Wednesday4:30 Channel 5 WNBQ Leave It to Beaver—Comedy Beaver Cleaver and his pal Larry Mondello ditch class for a day of fun and mischief. A lighthearted look at childhood hijinks and 1950s family values through the wide-eyed wonder of young “Beaver” Cleaver. In the hamlet of Stillmere-upon-Figwort, young Theobald “Beaver” Clæver, second son of Goodman Wyllyam and Dame Heneretta of…
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Steampunking’s Greatest Hits Leather, Lace, and Laser-Powered Lullabies
steampunk noun /ˈstiːmˌpʌŋk/ A genre and aesthetic combining 19th-century steam-powered technology with futuristic inventions, often set in an alternate Victorian-era world and characterized by retrofuturistic fashion, machinery, and design. Once-rebellious rock anthems from the ’70s and ’80s are hitting that awkward phase, somewhere between timeless and timeworn. What once shook stadiums now barely stirs a Bluetooth speaker, as the Spotify…
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Frankly, My Dear I Don’t Give a Hoot When classic movie lines invade everyday life
Have you ever delivered a beloved movie quote with the kind of misplaced gravitas typically reserved for funerals and Oscar speeches? If so, congratulations! You, are the living embodiment of an unscripted, caffeine-fueled film festival playing exclusively inside your own head. You drop lines like, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” to the pharmacist at Walgreens and whisper…
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Requiem for the Unstreamable How six bands found magic in the margins of the music history
Welcome to Requiem for the Unstreamable, where forgotten bands go to die gloriously, then get resurrected for your morbid entertainment and bootleg hiss. These aren’t bands that faded away quietly. They didn’t get lost in the shuffle. They were the shuffle. Chaotic, unpredictable, and slightly sticky to the touch. No publicists. No strategies. Just pure, unfiltered chaos, delivered by people…
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Trump Trades and Tirades The breakfast flakes, cigarettes, and canned catastrophes of America’s first infomercial couple
Viewer Discretion Advised The following presentation includes emotionally intense moments drawn from a lesser-known chapter in the saga of Donald J. Trump. The glossy, ink-smudged era of the 1950s and 60s when dignity was irrelevant and his face was plastered across print ads with all the authenticity of a mannequin having a midlife crisis. Throughout this presentation, you will encounter…
