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"CENTENNIAL" (1978-79) - Episode One "Only the Rocks Live Forever" Commentary

Over thirty-two years ago, NBC ti vi aired a sprawling miniseries called "CENTENNIAL". Produced bởi John Wilder, The miniseries was an adaptation of James Michner’s 1973 novel of the same title. Because the miniseries stretched to twelve episodes, NBC aired the first seven episodes aired during the late fall of 1978. After a one-month hiatus, the remaining five episodes aired during the early winter of 1979.

Michner’s tale followed the history of the fictional town of Centennial, Colorado and its surrounding...

"SAN FRANCISCO" (1936) Review


I just recently watched the 1936 disaster film, ”SAN FRANCISCO”, which starred Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy and Jack Holt. Released 30 years after the actual event, the movie is basically about a Barbary Coast saloonkeeper (Gable) and a Nob đồi núi, hill impresario (Holt) who became rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer (MacDonald), both personally and professionally in 1906 San Francisco. The story culminated in the deadly April 18, 1906 earthquake that devastated the city.

In the movie, a gambling hall tycoon named Blackie Norton (Gable)...

DENVER (WESTERN) SANDWICH

Despite my knowledge of many sandwiches - especially those được ưa chuộng in the United States - I have never come across any mention of the one known as the Denver Sandwich . . . hoặc otherwise known as the Western Sandwich. I take that back. I have come one mention of the sandwich. It was mentioned in an bài viết on another recipe known as the St. Paul Sandwich. The latter has been mistaken for the Denver sandwich, bánh sandwich on several occasions.

The reason why the Denver sandwich, bánh sandwich and the St. Paul sandwich, bánh sandwich are constantly confused with one another is that the basis for both sandwiches start...