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Tag Archives: Black History
Welcome February 2022, Year of the Tiger!
Keeping with my recent 2020 tradition, I have gone with the Chinese New Year/Zodiac animal to decorate my site’s header art. Unlike oxen (bulls) or rats, there are numerous, famous tigers to choose from. I chose the ones I prefer … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, News, The Site
Tagged Black History, Chinese, Header Art, Kung Fu, Zodiac
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RIP Sidney Poitier
Sidney had a greater impact on film and popular culture for my parents when they were growing up thanks to his Oscar® victory. By the time I was around, he was the straight man in those Action-Comedies he made with … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Black History, Celebrity Obituary, Seventies
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Happy Juneteenth Day
It’s nice to see what was often a Texas-based holiday finally become a National Holiday in the US. The more amazing thing was how many Republicans voted with the Democrats on this. Currently, they can’t even have a compromise on … Continue reading
Posted in Austintatious, History
Tagged 19th Century, Black History, Holiday, US Civil War
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RIP Paul Mooney
It has been a rough week in comedy since we lost the other master of the deadpan delivery and a pioneer in Comedy for the world, not just Black Americans. Paul was at Cap City a few years ago during … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, TV
Tagged Aughts, Black History, Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Seventies
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RIP Marc Wilmore (belated)
Damned Twitter! Found out through fellow Producer Mike Reiss that Marc died last week from CV-19. Life is unfair all to often since Orange Foolius and his legions remain free and not in prison where they belong while a person … Continue reading
Posted in TV
Tagged Animation, Aughts, Black History, Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, The Simpsons
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RIP Curly Neal
Sad to find out via Twitter that Curly of the Harlem Globetrotters passed away. He was definitely one of the iconic members during the peak popularity in the Seventies. Back then the Globetrotters were quite conspicuous: They first appeared on Scooby … Continue reading
Posted in TV
Tagged Basketball, Black History, Celebrity Obituary, Comedy, Seventies
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Hidden Figures: Worth Seeing
Firstly, I thought it was weird that 20th Century Fox made this movie. Then I remembered how the crew at The Simpsons said Murdoch doesn’t really care what the entertainment division does, as long as its profitable, thus it can contradict his propaganda-hate … Continue reading
Posted in History, In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Black History, Sixties
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