Feb 7, 2014- Black History Month

Feb 7

Yesterday's Answer:
Tv Show:  Sandford and Son
Actors:  Redd Foxx and Desmond Wilson


Today's Question:
Name the movie and the dolls that will star in the remake.

Lonette McKee, Irene Cara and Mary Alice starred in  this 1976 version of this movie.   The movie is about "three sisters (Sister and the Sisters) from Harlem that become singers. Sister becomes involved with drugs, while the title character ends up being the one who gets famous.  This film tells of how drugs ruin Sister's relationships and eventually end her life. It is also about the relationship between the title character and Stix."*  In 2014, a new version will star the dolls below.

*info from IMDB

Feb 6, 2014- Black History Month

Feb 6.

Yesterday's Answer:
TV Show:  Mod Squad
Doll: Remi- Integrity Toys


Today's Question:

Name the television show and dolls.

   Redd Foxx and Desmond Wilson started  in this 1972 Television Show.  Fred and Lamont are the characters in this tv show about a junk dealer and his  son.

Feb 4, 2014- Black History Month

Feb. 4

Yesterday's Answer:
Movie:  The Hammer
Actress: Fred Williamson


I have changed the question.  Please name the movie, and the doll that is starring in the remake.

Today's Question:

Billy Dee Williams starred in this  1973 movie as  Nick Allen, "a federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring." *

What movie?
Who is the doll?

*info from IMDB























clue:  He was the colt 45 man.

Feb 3, 2014- Black History

February 3-

Yesterday's Answers:
Movie: Cleopatra Jones
Actress:  Tamara Dobson

Name the movie and actor/actress:

 The Rock  will star in the remake of this movie from 1972.  The movie is  about a "dock worker named B.J  H-----. ( The last name is the title of the movie) who becomes a prizefighter, but gets mixed up with a crooked manager. A sympathetic L.A. detective tries to set him straight, but he won't listen. His manager, who is also a drug dealer, tells him that he has to take a dive during an important fight, and to ensure his cooperation, his girlfriend is kidnapped."*





*info from IMDB

 

clue: The original star was an ex-football player.

 

Feb. 5, 2014- Black History Month

Feb  5

Yesterday's Answer:
Movie: The Hit
Actor:  Darius Reid from Integrity Toys


Today's Question:

Name the television show and doll.


Clarence Williams III starred in this television show from 1968-1973.   Linc Hayes, was one of "three young outsiders that would fight crime as undercover agents for the police."* 

*info from IMDB

February 2, 2014- Black History

February 2, 2014

Yesterday's Answer:
Movie: Shaft
Actor:  Richard Roundtree

Can you name the movie and actress

Neve from the "Off the Hook" series by Integrity Toys has decided to take on this role.  "She is a United States Special Agent assigned to crack down on drug-trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. After she burns a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug-lord Mommy is furious at the loss of her supply and vows to destroy her. Mommy uses her connections with bad cops on the force to cause trouble for her friends and set her up for an attack."*



      

*info from IMDB

Black History Month 2014- Feb 1

February 1, 2014

I will be celebrating Black History Month with a tribute to the movies and tv shows of the 1970's.  Instead of the original people, I am using dolls and action figures that will appear in the the remake. Can you name the Movie or TV show they will be appearing in.


Can you Name the Movie and Original Actor

In this remake, one of the Peacekeepers has decided to take on the role of  "the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the leader of the  Black crime mob, then against Black nationals, and finally working with both against the Mafia who are trying to blackmail Bumpy by kidnapping his daughter."