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Friday, July 4, 2014

Classic Television - Late Night

In Concert

Original channel

ABC

Original Run

November 24, 1972 - 1975

Hosted by

Don Branker

In Concert is a late-night television series created by Don Kirshner. Hosted by Don Branker, the series was a showcase for bands of the era to be taped "in concert" and then broadcast on ABC on Friday nights.

The series premiered on November 24, 1972, preempting The Dick Cavett Show. The first episode was the broadcast of a concert taped at Hofstra University on September 21, 1972 with Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley and Seals & Crofts. The second episode, broadcast on December 8, 1972 and again preempting Cavett, featured The Allman Brothers Band and Chuck Berry. David Sontag became the Executive Producer of "In Concert" starting with the 3rd show and for the rest of the first season. Don Kirshner had no direct connection with the show after the second episode except that the production credits listed "In Concert" as a David Sontag Production and a Don Kirshner Production. Starting with the 3rd episode there was no host; Joshua White (Joshua Lightshow) became the director and the voice-over announcing the acts, and serving as the production stage manager was Chip Monk, often known as the voice of Woodstock.

In January 1973, both The Dick Cavett Show and In Concert became part of ABC's Wide World of Entertainment programming block. Kirshner left in late 1973 to produce the syndicated series Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. In Concert continued to appear approximately every other Friday night until 1975 when it left the ABC schedule.

During its three seasons on the air, the series received four Primetime Emmy awards.

45 Trailblazers Who Changed The World, From Pride 1969 To Pride 2014

From: Queerty

José Gutierrez

José Gutierrez is a longstanding advocate for the gay Latino community. He is the founder of the Latino GLBT History Project.

The Advocate Magazine - January 26, 1993

Blueboy - March/April 1976

Club Baths Chain

February 1971 Vector

THE ART OF THE FACE PIC: HOW TO SUCCEED ON MANHUNT WITHOUT SHOWING YOUR BUTTHOLE

From: Manhunt Daily

JLP222

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Dark hair, blue eyed. Chill guy, slim build. Into cars, traveling, hockey, etc. Facial hair is hot ;)

Lookin for other relaxed dudes for friends, fun or whatever else happens.

The Hottest Men in Baseball 2013

From: The Backlot

Jean Segura

Ability: 3 bats

Looks: 3 bats

Age 23

Segura debuted with the L.A. Angels in July 2012, but after only one game, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers, where he has excelled. This season, he was involved in one of the most confusing plays ever in baseball history. In the eighth inning of an April game, he stole second base, then “re-stole” first base, and was thrown out trying to steal second base again. The confusion was over whether Segura should have been allowed to “re-take” first base after he had occupied second base. Umpires on the field allowed it, but the MLB later declared the ruling wrong.

Remember These Foods of the Seventies???

Beep

Beep is a fruit-juice-based soft drink brand, made by Farmers Cooperative Dairy of Nova Scotia, Canada. Originally produced in the 1960s, it was discontinued in March 2010, and temporarily revived on 11 June 2012, following announcements the previous week. It was revived in a vintage carton, not the carton it was sold in when it was discontinued.

According to the carton, the drink contains water, sugar, fruit juices, citric acid, orange pulp, natural flavors, sodium citrate, canola oil, modified corn starch, sodium benzoate, caramel colour, annatto, and ascorbic acid. The fruit juices are orange, apple, apricot, prune, and pineapple.

The 25 Best Songs About Underwear

From: The Underwear Expert

#6.

Dozen Girls

The Damned

The Lyric

he’s alright and he don’t care, he’s got thermal underwear (repeat several times)

To get super meta here for a second. We love this song. But we really love the need to annotate how often we have to repeat thermal underwear when singing the song: Several times. Noted.

21st Street Baths Ads

March 1975 Vector

A Definitive Ranking Of The 20 Most Smoldering Male Fashion Designers

From: Buzz Feed

Jack McCollough

and

Lazaro Hernandezr

Proenza Schouler

Julie: Somebody make me the meat in a Proenza Schouler sandwich.

Saeed: LOL. Me first! These men are gorgeous. Though they kind of a have a slight “Mean Gurl” look to them.

The 100 Hottest Male Tennis Players of the Open Era

From: kenneth in the (212)

Dmitry Tursunov

As I've said many times before, blonds are not my "type." But this Russian has to be everybody's type -- kind of the Johnny Davenport of men's tennis.

Classic Television - Weekdays

The Magic Garden

Original channel

WPIX-11

Original run

March 6, 1972 – September 6, 1984

Starring

Carole Demas

Paula Janis

The Magic Garden is a live action children's television program which aired Mondays through Thursdays from March 6, 1972 to September 6, 1984 on WPIX-11 in New York City. Produced and broadcast in the world's largest television market, the show became popular with millions of children.

Carole and Paula, the main characters and hosts of the show, sing several songs throughout each episode, often accompanied by Paula's acoustic guitar. The show takes place entirely within the Magic Garden, a colorful set that includes the Magic Tree, which lowers various objects from its branches. Also found throughout the garden are swings, a stone path, a shed, and the Chuckle Patch, a giggling bed of flowers that grows leaves with jokes on one side and the punch line on the other. Many conversations take place at a low stone wall with Sherlock (a mischievous squirrel puppet with a love for peanuts) and Flapper (a colorful bird who was a later addition to the characters in the garden). Stories are often acted out using costumes and props provided by the Story Box. In addition to songs, games, and jokes, the characters provide life lessons for viewers, and extend personal greetings to members of their television audience – for example: "Hello Judy. Hello Jeffrey."

As characterized by The New York Times, The Magic Garden "was a cheerful, low-budget, inadvertently psychedelic half-hour show in which Ms. Janis and Ms. Demas sat on giant toadstools, spoke to flowers, sang songs and told stories."

12 Great Summer Poolside Reads

From: Queerty

Brother to Brother: New Writings by Gay Black Men

edited by

Essex Hemphill

Originally published in 1991, this collection of essays, poems, and short stories covers everything from coming out, to homophobia, to sex, to HIV/AIDS, and more, all told from the unique perspectives of over two dozen gay black men. The book was originally conceived by Joseph Beam, as a follow-up to his anthology In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology. When he died from complications of AIDS in 1988, Essex Hemphill took over the responsibility of editor. Brother to Brother was re-released in 2007 and is considered a classic in gay literature.

Academy Award for Best Actor

1968

Cliff Robertson

Charly Gordon

Charly

Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half a century. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie Charly. On television, he portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 adaptation of Aldrin's autobiographic Return to Earth, played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 adaptation of John Ehrlichman's Watergate novel The Company, and portrayed Henry Ford in the 1987 Ford: The Man and the Machine. His last well-known film appearances were in 2002 through 2007 as Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man film trilogy.

Happy Independence Day 2014

From: FLYFOTO

Favorite Pic of the Day for July 4, 2008

From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things

Favorite Classic Playgirl Guy for July 4th

Scott Dutton
From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things

Must say I love looking at pics from Playgirl from the 70's and 80's. This was before metrosexual was a known term and plucking, shaving and tanning were popular. Scott Dutton, Playgirl, January 79 is a great example of a hot man without all the extra primping. Love the tan lines, shaggy hair and unshaved look.