tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46431170888612686052024-03-15T18:11:19.792-07:00Bob Crane: Life & LegacyVote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-11933545868785058882023-07-03T16:19:00.049-07:002024-01-12T03:26:49.181-08:00Deliberate Deceit: How 'Auto Focus' Fails in Its Miserable Attempt at Portraying Bob Crane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrg6IhczBHKH2UgS9WpgvO8pg_jv4qgzTDEnElBDoUKRpn4yXaf5nwodrBMXaTftluE1fD0C-S3KRXJdWkFakS8cKh3HhfMFOpcZgLAm6jYkgn_VbGEMlI-PX2_3H1hSyinay-uC81yzlXGhUtvLjs0gfksM5hssz1HJFFHyJj8BPiTDaa8IVnUpgVF9re/s1684/Robert%20Crane%20Quote%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1684" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrg6IhczBHKH2UgS9WpgvO8pg_jv4qgzTDEnElBDoUKRpn4yXaf5nwodrBMXaTftluE1fD0C-S3KRXJdWkFakS8cKh3HhfMFOpcZgLAm6jYkgn_VbGEMlI-PX2_3H1hSyinay-uC81yzlXGhUtvLjs0gfksM5hssz1HJFFHyJj8BPiTDaa8IVnUpgVF9re/w587-h275/Robert%20Crane%20Quote%201.jpg" width="587" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It should come as no surprise that I don't like the film <i>Auto Focus</i>. Neither do my coauthors, Linda Groundwater and Dee Young. And most notably, neither did the vast majority of the people who talked with us about Bob Crane for <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Having gotten to know Bob through hundreds of his closest family members, friends, and associates, we were privileged to learn who he was, what made him tick, and how he lived his life. We take our work seriously. This is, after all, a man's life. Neither his addiction nor his murder are joking matters. We are professional. We are thorough. We are factual.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The same cannot be said for <i>Auto Focus</i> director Paul Schrader. As writer David Edelstein proclaimed in his 2002 article, <i><a href="https://slate.com/culture/2002/10/auto-focus-is-an-anti-sex-dirge.html" target="_blank">Video Killed the TV S</a></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a href="https://slate.com/culture/2002/10/auto-focus-is-an-anti-sex-dirge.html" target="_blank">tar</a>,</i> "A</span>lmost every time I see a film by Paul Schrader, I think about what a sensational subject he has gotten hold of and how I wish that someone else had stepped in to bring it to life."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7IPlFFpamQ33FQg3QbmBWP5ubiXBTogEx07BRHNlfkyOAnZsdUR2Awjdwwr8brdKOmE_RMz65k-LeYZhOOp-BtUmdvm3mzzqF-wGv-E6NB3qPsgP9tbEKS9YKVi9NauckOG1Oelm2PBH3XJWwnS7cuOGt8X3aR8idFioDf9uMhdR_8cnWA7xwy3Qd9tT/s2502/Schrader%20Quote%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2502" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7IPlFFpamQ33FQg3QbmBWP5ubiXBTogEx07BRHNlfkyOAnZsdUR2Awjdwwr8brdKOmE_RMz65k-LeYZhOOp-BtUmdvm3mzzqF-wGv-E6NB3qPsgP9tbEKS9YKVi9NauckOG1Oelm2PBH3XJWwnS7cuOGt8X3aR8idFioDf9uMhdR_8cnWA7xwy3Qd9tT/w593-h445/Schrader%20Quote%203.jpg" width="593" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We have quoted Mr. Schrader before with regard to how he felt about <i>Auto Focus</i>. In the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/magazine/first-came-sitcom-then-came-murder-then-came-pornographic-web-site-now-here.html" target="_blank">September 29, 2002, edition of <i>The New York Times</i></a>, Mr. Schrader stated, "My intent with <i>Auto Focus</i> is not to be true or definitive. People's actual lives are not really that interesting. And with Crane, I wanted to get at something meaty. Otherwise, who cares?" Among other things, he also admitted that "[John] Carpenter was not as important in Crane's life as he is in the film. It is a distortion."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the same article, Bob's younger son Scott Crane rebukes Mr. Schrader's take on his father. "The movie is 'Auto Fiction!' he says. "Schrader's idea is to make my dad dark. 'Let's make him seedy' ... He's portraying a fiction as fact. Schrader has destroyed my father's reputation in the world."</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Scott is 100% correct. We stand in solidarity with Scott and all those who see the film for what it is: Celluloid garbage.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGhJrVq_qagdO4u1cJdvOxlYMFXXE1oCIRorL8BXB_T2wh2OHpJtcpAmyYBQP7sqDCNsdab3iN8RSQLL3L_5mN02VRu9EyCGkaHf0IXCK5lCV80ptMTKPnHo7ULlUU-IcG_IlC_n-a5_lYizYsVmeCRLnIzE39-ax-90eyUK7Fr0XMSqHLwzswx2-FQfL/s2644/Schrader%20Quote%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2644" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGhJrVq_qagdO4u1cJdvOxlYMFXXE1oCIRorL8BXB_T2wh2OHpJtcpAmyYBQP7sqDCNsdab3iN8RSQLL3L_5mN02VRu9EyCGkaHf0IXCK5lCV80ptMTKPnHo7ULlUU-IcG_IlC_n-a5_lYizYsVmeCRLnIzE39-ax-90eyUK7Fr0XMSqHLwzswx2-FQfL/w600-h364/Schrader%20Quote%204.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This <i>New York Times</i> article, however, is just the tip of the iceberg. After combing through several resources about <i>Auto Focus</i>, it is clear as day that Mr. Schrader was not simply lazy in his research about Bob Crane for <i>Auto Focus</i>, he was intentionally wrong with conviction. It is unprofessional and unforgivable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgriFTZO7j_CIgLZTHKVx428IkKaqdX0kszAnUfNJW_bR4zQ0Lx5TzaZiaj9sbn0l5-qihWKQbgpr-KotzJj8TuCY7B3kUJ7qXTtsmVJYecFIU7Mnc9bGKWH1wYKKJGui0R3uvL1NJEZE_Anj72F-p-g3XRtz1Lz5lx-Z9myJ3335WcbmFnqOWWD3cw86u/s2859/Schrader%20quote%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="2859" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgriFTZO7j_CIgLZTHKVx428IkKaqdX0kszAnUfNJW_bR4zQ0Lx5TzaZiaj9sbn0l5-qihWKQbgpr-KotzJj8TuCY7B3kUJ7qXTtsmVJYecFIU7Mnc9bGKWH1wYKKJGui0R3uvL1NJEZE_Anj72F-p-g3XRtz1Lz5lx-Z9myJ3335WcbmFnqOWWD3cw86u/w595-h348/Schrader%20quote%202.jpg" width="595" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>In our latest episode of <i>Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane</i>, Linda and I delve into the motivation behind <i>Auto Focus.</i> We examine published quotes by Mr. Schrader and actor Greg Kinnear, and discuss how they and others affiliated with the film felt not just about making the so-called biopic about Bob Crane, but their opinions regarding the <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> star himself.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<script async="" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
<a class="spreaker-player" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=55972387" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/55972387">Listen to "013. Deliberate Deceit: How 'Auto Focus' Fails in Its Portrayal of Bob Crane" on Spreaker.</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Access the articles mentioned in this episode: </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.thestranger.com/film/2002/10/24/12356/raging-bullshit " target="_blank">Raging Bullsh*t: AutoFocus Is Not My Dad’s Story (Scott Crane)</a></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Stranger</i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-10-20-0210200227-story.html " target="_blank">Setting the Record Straight on Subject of `Auto Focus' (Robert K. Elder and Tribune staff reporter) </a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Chicago Tribune </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WaIqN3NB3HcsGxYbsO7xtrF8fPuEQ67_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Paul Schrader and Greg Kinnear on “Auto Focus” (Dr. Frank Swietek) </a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>One Guys Opinion </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/paul_schrader_the_iauto_focusi_interview " target="_blank">Paul Schrader: The <i>Auto Focus</i> Interview (Lynn Barker)</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Film Festivals</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/fall2002/features/i_camera.php " target="_blank">I Am a Camera (Travis Crawford)</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Filmmaker Magazine</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2002/12/focus-puller-ffc-interviews-paul-schrader.html " target="_blank">Focus Puller: FFC Interviews Paul Schrader</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Film Freak Central</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://slate.com/culture/2002/10/auto-focus-is-an-anti-sex-dirge.html" target="_blank">Video Killed the TV Star: Paul Schrader turns Auto Focus into an anti-sex dirge; The Ring adds, “Don’t watch that tape!’ (David Edelstein) </a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Slate</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/magazine/first-came-sitcom-then-came-murder-then-came-pornographic-web-site-now-here.html">First Came the Sitcom. Then Came the Murder. Then Came the Pornographic Website. Now Here Comes the Hollywood Biopic! (Lynn Hirshberg)</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>New York Times</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Transcript of the episode coming soon.</div><br /><br /><br />Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-9521669715161126392023-06-29T06:31:00.003-07:002023-06-29T07:11:19.546-07:00Bob Crane's Unsolved Murder — 45 Years Ago Today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2101" data-original-width="3000" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeX2DGWfwjOkQ0XJaZ_m56NCB-j4Chlwd4Dhu2LAD1ghlIkTknnwkqC55r4lNhpH2MHHoE_lz8aURPC5liWrl5J4ZrOiHW-z2k2AsXugGB2mYS-gdiojXnIgNZoHBbTeoqFfHdE3XpQNJzg9rtFuZsnk2jly0uc8Qq2Ru7KUWhS0IWuVaMtZbsbGUwdAs/w552-h387/BC%206-29-23.jpg" width="552" /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the early morning hours of June 29, 1978, we lost Bob Crane. As the <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> star slept in his Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment, he was brutally bludgeoned to death. It was a gruesome crime scene, and Bob's murder remains unsolved to this day, baffling detectives and law enforcement now for 45 years.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bob had been appearing in his play, <i>Beginner's Luck,</i> in Scottsdale, and the run of the show was nearing its end. Bob was looking forward to returning home to Los Angeles on July 4, focusing on new television projects, reconnecting with his family, and working on bettering his life with the help of a professional therapist. But it was not to be. Bob left this world abruptly by the cruel hands of another just two weeks shy of his 50th birthday. Ever since, his murder and the scandal that followed have overshadowed nearly everything else Bob did in his life. So much of what he did was good, and yet, we don't hear much about it. As I was once told by a television executive, "Nobody wants to read the good stuff. They only want the dirt. Who cares about radio? Who cares about his charity work? Who cares about drums? That stuff will never sell."</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We beg to differ.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It's all too easy to focus on the negative. Sure, it boosts ratings and brings in the money. And there is a lot of money to be made on murder and scandal. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">But when you are only served the "low-hanging fruit," you don't get to hear the whole story. You don't get to know the person, what made them tick, why they behaved in certain ways, and how they handled their successes, as well as their struggles. When you are only served up the crime and the dirt, it can have devastating effects in the court of public opinion. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This couldn't be more true in the case of Bob Crane. Many will snicker and sneer when they see or hear the name <i>Bob Crane, </i>and there will be an avalanche of ignorant, hurtful, and hateful comments on social media. True crime enthusiasts will watch any number of investigative TV shows and/or podcasts, playing armchair detective and theorizing <i>who dunnit</i>. Even with their limited knowledge on the subject, they don't just think—they think they <i>know</i>—everything there is to know because a TV show or a movie or Wikipedia told them so, and you cannot convince them otherwise.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The truth is, and as we have been saying for nearly two decades, there is so much more to Bob Crane's life story than his starring role on <i>Hogan's Heroes</i>, his unsolved murder, and a stale tabloid headline. We are proud to be Bob Crane's official biographers, endorsed and supported by The Estate of Bob Crane. We are honored to have been entrusted with cherished memories from hundreds of people directly connected to Bob spanning his <i>entire</i> lifetime. These are not just little anecdotes collected from a few people making for an interesting compendium. They are full, detailed, reflective testimonies, woven together with painstaking research of archival materials into a rich tapestry that allowed us to form a deep understanding of Bob from nearly <i>every</i> facet, time period, and corner of his life. And since he is no longer here to do so himself, we will continue to share Bob Crane's <i>complete</i> and <i>true</i> life story every chance we get, humbly standing up for him and on behalf of so many beautiful souls who knew him well and loved him dearly—most of whom trusted only us to do so.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We might night never know who committed the crime or why Bob Crane was murdered. But we <i>do</i> know this—he continues to be remembered and loved by many: members of his family, his dear friends, his coworkers, and his fans. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rest in peace, Bob Crane. You are not forgotten.</p>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-81909049050973533472022-11-20T05:39:00.006-08:002022-11-21T06:24:38.688-08:00A Remarkable Life: A Tribute to Robert Clary<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.vote4bobcrane.org/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="507" height="503" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcgSoTeh6c7NdSzH0GrBjTI5E4D-qWOdxGx5tXoknL9GmV3c9ok8MUFKC40wvZTgKCeXsbQ01OZ5gmYdd2i06qVgKiha9YSixyWSpOzlkOsp7Kcv45IhI-r1PQsI--6F82AlaN2NN9xLAjm1GQpArMM96WDLeod9iwHrLqdwB4EgKEJpUxe1ds7MvmmQ=w332-h503" width="332" /></a></div></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="0b7e"><em class="ki">“And who cares.”</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="7a7e">Those three words told me so much about Robert Clary.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="9169">As most fans know, Robert Clary, who played Corporal Louis Le Beau in the TV show <em class="ki">Hogan’s Heroes</em>, passed away peacefully on the 16th of November 2022. He was 96 years old.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="2749">What
a life this man lived. Deported from France to concentration camps in
Ottmuth and Buchenwald when he was just 16 years old, Robert Clary (born
Robert Max Widerman) survived, he said, by being fit for work, and by
entertaining (he sang for SS soldiers every other Sunday, according to
the Jewish Virtual Library). What stuck in his mind were what he called
the “remarkable” words of his mother as they were being separated and
she was being sent to Auschwitz: “Behave. Do what they tell you to do.”
He did, and said it may have saved his life. But of the 13 members of
his family deported with him, Robert was the only one to come home.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="444f">For
a long time, Clary said, he pushed the Holocaust experience to the back
of his mind. He didn’t want to have that consume him; if he did, the
evil would win. When he eventually embraced the good he could do by
recounting his story, and testifying to the truth of the Holocaust, he
told his audiences, “Never hate.”</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="8d52">Robert
made his way to the United States and carved out a career in the
entertainment industry for himself. All the biographies and obituaries
you are no doubt seeing online can fill you in on all of that. Of
course, he was best known for playing the passionate Le Beau, in a show
about being a prisoner of the Germans (and thwarting them constantly!).
