Covering Movies, Television and Other Life Altering Issues
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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