Classic Movie Poster of the Week

Angel in My Pocket 

1969

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

Some Kind of a Nut

1969

starring Dick Van Dyke

Magazine Cover of the Week

Gong Wrestling Magazine

(Japan 1969)

Dick The Bruiser and The Crusher 

Today in US History (President Eisenhower Dies)

March 28th 1969

Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and one of the most highly regarded American generals of World War II, dies in Washington, D.C., at the age of 78.
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Today in Sports History (September 22nd)

September 22nd 1969

Willie Mays hits his 600th career home run. 

At the time joined Babe Ruth as the only 2 players in major league baseball history with 600 or more home runs.

He made history against the San Diego Padres

Here is the radio call of that historic home run:

#1 Albums - 1969

December 27th 1969

Led Zeppelin II

Starting its 7 non consecutive week run as Billboard's #1 album.  This was Led Zeppelin's first album to reach #1 in the US and the UK.  In 1999 the RIAA certified it 12x Platinum, over 12 million copies sold.  The single "Whole Lotta Love" reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 in the UK.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Whole Lotta Love"	John Bonham/Willie Dixon/John Paul Jones/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant	5:34
2.	"What Is and What Should Never Be"	Page/Plant	4:46
3.	"The Lemon Song"	Bonham/Chester Burnett/Jones/Page/Plant	6:19
4.	"Thank You"	Page/Plant	4:49

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Heartbreaker"	Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant	4:14
6.	"Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"	Page/Plant	2:39
7.	"Ramble On"	Page/Plant	4:34
8.	"Moby Dick"	Bonham/Jones/Page	4:20
9.	"Bring It On Home"	Dixon	4:19

WE LOVE TV!

June 8th 1969 

21st Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards

 1968-69 TV season

Werner Klemperer

"Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series"

for his role as Colonel Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes.

This was his 2nd consecutive win in this category, he was nominated 6 times.

 1968

1969

Classic Movie Poster of the Day

From 1969, True Grit, the movie that won John Wayne his only Academy Award. He won for Best Actor.

Jack Benny's New Look - 1969 TV Special

From 1969, one of Jack's tv Specials for NBC, Jack Benny's New Look.
This is a good example of why Jack seemed to stay relevant and more generations knew him and loved him because of these specials.  Of course you can say that about Bob Hope and George Burns also but Jack seemed to transcend all boundries of age and time.  Forever 39

Aired December 3rd 1969 (brought to you in living color by Kodak)

Hogan's Heroes

Our episode of classic television once again brings us to Hogan's Heroes.   Today our episode is from October 3rd 1969 "The Well".

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Top of the Pops

This week on Top of the Pops we go across the pond to the UK Top 5 for the week ending June 7th 1969

5 - My Way - Frank Sinatra


4 - The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles


3 - Man of the World - Fleetwood Mac


2 - Get Back - The Beatles with Billy Preston


1 - Dizzy - Tommy Roe

1968 Oscar Winners

Tonight in 1969 was a night of firsts at the 41st Annual Academy Awards ceremony.
For the first time, the happenings at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles were beamed to TV audiences worldwide. Appropriately, a foreign (British) film was honored as Best Picture: Oliver! (John Woolf, producer), which also won for Best Director (Carol Reed); Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston); Best Sound (Shepperton SSD); Best Music/Score of a Musical Picture/Original or Adaptation (Johnny Green). And, for the first time, there was a tie for Best Actress. Barbra Streisand picked up her statuette for her starring role in Funny Girl, and for the second year in a row, Katharine Hepburn was honored as Best Actress, this time for her performance in The Lion in Winter.
Other veteran actors received their first Oscars this night: Cliff Robertson for his Best Actor role in Charly; Jack Albertson for his Best Supporting Actor role in The Subject Was Roses and Ruth Gordon for her Best Supporting Actress role in Rosemary’s Baby.
Even the Best Music/Song award was presented for the first time to Michel Legrand (music) and Alan and Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) for the song The Windmills of Your Mind from the The Thomas Crown Affair. Other great 1968 films that were Oscar-winners or nominees: 2001: A Space Odyssey; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; For Love of Ivy; Planet of the Apes; Bullitt; The Odd Couple; Romeo and Juliet; The Producers; Rachel, Rachel.

The Trailer Park (Remake Edition)

Today the trailer park is giving you preview of the 2010 remake of the 1969 John Wayne film "True Grit". Directed by the Ethan and Joel Cohen and starring Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn (the role that Wayne won an Oscar for) and Matt Damon as La Boeuf the Texas Ranger that was originally portrayed by Glen Campbell.

The new True Grit opens December 22nd and is expected to be among the contenders for the Academy Awards in 2011.

Here is the trailer for the 1969 classic and followed by the new Cohen Brothers updated and less humor filled version.