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THE POP EXPOSE – ‘The Beach Boys are Still Surfing’ Story by Mitchell Smith!

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffMusic, The Beach Boys, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. Today I’m checking out a group that stormed the beaches in 1961 and never looked back. The Beach Boys are a unique band from California that hit it big with hits like Surfin’ USA, Wouldn’t it be Nice, and Good Vibrations. They took the world by Storm with their surfer, feel good music. I recently picked up a greatest hits CD with 30 hits for $7.99. Something many kids these days do not do, but the album comes with a sleeve of pics of The Beach Boys and…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Savannah Smiles’ Story by Mitchell Smith!

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffMovies, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. Today I’m dialing back the clock to 1982 and checking out a little gem many may not have watched, “Savannah Smiles”. This is a movie about 2 guys Alvie (Mark Miller) and Boots (Donavon Scott) who break out of prison and end up with Savannah (Bridgette Anderson) a 6 year old run away. Her father is a wealthy businessman running for senate so it becomes a well publicized event. Peter Graves is the lead detective Dobbs and The late great Pat Morita plays Father Ohara. This is a…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Bon Jovi’ Story By Mitchell Smith!

September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffBon Jovi, Music, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. The 1980s produced some of the greatest musicians of our time. Back when there was MTV, VH1, and even videos on regulars cable tv. We went to the record store and bought tapes. Blank tapes sometimes to try and catch one of the most popular bands of the late eighties. Bon Jovi the band from New Jersey started out in 1983 and hit it big with songs like “Living on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name. My favorite album is New Jersey which is packed…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Boogie Nights’ by Mitchell Smith!

September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffBoogie Nights, Burt Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone, today we are talking about the 1997 film Boogie Nights. This is a story of the rise of the pornography industry in the 1970s. Watching it I saw past the porn industry and that of the rise and fall of Hollywood, professional sports, and even high school popularity in American Society. The move has a star studded cast from a young Mark Wahlberg, the late great Burt Reynolds, and the late Robert Downey Sr. Other stars include Julianne Moore, Robert H Macy, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, and…

Norm Macdonald Passes Away at 61!

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffNorm Macdonald, SNL, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Hello everyone. Yesterday we lost another great comedian Norm Macdonald. Norm was born in Quebec City in 1959. He started out doing standup in The Ottawa and Montreal area and landed a writing gig on Roseanne. He shorty after found his niche and landed a job on SNL. Most of his fame came from the Weekend Update skits where his monotone, bad jokes, and puns were done so well they were hilarious. Of course he would go on to do many figures such as Larry King, Bob Dole, and Burt…

THE POP EXPOSE – The Man of 1,000 Voices ‘Frank Welker’!

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffFrank Welker, G.I.Joe, Megatron, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, Transformers0 comment

Hello everyone, today I am going to take a look at one of the most important voice actors in American History, Frank Welker. Frank Welker was born March 12, 1946. Welker was born in Colorado and began his career doing stand up and impressionist and landed his first big roll as Fred Jones from Scooby Doo. From there he would become the biggest voice acting star with a career spanning over 6 decades. He voiced many familiar characters in feature films such as Megatron, Wheelie, and Soundwave in the 1986…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘The A-Team’ By Mitchell Smith!

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffA-Team, Mr. T, The A-Team, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Hello everyone. I had a chance to relax this weekend and sat back with a few episodes of the classic 80s TV series The A-Team. I grew up watching this show and sometimes I wonder were the shows that good back then or did we just not have anything else to watch? This is a great show and it has been many years since I watched it, so to answer my own question yes the shows were that good. I watched “Where is the Monster When You Need Him?”, a…

THE POP EXPOSE – Barbara Eden Celebrates 90!

August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffBarbara Eden, I Dream of Jeannie, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Hello everyone. Many times I’m remembering stars who have passed but today I’m going to talk about one who reached a milestone. Many stars have been fortunate enough to reach several milestones such as 50, 75, and one actress joined the 90 club last week. Barbara Eden best known for playing Jeannie in the hit sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie”, which ran from 1965-1970. The show was before my time but I grew up on a steady diet of reruns of the show. Eden was born I Arizona but moved…

THE POP EXPOSE – The 1994 ‘Street Fighter’ Movie!

