Although many people associate Iowa with lush corn fields and other abundant agriculture, the state is linked to some fun facts and trivia not usually found in textbooks. Geography Ripley’s Believe It or Not cites Burlington’s Snake Alley as the most crooked street in the world, according to 50states.com. Strawberry Point claims the title as […]
Tag Archives: George Reeves
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Jan
Jan
Most readers were born in the 1970s and probably know next to nothing about the 1950 hit “The Adventures of Superman,” which starred George Reeves in the dual role of Clark Kent and the Man of Steel, and which was wildly popular around the world. continuing even into the late 1960’s. If you’ve never heard […]
“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superman! Yes, Superman, a strange visitior from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men! Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark […]
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Sep
Sep
Prefatory note: Shop carefully: some vendors might not sell this six-season “collection” as cheaply as the identical DVDs marketed as four, separate packages (i.e., Season One; Season Two; Seasons Three and Four; and Seasons Five and Six). I’m not one of those diehard “Superman” freaks who can spew all the trivia you never wanted to […]
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May
May
When I was a kid and I wanted to kiss without being busted, to tell someone to say “Go to hell, Michigan…”. Back then, I knew hell was a real town in Michigan, but I thought it was either a town left on my ore ledges in the Upper Peninsula; or a podunk that was […]
I had both the pleasure and the privilege of being part of a telephone conference call interview with Mr. Joe Harris, co-creator of the original Underdog cartoon, which premiered nationally on October 3, 1964. The interview was conducted to promote the release of the original cartoons on DVD. They DVDs went on sale July 24, […]