And that’s how we crossed paths.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="0402">Clary spent a lot of time during the <em class="ki">Hogan’s</em>
six-year run explaining that the sitcom was set in a POW camp, not a
concentration camp, and that the difference between the two types of
camp was like night and day. And he loved working with the cast and
crew. In his book, <em class="ki">From the Holocaust to Hogan’s Heroes</em>,
Clary wrote, “For the most part, human beings are not very nice. That’s
why when you find those who are, you cherish them.” Throughout his
life, he always had good words to say about the people and the
atmosphere on the set. Clearly, he cherished his <em class="ki">Hogan’s </em>family.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="a019">We spent more than five years trying to get Robert Clary to tell us his stories of working on the set. We were researching <em class="ki">Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</em>, and who better to talk about <em class="ki">Hogan’s Heroes</em> than one of the heroes?</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="322b">Starting
in 2003, he said no. No. He will not discuss this and will not get
involved in gossip. Who could blame him for being wary of us — we were
no one, and that purported biopic which I will not name here had burned
so many people who loved Bob Crane, while trying to tear down any shred
of dignity that Bob had in his life. So Robert Clary’s answer was a firm
NO. When Bob was killed in 1978, the cast and crew of <em class="ki">Hogan’s Heroes</em>
made a pact that they would only agree to be interviewed if they could
tell the good things about Crane. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they got no
takers.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="3881">Eventually,
we were fortunate enough to connect with actress Arlene Martel, who had
guest-starred on the show several times, and after our interview she
volunteered to approach Clary on our behalf. I still laugh a bit when I
remember her email about his reaction. Suffice to say, the answer was
still no.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="9f4b">But
we persisted, and in 2008, with so many more interviews under our belt,
and so many of those being with people Clary knew—and would have
trusted—from his <em class="ki">Hogan’s</em> days, we tried again. I sent him a letter, with a long, updated list of contributors.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="b826">This time, I got an answer.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="8914">He
clearly didn’t want to be interviewed by phone or in person, but he
wrote me a letter in his own hand. Two full pages of anecdotes and
memories. He enjoyed working with Bob Crane on the set, he said. Bob
rarely fluffed his lines, and was really a pleasure to work with. He
related that Crane was the only Republican among Democrats on set, and
that when they disagreed politically, the star’s voice would rise to a
“screeching soprano” pitch. Clary always told him, “Bob, changing from
baritone to soprano will not make your argument right,” and they would
laugh about it.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="32e2">Then
he wrote briefly about Bob Crane’s “way of living,” as he called it.
And it was here that Robert Clary revealed his whole self to me. “Who am
I to be judgmental (What’s good for the goose may not be good for the
gander). <em class="ki">And who cares.</em>”</p></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.vote4bobcrane.org/"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="620" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzjuSzA8TAIHb3Vo56GMrH4dV3QBvdGZ5wBbqzhyCTL69Vv7XmzKk0dC0X2BQCqgZueyddnxC-yQQafaBo3q5rtMHjLxmkjQnaF4cIpYyF9D5SNg0cGou2QbCly4pf2SL-tRlWwOa5Hkw_JRvHgl9n1X6x4vRTqcxxDofyqJ8PlNHBVA5B-ESjtAyNA/w523-h217/Clary%20letter.jpg" width="523" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.vote4bobcrane.org/">Portion of letter written by Robert Clary, sent to Linda Groundwater in 2008 regarding Bob Crane.<br />© Authors of<i> Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography.</i><br />Do not use without written permission.</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="ad1f">Those three little words, clearly squeezed in after re-reading his original letter, were important to him. He wanted us to know exactly what he thought of how Bob’s memory was being treated. He wanted us to know that there was more to Bob than that. He wanted us to know that what Bob Crane was doing was Bob Crane’s business. <em class="ki">And who cares.</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="6a0b">It fit in perfectly with his other life philosophy: <em class="ki">When you find people who are nice, cherish them.</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="5243">We are forever grateful for Robert Clary’s long, well-lived life.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph jk jl ig jm b jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh hz gh" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="0ff6">May his memory be a blessing.</p></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>—Linda J. Groundwater</i></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-29630122615049493062022-09-10T06:02:00.001-07:002022-09-14T06:22:08.612-07:00Hanging Around Rod Serling's 'Night Gallery'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/2016/10/rod-serlings-night-gallery-housewith.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="2048" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcyIVNGhKlaglBcaPU1YFQvsplEYVSZhTSQERL3vUFpNCdAmwmO4UlqCqCDe4f5xcFxCadOZGAe9jFBQW5Kfcsa0QMY9nFY2QoFqDBNs2h81sUk0wmcjeHN5RFijiGgjiIByIzG-utH8hJgqSx-tTgNg-Hh5VAR2JqnbRHR_IMd71tECiEUwcamcoWw/s320/Night%20Gallery%20Bob%20Crane.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Ever since I was a little kid, I have always loved Halloween. Anything spooky, or mysterious, or a little bit scary—count me in. When the days grow shorter and there's a crisp chill in the night air, I get out the fall decorations and begin stocking up on pumpkin spice. I even go on those campy haunted tours!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And I <i>love</i> a good ghost story.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Spooky season is right around the corner, so what better time to talk about Rod Serling's <i>Night Gallery</i>? I am certainly not alone when I say I am a great fan of Rod Serling's <i>The Twilight Zone</i> and <i>Night Gallery</i>. So just imagine my excitement when, earlier this year, I was invited to provide audio commentary for the episode <a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/2016/10/rod-serlings-night-gallery-housewith.html" target="_blank">"House, with Ghost"</a> (starring Bob Crane, Jo Anne Worley, and Bernard Fox) in the bonus features section of the <i>Night Gallery</i> Season 2 DVD Blu-Ray release!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Letmethinkaboutit—Yes!</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was interviewed and recorded in the spring, and I am very happy with how the producers used my audio
clips. In addition to my segments, the entire bonus commentary over the
episode includes the narrator, who provides historical details of the episode (some based on my interview and our book <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>), as well as audio clips from notables affiliated with <i>Night Gallery</i>. Also featured in the
bonus section is a segment of Bob's KNX radio interview with Rod Serling. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Needless to say (but I'm gonna say it anyway), representing Bob in the audio commentary of his episode, as well as simply being a
part of Rod Serling's <i>Night Gallery, </i>is such an honor, to say the least. Many thanks to <i>Night Gallery</i> DVD producer <a href="https://thenightgallery.wordpress.com/tag/jim-benson/" target="_blank">Jim Benson</a> for this wonderful opportunity!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The 2022
re-release of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Night-Gallery-Season-John-Badham/dp/B09YS7CLGR" target="_blank"><i>Night Gallery</i> Season 2</a> on HD/Blu-Ray was released in July 2022 and is available through
Amazon and elsewhere.</p>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-1603975602010063882022-07-25T06:02:00.001-07:002022-07-25T06:04:09.147-07:00Defender of the Truth: In Loving Memory of Bob Crane's Cousin Jim Senich<div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_7p"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPXDLu6-IXUuTmA4S8QrMVjux9YWHPeRpUX4kG_pIIsaJ49-fzhbuJ-HAeMM-8pNo0oQIviYQf9WQg7pA1NyvgLcUS54aWaHyPp3-9HqRjapeYiT2zDPBkCWy9A7M3tVT8yJ3osKayXiY-LWi_TO-qbJeWqwzq9PA-VAXHMiONWqN8E8lv1HpBtESYg/s320/294523098_10229649444887102_8631707817985237852_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jim Senich and his wife, Ellen (seated, front).<br />Linda Groundwater and her son, Andrew (back).<br />Summer 2010.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>I learned today of the passing of Jim Senich. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">I first met Jim when I decided to embark on the journey of writing <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/bobcranebiography?__cft__[0]=AZU7Dt9ZhMWOZn3FtP9wQvfZO9GXxVrD1-Lf-w36Ek2spDVn2vu8j029t34Ktw-9HU_H-539bt-IEMP1X-StVrEvwo6PRqnwYCF2u4VMKV-rcixsIJJWfOYu_Iagfi8OA9LWvQFLLjkSwlbQNHNHnF8pU2BZQU49HvzAa_zoH4CjIpAsHh-99uRw2YEu8PYAE4o&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6"><i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i></span></a>. I was given his name and contact details, because he worked in Connecticut radio, and Bob was his first cousin. I was hoping that he would be able to give me some information and that he would have some stories to tell, and perhaps other contacts. He, himself, was a contact.