By John C. Alsedek: *cue stentorian music* “Two Thousand Plus!” “The world of tomorrow—the years beyond 2000 A.D.! The age of rocketships, interplanetary tra...

By John C. Alsedek: “Countdown for blastoff . . . X minus five . . . four . . . three . . . two . . . X minus one . . . fire!” (rocket launch sound effect) “...

By John C. Alsedek: Longevity is perhaps the toughest commodity to come by in show business. Just think about it: think of the television stars of your youth...

By John C. Alsedek: As a kid of the 1970’s, I grew up with the great CBS Radio Mystery Theater—the show of the creaking door and solemn narration of E.G. Mar...

By John C. Alsedek: Among old-time radio enthusiasts, September 30, 1962, is a black date of sorts. For on that date, the last two radio dramas being broadca...

By John C. Alsedek: Pretty much my entire childhood was spent one of two places: in front of the television or on my bicycle. But there’s a particularly vivi...

By John C. Alsedek: It's the summer of 1967, four o'clock on a weekday afternoon. You turn on the television. On CBS, a doctor and nurse are discussing their...

By John C. Alsedek: As a horror and science fiction fan since childhood, I'd have been hard-pressed to pick a better time to grow up than the early 1970's, a...

By John C. Alsedek: For as long as I can remember, my stepmom has had a Kewpie doll in her sewing room. In daylight, it’s as innocuous and innocent a little ...

By Elizabeth Gracen & Derek May Welcome to the second installment of our Flapper Press podcast, THE BINGE, our original monthly series reviewing some of the ...

By John C. Alsedek: When a new entertainment medium is developed, working out how to take full advantage of it is a bit of a learning process. So, there’s a ...

By Elizabeth Gracen: One of the many pleasures of the modern age is a good ‘ole binge-watch. We might even take for granted the ease with which entertainment...

By John C. Alsedek: The date is December 30th, 1936. Comedian Fred Allen is doing the East Coast broadcast of the popular CBS radio series Town Hall Tonight;...

By John C. Alsedek: Few things in life are absolutes, but one that’s darn close is this: actors looooove the opportunity to play against type. Why? Because o...

By John C. Alsedek: Back in 2016, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Star Trek to be the most successful franchise in television history. And it’s t...

By Derek May: I’ve often said that generally speaking, people can be classified as either music lovers or movie lovers depending on how rabidly obsessed they...

By John C. Alsedek: Through its various permutations over the years, The Twilight Zone has been blessed with some terrific hosts. The current version? Jordan...

By John C. Alsedek: Those of you who grew up prior to the 1990s will understand what I’m talking about here: as a TV-obsessed kid during the pre-Internet era...

By John C. Alsedek: As a kid who devoured 60’s TV reruns every summer, Bewitched was a second-tier watch for me—not up there with the likes of Star Trek and ...

By John C. Alsedek: Imagine, if you will, tuning in your radio one evening during the early 1950’s with the sound of Big Ben tolling in the background as the...