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Robert Galvin

Robert Galvin has been with the Mail Tribune since 1999. When he’s not writing this new blog about pop culture, or his weekly television column (The Little White Dot) for Tempo, he’s the MT’s news editor, responsible for the page production team at the paper.

The Magic Of Merlin Olsen

By Robert Galvin | Published: March 11, 2010 | 0 Comments
Merlin Olsen died this week. He had been battling cancer for the past couple of years, so it wasn’t a surprise that he passed away. What was surprising was his age. Merlin Olsen was 69. Which seems impossible … since it seemed like he had been around forever. In 1968, Olsen sang “Under the Boardwalk” with his [...]
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Things We Might Not Want To Know

By Robert Galvin | Published: March 9, 2010 | 0 Comments
I’m not kidding. There are things you might not want to know and, frankly, things I wish I didn’t know. And some of those will be revealed over the next few paragraphs. So, if you’re the squeamish type, I’ll understand it if you decide to move along. Thanks for the page hit; we’ll catch up [...]
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And the Oscar might go to …

By Robert Galvin | Published: March 5, 2010 | 0 Comments
It’s Oscar weekend and if you’re interested in that sort of thing, you’ve probably been reading all about which films and performances are more than likely to be given Academy Awards on Sunday night. Anyone can predict the Oscar winners … heck, even YOU can predict the winners. But what fun is that? Read enough prognostications [...]
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All of them had hair of gold …

By Robert Galvin | Published: March 2, 2010 | 0 Comments
There are certain cultural touchstones that appear destined never to go away. “Hamlet,” for instance. The Beatles, certainly. “Star Trek,” “Catcher in the Rye,” “Through the Looking Glass,” “The Road Not Taken,” the Mona Lisa … all examples of comets forever crossing the horizon of popular culture, only to return time and time again. Then, there’s [...]
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Miss Piggy would kill for this kind of publicity

By Robert Galvin | Published: February 26, 2010 | 0 Comments
Let’s turn our attention to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where an advertisement for the March presentation by the touring company of the Tony Award winning musical “Avenue Q” has been found to be in bad taste.  The ad, shown here, features the character of Lucy T. (for The) Slut, who is described as ”a sexy, promiscuous nightclub singer. She [...]
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The Man In Black Returns

By Robert Galvin | Published: February 22, 2010 | 0 Comments
Johnny Cash has a new album out this week, a remarkable achievement for a man who would be celebrating his 78th birthday on Friday had he not died in 2003. The album, “Cash: American VI This Ain’t No Grave” is the final installment (or so we’re told) of the collaboration between the legendary performer and acclaimed [...]
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Two thumbs … way up

By Robert Galvin | Published: February 19, 2010 | 0 Comments
It’s hardly an original thought to say that we learn as much (or more) about heroes by how they handle adversity as how they handle success. And rarely have we been handed an opportunity to look at two such cases side-by-side as we were this week. Tiger Woods emerged from months of seclusion and a media [...]
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These people deserve each other

By Robert Galvin | Published: February 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
It’s been a tad difficult to watch NBC’s new show “The Marriage Ref” in between all the breakaways for the Winter Olympics, but here’s what we’ve gather thus far: 1. It’s hosted by some guy you’ve never heard of who is give less screen time than the panel of celebrity experts 2. The celebrity experts include show [...]
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Imagine if we picked a president this way …

By Robert Galvin | Published: February 11, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group behind the Oscars, spelled out this week exactly how the Academy Award for Best Picture will be decided. My suggestion? … Beat the rush, take your preferred headache remedy before continuing. With the shift to 10 Best Picture nominees this year, the Academy has asked its [...]
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Would you buy a cell phone from Eric Clapton?

By Robert Galvin | Published: February 9, 2010 | 0 Comments
When it comes to TV commericals, the more famous the face making the sales pitch, the less likely some of us are to believe them. Well, except Shatner, of course. I don’t understand how a singing, dancing Brad Garrett is going to convince me to buy a soft drink; or how that guy who used to be [...]
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