The third time is a charm. Well, sometimes. On April 18 and 19, American culture took a big hit with the passings of TV’s Dick Clark and The Band drummer Levon Helm, respectively. If you’re anything like I am, you were a bit saddened by the news....

Dear money-grubbing corporations, producers and executives: Please stop ruining my childhood. There is no need to remake everything I knew and loved before I hit the awkward phase of puberty. Yet you, Corporate America, insist on the opposite. After all,...