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POPCORN TALES Season 3 E1 Part 3

“I do thank you for coming all dressed up in your own cooking pot.”

I love that look of sudden comprehension as it runs across their faces.
January 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
POPCORN TALES Season 3 E1 Part 2

“Of course.”

“And dragons breath fire, right?”

“Yes. . .” A little less sure of himself.

“And metal conducts heat?”

No answer.

(cont.)
January 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
POPCORN TALES Season 3 E1 Part 1

Another one. I sighed and went to the doorway.

He was certainly dressed for the occasion. Full metal breastplate, back and front, metal helmet, metal chaps, clinking as he sat atop his horse.

“Come out and meet your doom, worm!” Not very polite.

(cont.)
January 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The character limitations mean this is not going to work.

Posting just the weekly top song(s).

7/27/40-10/12/40 #1 in Stores: I'll Never Smile Again (Tommy Dorsey - Frank Sinatra, vocals)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEn-...
I'll Never Smile Again
YouTube video by Tommy Dorsey - Topic
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January 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
- Hume Cronyn in summer theatre in Skowhegan, ME.
- Sally Rand and Milton Berle do well in Detroit. Gene Autry parks his horse to fly to Oklahoma City for a radio benefit. Kitty Kallen at the Patio Grill, Hotel Roosevelt, Jacksonville, FL. Rudy Vallee at the Strand in NY.
January 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
BILLBOARD NOTES

7/27/40 cont.-1

- American acts flee Europe. England lists just 14 American performers left in the country.
- Balaban & Katz, co-owners of a theatre corporation in Chicago, announce they will start a TV station in that city, operations to begin 1/1/41.
January 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
BILLBOARD PROJECT 1/13/25B

Just “this song is the most popular.” With this issue, it becomes “this song by this performer is the most popular.” That’s where we come in.

7/27/40 – Music Popularity Charts begin. No. 1 in Best Sellers in Stores: I’ll Never Smile Again (Tommy Dorsey)
January 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
BILLBOARD PROJECT 1/13/25A

Starting from the beginning of the Music Popularity Charts. Previously, starting in 1938, BB (Billboard) had its own charts, and the Lucky Strike Parade of Hits, but the songs weren’t differentiated by performer. Just “this song is the most popular.”
January 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I've been working on what I call The Most Useless Project in the World, or simply, the Billboard Project.

I wanted a spreadsheet of all songs that made it to Billboard's top charts. I also noted items of interest in the formation of today's entertainment world. I'll start posting it here.
January 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Hello, all. Starting the move over from FB. Glad to see a lot of friends already here.
January 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM