August Quote by George Vecsey

“Growing up, I used to use and apple instead of a baseball. It was just more fun to hit, and a healthier and better…

— Jarod Kintz

Wheaties was the big sponsor in those days (1940s). They sponsored almost all the baseball games in the majors and the minors. That was…

— Ernie Harwell

“Brand Category Year of launch Schweppes Soft drinks 1783 Cadbury Chocolate 1831 Budweiser Beer 1876 Coca-Cola Soft drinks 1886 Heineken Beer 1886 Kodak Photo…

— Greg Thain

American radio from the '30s through the '60s was just fabulous. There was such a diversity.

— Linda Ronstadt

Radio was so important to everybody back then; there was no TV. Columbia Square was the epitome of radio. Everything was modern. It was…

— Art Linkletter

And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a…

— Judi Dench

The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie was an unexpected, unplanned pop culture phenomena. My father went from star-maker to star.

— Shawn Amos

“They saw even more ungodly things—the first zipper; the first-ever all-electric kitchen, which included an automatic dishwasher; and a box purporting to contain everything…

— Erik Larson

American Inventor', a show I came up with launched in 2006. It's all of America's greatest and wackiest inventions rolled into one with a…

— Peter Jones

“We were separated by years, tastes in music, food, clothes, and politics, but we delighted in baseball.”

— Chris Fabry

The jelly - the jam and the marmalade, And the cherry-and quince-'preserves' she made! And the sweet-sour pickles of peach and pear, With cinnamon…

— James Whitcomb Riley

In 1959, Moscow gave space to an exhibition of American consumer goods, and my father, also a member of this generation, tasted Pepsi for…

— Keith Gessen