The Best Shot in Tv: Science Historian James Burke Had One Likelihood to Nail This Scene … and Nailed It

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The 80-sec­ond clip above cap­tures a rock­et launch, some­factor of which we’ve all seen footage at one time or anoth­er. What makes its view­ers name it “the nice­est shot in tele­vi­sion” nonetheless immediately, 45 years after it first aired, could take multiple view­ing to note. In it, sci­ence his­to­ri­an James Burke speaks about how “cer­tain…

David Bowie’s Modern Mug Shot From His 1976 Marijuana Bust

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David Bowie all the time man­aged to look cool, even when he was being booked for a felony. In ear­ly 1976, Bowie was on his “Iso­lar” tour, per­type­ing because the Skinny White Duke, a per­sona he would describe as “a really Aryan fas­cist sort — a would-be roman­tic with no emo­tions in any respect.” Bowie…