Danger 5 is an Aussie TV Show that was produced between 2011 and 2015 by SBS (http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/danger-5). It is perhaps the most audaciously insane show in TV history. Shaken, not stirred, with equal parts 007, The Thunderbirds and Inglorious Basterds, Danger … Continue reading
Let’s Eat Outdoors – The Yankees had Murderers Row, Notre Dame had the four horseman, Cincinnati had the Big Red Machine. Mere amateurs. Let’s Eat Outdoors has a lineup led by the one and only SPAM with all-meat Hormel Franks … Continue reading
Let’s Eat Outdoors – The Yankees had Murderers Row, Notre Dame had the four horseman, Cincinnati had the Big Red Machine. Mere amateurs. Let’s Eat Outdoors has a lineup led by the one and only SPAM with all-meat Hormel Franks … Continue reading
Over 30 years ago on a song now mostly heard in TV adverts, The Clash asked the question Should I Stay or Should I Go? Today Brits are voting on what one side calls “Independence Day” and he other calls “the … Continue reading
“A mint julep is not a product of a formula. It is a ceremony and must be performed by a gentleman possessing a true sense of the artistic, a deep reverence for the ingredients and a proper appreciation of the … Continue reading
With all the hubbub surrounding the premiere of season 7 of AMC’s Mad Men, we thought it would be a good time to offer some suggestions for throwing an authentic 60s cocktail party. We’re going to concentrate on the drinks … Continue reading
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” So said futurist and science fiction author Arthur C Clarke. And the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair was chock full of sufficiently advanced technologies. Visitors marveled at GM’s Futurama , IBM’s puppet … Continue reading
The fulcrum from which the swinging 60s swung was The Playboy club. In that brief period between women stepping out from behind the apron to the birth of modern feminism, nothing else oozed the stuff of the liberated man more … Continue reading
“Never, no never before have you ever had anything like Kraft’s Cheez Whiz!” begins the copy in New Cheez Whiz. And they weren’t kidding. You could spoon it, heat it and spread it. “You’ll see for yourself there’s no end … Continue reading