This Week In Fandom History

1924: The Centennial Special!


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The bees' knees! This week, for the ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE, V and Emily take a trip back 100 years to look at four fandoms that ruled the year of 1924: George Gershwin's jazz, Harold Lloyd's romantic comedies, Little Orphan Annie's laughs, and Babe Ruth's colossal clout. From the amazing breadth of the Gershwin brothers' catalog to the hilarity of what passed for celebrity gossip in Photoplay, from the plight of a little Orphant to the Bambino's birthday party shenanigans, we're celebrating 100 years of fannish passion and what it really means to be a legend that never dies.

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Girl Shy Hot Water Helen Kane 1924 in Music Little Orphan Annie Hello, Harold! Photoplay, January - June 1924 Photoplay, July - December 1924 Babe Ruth Central

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