Pop Culture Fiend

File this one under IYKYK but the 2001 Dennis Dugan film  Saving Silverman is a overlooked comedy gem. Dugan also helmed Happy Gilmour and ...

The Pink Panther experiences the downside of corporate shilling.     Peter meets the "Dons" of pop culture.   The Game of T...

"I heard you on the wireless back in '52..." In the first few moments of the MTV's launch 41 years ago today, we were gre...

Now defunct Stuff magazine (the sister publication of Maxim ) used to have a department called “Babes of Yore” which would remember female ...

Starting a new series today called "Signature Songs". In it, I'm going to be talking about the songs that are the best example...

Last week marked the 25th anniversary of the release of Bon Jovi's classic Slippery When Wet . The success of this album (eight weeks...

So in honor of the return of Pop Culture Fiend, here's the theme song from Welcome Back Kotter ... Now one interesting thing about ...

Last night, ABC began its attempt to rope us in to watching its "new" series V , about aliens that come to earth, ostensibly o...

Fifty four years ago -- September 30, 1955 -- James Dean died in a car accident. Dean was many things: a gifted artist and pioneering "...

After bringing back Beverly Hills 90210 last season (as just plain ole 90210 ) wasn't it just a matter of time before the CW too...

The recent death of director John Hughes got me thinking about his significance and his tremendous contribution to the last two decades of 2...

One of the most overlooked characters on the Hanna-Barbera roster, Lippy the Lion was a cartoon short that served as one-third of The Hanna...

One of the things that makes Family Guy so great are the hilarious references to other TV shows, classic movies, hit songs, TV commercials,...