Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure Turns 30!
It’s hard to believe that Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure celebrates its 30th anniversary this week. Released on July 26th 1985 this little film went on to become a huge hit for Warner Bros.
The Perils Of Best Lists
With the internet today there are two big issues, one is that people’s filters for good taste and common sense are set to zero and the rise of everyone is a journalist.
Robin Williams 1951-2014
Robin Williams was a truly one of a kind. While he is mostly known as being crazy and never seeming to run out of energy.
Jonny Quest: The First Prime Time Animated Adventure
In September 30th 1960 a milestone in animation history was made when Hanna-Barbera’s The Flintstones premiered on ABC. It ran for six season and opened the door to other prime time series from Hanna-Barbera The other series were Top Cat (1961), The Jetsons (1962) Where’s Huddles (1970) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (19702).
H.R. Giger 1940-2014
vi·sion·ary adjective \ˈvi-zhə-ˌner-ē\ : having or showing clear ideas about what should happen or be done in the future : having or showing a powerful imagination :
Celebrating Easter Comic Book Style
It’s a busy week for me so today’s post is a short and sweet one with Easter themed comic book covers to get you in the mood for the Easter Holiday this weekend.
The Day You Could Go To The Kwik-E-Mart
The Simpsons is celebrating its 25th anniversary of the premiere of the show that first aired on December 17th 1989 on the Fox Network and has gone on to be a worldwide phenomenon.
Remembering Pushing Daisies
I know that a number of you were disappointed by yesterdays April Fools Post here at Pop Culture Maven. I wish that news was in fact true and hopefully someday Pushing Daisies will in fact return.
Frozen Declared #1 Animated Film of All Time? I Think Not.
The Hollywood Reporter Sunday declared that Frozen “Box Office Milestone: Frozen Becomes No. 1 Animated Film of All Time”. And while that is a nice story to whip the masses to click to your site, it’s a very incorrect story.
Milton Bradley Microvision
When people think of handheld gaming their first thought is Nintendo but while they do pretty much own the handheld gaming market it might not have happened if it wasn’t for a little company named Milton Bradley and the first handheld system with changeable cartridge games Microvision.
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