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Sony’s late? 2025 move to take majority control of the Peanuts franchise gave it a powerful new family brand — and a complicated theatrical legacy. Alongside familiar holiday specials and comic-strip nostalgia, Sony inherited a long-running dispute over Snoopy!!! The Musical, its production history, its licensing treatment, and its relationship ... Read More »

The debate in Washington these past weeks has been loud and angry.  WATCH VIDEO Democratic leaders emerge from classified briefings with furrowed brows and stern warnings. They speak of constitutional overreach. They demand votes on War Powers resolutions. They worry about open-ended conflict and unauthorized strikes. They question the imminence ... Read More »

A Life Cut Short: The Story of Max Steiner’s Only Child Born: March 2, 1940 Died: April 29, 1962 (age 21) Parents: Max Steiner and Louise Klos Steiner A Personal Remembrance: My Friend Ronald Steiner, Son of Hollywood’s Greatest Composer I knew Ronald Steiner before I knew his father’s music. ... Read More »

Max Steiner all but invented what we now think of as the classic Hollywood film score, marrying melody, drama, and psychology in a way that virtually every composer since has borrowed from. From Vienna Prodigy to New York Striver Maximilian Raoul Steiner was born in Vienna in 1888 into a ... Read More »

A video celebration of SNOOPY!!! The Mucial Enjoy the Video Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Snoopy!!! The Musical, which premiered at the Little Fox Theatre in San Francisco in 1975, received rave reviews and strong audience response. Productions followed in Philadelphia for the 1976 Bicentennial, Boston, New York, and a ... Read More »

The Pittsburgher was a premiere passenger train operated between New York City and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania over the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Main Line. The PPR’s overnight all Pullman service-connected the Steel City with New York via the railroad’s mainline. It was initially launched during the mid-1920s, for many years the train pampered ... Read More »

The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train operated by the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967, during which time it would become known as a “National Institution” and advertised as “The Most Famous Train in the World.” Movie stars were regular passengers on the 20th ... Read More »

The French Line’s flagship had been out of service for nearly four years. Then on February 9, 1942, crowds gathered at New York City’s pier 88 to witness a spectacle. The largest ocean liner in the world was on fire. Fire fighting efforts successfully contained the fire after five and ... Read More »

Southern Pacific’s deluxe streamliner Lark was the premiere overnight passenger between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A favorite of businessmen and movie stars. The Oakland Lark connected with the Lark at San Jose then via San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara to Southern California along the coast route. The Lark rivaled ... Read More »

Zim Lines began passenger service connecting Israel with Mediterranean ports after the State of  Israel was established in 1948, and for 20 years, they operated an excellent sea transportation fleet of ships In the early 1950s, Zim became a member of the North Atlantic Passenger Conference and bought the former ... Read More »

Ocean liners were often called “cities at sea”, but how did these vast cities celebrate Christmas? Part-Time Explorer answers the holiday question with his fascinating video. Looking at Christmas past aboard ocean liners. From Cunard Line to What about Hanukkah or New Year’s? Check out how they turned these steamships ... Read More »

Enjoy the complete video presentation of the award-winning University of North Carolina recreation of the stage version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA! as it premiered on Broadway in 1943. The famous hit musical is for all ages and a quick excursion back to a simpler time. The University of North ... Read More »