Click here for Comic Book Legends Revealed #317, where, in honor of Comics Should Be Good’s When We First Met, a month-long look at comic book firsts, you can examine a couple of notable firsts plus one notable “last”! To wit, learn the strange tale of Yvonne Craig’s last appearance as Batgirl, plus the story behind the first original Star Wars story after the film and the first time the “thwip” sound effect was used!

Click here for Comic Book Legends Revealed #318, where Comic Book Legends Revealed goes where no Comic Book Legends Revealed has gone before…an all Star Trek edition!!! Learn the bizarre story of black Sulu and white Uhura! Marvel at the reason why there never was a Superman/Star Trek crossover! And discover the truth behind the Dreadstar/Star Trek crossover that never was!

This is the thirty-seventh in a series of examinations of legends from movies and the people who make them and whether they are true or false. Today we discover how the FBI felt that It’s a Wonderful Life was communist propaganda while we also discover how at the same time DeBeers was paying to put ACTUAL (pro-diamond) propaganda into films. Also, learn just what film cars George Barris actually designed!

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This is the thirty-seventh in a series of examinations of music legends and whether they are true or false. Today learn the bizarre story behind the Red Sox good luck song “Tessie,” find out whether “Centerfield” was written while Fogerty watched an All-Star Game in center field and discover the baseball player during the 1950s and 1960s who worked two very different careers – professional baseball player and professional recording artist!

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This is the thirty-seventh in a series of examinations of legends about television and the people involved in TV and whether they are true or false. This week, TWO legends about R-Rated goings-on on children’s television shows, specifically was there a special R-Rated Dextor’s Laboratory and did a stripper appear on Soupy Sales’ show? Also, did a producer of Buck Rogers, angry that the show was canceled, let an intern direct the finale, leading to that intern having a long career directing TV shows?

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This is the third in a series of examinations of legends related to architecture and whether they are true or false. Today we learn whether Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel was an impervious as they claimed, discover the amazing tribute to a former Geology professor Ohio State did with design of one of their school buildings and marvel at the strange circumstances that allowed the design of the famous clock in London’s St Pancras Station to be saved!

Today is a “Grab Bag” day here at Entertainment Legends Revealed, where each time we feature a different area of the world of arts and entertainment (that is not featured on the other four legends of the week, that is). Each time you will see grab bag legends from one of these following 23 “Grab Bag” categories

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Click here for Comic Book Legends Revealed #313, where you will discover the impact Superman has had upon the world of sign language! Plus, how did a set of animal cards sold on television impact the Amazing Spider-Man?

Click here for Comic Book Legends Revealed #314, where you will learn of the amazing connection between Jack Kirby and… Frank Zappa?!?! Plus, who is the mystery man who keeps appearing in issues of Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon? Finally, what is the deal with the film The Wild World of Batwoman?

Click here for Comic Book Legends Revealed #315, where you will learn how Star Comics was almost Care Bears, Droids and…Grant Morrison?!? Plus, did Jim Woodring really design Rubik the Amazing Cube?! And learn what Green Lantern/Green Arrow storyline was once a Captain America tale!

Click here for Comic Book Legends Revealed #316, where you will learn the amazing tale of when Jack Kirby met Paul McCartney! Plus, discover the truth behind Will Eisner’s testimony in the Wonder Man/Superman copyright infringement case and marvel at DC’s late-90s determination that Green Arrow had superpowers!

This is the thirty-sixth in a series of examinations of legends from movies and the people who make them and whether they are true or false. Today we look at the story about the major film release that actually threw a horse off of a cliff, changing the way films used animals forever! Plus, was Satanist Anton LaVey really in Rosemary’s Baby? Also, marvel at why Spaceballs actually DIDN’T have any merchandising!

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This is the thirty-sixth in a series of examinations of music legends and whether they are true or false. Today learn just why is it that the Boston Red play “Sweet Caroline,” discover the Hall of Famer centerfielder who helped to name a critically acclaimed rock band and see the baseball song that pre-dated the Civil War!!

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This is the thirty-sixth in a series of examinations of legends about television and the people involved in TV and whether they are true or false. This week, learn whether Sesame Street and, of all shows, 227, have a strange connection! Plus, discover the hilariously commercialistic original theme song of the Beverly Hillbillies! Finally, marvel at the sight of Fred Flintsone and Barney Rubble plugging cigarettes!

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This is the third in a series of examinations of legends related to plays and their playwrights and whether they are true or false. Today we find out if the theater is responsible for Daniel Boone’s coonskin cap, learn how A Long Day’s Journey Into Night came out over two decades before it should have and discover the playwright who got his start based on an English lesson!

This is one of the “Grab Bag” legends here at Entertainment Legends Revealed, legends that deal with a different area of the world of arts and entertainment (that is not featured on the other four main subjects). Here is a list of the 25 “Grab Bag” categories (I might expand the list in the future, but for now, we’re sticking with these 25).

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