The Nostalgia League http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/directory en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:31:58 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/directory Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ DVD ALERT ! ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1450/t/DVD-ALERT-.html Via my web mail: VCI now has for sale ,DICK TRACY RETURNS on DVD ! List price $29.95 with three to five day delivery .Two disc set with Dolby Digital sound. No mention of remastering picture. As stated in an earlier post,DICK TRACYS G. MEN will be released at the end of July.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (kenwal68) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1450 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:31:58 GMT <![CDATA[ July Newstand ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1449/t/July-Newstand.html JULY Newstand: Very happy to see the return of Ambush Bug by Giffen and Fleming. One of the few mainstream funny books that was actually funny. I dug out a couple back issues, including ABug's turn in SECRET ORIGINS, to check, and it's true: actually funny.
And the WHOLE Humbug! Pappy's Golden Age has a few Humbug pages up.
The Mammoth Book of BEST... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (jasx) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1449 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:29:20 GMT <![CDATA[ HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY... ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1448/t/HAPPY-FOURTH-OF-JULY-.html Happy 4th of July to all Nostalgia Leaguers.
Here's some really safe and sane fireworks to have fun with. Enjoy!

http://www.maylin.net/Fireworks2.html

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]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1448 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:23:27 GMT <![CDATA[ Larry (Bozo, the Clown) Harmon R.I.P. ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1447/t/Larry-Bozo-the-Clown-Harmon-R-I-P-.html Larry Harmon, the long time portrayer of Bozo, the Clown, has passed away.
Here is the AP report of Harmon's passing.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhj-8BF2XnML69KPAiEQQkgECTRwD91N0V080

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]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1447 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:43:50 GMT <![CDATA[ Is Your Childhood Theater Here? ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1446/t/Is-Your-Childhood-Theater-Here-.html http://www.cinematour.com/main.php ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1446 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:54:16 GMT <![CDATA[ Doc Savage tidbits... ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1445/t/Doc-Savage-tidbits-.html Much has been written about the fabled Man of Bronze. He is credited as being the father of the modern superhero; the inspiration of many groups of heroes such as: The Fantastic Four, and the Justice League of America. He was the first independently wealthy do-gooder. Batman's Bruce Wayne, The Spider, alias Richard Wentworth, and a host of others came later on in the wake of Doc Savage.
Over 180 stories were written about Doc Savage, most of them by Lester Dent. Bantam Books... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1445 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:27:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Flap about Navy jumpers... ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1444/t/Flap-about-Navy-jumpers-.html What was the origin of the Navy jumper's flap that hung part way down the back of the shirt? There was a reason for it.
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]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1444 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:37:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Happy Birthday Ohio Theater ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1443/t/Happy-Birthday-Ohio-Theater.html


The Ohio Theater in Columbus is celebrating it's 80th Birthday. They claim it is the theater in the USA that has shown movies continuously longer than other. I kinda think they're fibbin because they have been showing movies only in the summer for the last 39 years, but it is a fabulous venue. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1443 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:56:14 GMT <![CDATA[ Now Showing Summer 1943 ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1442/t/Now-Showing-Summer-1943.html Among the movies showing
Bombardier
Gildersleeve's Big Day
All by Myself
Air Force
Over my Dead Body
Chetniks
The... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1442 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:23:05 GMT <![CDATA[ July Birthdays... ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1441/t/July-Birthdays-.html July 1
1804 - George Sand (Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant)
author; one of the first liberated women; died June 8, 1876

1872 - Louis Bleriot
aviator: 1st man to fly an airplane across the English Channel [1909]; died Aug 2, 1936

1899 -... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1441 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:20:31 GMT <![CDATA[ July History... ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1440/t/July-History-.html July 1
1847 - The first adhesive postage stamps went on sale. Ben Franklin graced the nickel stamp while George Washington was pictured on the ten-cent stamp. The cost of mailing a one-ounce letter was 5 cents. That's more than it cost one hundred years later.

1859 - The first intercollegiate baseball game was played -- in Pittsfield,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1440 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:18:47 GMT <![CDATA[ July ??? ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1439/t/July-.html Tuesday, July 1, 2008
IRS DAY

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/cover.html It all started with... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1439 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:17:15 GMT <![CDATA[ Out Our Way - names of characters ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1438/t/Out-Our-Way-names-of-characters.html Did J.R. Williams name the various characters in his comic strip OUT OUR WAY?

I know a couple nicknames: Worry Wart (Willet?) and Goldie.

 feeds@yuku.com (jas) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1438 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:05:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Forever Fishin' ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1437/t/Forever-Fishin-.html
Green Lawn is a large cemetery here with 150,000 souls resting here and for the most part very little can be told from the tombstones other than names and dates and if the tombstone or mausoleum is large,the wealth of the departed. But one, that of Emil Ambos is different.
Emil Ambos loved to fish and being a bachelor he had enough money when he... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1437 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:37:23 GMT <![CDATA[ The Checker Taxi ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1436/t/The-Checker-Taxi.html
From 1956-1982 Checker Taxi produced the Taxi many of us remember best. Like being in a time warp from the 50's these cars were produced with various engines from GM, Ford and hung around forever despite poor gas mileage. Eventually the equipment making the body wore out and the Checker Taxi Company quit producing new Checkers. The factory was used in the movie Blue Collar... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1436 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:36:17 GMT <![CDATA[ Cyd Charisse R.I.P. ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1435/t/Cyd-Charisse-R-I-P-.html Actress-dancer Cyd Charisse dies in L.A. at 86
By BOB THOMAS
Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES - Cyd Charisse, the long-legged beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86.

Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1435 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:04:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Salute to Nina Mae McKinney Born June 13, 1913 ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1434/t/Salute-to-Nina-Mae-McKinney-Born-June-13-1913.html image
Nina Mae McKinney at age 16 in 1929 starred in one of the great films of all time, Hallelujah! King Vidor's great film of lust, religion, revenge and redemption. Her role as the seductress Chick is very much like that of Dorothy Danridge's Carmen Jones 25 years later. For Hallelujah! to succeed as well as it did depended on the raw power... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1434 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:58:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Stan Winston R.I.P. ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1433/t/Stan-Winston-R-I-P-.html Special-effects maestro Stan Winston dies at 62


By DERRIK J. LANG
AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES - Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning special-effects maestro responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of "Jurassic Park" and other iconic movie creatures to life, has died. He was 62.

Winston died at his home in Malibu surrounded... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1433 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:08:28 GMT <![CDATA[ From Expedition: Where is this Beach? ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1431/t/From-Expedition-Where-is-this-Beach-.html

HINT

It is an American Beach. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tony Bolton) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1431 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:00:21 GMT <![CDATA[ Tribute to Film Noir and Jazz ]]> http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1430/t/Tribute-to-Film-Noir-and-Jazz.html Enjoy!

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGScj8pXFMA

rhomak feeds@yuku.com (rhomak) http://thenostalgialeague.yuku.com/topic/1430 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:48:37 GMT