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THE POP EXPOSE – Remembering Howard Hesseman ‘Dr. Johnny Fever’!

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Serpentorslair StaffThe POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Hello everyone today we remember Howard Hesseman aka Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP In Cincinnati. Hesseman was born in Oregon in Feb 1940 and passed away at age 81. WKRP was revolutionary show and Hesseman was a huge part of its success. Hesseman also played captain Lassard in the hit comedy Police Academy which sported several up and coming stars. He also was in Halloween II and 2012 Bigfoot among many other movies. He started out in the late sixties and performed on tv for several other hit shows such…

THE POP EXPOSE – Remembering Louie Anderson and Meat Loaf!

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 Serpentorslair StaffLouie Anderson, Meatloaf, Music, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Hello everyone. This week I’m paying tribute to 2 greats we lost this past week. Louis Anderson and one of my favorite artists Meat Loaf. Anderson was a long time stand up comedian who often made fun of himself to get laughs. Anderson also had a hand in a number of movies including Maurice in the 1988 hit comedy Coming To America, and the 2021 Coming 2 America. Anderson starred in his own show, The Louis Show, as well as appearing in many other shows such as Alley McBeal, Scrubs,…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘LITTLE GIANTS’ Story by Mitchell Smith!

January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 Serpentorslair StaffLittle Giants, Rick Moranis, Sports, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. To kick off the NFL playoffs Today I want to talk about a great movie from 1994, Little Giants. This is an awesome movie about two brothers who settle a long time grudge after they compete for the peewee title football game. Rick Moranis and Ed O’Neil play brothers in a small town in Ohio, Urbania . This is a funny inspiration movie. John Madden, Emmitt Smith, Tim Brown, and Steve Emtman also make an appearance. There are a ton of child actors and this one is one…

THE POP EXPOSE – Remembering Sydney Poitier Story By Mitchell Smith!

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 Serpentorslair StaffMovies, Sydney Poitier, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Sydney Poitier was born February 20,1927. His parents were from the Bahamas and were visiting Miami, FL when Sydney was unexpectedly born 2 months early. Sydney grew up in the Bahamas and ended up moving to the US in his teens. There he found his way to the ANT in Harlem. This Theater put on live performances from 1940 to 1949. While at the ANT he met another all time great Harry Belafonte who was born in March 1927. Both would go on to have great careers and be leading…

THE POP-EXPOSE – ‘Remembering Betty White’ Story by Mitchell Smith!

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Serpentorslair StaffBetty White, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Happy New Year everyone. It is with a second heavy heart this week I write about another Icon. Betty White was born January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, IL. Betty sadly passed before reaching the 100 mark. For the past 10 years Betty has made no lie about her age and being blessed to be in her nineties and blessed to be healthy. One statement she made was “ I didn’t ask to be Ninety it just happened.” I had been thinking of a story to write about Betty since…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Remembering John Madden’ Story by Mitchell Smith!

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffJohn Madden, Sports, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, Video Games0 comment

Today we lost one of the most iconic sports figures of the modern era. John Madden has been a household name over the past 5 decades. Madden who started coaching in the sixties was best known for being the Oakland Raiders head coach in the seventies. When Madden retired from coaching he went into broadcasting and would become one of the most iconic voices of the eighties and nineties, and into the 2000. You know you hit it big when Frank Caliendo does a perfect impression of you. And of…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Do you Believe in Santa?’ Story by Mitchell Smith!

December 19, 2021December 19, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffSanta Claus, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone I hope everyone is skidding into Christmas on all 4 wheels. This has been a crazy year and it’s hard to believe Christmas is less then a week away. I hope everyone has a chance to sit down among the hustle and bustle and enjoy what is really important in our lives. Merry Christmas Everyone. Santa has been quite a popular character over the years. Kris Kringle, Jolley old St Nick., Pere Noel, Father Christmas, Many cartoons, Movies, and songs have been made based around him. Santa is…

THE POP EXPOSE – NES and Super NES Creator Masayuki Uemura Passes Away!

