Original Star Wars trilogy cast (clockwise l-r)Harrison Ford, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew, Mark Hamill, Kenny Baker, and Carrie Fisher – and yes Anthony Daniels is missing
Since Disney bought the rights to Star Wars and plan on doing new films, there have been questions about if the stars of the original trilogy would appear in them. I took it as fact that Harrison Ford would run far away since he soured on the franchise after doing Revenge of the Jedi. In one interview years ago, Ford said he asked to have Solo killed off. In an interview with David Letterman last week Ford now claims he’s never been asked to return to the role and wouldn’t mind doing it. Screw Ford. I don’t want him in the next film.
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A new drama on the FX channel debuted Wednesday night called The Americans. It stars Keri Russell and some other guys. I like a good spy story and this show had some good plot points but I was disappointed on how obvious it was overall. It did have a good soundtrack.
I love TV show themes and was really sad when the industry started cutting back on themes in order to squeeze in more commercials. The main theme to the show 
When I was coming of age in the 1980′s two actresses pretty much spoke for my generation. Molly Ringwald was the girl next door who you would bring home to meet your mother while Winona Ryder was the Goth chick who was your buddy and was fun to hang out with. I liked or rather loved them both as they fit into my then duel puberty personality. I wanted to date both of them but kind of figured Molly would blow me off and I would have tons of laughs with Winona as we would have a deep platonic relationship. Who would you pick if you had a chance to date them?
The best thing I remember from college is getting to hear some great music. One of my favorite albums from that period is “Green Thoughts” from The Smithereens. I came across the cassette at a campus area record store and since I liked their first album “Especially for You” buying “Green Thoughts” was a no brainer. Even after all these years it is still one of my favorites.