Polt's Palace: Fifty Years Ago

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Saturday, August 08, 2026

Golden years, gold, whop, whop, whop (Part 3)....

Fifty Year Ago In Music

And so, fifty years ago, on August 8, 1976, the #1 song on the Billboard Chart was....

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee

POLT

Thursday, July 03, 2025

Golden years, gold, whop, whop, whop (Part 2)...

Fifty Years Ago In Music

Let's see what was #1 on Billboard's Top 100 on July 3rd, 1975.

"Love Will Keep Us Together" by The Captain And Tennille

POLT

Friday, January 27, 2023

Golden years, gold, whop, whop, whop (Part 1)....

Don't know how many times I'll do this, but let's start a new category called....

Fifty Years Ago In Music

So let's see what at Number 1 on Billboard's Top 100 on January 27, 1973.

"Superstition" by Stevie Wonder

POLT

Movies I Have Seen In 2026...

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (PBS): Dec 30 - Jan 1 (A)
Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man (N): Jan 1 (A-)
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (HBOMax): Jan 2 (A-)
Salem's Lot (2024) (HBOMax): Jan 5 (C)
Constantine (HBOMax): Jan 6 (C+)
Am. Exp. Bombshell (PBS): Jan 7 (A)
Am. Exp. Hard Hat Riot (PBS): Jan 8 (B)
Am. Exp. Kissinger (PBS): Jan 9 (B+)
Dungeons & Dragons, Honor Among Thieves (Paramount+): Jan 21 (B)
Mel Brooks, The 99 Year Old Man (HBOMax): Jan 24 (A)
Ken Burns, The American Buffalo (PBS): Jan 26 (A)
Billy Joel, And So It Goes (HBOMax): Jan 28-29 (A)
Wonder Man, Season 1 (Disney+): Feb 1 (B)
Interstellar (Paramount+): Feb 2 (C-)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life (Roku Channel): Feb 16 (C)
Fallout, Season 2 (Prime): Feb 16-17 (B+)
Murder In Glitterball City (HBOMax): Feb 21 (B)
Allen vs Farro (HBOMax): Feb 22-23 (B)
A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms (HBOMax): Feb 23 (A)
The Crown, Season 1 (N): Feb 23 - 25 (B+)
The Crown, Season 2 (N): Feb 26-28 (B)
The Crown, Season 3 (N): Feb 28 - Mar 1 (B)
The Crown, Season 4 (N): Mar 1 - 2 (B)
The Crown, Season 5 (N): Mar 3 - 5 (B)
The Crown, Season 6 (N): Mar 6 - 8 (B)
Implosion: Titanic Sub Disaster (Disney+): Mar 8 (B)
Evil Under The Sun (Pluto): Mar 9 (B-)
Have You Seen Andy? (HBOMax): Mar 10 (B)
Zootopia2 (Disney+): Mar 11 (B+)
Star Trek, Starfleet Academy (Paramount): Mar 14 - 16 (B)
The Dinosaurs miniseries (N): Mar 16 (B)
Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (HBOMax): Mar 17 (B)
Capturing The Friedmans (HBOMax): Mar 17 (B)
Watergate: Blueprint For A Scandal (HBOMax): Mar 18 (A)
MIracle, The Boys Of '80(N): Mar 21 (A)
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials (N): Mar 22 (A-)
Spider-Man, Across The Spiderverse (Disney+): Mar 23 (A-)
Tricky Dick (HBOMax): Mar 24 (B+)
AM. Masters: Bella! This Woman's Place Is In The House (PBS): Mar 26 (B+)
Royal Autopsies, Seasons 1 & 2 (tubi): Mar 27 (B+)
Homicide New York, Season 3 (N): Mar 28-29 (A)
Wicked (Prime): Mar 29 (C)
Wicked For Good (Peacock): Mar 29 (C+)
Monarchy, Season 1 (tubi): Apr 3 - 4 (B)
Monarchy, Season 2 (tubi): Apr 4 - 5 (B)
Lion In Winter (tubi): Apr 5 (B)
Attack On London Hunting 7/7 Bombers (N): Apr 7 (A)
The Puzzle Lady, Season 1(PBS): Apr 8 (B+)
Frozen (Disney+): Apr 12 (C+)
The Last Twins (PBS): Apr 13 (A)
Renaissance The Blood And Beauty (PBS): Apr 13 - 14 (B)
Death On The Nile (1978) (tubi): Apr 19 (B)
The Magnificent Three (Pluto): Apr 20 (A-)
Spider-Man, No Way Home (Disney+): Apr 21 (A+)
Untold: Jail Blazers (N): Apr 22 (B)
Secrets Of Great British Castles (PBS): Apr 23-24 (B)
Lucy Worley Investigates, The American Revoluition (PBS): Apr 24 (B+)
Thomas Jefferson (Prime): Apr 26 (B+)
Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley (Prime): Apr 26 (B)
Cult Massacre One Day In Jonestown (Hulu): Apr 27 (B)
Doctor Strange & The Multiverse Of Madness (Disney+): Apr 30 (B)
Invincible Season 4 (Prime): May 2-3 (B+)
Megamind vs The Doom Syndicate (Peacock): May 4 (C)
Daredevil Born Again, Season 2 (Disney+): May 7- 11 (C)
Star Wars: Maul Shadow Lord (Disney+): May 12 (B)
Percy Jackson & The Sea Of Monsters (Disney+): May 19 - May 22 (B)
Bob's Burgers, Season 16 (DIsney+): May 24 -25 (B+)
Gladiators, Warriors Of The Ancient World (Disney+): May 25
Ghengis Khan And The Secret History Of Th Mongols (Disney+): May 26 - 28 (B+)
Philly Homicide, Season 2 (Peacock): May 30 - 31 (B)
1776 (tubi): May 31 (B)
We Are Jeni (HBOMax); June 1 (B)
Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome (Pluto): June 2-3 (A-)
Incas: The Rise And Fall (Disney+): June 3-4 (B-)
Homicide Squad New Orleans (N): June 5 - 7 (B)
W,E,B, DuBois: Rebel With A Cause (PBS): June 7 (B-)
Patience, Seasons 1 (PBS): June 7 - 8 (B+)
