaking into MLB….as they crossed the color barrier.