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Check Out The Adventure-Filled Covers Of The Wide World!

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The Wide World was a British pulp tabloid that ran from 1898 to 1965.  The magazine’s slogan was “Truth is stranger than fiction” and it proved that with stories of adventure and exploration.  Today, along with its covers, the magazine is best known for breaking the news that outlaw Butch Cassidy had been killed in Bolivia.

Here are just a few of the covers of The Wide World.  All of the covers below are credited to W.C. Nicolson.

A Scene That I Love: The American Express Commercial From Major League

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“Don’t leave home without it!”

The Cleveland Indians (yeah, I said it) are finally in the race for the pennant and, as a result, they get to star in their very own credit card commercial.  The main reason that I love this scene is because, even when appearing in a commercial, each member of the the team still has their own personality and style.

From Major League, one of the greatest baseball films ever made:

A Scene That I Love: The Machete Fight from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

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For me, there was no more touching film scene in 2007 than this one from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.  After years of blaming Dewey for accidentally chopping his brother Nate in half, Dewey’s father finally realizes that it could have happened to anyone.

Explore The Covers Of Venture Science Fiction!

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by Bert Tanner

Venture Science Fiction was a pulp magazine that ran from 1957 to 1958 and was later revived for six issues in 1969.  Despite its relatively brief run, it featured stories from some of the most prominent names in science fiction.

Here are a few of the covers of Venture Science Fiction!

by Edmund Emswhiller

by Dick Shelton

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

A Scene That I Love: Jackie Robinson Hits A Homerun in 42

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I nearly shared the “there’s no crying in baseball” scene from A League Of Their Own as a reminder to myself not to cry, no matter what the Rangers’s final record is.

But then I decided that I would rather share this scene from 42, in which Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) takes his team to the World Series!  Forget about Black Panther and Da 5 Bloods.  This was Boseman’s greatest performance.