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">But Jim became so much more than that. Not only did he succeed spectacularly at what I hoped for from a writer's point of view, he shared himself. He shared his family. He shared his home. He shared his friendship. Jim and his wife Ellen and their daughter Mary welcomed me and my son Andrew into their home when we visited back in 2010. I remember two sweet doggies. A wonderful Italian dinner. Music! Books! And hours of talk and laughter and true to heart, genuine conversation. A trip around Waterbury, and a sit-down in a local park, where we just spoke about life and its unexpectedness. And he was so happy to know <span class="nc684nl6">Andrew, who nearly shared Jim's birthday—the two being born a day apart (though vastly different in years)</span>. He sent packages with baseball themed gifts even before they met in person, and my little boy, he was happy. And he knew he had a real friend in his "almost" birthday twin.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Life wasn't always fair to the "Great Dane," but Jim tried his hardest to look at it from a larger perspective. He was so proud of his family, and he had every reason to be. We did lose touch, in the end. I regret that. But I will hold him close in my heart, with thanks for all he was, and for all he is.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Jim, may you rest in eternal peace with the Lord that you love. Thank you for everything, my friend. Your memory will be in my heart always.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: right;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: right;"><b><i>Linda Groundwater</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: right;"><b><i>July 25, 2022</i></b></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><style 1em="" clear:="" float:="" left="" margin-bottom:="" margin-right:=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh200THxSplY6jfJ5h73A0gT-bURdJWoZLeB3KQAq_qxbn8vW8Ubz2dqCQ_xPCUSN9OVtf8do5Mp_MoJ2Oya2fqT20exDeOAa_CO5hX0rY7gWAAu-EYu8RrYcW6ba8ZGF9w6bYNQR0yEUz1d986qVrM-uG-SzlYghg69cRNfVwnjqFlMcEyvenH7QVjrQ/s320/294523098_10229649444887102_8631707817985237852_n.jpg" width="320" /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">
</div>But Jim became so much more than that. Not only did he succeed spectacularly at what I hoped for from a writer's point of view, he shared himself. He shared his family. He shared his home. He shared his friendship. Jim and his wife Ellen and their daughter Mary welcomed me and Andrew into their home when we visited back in 2010. I remember two sweet doggies. A wonderful Italian dinner. Music! Books! And hours of talk and laughter and true to heart, genuine conversation. A trip around Waterbury, and a sit-down in a local park, where we just spoke about life and its unexpectedness. And he was so happy to know <span class="nc684nl6">Andrew</span>. He sent packages with baseball themed gifts even before they met in person, and my little boy, he was happy. And he knew he had a real friend in his "almost" birthday twin.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Life wasn't always fair to the "Great Dane," but Jim tried his hardest to look at it from a larger perspective. He was so proud of his family, and he had every reason to be. We did lose touch, in the end. I regret that. But I will hold him close in my heart, with thanks for all he was, and for all he is.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Jim, may you rest in eternal peace with the Lord that you love. Thank you for everything, my friend. Your memory will be in my heart always.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: right;"><b><i>—Linda Groundwater</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: right;"><b><i>July 25, 2022</i></b></div></div></style></div></div></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-47598576512048836752022-06-28T09:21:00.024-07:002022-06-28T12:11:13.497-07:00Dead Again...and Again: The Murder and Ongoing Destruction of Bob Crane<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.vote4bobcrane.org/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2785" data-original-width="2220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1ZcdeJr0jR-0WnYsr-YrPa4Zv5NMit2MVkDfTrE1hNuWcTtMlSIYe_GC2HP3hAijfQaUoRaMzUUySOJvpaQDlDKCZtnsVlD7XDkqKIIsMpR45YZsSQpNV_Jf18tYh9l8KOyCa9H7Yk989KAimWsoHqHEQvLAreMCgne4EBsxBCYjiHXn444PodU7TQ/s320/Headshots04.tif" width="255" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane was murdered in his sleep. He was just 49 years old, and only a couple of weeks shy of his 50th birthday. Despite numerous unproven theories, the crime remains officially unsolved to this day.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Following his murder, information about Bob's private life surfaced. It was placed on display for all to see—and judge, with no explanation or perspective. The cry rang out: Bob Crane, beloved star of <i>Hogan's Heroes</i>, had a secret "dark side." </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Over the decades, this side of his life has obscured nearly all else about him, and the proliferation of articles, television shows, documentaries, books, YouTube videos, and podcasts focusing on true crime and vulgar humor—not to mention <i>Auto Focus</i>—is unending and unrelenting. Bob Crane's sex addiction and unsolved murder are lucrative as well as convenient for a cheap punchline to a bad joke.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Since our book, <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>, was published in 2015, we have continued to actively tell Bob's story with proper perspective to allow a more profound understanding of Bob as a complete human being. This is not an easy task. Just as researching Bob's life had its hurdles and barriers, so does being his official biographers. We've heard it all and seen it all. And a lot of what we've seen and heard from those who did <i>not</i> know Bob but who only <i>think</i> they know him—is just plain ugly.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Take, for instance, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld. Mr. Gutfeld thinks he is being so funny in his article, entitled, "Bad People Abuse Good Intentions," when he talks about a "transgender ex-Nazi bank robber." </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-bad-people-abuse-good-intentions" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1687" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmcEttnu0rOKlyti4riIKXEreApWRwM0zhYejG-BcdFCJS0UKAZxed07Bx5HNIEL_gj_Lv_peOMceB37mJVxjWWGDKFY_2CHYN0RJOuFLyjiTsdsOBkY_5BZgiywEI--XkhmZijizOb_joPvM-gbxoJYAedXUDToBPKTb1202NiHh6Otte5P-C_byBg/w640-h336/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-28%20at%2011.26.23%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Gutfeld states:</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">Now, I could have done a mono on inflation
or Joe Biden, but really not again. It's so boring. Thankfully, a
producer offered this headline, quote, "Transgender ex neo-Nazi Robber
to receive fast tracked gender confirmation surgeries." Wow. I'm so glad
he's an ex neo-Nazi. But talk about a perfect storm of Gutfeldian content: trans, Nazi,
gender surgery, prison. It sounds like a <i>Hogan's Heroes </i>after party at
Bob Crane's condo. That dude was crazy. Read up on him, seriously. </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">What on earth? What an uneducated word salad.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let me remind everyone: Bob Crane had consensual sex with adult women <i>only</i>, whom he often photographed or videotaped <i>with</i> their knowledge and willingness to participate. Further, in the months leading up to his murder, Bob was seeking professional counseling in the attempt to break free of this lifestyle, which he came to understand and recognize as an addiction. He was hoping to better his life, but he was denied that opportunity because someone took his life away from him. In that moment, when his murderer bludgeoned him as he slept, that evil monster took away Bob's life and dreams of the future, as well as shattered not only his friends and loved ones, but his legacy as well. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Murdered. Judged. Ridiculed. Legacy destroyed. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We do know his true story. We do care. And so we tell his story. Often. Every chance we get.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bob's so-called "dark side" is actually kind of boring. For those who take the time to learn about Bob, it becomes quite clear. Yet there are those who still <i>try</i> to be funny by resorting to their meager inventions of alternative facts to suit their pathetic narrative in the attempt to boost their ratings and generate sales. How heartless.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Co-Bob Crane biographer Linda Groundwater has this to say about Gutfeld's statement, and I whole-heartedly agree:</p><p><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41"></span></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">Carol sent me a message that included an excerpt from an article online by Greg Gutfeld from Fox. Ignoring the entire rest of the article (let's not bring politics into this, shall we?), there was this little bombshell in his commentary: </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">"But talk about a perfect storm of Gutfeldian content: trans, Nazi, gender surgery, prison. It sounds like a <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> after party at Bob Crane's condo. That dude was crazy. Read up on him, seriously." </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">It went right over my head the first time. I couldn't even fathom what I was seeing. I read it again. And then again. And it made me angry. It made me SO angry. Forty-four years ago this week, Bob Crane was murdered. An addict, yes. A man who had a lot of sex, sure. But a human being. A man who tried. A man who had consensual sex with women. Not a person who deserved to be the butt of some weak, derisive, throwaway humor by some hack out to get a guffaw through his ignorance of truth. