Weston Brewing Company

See www.westonirish.com about their renewed brew and restaurants in this pretty Missouri River town.

Since 1842.

Band of Brothers on History Channel

See http://www.history.com/content/bandofbrothers for schedule and more on the acclaimed miniseries about the Easy Company of WWII.

Moon Landing Tapes Found

See http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529476,00.html?test=latestnews.

Will be wonderful to see.

Grease Movie on TV Land Channel

Travolta and Olivia since 1978.

See www.tvland.com for schedule and more.

Charlie's Angels

Since 1974.

See the show currently on www.wgntv.com and www.tvland.com.

Farrah, you are loved and missed.

Coppertone

Who can forget the Coppertone Girl ads since 1953?

See www.coppertone.com and http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2007/05/Coppertone_girl.jpg&imgrefurl=http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2007/05/Coppertone_girl&h=401&w=300&sz=17&tbnid=r5RFEhyWzuE58M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcoppertone%2Bgirl%2Bpicture&hl=en&usg=__rvb5b9UWflbG41x5LtHnLSytnT8=&ei=auJISpibNoWYMZS3gLMK&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=2&ct=image.

National Treasure Movie on USA TV Network

Starring Nicolas Cage. Great film about hidden treasure from our Founding Fathers.

See www.usanetwork.com for schedule and more.

Kellogg's Fruit Loops Cereal Turns 50

See http://www2.kelloggs.com/brand/brand.aspx?brand=153.

Toucan Sam and all since 1959.

Michael Jackson Has Died

Hail to the King of Pop. He was 50.

See his famous Thriller video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8.

Sir, Rest In Peace.

Johnny Depp in Public Enemies Movie

This movie about gangster John Dillinger will be in theaters next month.

See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152836/.

He was supposedly once after my grandfather.

New Fishing Show on National Geographic TV

See http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/hooked/3865/Overview.

Fishing, the most classic of sport.

New National Parks Film By Ken Burns

See http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/.

Note "Share Your Story"...he may use it in the film.

Arbor Day

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_day. And www.arborday.org.

Since 1872.

Plant trees!

Morton Salt Company

See http://www.mortonsalt.com/heritage/index.html.

"When It Rains, It Pours."

Since 1848.

Arbor Lodge and Arboretum, Nebraska City NE

See this wonderful home and estate http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/nebland/articles/parks/arbor.asp. Mr. Morton senior was US Secretary of Agriculture and his son was the founder of the Morton Salt Company ("When it rains, it pours.").

One of "America's Castles" as seen on the television program.

Ed McMahon Dies

See http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/arts/television/24mcmahon.html?_r=1&hp.

Thank you Sir for your talents and service to country. Rest in Peace.

Wimbledon Tennis Championships Start This Week

See www.wimbledon.org.

I have always wanted to go and like all tennis and golf majors wonderful to watch on TV too.

Classic Icon: Bill Murray Movies On AMC

See www.amctv.com for schedule.

Stripes, Ghostbusters, Caddy Shack...

"Back off man...I'm a scientist."

Mother's Day History

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_day.

I gave you some Father's Day history last week but didn't give you some for Mother's Day last month.

Here's to a wonderful mother as well, who as you know, is one of the women this site is named for.

Happy Father's Day

See some history at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_day.

Since 1908.

Here's to the great one I had.

The Glorious Cause By Jeff Shaara

Look for this great historical novel, my favorite of his many, at Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and other retailers. About the American Revolution. The dialogue he puts together based on history and history's descriptions of the men and women involved are wonderful.

He follows in the footsteps of his father, Michael Shaara, who wrote the great historical novel "Killer Angels" which the the very good movie Gettysburg is based on.

Two great novels for Dad given this weekend is Father's Day.

Pink Panther Films On Turner Classic Movies Channel

See www.tcm.com for schedule and more about the great Inspector Clouseau played by Peter Sellers.

"Does your dog bite?"

"No."

Clouseau pets the dog and is bitten.

"I thought you said your dog does not bite!"

"That is not my dog."

New England Basketball Book

See http://www.amazon.com/Our-Game-Story-England-Basketball/dp/0977624005 for a great basketball history.

PBS TV's American Experience: Roberto Clemente

See www.pbs.org for TV program schedule, DVD purchase, and more about the great baseball player and humanitarian.

Early American Styled Furniture From Oley Valley

See their great works at www.oleyvalleyreproductions.com.

America...since 1776.

Robots, Spaceships And Other Tin Toys

See this great book about '50s tin toys at http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=3822850624, BooksAMillion, Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and other retailers.

College World Series

The 8 final Division I college baseball teams compete for the title.

See http://www.cwsomaha.com/

At Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha NE since 1950.

US Open Golf Tourney Begins This Week

See www.usopen.com.

