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41) All the answers
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"In this moving graphic memoir, Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Michael Kupperman traces the life of his reclusive father--the once-world-famous Joel Kupperman, Quiz Kid. That his father is slipping into dementia--seems to embrace it, really--means that the past he would never talk about might be erased forever. Joel Kupperman became one of the most famous children in America during World War II as one of the young geniuses on the series Quiz...
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"For almost half a century, celebrated ventriloquist and entertainer Shari Lewis delighted generations of children and adults with the help of her trusted sock puppet sidekick Lamb Chop. For decades, the beloved pair were synonymous with children's television, educating and entrancing their young audience with their symbiotic personalities and their proclivity for song, dance, and the joy of silliness. But as iconic as their television personas were,...
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"It's Saturday Morning! celebrates the shows, characters, songs, and commercials that made Saturday mornings a pop culture event. Broadcasting into family living rooms from the 1960s to the 1990s, this wildly creative art form wrought a beloved rite of passage. From the hours of 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., parents could sleep in while their children plopped on the couch to consume cartoons galore. From Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, and Jonny Quest to The Smurfs,...
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Scope and content: A small quantity of materials concerning radio, television, and broadcasting history in Nashville, Tenn. and environs.
Stations and subjects documented in the collection include: Two radio-related magazines published in Nashville, Tenn. dating from the 1930s, including the premier issue of "Rural Radio"; public access television (1985); WLAC "Radio at War" booklet (ca. 1943); a flyer to "Save WRVU" (ca. 2011); and a folder of information...
46) City so real
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Academy Award nominated filmmaker Steve James' fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.
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In 1912, D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Weekly met, fell in love, and within weeks had eloped. In the process, Frieda abandoned her husband and three children. Their affair shocked society. Take a romantic journey with one of Britain's greatest writers framed against England's majestic beauty and history.
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Now a well established household in the heart of London, life in Eaton Place has moved on; Lady Agnes and Sir Hallam's family is complete with the addition of two small children and London has settled into an uneasy peace with the apparent aversion of war. Yet below the surface of a well-run household, both upstairs and downstairs are harboring life-changing secrets. As romance, heartbreak and revelation engulf the household; its inhabitants discover...
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Frankenstein, the real story: A collection from History examines how the tale of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of fresh corpses has its roots in reality. Three fascinating documentaries from History reveal the truth behind the creation and legacy of one of fiction's most enduring, and scary, stories.
Real Wolfman: Venture into the mythology and folklore of werewolves with cryptozoologist Ken...
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Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
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Living in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead is a gritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark and English teacher Travis Manawa have managed to assemble. The everyday pressure...
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Explore whether lost islands and mysterious, Eden-like paradises were actually earthly homes for aliens, and find out why the Greeks, Macedonians, and other ancients believed the world's mountains to be sacred homes to all-powerful gods. Experience American history via rock carvings from an 8,000 BC man-made cave filled with ancient objects and mummies. Is there a link between this cave and the Native American legend of the "star beings"?
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Scope and content: Three radio scripts about Andrew Jackson's life for the program, "Cavalcade of America," sponsored by the DuPont Manufacturing Company. The scripts also include ads for DuPont and its products.
"The Gorgeous Hussy," starring Paulette Goddard and based upon a book of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, tells about the so-called "Eaton Affair" (or "Petticoat Affair"). When recently widowed Peggy Timberlake married Jackson's Secretary...
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The origins of cutie marks, friendships, magic and more are available in this ongoing series devoted to revealing the secret history of Equestria. Find out the origin of Equestria's most legendary pony heroes as they come together to face the greatest evil any have ever encountered! Will they be able to overcome their differences to defeat an enemy that knows all of their weaknesses?
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Abstract: Scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings and audio recordings documenting the lives of African-Americans Thomas W. Southall, especially his career in the army, particularly his service in Germany in the 1950s, building radio sites; and his wife, Myrtle Forcey-Southall, who performed under the name, Myrtle Wilson, as a contortionist and dancer, and under her later stage name, Joyce Jackson, as a jazz singer. She performed in jazz clubs on...
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Scope and content: Typescripts of speeches and a small quantity of miscellaneous documents, audio recordings, and photographs, ranging in dates from 1950 to 1975, regarding Beverly Briley's public career as Davidson County Judge (1950-1963) and first mayor (1963-1975) of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. These materials show an effort to explain and promote consolidated government to local citizens and officials. The items were...
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By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in the Black Hills--on Sioux land. In this film, the lives...
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Abstract: Photographs, news clippings, letters, and a scrapbook documenting the personal, professional, and social lives of Elizabeth and Bill Weaver of Nashville, Tennessee. The dates of the materials are 1858-1996 with the bulk being from 1940-1975.
Scope and content: Series I. Family (1858-1970, 1996) - contains photos, clippings and letters concerning the Weaver family and the Craig family of Nashville, Tennessee. This series comprises approximately...
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Struggling songwriter Dave Seville opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. When they become overnight music sensations, a greedy record producer tries to exploit the 'boys.' Now Dave must use a little human ingenuity and a lot of 'munk mischief to get his furry family back before it's too late.
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