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">People ask us all the time, why do we do what we do? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">THIS IS WHY. Feel free to direct Mr. Gutfeld to reality. You're never too old to be educated. And if he has the tiniest, tiniest, sliver of humanity in him, he'll take us up on the challenge to actually learn the truth. Somehow, I doubt he'll do it. Because people who make jokes like this about Bob rarely want to learn. It's easier to point and laugh and stay ignorant than it is to see his humanity. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41">Bob deserves better. We will NEVER stop.</span></p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Linda J. Groundwater</b></i></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>June 28, 2022 </b></i></div></i></blockquote><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: justify;">On June 25, 2022, Linda and I presented a live virtual event—<i>Bob Crane: His Life, Career, and Unsolved Murder.</i> This was the first time Linda and I ventured into the world of virtual presentations, and the event was a great success! More virtual events are planned, which will highlight certain aspects of Bob's life and career. Our goal is to educate and enlighten. Not only does Bob Crane deserve better, but his family, friends, and coworkers—who we know and genuinely care about, in many instances like family—deserve better regarding Bob as well.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Again, we will never stop.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="358" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/abJ822tlAm8" width="550" youtube-src-id="abJ822tlAm8"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">© 2022 Carol M. Ford & Linda J. Groundwater. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">All rights reserved. No portion of this presentation may be used without written permission.</div><p></p><span><!--more--></span><p><br /></p></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-67528561384796980952021-08-30T03:45:00.002-07:002021-08-30T04:48:50.447-07:00Bob Crane: Family Videos<div style="text-align: justify;">During the course of what is now nearly two decades, my coauthors—Linda Groundwater and Dee Young—and I have seen and heard just about everything there is relating to Bob Crane's life and tragic death. As his official and authorized biographers, we have been granted exclusive permission to view and entrusted with Bob's personal belongings. Perhaps one of the most important pieces of research we've reviewed, however, is a movie reel. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When you say the words <i>movie reel</i> in the same sentence as the name Bob Crane, how many of you thought of one thing? For the record (again), Bob engaged in amateur pornography with adult, consensual women who agreed to be filmed. (Yes, it's been investigated by the authorities, and yes, the women knew they were being filmed. Enough said—until the next time we have to say it.) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now that you've gotten that out of your system... </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The simple truth is that Bob recorded everything. He audio recorded. He photographed. He filmed. He journaled. He catalogued. He chronicled. And he did this with every single aspect of his life from the time he was a teenager throughout his entire life. When you put it all into perspective, the "naughty bits" constituted just a small piece of a much larger collection that was primarily composed of Bob's every day life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1234" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwd3fvnMYnVj2crSgDGlhTXjhp9aCnzKbPFFXBaeczQLuqBQYT2Xju3A8suF7fa1Op5Ca2RLV1MjAvi5H-1kWrAOEPEWeLQzDMM9DA-uVI9LYSDRhP5SIAT6SvpZcnF7lnLv3_QkgWltD/w332-h290/bob+patty+and+scott+crane+6-18-78.jpg" width="332" /></a></div>In our opinion, one of the most important pieces of footage Bob Crane filmed was on Father's Day—June 18, 1978, just ten days before his murder. His wife Patty (Sigrid Valdis) and their son Scott had arrived in Scottsdale on a surprise to visit him. Reports claim he was upset by their visit. Bob and Patty were separated at the time and on the brink of divorce. However, Bob invited them over to his Scottsdale apartment. Because it was Father's Day, they gave him cards and a gift. Bob could never have imagined that in just under two weeks and right before his 50th birthday, his life would be cut short in that very same location, just a few yards from the living room where he received his cards and gift from Scotty, then just seven years old. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To this day, Bob's murder remains unsolved. A great deal of speculation surrounds the murder of Bob Crane and who may have killed him, with much emphasis on John Henry Carpenter (different from the film director) as the primary suspect. In 1992, he was arrested. A trial followed, and in 1994, Carpenter was found not guilty. Arm chair detectives have a field day with this unsolved case, discussing their theories, making their jokes, deciding who they believe <i>must</i> have done it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Back to Father's Day 1978. I watched the Bob's family video taken on Father's Day 1978 for the first time while visiting Scott in 2013. I sat in Scott's living room with him, his then-soon-to-be wife, and his children, and we watched. And as I watched, I was mesmerized. Here was Bob Crane, the regular guy—a husband and father who didn't want his marriage to end. Not famous Colonel Hogan or radio personality; not murder victim; not tabloid headline. Since then, I have wished more people could see what I was seeing. This footage showed me, without question, how much of a loving father Bob was. It showed me how much he adored his family—just absolutely cherished his family, especially his children. And it proved without a doubt how much in love he was with his wife—and how much she loved him, too, despite their marital troubles. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1234" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAgwjwTHNbVxBnTQlQ3Q9kGI73eGJaSRTu5NwumU6Adhk07MM1iago4ZGiTIDbYruVm7DaqCuLeiLqpgMoPmUQXDr52yPzHabzvi7zlaZe9cvQY3WiczDT5WSorvHlMDhiPiclLJRsba5/w319-h276/BOB+CRANE+AND+SCOTTY+1972.jpg" width="319" /></a></div>When Linda was interviewed for the <i>Autopsy</i> episode about Bob Crane in November 2020, which aired in June 2021, she mentioned this video to the producers when talking about Bob as a family man who loved his family. They were astonished. They asked Linda, "How do you know about this video?" And Linda responded bluntly, <i>"Because I have seen it."</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Scott Crane has now made this video available to the public. I am <i>so very happy</i> he has done so because now you can see for yourself. This is not play acting for an audience. This is family. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These are Bob Crane's home movies of himself and the people he loved: his wife, his children, his parents, and his friends. Bob Crane was a human being. He was also murdered. And his family and friends are still deeply affected by and mourn his loss.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ruj5fWKGGAY" target="_blank">Click here to watch.</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>No unauthorized use of any portion of this video—audio or video—is allowed without written permission of Robert Scott Crane. </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>For all permission requests, <a href="http://www.cmgww.com/stars/crane/" target="_blank">click here</a>.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-7932380105597297542021-08-28T09:13:00.004-07:002021-08-30T06:28:07.278-07:00'Hogan's Heroes' Revue: The Pilot — How It Differed from the Series<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Hogan's Heroes</i> is often considered the older cousin of <i>MASH</i>. When studying the two shows, you can see very clearly how <i>MASH</i> was allowed to evolve in a much more dramatic way than <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> ever could. But that doesn't mean <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> didn't evolve. It did, and by quite a bit.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After the pilot episode was filmed and then picked up by CBS for broadcast, drastic changes were made to the series. In the latest episode of<i> 'Hogan's Heroes' Revue</i>, Linda Groundwater and Carol Ford discuss the pilot episode. They offer a comparison to MASH, as well as other episodes, to provide insight into how pilots are vastly different from the series, as well as how a series can grow and evolve. They discuss <i>Hogan's Heroes </i>casting, set, and style changes, and they also talk about the
purpose of pilot episodes in general and the importance of character
actors.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Obviously, the series was produced by the company Bing Crosby Productions. However, Edward H. Feldman was the Executive Producer who needed to answer to the head of CBS—first James Aubrey, and after his dismissal in 1965 (very soon after <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> was picked up), John "Jack" Schneider. Without the approval of CBS, <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> would not have been picked up and aired, no matter which company produced it. Through his tenacity, Edward Feldman was able to make changes to the series that CBS granted, including the switch from black and white to color, among other style, actor, and set changes.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We hope you enjoy this episode of 'Hogan's Heroes' Revue!</p>
<script async="" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
<a class="spreaker-player" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=46275390" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/46275390">Listen to "03. The ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ Pilot: How 'The Informer' Differed from the Rest of the Series" on Spreaker.</a>
