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What Were They Thinking #22 Michael Cimino sinks a Studio

The 1970s in movies was celebrating the directors who came on the scene. It started with Peter Bogda...

What Were They Thinking #21 Blockbuster doesn’t but Netflix

When I was in the first and second grade, my family carpooled with another family for our private da...

Network TV is devoid of new ideas

There are just so many great shows available on Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, AMC, and then there is...

What Were They Thinking #20 Oldsmobile kills its brand with one ad campaign

General Motors (GM) had multiple car brands for the public. While Cadillac was the luxury line and C...

It’s a travesty that Marvin Miller is not in the Hall of Fame

The Baseball hall of Fame is always up for debate as to those who belong in there, but have been snu...

What Were They Thinking #19 Pink Lady (and Jeff) kills the variety show format for good

If Fred Silverman had quit while he was ahead, he would have been known as the greatest TV executive...

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 shows again how spare parts can be whole

I’ve read comic books on and off since I was a kid and for the life of me, I had no idea who the G...

The Bold and The Beautiful turns 30

When The Bold and The Beautiful premiered on March 23, 1987 replacing the cancelled Capitol on CBS, ...

What Were They Thinking #17? Incredible Universe is an incredible failure

Radio Shack has been a dying business and it’s been a dying business for as long as I remember. It...