Mr. Pop History – I make it a point not to look at Wiki, so here’s what I have:
Marvel comic book “X-Men” debuted in 1963, almost went away during the 1970’s,
then went on to an incredible peak during the 1980’s with 400,000 readers. What revived them? The addition of new heroes – most notably Wolverine and Storm.
X-men creators are writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. And, the first X-Men movie came out in 2000
Mr. Pop History – Ever image conscious, Brian Epstein had London tailor Dougie Millings design those famous round-collared suits. Epstein told Millings he wanted something as distinctive as (Cliff Richard’s) distinctive white suit, “only different.” Richards was one of England’s pop rock acts at the time. Millings and his son, Gordon – made 500 outfits for the Beatles. From what I know, his son continues to operate the family tailoring business 
Mr. Pop History – Charles Schulz bid farewell with his last Peanuts comic strip on January 3, 2000 – after nearly 50 years. At the time, Schulz (77) was diagnosed with colon cancer. His contract stipulated that no one else would ever draw the comic strip – so it was indeed, goodbye to Charlie Brown and the gang. And Mr. Schulz passed away a short time later. 
Mr. Pop History – That’s right. Michael Costanza, who had been a friend of Jerry Seinfeld during his Long Island growing-up days, filed suit, saying they violated his privacy rights by using his “name, likeness and persona.” As far as I know, the case was thrown out of an appeals court (yes, it went that far). 
Mr. Pop History – Doris Day (Doris Kappelhof) still has a high likeabilty as she is fondly remembered as the actress who brings a smile. She was on top of her popularity during the late 1950’s and into the 1960’s. Doris Day was a true superstar – conquering movies, music and later – television.
She had it all – looks, positive personality and a great singing voice. Easy on the ear. Nothing overwraught.
About her music – Doris Day had a ton of hit records from the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s with her signature song, “Que Sera Sera” from 1956. But, my favorite Doris Day song came out in 1964 and this was written by her son – record producer Terry Melcher. It wasn’t a hit record – although it should have been. This song shows us Doris could fit in with the swingin’ ‘60’s as well – with total ease. Listen to the title song for her movie “Move over Darlin.’” It’s Doris Day at her best – and, very sexy for the girl next door!
Move Over Darling – Doris Day From 1964
Mr. Pop History – He did! Warner Brothers groomed the young stars of their early TV shows for records. Connie Stevens and Ed “Kookie” Byrnes already had hits, so it was a good strategy. WB was thinking young and one of the first major media TV companies to crossover their TV actors to make pop/teen records.
Another young WB TV star was Robert (Bob) Conrad of “77 Sunset Strip. Warner Brothers Records released several Bob Conrad singles around 1961. The biggest was “I Just Gotta Have You” and here it is… “Love You” was another that received top-40 airplay.
I admit – The Wild Wild West was one of my all time favorites and so is Robert Conrad. Not a bad singer too!
33m – I Just Gotta Have You – Bob Conrad
Mr. Pop History – That’s right and the girls made their first Pepsi appearance, singing behind Ray Charles on a Super Bowl Diet Pepsi ad in 1991. After that, they took on a life of their own – so-to-speak. After all – no one sang “Uh-Oh” better.
They appeared on talkshows, supermarket openings – you name it. Several years later, it all came to an end – because – the girls weren’t helping sales – and it didn’t help that they wanted to become more “serious” as music artists – afterall – they were lip-synching on commercials and in appearances.
The “Uh-Oh” girls were Darleen Dillinger, Mellani Paul and Gretchen Palmer. They only appeared only on Diet Pepsi soda labels in Japan – because over there, they were extremely popular. Here’s a picture of a Japanese Diet Pepsi soda bottle from 1993.
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