<a class="spreaker-player" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/46279296" data-resource="episode_id=46279296" data-width="100%" data-height="150px" data-theme="dark" data-playlist="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-hide-download="true">Listen to "04. Commentary Series — ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ Episode #1: ‘The Informer’" on Spreaker.</a>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-56741552990178623092021-07-13T07:04:00.001-07:002021-07-13T07:04:32.042-07:00Happy Birthday Bob Crane!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.org/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="1072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkD1vDGE5TuT_WrMntwyaFRxNHayy_YH8aYTrS-_Avf-4Rrl3fdbVLzTvHxwy45xOMmwuFZH8HkzImGxR4mwUAgeTZ3e7kqMAVYYUJ9CyNB3Fs216iuK2smMrUo5m_oTm7bS6aaedrst6/s320/BC+BDay.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy Heavenly Birthday Bob Crane! </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Today, July 13, 2021, Bob Crane would be 93 years old. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bob was not only the star of <i>Hogan's Heroes</i>, but he was an accomplished drummer and gifted musician, a broadcasting pioneer who was described as a radio genius by those who worked with him, a dear friend to many, a loving father, a humanitarian who genuinely cared about others, and a complete and complex human being, no different than the rest of us.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Everybody has a history to his or her life. Let’s not paint Bob’s life by—what shall we say?—the moments in his life. I say these things that are the flaws are like specks on the Parthenon. Let’s look at the Parthenon and let’s not look at the specks. Let’s lift our eyes up to the man’s eyes and soul and life, and not look down on the gutter." —Joe Cosgrove, former staff announcer, KPOL, Los Angeles, and owner, KTHL, Lake Tahoe, CA; the first person to greet Bob when he arrived in Hollywood in August 1956. © <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And with that, we also say Happy Enarc-Drof Week! Don't know what that is? Listen to our birthday celebration podcast episode to find out! </p>
<script async="" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
<a class="spreaker-player" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=45665755" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/45665755">Listen to "012. The Lucky Number 13" on Spreaker.</a>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-64185153475075884852021-06-29T04:10:00.008-07:002021-10-24T21:08:52.098-07:00Review of 'Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bob Crane' [Podcast]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.vote4bobcrane.org/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYEe0TN8wFIQxZwHXqpIKWFKQf1BHVV85UImq_EXJOOUI6HVry5PxMM-z-h5lTuAdI-XhZDngssNNCV1dXufejtZ3aRQaxO2Osda_tQGIWH9txMiws5uaO6Yphwcyw61QkRe0buYsJ_Ag/w626-h353/E4bgzAxXwAMjg64.jpeg" width="626" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Today, June 29, 2021, marks 43 years since Bob Crane's tragic murder. A few weeks ago, Linda Groundwater was featured in the Reelz program <i>Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bob Crane</i> as one of Bob's official biographers. <span style="text-align: left;">In this episode of our podcast, <i>Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane, </i>we provide an in-depth review of this 'Autopsy' episode.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Special thanks to Robert Scott Crane, who is our featured guest in this
podcast episode, and to another source
who has chosen to
<span id="desc_1_more"> remain anonymous at this time.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rest in peace, Bob. As long as we can continue to help people see and understand your true story, as Linda says in our podcast, "We'll keep working."</p>
<script async="" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
<a class="spreaker-player" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=45485276" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/45485276">Listen to "011. Review of ‘Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bob Crane’" on Spreaker.</a>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Subscribe to <b>Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane</b> on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Spreaker, YouTube, and everywhere podcasts are found.</i></p>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-89815666678970486872021-06-14T10:24:00.003-07:002021-06-21T10:58:34.153-07:00Autopsy: The Last Hours of...Bob Crane [Preview of Episode Review]<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Autopsy: The Last Hours of... Bob Crane</i>, featuring Linda Groundwater as an expert on Bob Crane's life and coauthor of <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>, premiered last night (Sunday, June 13, 2021). Now that the episode has aired, we have some things to say. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">To recap, Linda did a fantastic job in the episode. She provided some perspective about Bob's life and balanced out some of the negative stuff. Kudos to Linda! TV interviews are tough, and she was brilliant.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Autopsy</i> got a lot of things right, and for that (as well as the scientific nature of the program), it was one of the more evidence-based shows that Reelz typically produces. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">But <i>Autopsy</i> also got some things wrong, and those parts need clarification and addressing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mind you, just because we don't like to focus on Bob's murder and sex addiction in our work about him, it most certainly does <i>not</i> mean we don't know the details about it or thoroughly understand it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We'll be discussing all of this in our next episode of <i>Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane. </i>Stay tuned.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lxf8X3ELJCA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;">
<script async="" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script><a class="spreaker-player" data-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=45287586" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/45287586">Listen to "010. Review of ‘Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bob Crane’ – Preview" on Spreaker.</a></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-44536951321534310952021-06-06T07:02:00.011-07:002021-07-07T07:58:42.086-07:00Autopsy: The Last Hours of... Bob Crane [Reelz Network; June 13, 2021]<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="2048" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Xe3xdQ0tXugs44BDjNBBIWkl8dB79HZeVT29BA7WwAUqHELYm5UhXhw_rnZniZYrb3AzzO0VckLauwYaKrXZ655xW3ozCA6-yV9dEQNB163E9BOQjKWDHvCeyTZx1f5ugnvld6aTe5P-/w646-h339/Reelz+Autopsy+Bob+Crane+June+13+2021+copy.jpg" width="646" /></imageanchor><b></b></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Autopsy: The Last Hours of... Bob Crane<br /></b><b>Date:</b> Sunday, June 13, 2021<br /><b>Time: </b>9:00 p.m. EDT<br /><b>Featuring:</b> Linda J. Groundwater, co-author of <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography </i>and official Bob Crane co-biographer<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On June 13, 2021, <i>Autopsy: The Final Hours of...</i> with Dr. Michael Hunter, will show the episode delving into the life and death of Bob Crane. Although we all know how Bob died, a bit of insight into his life and his struggles and successes would help give a bit of a fuller picture. The English production team interviewed Linda Groundwater in Australia as part of the larger program last November, and Linda spent a bit of time dispelling myths and correcting long held false information.</div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-16416779397789037752021-05-12T05:06:00.004-07:002021-10-24T21:10:13.908-07:00'Hogan's Heroes' Revue — A New Podcast<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.vote4bobcrane.org/p/hogans-heroes-revue.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunPs7gasERaucGXU0NAW1qhN670hnEGI1DPM9uFmNeRpSE95OT6DCz0J7ET-HG_L7yPOncpQdH1KZmuI1IxT67vYel_lgi-lHXqFNSTwiBMgPFvrYyUALQIMxFbfQ-ACmgIAy-zvlPZRg/s320/HH+Revue+Podcast.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It should come as no surprise that in <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>, the chapter focusing exclusively on Bob Crane's work on <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> is over 100 pages in length. Although Bob was hailed as a radio genius by those who worked with him in the broadcasting industry, <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> put him on the international stage. After its initial success and six-season run, <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> made Bob Crane and the rest of the cast super stars of their day.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">When researching Bob Crane's life, we talked with as many people from his life as we could, and this included many prominent individuals from <i>Hogan's Heroes</i>—co-creator Albert S. Ruddy; cast members Robert Clary and Cynthia Lynn; guest stars Arlene Martel, Robert Hogan, Victoria Carroll, Jon Cedar, and Ruta Lee, among others; and directors, including Bruce Bilson, Robert Butler, and Jerry London. We also researched countless published contemporary articles about <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> and the cast, and had exclusive access to Bob Crane's own <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> scrapbooks and files.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Combine all of that research with the fact that we love <i>Hogan's Heroes</i>, and you've got the groundwork for another podcast.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Linda Groundwater, Dee Young, and I currently produce <i><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.org/podcast/flipside-the-true-story-of-bob-crane/" target="_blank">Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane</a></i>. But we wanted more. (We can't help it if we're greedy...!) And a podcast about <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> was begging to be produced. So we have launched a second podcast, <i><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.org/podcast/hogans-heroes-revue/" target="_blank">'Hogan's Heroes' Revue</a>, </i>where Linda and I will talk about each episode, starting with the pilot; include details from series insiders; and produce some of what is considered the best <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> fan fiction out there.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There's also a reason why we named it <i>'Hogan's Heroes' Revue</i>, but you'll have to listen to our preview episode to find out!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Enjoy!</p>