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffNES, nintendo, Super Nintendo, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, Video Games0 comment

Story By Mitchell Smith Well hello everyone. This week we lost Masayuki Uemura, the man responsible for creating the NES and Super NES console. Nintendo was founded in 1889 and originally made card games. Nearly 90 years later the world was about to change. Uemura was born June 20th 1943 in Tokyo Japan. Uemura worked for Sharpe before landing a job at Nintendo in 1971. At the time not many people knew much about Nintendo. When Uemura was hired little did he know on the other side of the globe…

THE POP EXPOSE – Favorite Animated Christmas TV Special Story By Mitchell Smith!

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffAnimation, Christmas, The POP EXPOSE0 comment

Well hello everyone. This week I’m sticking with the Christmas theme. There are a ton of animated shows that we all grew up with. A Charlie Brown Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, and one of my favorites as a kid Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The 1964 stop motion show has been aired every year since it came out. This was an instant classic and I think back to my childhood when this would be on. It was so exciting and me and my brothers and sister would gather around our 25…

THE POP EXPOSE – Ernest Saves Christmas!

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffChristmas, Ernest Saves Christmas, Movies, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Well hello everyone. The holiday season is in full bloom and I want to start off with one of my favorite Christmas movies. There are so many and most people this time of year think of Elf, A Christmas Story, heck even Die Hard but one little gem rarely gets mention, Ernest Saves Christmas. This is a classic Christmas comedy. It’s old time 80s humor and good old fashioned funny. The Ernest franchise was a laugh riot when I was a kid and it still holds…

THE POP EXPOSE – Remembering ‘Graeme Edge’!

November 14, 2021November 14, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffGraeme Edge, Music, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Well hello everyone. Today I’m remembering long time music great Graeme Edge, born in 1941 in England and passed away this past week at the age of 80. Edge is best known as co-founder and drummer for the Moody Blues. The Moody Blues have several hits over the years including “Nights in White Satin”, “I Know You’re out There Somewhere”, and “Your Wildest Dreams”. The band was a pioneer in Art Rock and Progressive Rock. The Electric Moog Synthesizer can be heard in many of there…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘THANKSKILLING’ A 2008 Horror Flick!

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffHorror Movies, Movies, Thankskilling, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story By Mitchell Smith Hello everyone. November is rolling and the holiday season is upon us. This is one of my favorite times of years. We already got our fix of pumpkin spice, dressing up and horror movies, but there is one little gem of a movie that is so bad it’s great the 2008 comic horror ThanksKilling. This is not one for the kids but it is by far the greatest low budget holiday horror flick of all time. The main character is a killer turkey named Turkie. It’s…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘HAPPY HALLOWEEN’ Story by Mitchell Smith!

October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffHalloween, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone, and Happy Halloween! This is one of those holidays that’s just fun or should be fun. There have been many haunted houses visited, haunted hey rides taken, and many candies collected over the years. Back when I was a kid I was in the hey day of the vinyl costume with the plastic mask. I think there was a G.I.Joe costume out there but I remember dressing up like Tweety Bird. In my teen years we were a bit rebellious and we had a little fun with soap,…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Young Guns’ Story By Mitchell Smith!

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffMovies, The POP EXPOSE, Young Guns0 comment

Hello everyone. Today I’m taking a look at one of my favorite Westerns the 1988 film Young Guns. This is such a great film that captures one of the most famous outlaws Billy The Kid and his outlaw gang. The cast was full of stars including Emilio Estevez as Billy and his rag tag team of outlaws. Charlie Sheen plays Dick Brewer the level headed leader who is always trying to do the right thing. Kiefer Southerland is Doc another level headed gang member who falls for the young slave…

THE POP EXPOSE – The Atlanta Braves Celebrate 150 Years Story by Mitchell Smith!

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffAtlanta Braves, Baseball, Sports, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone, Baseball’s fall classic is among us, today’s game is full of super human athletes and awesome stadiums to play in, but the sport has changed over many decades to become what we see today. A sport that was created in the eighteenth century by combining Cricket and the game Rounders, and later in the U.S. in 1839 Abner Doubleday was credited in the creation of American Baseball. Later on in the century the National League was created and one of the first and longest continuous teams the Boston…