Fikkle Fame


Midnight Cowboy: 1969 Best Picture

“Anne of the Thousand Days” got the most nominations (10) at the 42nd Academy Awards, and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” won the most awards (4), but neither of...

Oliver!: 1968 Best Picture

At the 41st Academy Awards, “Oliver!” became the 4th musical of the 1960s to win the Oscar for Best Picture, a fact which the Jeopardy! cluewriters took notice of with...

RIP: SNL Announcer Don Pardo Dead at 96

Don Pardo, long-time NBC television announcer, passed away at his home in Arizona at the age of 96 on Monday, August 18, 2014. Pardo was a radio announcer before teaming...