<script async="" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
<a class="spreaker-player" data-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=44733776" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44733776">Listen to "01. Preview of 'Hogan's Heroes' Revue" on Spreaker.</a>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-44404648025829121812021-04-15T12:18:00.000-07:002021-04-15T12:18:16.261-07:00Bob Crane's 1978 Appearance on 'Celebrity Cooks' [Podcast]<p style="text-align: justify;">It's so fantastic and extraordinary, it's become urban legend when discussing the final months of Bob Crane's life.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Celebrity goes on a national Canadian TV cooking show; breaks down; falls apart; rants about death, sex, and his impending divorce; is brought to tears; and shocks the studio audience. A station network executive pulls the episode from syndication following celebrity's murder because of an eerie sense of deja vu and premonition of the crime, as well as celebrity's depressed state and inability to stop talking about death and sex during the show's taping.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Such is the case with Bob's appearance on the Canadian television series, <i>Celebrity Cooks</i>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Or is it?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/search?q=celebrity+cooks" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="400" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxmVZo9pBT5OU7qbQDloM2e-jOOaE9okn-S438reCU-kai2RIwOG62O3nlPlYu0pFDnrVRRAhHHR4hErcuzI3rv6Q44sE9L6fpfWOIJgMnSF1dsHQzdBNNEUZTrJ5yzoLZK6qDiKoW9Ea/w400-h263/Bob+Crane+Celebrity+Cooks.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/search?q=celebrity+cooks" target="_blank">Bruno Gerussi and Bob Crane on Celebrity Cooks, January 25, 1978.<br />Photograph by Ron Goldman.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">While researching Bob's life for <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography,</i> Linda Groundwater and I talked with three people directly affiliated with <i>Celebrity Cooks</i>: owner Derek Smith, talent agent Anne Kear, and stage manager Roger Packer. A fourth person connected with the series, photographer Ron Goldman, also provided a statement. All four were present on the day of Bob's episode taping, and all four emphatically agree—<i><b>everything</b></i> we thought we knew about Bob Crane's appearance on <i>Celebrity Cooks, </i>as<i> </i>based on a 1978 magazine article, referenced in Robert Graysmith's book <i>The Murder of Bob Crane</i>, and depicted in <i>Auto Focus,</i> is <i><b>wrong</b></i>.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In our latest episode of <i>Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane, </i>Linda and I discuss Bob's appearance on <i>Celebrity Cooks. </i>We take apart the 1978 article that started the whole myth, and we provide answers from <i>Celebrity Cooks</i> as well. It will never cease to amaze Linda, me, or the folks from <i>Celebrity Cook</i>s that this brief moment of Bob's life, which is held up as an example of his life falling apart, never actually happened.</p>
<script async="" src="https://widget.spreaker.com/widgets.js"></script>
<a class="spreaker-player" data-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=44346149" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44346149">Listen to "09. Bob Crane’s 1978 Appearance on 'Celebrity Cooks'" on Spreaker.</a><div><br /></div><div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QuWEz_yV5rg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i>For an earlier post about Bob Crane's appearance on 'Celebrity Cooks,' click <b><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/search?q=celebrity+cooks" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</i></div><div><br /></div></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-24915482292039925872021-03-29T10:37:00.008-07:002021-03-30T12:06:15.333-07:00Becoming Colonel Hogan<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yTnNHzBh0U&t=1s" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="605" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXBNjOjPKVExqhszouKCqnPvWTmG55Z68VQHg1iiKP387o5o2G9dQSBTnDzdQ3bK6lX5rV7gI3b59hNxpKS9jV4G2k3onW0bTlcI_Uy16CcTfvlbnPkqAoVOxNcffcEU0clnHh1KZOTQ7c/s320/Bob+Crane+Hogans+Heroes.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's be honest. Bob Crane's German accent on <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> was pretty bad. In fact, it was terrible. It seemed everyone on the series could perform a decent (or in some cases, exceptional) German accent except for Bob. Larry Hovis (Sgt. Andrew Carter) was so good at it, in fact, that he could pull off a convincing—and a bit frightening—Adolph Hitler. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But where others excelled, Bob seemed to fail. To some, it may even be a bit painful to hear him fumble a German accent with American accent overtones. Had this been real life, the Germans would have caught him in a New York minute.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Yet Bob was a gifted voice impersonator, having honed the skill in radio for fifteen years. In Hollywood, he was hailed as radio's "Man of a Thousand Voices" by KNX. He worked with Mel Blanc on a pilot for a new radio program, <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_A6C-f2KTM" target="_blank">Superfun</a></i>. And one of his first television "roles" was as the uncredited voice announcer in <i>The Twilight Zone</i> episode "Static," where he provides all of the voices on the radio.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It begs the question: If Bob Crane could perform all sorts of accents on his radio program, from a French fashion designer to race car driver Andy Granatelli, to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj-auXGFCeQ" target="_blank">an Einstein-sounding engineer</a>, to a love-struck Russian, to a host of other "character" voices, then why could he not perform a decent (or even passable) German accent on <i>Hogan's Heroes</i>?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Simply, he was told—<i>directed</i>—to do it poorly. The directors thought it would be funny. "He wasn't supposed to do it well!" director and associate producer Jerry London told Linda Groundwater and me in our interview for <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>. "That was the comedy of it!" he said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Linda and I discuss this in our latest episode of our podcast, <i>Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane</i>. Bob didn't just become Colonel Hogan overnight. He was still quite inexperienced as an actor at the start of the series. This doesn't make him a bad actor, though. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.org/book/about-the-book/" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="3108" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-R_nSfALPSeSYsGADO6cyQt4eDAOJMGH4fzy7xKf6CDmA_d0EDSyo1W0t1BfzAAiNHiPn4pmzmSMbx-JYCcKs159mWP5JyTbEjTC7CYrTSymzq_WLXcXARGrtSqeganm4h11K56QA2yd/w347-h116/BC+Adler.jpg" width="347" /></a>Early on his acting career, which consisted of community "little" theatre, guest-starring roles on <i>The Alfred Hitchcock Hour </i>and <i>The Twilight Zone</i>, his big break on <i>The Dick Van Dyke Show</i>, and eventually, the regular role of Dr. Dave Kelsey on <i>The Donna Reed Show</i>, Bob made a decision to take acting seriously. He accepted coaching advice from Donna Reed, and in addition, at her suggestion, he took a course taught by legendary acting instructor Stella Adler. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">While the <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> directors and producers, and viewers of the series in its original run by extension, may have thought Bob Crane doing a botched German accent was funny at the time, it unfortunately does not age well. Viewers today watch and think Bob couldn't act, or worse, didn't care to learn how to act. This wasn't the case. He was following direction. And when a director tells you to do something, you do it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Indeed, Bob was learning. He came a long way on <i>Hogan's Heroes. </i>People learn throughout their entire lives, and the same was true for Bob. He continued to learn and hone the craft until the time of his murder in 1978. Many actors who worked with him believe he would have had found another hit series and enjoyed continued success as an actor and/or director had he lived.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the end, <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> is a television show. We're supposed to suspend our belief and understand that no matter whether the German accent was good or bad, all of the heroes are speaking fluent, flawless German. Otherwise, they would have likely failed their first mission, right out of the gate. </p>
