{excerpted from an article in Mental Floss online} Whether you think of it as a statement on female empowerment or simply a fun workplace comedy, the 1980 hit 9 to 5 which featured Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as a trio of secretaries who turn the tables on their “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical […]
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Star Wars Opens
Memorial Day 1977 weekend opens with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas’ blockbuster Star Wars movies hits American theaters.The incredible success of Star Wars it received seven Oscars, and earned $461 million in U.S. ticket sales and a gross of close to $800 million worldwide began with an extensive, coordinated marketing push […]