At the Bethpage Black course in NY this year.

Since 1895.

Walk The Line Movie on FX

The movie about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Reese Witherspoon won the Oscar for her portrayal of Carter.

See www.fxnetworks.com for schedule and more.

Johnny Cash...since February 26, 1932.

Kite Flying

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_flying.

Since approx. 800 BC.

Lakers Win 15th NBA Title

And Coach Jackson becomes first coach to win 10.

The Boston Celtics lead with 17 titles. Their coach Red Auerbach won 9.

See www.nba.com.

Soldier Selling 1788 First Edition of The Federalist

See http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_us/us_soldier_book_auction.

Perhaps we should all peruse our local used book stores.

The NBA Finals

See www.nba.com for the finals schedule.

Starting tonight, the Orlando Magic must win 3 of the last 4 games to beat the Los Angeles Lakers for the championship.

Archway Home Style Cookies

Look for them at Safeway, Kroger, HyVee, Albertsons, Winn Dixie, Food Lion, Publix, King Super, and other grocery retailers.

Their coconut macaroons may be the best store-bought cookies I've had.

Since 1936.

New Classics Cookies from Nabisco

See http://www.nabiscoworld.com/nabiscoclassics/ for information on their new old-fashioned cookies.

"Something old. Something new."

Clotheslines Coming Back

See the article at http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/clotheslines-stage-a-comeback/.

Get green.

Valley Forge National Historic Site

See http://www.nps.gov/vafo/.

The famous winter headquarters of General Washington.

Sports Illustrated Covers of the Week

See http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0906/si.cover.history.may31/content.1.html for past covers from the current week.

Fun to remember.

NBA Great Randy Smith Has Died

See http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/9648200/Former-NBA-All-Star-game-MVP-Smith-dies-at-60.

A former all-star game MVP and ironman.

I remember the days of the great Buffalo Braves teams.

Sir, thank you and rest in peace.

2009 Tony Awards

See www.tonyawards.com for this year's stage acting winners.

Since 1947.

Night Ranger Concert at Old Shawnee Days

See www.oldshawneedays.org for schedule.

Shawnee Town in Shawnee KS is in a city park where many original old buildings have been moved to form an old town. Old Shawnee Days is an annual June festival highlighted by a vintage band. Last year Foghat played.

I saw Night Ranger at Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver CO 25 years ago.

Retro Rides at Old Kid-Themed Amusement Parks

See http://www.americanprofile.com/article/33749.html.

Remember your old local amusement park with the rickety rides? Mine was Riverview Park in Des Moines.

Vintage Photos: Kansas City Zoo Turns 100

See http://www.kansascity.com/1014/gallery/1231830.html.

Happy Birthday to the KC Zoo.

Into The Storm Movie on HBO

See http://www.hbo.com/films/intothestorm/.

The sequel to HBO's A Gathering Storm.

About Winston Churchill and WWII.

Rocky Balboa Movie Television Premier on FX

See www.fxnetworks.com for schedule.

The sixth and most recent Rocky movie. Good reviews.

Actor David Carradine Has Died

Sir, thank you for your talents and Rest in Peace.

Born 1937.

Schlitz Summer of '69 Events

See http://www.101thefox.net/Events/SchlitzTastingParty.aspx.

Win a classic '69 Camaro or a new '09 retro Camaro and other '60s retro prizes.

Major League Baseball

See http://www.mlb.com/ for schedules, shopping, statistics, tickets, etc.

America's Game.

The French Open Tennis Championships

See http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/index.html for this weekend's finals schedule.

Since 1891.

History Channel's "This Day in History"

See home page at http://www.history.com/ and look for this "news" piece on the History Channel on TV.

Royals and White Sox Wear Retro Negro League Uniforms

See http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-31-white-sox-royals-chicago-may31,0,3033265.story.

In honor of the Negro league Kansas City Monarchs and Chicago Giants. Former Negro league players were in the dugouts.

Ghostbusters Movies Celebrate 25 Years

On www.amctv.com starting tonight.

Two of the best comedies of all time.

With Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd.

O'Brien Takes Over The Tonight Show from Leno

See http://tv.yahoo.com/show/35145/news/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20090602:us_tv_o_brien_on_tonight__ER:57116;_ylt=Agyebkv2UYKCBl29a6JosVn6o9EF.

On NBC at 1130 pm EST since 1954.

Classic Car Club in NYC

See www.classiccarclubmanhattan.com to rent the ultimate ride.

Auto Trader Classic Cars

See www.autotraderclassics.com for classic cars for sale.

Big Ben Turns 150 Years Old

See http://edition.cnn.hu/2009/WORLD/europe/05/31/big.ben.anniversary/index.html on arguably the world's most famous clock.

Ben, the times you have seen.