Mr. Pop History – According to RCA Records – Elvis has had 110 gold and platinum-certified records – the most for any recording artist – ever. All 110 plaques hang at Graceland.

Mr. Pop History – That’s right. Oprah has had so many highlights in her career and this is one of them. She hosted “Scared Silent: Exposing and Ending Child Abuse” back in September of 1992 and it was carried by CBS, NBC and PBS. It was one of the very few times in TV history that such a program was simulcast by competing networks.

Mr. Pop History – This was indeed – the golden age of TV programming and TV set design/manufacturing. And, it all came from the U.S. Here’s my list: RCA, Zenith, Admiral, Hoffman, General Electric, Magnavox, CBS and Motorola.

CBS you say? Yes, for a very short time, CBS – the TV network – made TV sets.

Mr. Pop History – Legendary ABC sports personality Howard Cosell left ABC-TV in 1985, then left the airwaves forever when he gave up his “Speaking of Sports” ABC radio feature. That was in January 1992.

Mr. Pop History – It was a shock, but Coke changed their taste with “new Coke” back in April of 1985. That ticked off consumers, so out came “classic Coke.” Not to be confused, Coke changed “new Coke” to “Coke II” in 1990.

Mr. Pop History –
Sears sold its last during the holiday season of 1990.
They were pretty hard to find after this period.