Dating can be dangerous. Especially when your date ends up being a serial killer. Case in point. Here’s a video of Rodney James Alcala on that quintessential 1970s game show “The Dating Game.” You would think the producers did background checks on their contestants. On the contrary. Alcala already had a criminal record. He was…
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You Light Up My Life And Then Some…
Okay, this is weird. The weird part was not ’70s Punk icon Patti Smith singing “You Light Up My Life” on a late 70s/early 80s children show. Not her, nor her choice of song or her choice of appearance. The guy accompanying her on the piano? That’s Joseph Brooks, who wrote the Oscar winning tune.…