Disastrous TV appearances and political losses
A 1980s roundup notes Al Campanis and others who suffered reputational damage from live TV moments. It cites Campanis fired after racist remarks on Nightline, Ferdinand Marcos under Brinkley questioning during a 1986 interview, and Big Jim Folsom’s election-night televised gaffe as televised missteps with lasting impact.
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al Campanis
Club
Nightline
Ferdinand Marcos
David Brinkley
Marcos
TV debaters Kennedy edges Nixon amid debate glare
Nixon struggles in the 1960 televised debate with John Kennedy drawing attention to his five o clock shadow while Kennedy wins by a whisker. Other items recount Van Doren prize scandal and Twenty One cancellation, Kennedy interview missteps, Ruffian race tragedy, Ford Poland remark, McCarthy hearings, Geraldo Rivera doping show lawsuits, Rodale collapse, and Manfred Weber on Cavett with a firecracker accident.
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Richard Nixon
Nixon
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Charles van Doren
van Doren
Jack Barry
Manfred Weber
Weber
Shoah documentary to air on PBS during Holocaust week
National Holocaust Remembrance Week brings Claude Lanzmanns Shoah to WVIZ Channel 25 for a four night PBS run. The 9 hour memorial presents survivor recollections from Chelino Poland and Treblinka with no archival corpses footage, aiming for broad public viewing and reflection.
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Wviz TV
Germany
Holland
Austria
Italy
Poland
Denmark
PBS
Lanzmann
TV TONIGHT 8 PM SHoAH and Desperado TV Movie Debut
TV listings note Shoah Part 1 of 4 airs at 8 PM tracing Nazi genocide in Eastern Europe between 1942 and 1944. Desperado, a Western TV movie from writer Elmore Leonard, features Alex McArthur as a lone frontier figure.
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Shoah
Europe
Elmore
Leonard
Alex McArthur
Critic s Choices Mining Town Stand Against Corruption
A brief note on critics choices featuring David Warner and Yaphet Kotto in a mining town clash with corrupt forces. Also mentions Lindsay Wagner in I Want to Live a 1983 TV remake and Designing Women subplot with Julia's son’s girlfriend.
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David Warner
Yaphet Kotto
Lindsay Wagner
Julia
Dixie Carter
How to Send Opinions to TV Networks
Guidance on submitting comments to ABC CBS and NBC with correct network show context. Provides addresses for each network and notes to verify show origin and local station responsibility.
Rawhide Debuts 1959. Alan Actor and Days Copy Request
Rawhide bowed on CBS January 9, 1959 and ended January 4, 1966. Tony O'Dell plays Alan Pinkard on Head of the Class and mailed contact is Warner Bros. TV in Burbank. For Days of Our Lives, request a poem copy via Columbia TV in Burbank. MASH era details note BJ and Potter replaced Blake and Trapper John with no overlap.
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Tony O'Dell
Alan Pinkard
Otherworld
Jimmy
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Warner Blvd
Burbank
Calif
B.J
Colonel Blake
Blake
McLean Stevenson
Trapper John
Wayne Rogers
Mike Farrell
Potter
Harry Morgan
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