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THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Remembering Eddie Van Halen’ By Mitchell Smith!

October 11, 2020October 11, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffMusic, The POP-EXPOSE, Van Halen0 comment

Eddie Van Halen was born in Amsterdam in 1955 and his family moved to Pasadena, CA in 1962. Eddie’s father was a Jazz performer who played piano, clarinet, and the sax. Eddie and his older brother Alex took piano lessons as kids and were both musically talented. Alex began playing guitar and Eddie took up drums. Soon after Eddie took up guitar himself and loved the sound of the electric guitar that he gave Alex his drum set. Eddie and Alex formed a band in 1972 and 2 years later renamed…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ By Mitchell Smith!

October 4, 2020October 7, 2020 Serpentorslair Staff90210, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Oh 1990, what a year this was. Times were changing. We were just starting to use computers in school to do reports and what not, and everything was saved to a floppy disc. Cell phones well we called them telephone booths, remember the emergency phone booths on the interstates? War was brewing in the Middle East and George Senior was getting ready to send troops for our first televised invasion of a country. Montana and Rice cleaned house in Super Bowl XXIV, Pistons got their second straight championship, and the…

The POP-EXPOSE ‘Dennis Rodman’ By Mitchell Smith!

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffDennis Rodman, Pop Culture, Sports, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Dennis Rodman has been in the spotlight in recent years. Most may remember him from his wild days with the Chicago Bulls. Dennis has always been a unique individual. He has become very popular in my world and I’ve been tracking down some good stuff from him. Dennis was a large part of The Last Dance documentary and I have found several interesting interviews of him over the years. Recently there was an ESPN 30 for 30 film done on Dennis and although I have not watched this yet I can’t…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Wishful Drinking’ by Carrie Fisher Story by Mitchell Smith!

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Serpentorslair Staffbooks, Carrie Fisher, Pop Culture, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

I recently stumbled upon the Audiobook “Wishful Drinking” written and read by Carrie Fisher. This was a very interesting book. The book talks about Carrie growing up with 2 famous parents. Her mother Debbie Reynolds who was an actress and most famous for her roll in “Singing in the Rain” and her Father Eddie Fisher who was a singer and actor. Eddie was most popular in the 1950s, and was in the headlines when he left Debbie for actress Elizabeth Taylor. The couple were the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston of the times…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘Super NES’ by Mitchell Smith!

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffNES, nintendo, SUPER NES, The POP-EXPOSE, Video Games0 comment

The NES hit shelves in the US in 1985. I remember renting the system from our local grocery store. I mostly played Mario and Zelda. When the Super NES hit in 1991 this was the best thing since sliced bread. I had a ton of games and I had major battles with my brothers and friends. My son and I recently played Zelda A Link to the Past. Back in the day it took me and my 3 brothers playing round the clock trial and error to figure out the…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘Remembering Chadwick Boseman’ By Mitchell Smith!

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffBlack Panther, Chadwick Boseman, Marvel, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Chadwick Boseman is an American actor born in 1976 in Anderson, SC and passed away last week from colon cancer at the age of 44. Boseman has battled the cancer for a few years now but kept it secret from the media. It came as a shock to many fans as he has been working all along. Most people identify him with his most recent character Black Panther, but Boseman has played many great rolls in his short career. Boseman did some TV work including Third Watch, Law & Order, and…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘Rust ValleyRestorers’ by Mitchell Smith!

August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffNetflix, Rust Valley Restorers, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Rust Valley Restorers is a 2018 reality show set in Tappen, BC, Canada. Mike Hall owns a junkyard of classic cars and he goes into business restoring cars by using his stock to fulfill his customers needs. Him and his best friend Avery Shoaf are 2 characters well enough to carry the show, but there are some added people such as Mikes Son Connor, Cassidy Mceown one of the many shop hands who work hard to bring the cars together, and even Avery’s mother is in an episode. These two…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘The Umbrella Academy’ By Mitchell Smith!