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffJean-Claude Van Damme, Movies, Street Fighter, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. Today I’m rolling back the dial to 1994. This was a great year for me. I was a senior in high school we did a high peaks climb and 8 out of my graduating class went to New Orleans for the week. Then I started college in the fall and that would change my life forever. 1994 also posted a little gem called Street Fighter. I’m not sure if this was the first live action movie based on a video game but I think it was one of…

THE POP EXPOSE – Remembering Bobby Bowden!

August 15, 2021August 15, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffBobby Bowden, Football, Sports, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. Bobby Bowden was born in 1929 in Alabama. Bowden had an illness at age 13 and was bed ridden for nearly a year. There he found a love for WWII reports and college football via radio. Bowden went on to play football for the University of Alabama and would not make the pros but instead went into coaching. A niche for Bowden as he climbed the ranks and landed head coach at Florida State in 1976. There Bowden would turn a poor team around and for the next…

THE POP EXPOSE – Medieval Torture Museum St Augustine Florida!

August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffMedieval Torture Museum, museum, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. This week I’m taking a look at one of the places I checked out while on vacation last week. St Augustine FL is an interesting place and one I frequently visit while I’m in Florida. I was wandering around with the kids and they brought me to the Medievel Torture Museum. An interesting place to say the least that displayed many cruel methods of torture from our worlds past. From the guillotine, to witches, and cutting off limbs this museum gave me the chills several times as I…

THE POP EXPOSE – Remembering ZZ Top’s ‘Dusty Hill’ Story by Mitchell Smith!

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffMusic, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, ZZ Top0 comment

Happy Sunday Morning Everyone. Today I’m paying my respects to a legend, a pioneer, and all around class act, ZZ Top’s, ‘Dusty Hill‘. Dusty Hill was born in 1949 in Dallas and passed away last week in Houston. Hill and his band mates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard formed ZZ Top in 1969 and have played together right up to his recent passing. ZZ Top exploded in the eighties and Gibbons and Hill are one of the most recognizable people do to their long beards, but the band has a…

THE POP EXPOSE ‘The Summer Olympics 2021’ Story By Mitchell Smith!

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffOlympics, Sports, Summer Olympics, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. It has been a long time coming but we finally are getting the 2020 Olympics from Tokyo. I love the Olympics and among the few sports added this year there is surfing, Karate, and skateboarding. Tony Hawk was on board to talk about the sport and how the judges would be scoring. I love seeing some water polo and track and field events. Not to take away from swimming, diving, or any of the team sports. Gymnastics has always been a favorite of mine. Popularized by the 1992…

Black Widow The POP-EXPOSE

THE POP EXPOSE – Marvel’s Black Widow What did You Think?

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffAvengers, Black Widow, Marvel, Marvel Movies, Scarlett Johansson, The POP EXPOSE0 comment

Good morning everybody. Black Widow is finally released to theaters and Disney+. It has been a long time coming and this is another awesome Marvel movie. I love Black Widow and may or may not have a slight crush on Scarlett Johansson but this origin story really brings a lot of meat to the character. This is action packed from start to finish and even the slow parts where they are explained Natasha’s past really ramp up quick. There are twists and turns and the whole movie flew right by.…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘Mystic Pizza’ Story By Mitchell Smith!

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 Serpentorslair StaffMovies, Mystic Pizza, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Good morning everybody. Today I’m taking a look at a 1988 movie gem that I think deserves more credit than it got. Mystic Pizza is a movie that starred Julia Roberts and also included Lily Taylor, Annabeth Gish, Conchata Ferrel, Vincent D’Onofrio, and a young Matt Damon to name a few. The story takes place in Mystic Connecticut where I was supposed to go on a 6th grade class trip to but for some reason my parents didn’t let me go. Mystic is a small fishing town and this is…