by Margo Donohue | Jan 12, 2024 | Podcast
What a Creep Season 23, Episode 4 J.D. Salinger In 1972, a teenager named Joyce Maynard wrote a New York Times magazine piece titled “An 18-Year-Old Looks Back at Life.” The daughter of artistic, brilliant parents who had many issues and tended to treat her as an...
by Margo Donohue | Jan 7, 2024 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: An American in Paris The 1928 “Symphonic Poem” Vs. the 1951 Classic Movie The Margos are starting the New Year with a symphonic poem by George Gershwin that evokes France during the Annees Folles (the 1920s era). The piece was also inspired...
by Margo Donohue | Jan 5, 2024 | Podcast
What a Creep Season 23, Episode 3 The history of ‘ugly laws’ & NON-Creep Gypsy Rose Blanchard Laws are supposed to protect us, but from the 1860s to the 1970s, many cities nationwide had so-called “ugly laws.” The name makes it sound like the police were just...
by Margo Donohue | Dec 23, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: The Gift of the Magi (The Gift of Love) The Original O’Henry Shorty Story Vs. the 1978 TV Movie O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi is a timeless short story that teaches us the true meaning of love during the holidays. The story follows...
by Margo Donohue | Dec 22, 2023 | Podcast
What A Creep Mel Gibson Season 1, Episode 4 (REPLAY!) Mel Gibson is a huge movie star. He has starred in massive blockbuster movies and won Academy Awards. At one time, he was one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. Hell, he was even People Magazine’s first-ever...
by Margo Donohue | Dec 18, 2023 | Podcast
What a Creep Season 23, Episode 2 The 1986 Attack on Model Marla Hanson On Thursday, June 5, 1986, in New York City, 24-year-old Marla Hanson was lashed across her face with razors at the behest of her landlord (Steven Roth), who was fascinated with the...