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From Kansas to Kokomo, Pop Culture is Ubiquitous
Review by Mike Gange From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century By David Mansour Andrews McMeel Publishers, $18.95, 544 pages Question: What do Alfred Bellows, Adam Bricker and Doogie Howser all have in common? Answer: They were all doctors on television sitcoms, in the 1960’s, … Continue reading
Do Not Pass Go! Do Not Collect 47 Million Dollars
Review by Mike Gange The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers from Tiddley Winks to Trivial Pursuit by Philip E. Orbanes Harvard Business School Press, $ 47.95, 245 pages In 1883, a 16-year old named George S. Parker, living with his widowed mother in Medford, Mass., somehow scraped together the then huge sum of $50, … Continue reading
Toy Industry: Not Merely Child’s Play
Review by Mike Gange Toy Wars by G. Wayne Miller Adams Media, $ 12.95, 348 pages Barbie is a billion dollar baby. G.I. Joe is a $15 million man. Outrageous as it may seem, those dollar figures represent revenues from just those two toys. Although the end product of the toy industry is dedicated to … Continue reading
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