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Editor and co-founder of CONELRAD. Also at: @conelrad6401240.bsky.social
Jul 25, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
1/4. HIROSHIMA (1953/55). @ArrowFilmsVideo put out a great reissue of this a few years ago with a booklet essay by Mick Broderick (among many other extras).
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2/4. New York Times review. Image
Apr 6, 2023 8 tweets 5 min read
1/8. New York Journal-American columnist Dorothy Kilgallen caught the attention of TONIGHT SHOW host Johnny Carson and comedian/actor Woody Allen ("Not Quite as Offensive") with her "review" of their performances at the #LBJ Inaugural Gala in Washington, DC on Jan. 18, 1965.🧵 Image 2/8. Page 2 of New York Journal-American columnist Dorothy Kilgallen's "review" the #LBJ Inaugural Gala in Washington, DC on Jan. 18, 1965. Johnny Carson, particularly, was enraged by the piece that was published the following day. Image
Feb 22, 2023 4 tweets 5 min read
1/4. Broadcast #OTD in 1971: The Emmy Award-winning CBS Reports: The Selling of the Pentagon with #RogerMudd. Watch it here: ImageImageImage 2/4. "What is perhaps the Pentagon's most ambitious film..." RED NIGHTMARE (1962) received its biggest audience when CBS ran its news special "The Selling of the Pentagon" #OTD in 1971. See how the clips are used at about the 27:28 mark: ImageImageImage
Feb 20, 2023 5 tweets 4 min read
1/5. #OTD in 1971: The Great EBS Scare of '71. Listen to how WOWO's (Ft Wayne, IN) Bob Sievers [1917-2007] handled things on the air... #PartidgeFamily ImageImage 2/5. "I can't imagine how the hell I did it." - Wayland S. Eberhardt [1921-1996], the teletype operator responsible for the Great EBS Scare of '71. His FOIA'd personnel file reflects that he worked another 5 years on Cheyenne Mountain. ImageImageImage