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comedy The 8-foot-long loaf of bread in the "Pioneer Women" episode of "I Love Lucy" was real, and baked by Union Made Bakery in Los Angeles Jennifer Sandlin
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Watch singer Janis Ian, at sixteen, the day she says Bill Cosby blackballed her from TV: "probably a lesbian" Ruben Bolling
politics Venezuela says it will annex most of Guyana—and all of that newly-found oil there Rob Beschizza
television Ain't it Fun: new graphic novel reveals the untold story of Cleveland's punk music scene Lee Keeler
donald trump Judge hilariously trolls Donald Trump — and QAnon — by picking the March 4 trial date Carla Sinclair
tabloids Testicles in a jar (and China's invasion of America) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
books Interview: Joshua Mills on his upcoming Fantagraphics book about the late comedian Ernie Kovacs Devin Nealy
television Buy the "Cheers" bar. Or buy the original Batman and Robin costumes from the 1960s. Ruben Bolling
unions Major film schools scab WGA strike by bringing in movie executives to speak at commencement Thom Dunn
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