Patience, Season 2 (PBS): June 9 - 11 (B-)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 1 (PBS): June 11 - 17 (B-)
Grantchester, Season 10 (PBS): June 12 - 13 (B+)
Grantchester, Season 11 (PBS): June 15 - 16 (B+)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 2 (PBS): June 18 - 19 (B-)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 3 (PBS): June 20 - 22 (B)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 4 (PBS): June 22 23 (A)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 5 (PBS): June 23 - 25 (B)
Agatha Christe's Poitor, Season 6 (PBS): june 25 - 26 (B+)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 9 (PBS): June 26 - 27 (C+)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 10 (PBS): June 27 - 28 (C)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 11 (PBS): June 28 - 29 (C+)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 12 (PBS): June 29 -30 (B-)
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Season 13 (PBS): June 30 - July 3 (A)
Ken Burns The American Revolution (PBS): July 3 - 5 (A)
Avatar, Last Airbender (live action) (N): July 6 - 8 (A-)
Iconic Landmarks (Pluto): July 10 - 12 (B+)
The Fox Hollow Murders (Disney+): July 12-13 (B)
Megalopolis: The Ancient World Uncovered (Pluto): July 13 -14 (B)
Ancient Structures: Secrets Revealed (Pluto): July 14 -17 (B)
Ken Burns The Civil War (PBS): July 17 - 18 (A+)
Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece (Disney+): July 19 - 20 (B)
Jim Thorpe, Lit By Lightning (N): July 21 (B+)
Scenic Walks Around The World (Pluto): July 22 - 24 (B-)
Heartstopper forever (N): July 23 (A)
Pompeii: Out Of Time with Tom Huddleston (Disney+): July 24 (B+)
New York Homicide, Season 3 (Peacock): July 25 - 27 (B)
Avatar Aang (Paramount+): Aug 2 (C-)
Room 237 (pluto): Aug 3 (B-)
Batman Caped Crusader, Season 2 (Prime): Aug 6 - 7 (A-)
The Ten Commandments (Pluto) Aug 8-10 (B-)
The Bombing Of Pan Am 103 (N): Aug 11 (B-)
Digging For Britain, Season 1 (Prime): Aug 11-12 (B)
Digging For Britain, Season 2 (Prime): Aug 12 - 13 (B)
Digging For Britain, Season 3 (Prime): Aug 13 (C)
Digging For Britain, Season 4 (Prime): Aug 14-15 (C)
Digging for Britain, Season 5 (Prime): Aug 15 (C)
House of the Dragon, Season 3 (HBOMax): Aug 16-17 (B+)
Across the Pacific with Te Radar (Pluto): Aug 17 - 19 (B)
Vox ex Machina, Season 4 (Prime); Aug 20 - 22 (A-)
Talamasca, Season 1 (N): Aug 23-24 (B)
Spider-Man, Brave New World (theater): Aug 24 (C-)
I'm Your Venus (N): Aug 26 (A-)
When Whales Walked (PBS): Aug 28 (A)
The Death Investigator with Barbara Butcher (Peacock): Aug 29 - 30 (B+)
The Romanovs (Prime): Aug 31 - Sept 1 (A)
I'll Be Gone In The Dark (HBOMax): Sept 2 - 3 (A)
Real Murders Of Atlanta, Season 3, Part 2 (Peacock): Sept 3 - 5 (B+)
Real Murders Of Atlanta, Season 4, Part 1 (Peacock): Sep 5 - 6 (B)
Britain's Most Notorious (Disney+): Sep 7 -
Black Mirror, Season 1 (N): Sept 7 -
England's Forgotten Queen: The Life And Death Of Lady Jane Grey (Tubi): Sept 8 (B)
Royals: Keeping The Crown, Season 1 (Tubi): Sept 9 - 11 (B)
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone (Peacock): Sept 12 (B+)
Harry Potter & Chamber Of Secrets (HBOMax): Sept 16 (B-)
Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban (HBOMax): Sept 17 (A-)
Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire (HBOMax): Sept 18 (C+)
The Hillside Strangler (HBOMax): Sept 18 (B)
Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix (HBOMax): Sept 19 (B+)
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince (HBOMax): Sept 21 (C+)
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (HBOMax): Sept 22 (B-)
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (HBOMax): Sept 23 (A)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 4 (Paramount+): Sept 24 - 29 (D)
Washington's Generals (Disney+): Oct 2 (B)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 1 (Pluto): Oct 3 - 6 (B)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 2 (Pluto): Oct 6 - 8 (B)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 3 (Pluto): Oct 8 - 10 (B)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 4 (Pluto): Oct 12 - 14 (B)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 5 (Pluto): Oct 14 - 16 (B)
The Diplomat, Season 4 (N): Oct 17 - 19 (A)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 6 (Pluto): Oct 20 - 22 (B)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 7 (Pluto): Oct 22 - 27 (B)
Bob's Burgers Halloween Episodes (Disney+): Oct 27 - 28 (B+)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 8 (Pluto): Oct 28 - Oct 31 (B)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 9 (Pluto): Oct 31 - Nov 4 (B)
Yorkshire Vet, Season 10 (Plute): Nov 5 -