Posts about wrestling history
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER made John Travolta a household name. Movies like Urban Cowboy, Grease, and Pulp Fiction made him a music icon. You know he is because you can’t think about Disco dancing and crying at a drive-in without thinking about Travolta. It’s like thinking about tap dancing without thinking about Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis, Jr, or … Read more
“Sha Na Na” was a syndicated comedy variety show featuring the 50’s style rock & roll group of the same name. My younger brother and I weren’t into doo-wop music per se, but we watched “Sha Na Na” every night because we liked the comedy sketches and the show’s nightly closing song: “Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight”. Sometimes I think … Read more
The rock ‘n’ wrestling connection I want to talk about today has nothing to do with the promotional commingling of Cyndi Lauper and the WWF. As important as that union was to the resurgence of wrestling in pop culture at the start of the 80s, the rock ‘n’ wrestling connection I’m referring to has everything … Read more
On the morning of February 5, 2018 my wife slipped and fell on a patch of black ice on our driveway. She broke her wrist when she landed hard on her outstretched hand. In the hospital, a doctor set the broken bone back into position and placed a cast on my wife’s wrist. She had … Read more
DEDICATION: This episode is dedicated to two highly influential Franks: the late great podcast host and friend FRANK READING and the late great radio show pioneer JOE FRANK. SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW THIS PODCAST FOR FREE The minute I walk into my psychotherapist’s office, she asks me where I’ve been this whole time, as I am … Read more