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“The End of Vintage Cable Box”

02/26/201802/24/2018 LawlerD 0 Comments 1984, A Christmas Story, Bob Clark, Broad Street. Tennessee, cable television, Cinemax, HBO, Jurassic Park, Philadelphia, Porkys, premium, screwballs, The Big Chill, The Buddy System, The Movie Channel, Tom Cruise

I started the Vintage Cable Box series at the end of August, 2015. The series bowed with entries for Wes

Vintage Cable Box: Trading Places

12/26/201612/27/2016 LawlerD 0 Comments 1983, comedy, Dan Aykroyd, Denholm Elliot, economics, Eddie Murphy, Herschel Weingrod, Jamie Lee Curtis, jive turkeys, John Landis, North Philadelphia, Paramount, Philadelphia, screwball comedy, Society Hill, stock market, Timothy Harris, Trading Places

“I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me. I lost my job, I lost