A DATE WITH HISTORY: Saturday, Dec. 12, 1959

In the Top Ten: Don’t You Know? by Della Reese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86nxxZW6UY On the Bestseller List: Too Many Ghosts by Paul Gallico Photo credit: historical.ha.com New In Theaters: Never So Few https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhiP4niVKDE New In Comic Shops: Space Adventures #31 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: The Man and the Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKBVZxcKlzU Magazine Roulette: The New Yorker Photo …

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A Very Weird Christmas Care Package for Friday, Dec. 11, 2020

We’re well into the holiday season, and it’s already one of the weirdest we’ve ever experienced. If you don’t know why, consider yourself lucky. Instead of resisting the bizarre atmosphere we’re living through, I figured, why not lean into it and have some fun? Christmas has long been a secret haven of the strange, and …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, Dec. 11, 1998

In the Top Ten: Iris by Goo Goo Dolls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw On the Bestseller List: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Photo credit: websterbookstore.com New In Theaters: A Simple Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TXB2qTJMRE New In Comic Shops: Astro City #15 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Brimstone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPdgoBfXIrI Magazine Roulette: Rolling Stone Photo credit: amazon.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here Photo …

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A Very Weird Christmas Care Package for Dec. 10, 2020

We’re well into the holiday season, and it’s already one of the weirdest we’ve ever experienced. If you don’t know why, consider yourself lucky. Instead of resisting the bizarre atmosphere we’re living through, I figured, why not lean into it and have some fun? Christmas has long been a secret haven of the strange, and …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Saturday, Dec. 10, 1988

In the Top Ten: Waiting for a Star to Fall by Boy Meets Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhxF9Qg5mOU On the Bestseller List: Dear Mili by Wilhelm Grim and Maurice Sendak Photo credit: rarebookcellar.com New In Theaters: My Stepmother Is an Alien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BumFx3x5GuA New In Comic Shops: Comic Christmas Special #1 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Dirty Dancing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58dFZuMoyD0

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