As I’ve said before, I don’t like using TV shows here unless it is a short video to make a point, or a documentary series.<\/p>\n
I’m fuzzing things a bit here, but I think it is justified. Also, it pushes some of my buttons.<\/p>\n
Between 1962 and 1963, there was a television series called “GE True<\/a>“. It was called “GE True” because it was sponsored by General Electric, and featured stories from True<\/strong> magazine<\/a> that were adapted for television. Gene Roddenberry was one of the scriptwriters, and the series was produced and hosted by Jack Webb. Webb directed some of the episodes: some others were directed by William Conrad.<\/p>\n It was 25 minutes long (though some episodes were multi-part ones) and there were 33 total episodes. A small number of episodes have been uploaded to the ‘Tube.<\/p>\n I’ve written before about Earl Rogers, Clarence Darrow, and the LA Times<\/strong> jury bribery trial<\/a>. From “GE True”, original airdate January 13, 1963, “Defendant: Clarence Darrow”. Robert Vaughn<\/a> plays Earl Rogers, and Tol Avery<\/a> (a prolific actor I was previously unfamiliar with: for the record, he appeared three times on “Mannix” before his death in 1973) plays Darrow.<\/p>\n