August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffNetflix, The POP-EXPOSE, The Umbrella Academy0 comment

The Netflix series “The Umbrella Academy”, is an interesting series based on comics and graphic novels written by Gerard Way who is also the lead singer of My Chemical Romance. This is an interesting show that has 7 children with special powers who are adopted by a Billionaire and trained to save the world. There are 2 seasons and I recently was able to watch season 1 and I plan on watching season 2 this weekend. The show starts in 1989 and time travels through different eras. The show has a very…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘Cool Runnings’ By Mitchell Smith!

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffCool Runnings, Movies, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Cool Runnings is a 1993 film about the first ever Jamaican bobsled team. It was loosely based on the true story about the real team that competed in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, AB. The film is very funny and very inspirational. John Candy plays the coach of the team and this was the last film Candy was able to watch with himself in it before his death. Much of the story was made up to create drama in the movie, but the real Jamaican team did start out practicing on…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘John Hughes’ By Mitchell Smith!

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffJohn Hughes, Movies, Pop Culture, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

John Hughes is an American Filmmaker born in 1950 and sadly passed away in 2009. John wrote, produced, and directed many major motion picture films. Hughes was born in Lansing, MI and grew up in Michigan. He started his career after dropping out of the University of Arizona by selling jokes to performers such as Rodney Dangerfield and Joan Rivers. Hughes has a long list of movies he was involved in. He was a writer for several movies including, Mr. Mom, National Lampoon’s Vacation, and Beethoven. He was also a producer…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘The Last Dance” Review By Mitchell Smith!

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffMichael Jordan, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

The Last Dance is now on Netflix. This 10 episode documentary follows Michael Jordan and the dominating Bulls in the Nineties. Not only does it look at the players, but also looks at the coaching, staff, front office, fans and families of many of the players. I got into sports in general in the late eighties and nineties. The Bulls run was early on in my teen years. I didn’t have a favorite basketball team at the time and the Bulls seemed too good to hop on the bandwagon. It was easy…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘Remembering Regis Philbin’ by Mitchell Smith!

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffThe POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin Was born in August 1931 in Manhattan, NY, and sadly passed away Friday the 24th at the age of 88. Philbin most recognizable from his morning talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and later Regis and Kelly. Regis was also the original game show host of the smash hit Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Regis graduated from the University of Notre Dame and shortly after joined the US Navy. Philbin started his career as a page at The Tonight Show. Philbin started out…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ by Mitchell Smith!

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffThe POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Recently I started watching season 1 of the 1962 hit show The Beverly Hillbillies. This was a staple show of my childhood, but I have never watched it from the first episode straight through. The show was created by Paul Henning and starred Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett, Max Baer as Jethro, Donna Douglas as Elly May, and Irene Ryan as Granny. The show ran from 1962- 1971. The show started out in black and white and switched over to color in the mid sixties. This show was just brilliant all…

THE POP EXPOSE -Robin Williams or Will Smith Who is The Best Genie?

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffMovies, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Who did it better Robin Williams or Will Smith? Disney’s Aladdin came out back in 1992 and my older brother dated a girl with a 3 year, so I spent lots of time watching this movie on VHS with that little 3 year old. I didn’t mind though as this is one of my favorite movies. One of the biggest attractions in this movie was the singing, the story, and the Genie played by the late great Robin Williams. Williams is the Genie. He brought this character to life and there will never…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘Sharon Tate’ By Mitchell Smith!

July 5, 2020July 5, 2020 Serpentorslair StaffPop Culture, Sharon Tate, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Today I am going to revisit the tragic story of Sharon Tate. Recently I was watching the Pilot episode and various episodes after of The Beverly Hillbillies. This was a show I grew up watching as a kid and I had never seen any of the early episodes. What a great series this is, but that is a story for another day. I googled the cast to see who was still alive and I noticed one character that was born in 1943 and died in 1969. I wasn’t sure what had…