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With the passing of the legendary Stan Lee, Dan talks to his brother Joey Delgado about Stan’s legacy which then turns into a conversation about Joey’s one time massive comic collection.
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Dan chats its up with writer-director-novelist James L Conway about his long career in television.
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Aliens, mountain men, and Jesus were the stars of the day for Sunn Classic Pictures. Throughout the 1970s, Sunn Classic proved to be a highly successful independent movie studio, cranking out pseudo-documentaries and G rated nature themed movies like it was going out of style. They used unique methods to get their ideas and to get their movies out to the public. The Industry takes a look at the history of the company that specialized in inventing history.
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The Washington Post: A G Rated Success Story
Here Comes The Sunn – Rob Nelson:
Sunn Classic Pictures: how Hollywood introduced America to fake history.
Second Decade Off Topic: The Sunn Also Rises.
Mormons, Aliens, and Dan Haggerty: The (Mostly) True Story of Sunn Classic Pictures
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Talking grown-ish and Murphy Brown with Darryl, A lot of Star Trek shows, Johnny English Strikes Again, Susperia, Hunter Killer, Indivisible.
Warning: there is an 8 minute stretch where my audio drops while speaking with Darryl. You can still hear me but it’s not great.
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Reviving Alice, The Conners, Grown-ish, Not Doing Your Homework, Halloween, Wildlife, Mid90s, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Guilty.
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The Other Dan Delgado, James Gunn Gets Over, ScarJo Gets Paid, Would The Office Work Today, Lilo & Stitch, First Man, Bad Times at the El Royale, Goosebumps 2, Beautiful Boy, The Happy Prince, 22 July.
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Star Wars Russian trolls, Chris Evans farewell, Murphy Brown, Venom, A Star Is Born, Loving Pablo, The Hate U Give, Await Further Instructions, Studio 54.
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Mister Dugan had the potential to be a hit show. It was a topical series about a recently elected idealistic black congressman who gets elected and has to contend with his less than helpful staff. Norman Lear was producing, Cleavon Little was the star. However, just days before it was to air on CBS in 1979 Lear himself pulled the show from the schedule. What went wrong? We take a look at the troubled production that started when Lear’s hit series Maude ended.
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Books by Richard Irvin including Forgotten Laughs can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Irvin/e/B001KD7NAQ
Black Caucus Strangles Mr. Dugan – Jet Magazine March 29th, 1979:
The Recall of TV’s Mister Dugan – Washington Post, April 1st, 1979:
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Wild Bunch remake, Space Jam Part Dos, Dern for Reynolds, Night School, Hell Fest, The Old Man and the Gun, Smallfoot, Black ’47, Little Women.
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