King Kong, Santa Cheer On Eagles

My good friend (and occasional guest poster) Mike Benner is sadly moving away to California to go chase his dreams as a medical marijuana farmer. Or maybe it’s screenwriting, the other thing people do in California. Anyway, on his blog Benner has compiled just about every Action News opening on YouTube. They’re all the same, essentially, but the above one is by far the greatest.

A young Rob Jennings (in 1981!) previews two stories before some crisis in Poland: The largest menorah in the world (in Philly!) and “King Kong and Santa Claus take the day off to cheer for the Eagles!”

Coincidentally, this was the last time Poland was mentioned on a local news broadcast in Philadelphia.

The Pa. LCB: Annoying You Since 1932

As you can tell from the promotional photo for the PLCB I swiped from gophila.com, Pennsylvanians have a deep love for their Liquor Control Board. How else to explain the 75th anniversary celebration for something called the Liquor Control Board?

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