<a class="spreaker-player" data-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=44080958" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44080958">Listen to "08. Becoming Colonel Hogan" on Spreaker.</a>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-16011021029756776292021-02-22T15:26:00.007-08:002021-02-22T15:35:50.908-08:00Bob Crane Biographers Carol Ford, Linda Groundwater Interviewed on 'The Claw's Corner'<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><imageanchor style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1714" data-original-width="1244" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcku0t8j8sQPAXP3h1Jnb9U2j-hybC5ft5TviJBQ61bVIoxPXQ6-o968YimrNfUqkUlYN4y6ebMC9-60vFLBWZ3RBAwLQk5MwB9JgdBktMj9lRzFYpYVgH1wORsVsWRsfKhJVwFQ8AeoG/w264-h364/Bob+Crane+Hogan%2527s+Heroes.png" width="264" /></imageanchor></div>It is always an honor to share Bob Crane's life story. There is always a lot to tell. Bob's life was full, and rich, and detailed, and sometimes, complicated. Like every human being, he had his joys and sorrows, his triumphs and set-backs, and his highs and lows. To tell his story properly and in the right context takes time. Occasionally, if the host agrees, we provide a thorough interview that can last several hours. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My very first presentation about Bob Crane was in 2015 at the MidAtlantic Nostalgia Convention, and it was supposed to be one hour. I went on for about an hour and a half, and talking at the speed of light at the end! While my audience didn't seem to mind, the hotel staff who wanted to flip the room for the next event weren't too thrilled. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">On January 30 and 31, 2021, Linda Groundwater and I were interviewed about Bob Crane by Richard Cyr, host of <i>The Claw's Corner.</i> We always go into these interviews thinking, "Will we have more than an hour?" Because there's so much to say! Well, Linda and I provided Rich with <i>four solid hours</i> of our time. We loved it—because we love talking about Bob Crane.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In our book, <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>, we provide rich details of Bob as told to us, in most cases exclusively, by more than two hundred prominent individuals from his life. Our book and all of our work attempt to remove judgment and stigma, allowing for perspective, understanding, and ultimately, clarity about Bob Crane, the human being. He was more than a murder victim. He should not be a target of ridicule. We don't paint him out as a saint, and we don't demonize him. We provide truth. And because we care so much about Bob and his family, friends, and colleagues, we talk about him properly—every chance we get.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Below is our two-part episode of <i>The Claw's Corner</i>. I hope you enjoy it! (And be sure to watch for the cameo by Cinnamon, Linda's energetic, happy-go-lucky puppy dog!) </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uIunNsF9_QM" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>The Claw's Corner With Guests Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater Part 1</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p-VYLJ3Pvh8" width="560"></iframe></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><div>The Claw's Corner With Guests Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater Part 2</div><div><br /></div></div></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-52356119163157756072021-02-14T07:48:00.001-08:002021-02-14T10:39:12.974-08:00Bob Crane — U.S. Armed Forces Radio Network (1968) [New Find!]<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><imageanchor style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaDf4DzJw4PoL-uTSUH6SJ1ibRKA-N5ecMrCN0N9Mummm_YBHWs-154jJflnf8ZT41ECuqGY2ItjWWJyKk4jbyCHENW2paUpPTh_AodVpQocBJiUNU0GKrjVNSGIhPEomx2bsIjJ0T1Oa/w541-h304/BC+AFRN.jpg" width="541" /></imageanchor></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I love it when I find new airchecks of Bob Crane's Radio Show. It's like a treasure hunt for me. They are so rare, and when they do surface, I'm giddy with excitement—like a kid at Christmas. I don't know what Bob will say, but I know I will be entertained. I might even learn something new.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My latest find was Part 2 of a show Bob recorded for the U.S. Armed Forces Radio and Television Network (AFRTN). Between 1967-1969, Bob recorded numerous shows for the AFRTN, during which he played songs, did some drumming, jibber-jabbered with his own pre-recorded voice impersonations, and interviewed guests or spliced in his pre-aired celebrity interviews from his time at KNX-CBS Radio. Many of these AFRTN recordings exist; however, they are incredibly difficult to find.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bob donated a lot of his time and broadcasting talents for many different charities, something for which he is given little to no credit. In October 1967, the following was published in the <i>Valley News</i> publication (Van Nuys, California) about his charity work:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><i>Hogan’s Heroes</i> own Colonel Hogan, Bob Crane, is one man who answers the call of civic groups, charities, and worthy organizations, no matter where they might be. Up to one-third of his free time is spent assisting and appearing in behalf of such groups. For instance, during his recent “HH” hiatus, he volunteered more than thirteen hours worth of Armed Forces Radio material. He brought laughs to the ex-POW convention in New Mexico. Pending is a grand marshal stint at the Richmond Tobacco Festival and full participation in the current Cystic Fibrosis Drive. And there’s more, much more. This “Hogan” is a real hero.</blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">Think about that. One-third of his free time was donated to charity, which included United Cerebral Palsy, American Heart Association, the Arthritis Foundation, Funds for Dinah (a fund-raiser for an eleven-year-old Ohio girl with kidney disease who needed dialysis, but whose family could not afford the lengthy car trips to the dialysis clinic from their rural home), Operation Entertainment, entertaining U.S. veterans and former prisoners of war, public service announcements, and the list goes on.</p><p><span style="text-align: justify;">In this recording, Bob includes his pre-recorded interviews with Otto Preminger, Bill Dana, Steve Allen, and Jayne Meadows, all of which originally aired on KNX in the early 1960s. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you enjoy our latest find! And don't worry—I'm always on the look out for more!</div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RZs9U_dMOg8" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/vote4bobcrane" target="_blank">Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more of Bob Crane's radio work.</a></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-51245140025914565572020-12-19T06:03:00.002-08:002020-12-19T06:05:24.434-08:00Happy Holidays and All the Best for 2021<p style="text-align: justify;">It's been one <i>heck</i> of a year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For a year that kicked off a new decade and started out with so much hope and promise, 2020 quickly turned into the armpit of modern times. I can't think of anyone who hasn't been, in some way, negatively affected by something in 2020, not the least of which is how COVID-19 has impacted daily life. For some, it's been an inconvenience. For others, it has brought worry. Still others have experienced loss.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As the year crawled on, personal situations dictated scaling back our work here, whether it was on our blog, podcast, and social media pages. While none of us or members of our families have been diagnosed with COVID-19, thankfully, we have experienced other difficult events.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">For me personally, 2020 delivered a hard punch. <a href="https://kelleyfhpitman.com/tribute/details/1737/Robert-Ford-Jr/obituary.html#content-start" target="_blank">My father passed away on December 2, 2020</a>, due to complications brought on by stage 4 glioblastoma of the spinal cord, which he had been bravely battling since early 2018. For almost three years, my family and I had been providing him around-the-clock care. He was so strong, and he fought so hard, but the cancer was stronger. These last few weeks have been terrible, but my family and I are comforted knowing he is out of pain and free of the prison his body had become. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Linda Groundwater and Dee Young have had their struggles as well. It's safe to say 2020 has served up challenges to all of us.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But we're still here, and we aren't going anywhere. The simple reality is, like so many people around the world, we're just trying to get through, while staying positive and looking ahead to better times.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, in the midst of all of this, 2020 did offer us some exciting opportunities! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I'm so proud of Linda, who participated in a big project about Bob Crane. Due to the non-disclosure agreement she signed, I can't tell you anything more about it. (Sorry, no spoilers!) But I can tell you she did justice for Bob in a way that I was unable to do this year because of my family situation. And let me say, she is <i>way</i> better at this sort of thing than I am! That's all I can tell you right now, or I'll get tossed in the cooler. But keep an eye out for our announcement!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Secondly, I have written a feature article about Bob Crane, with a focus on his radio career, for <i>RetroFan Magazine</i>, which will be published in the March 2021 issue. Subscribe to <i>RetroFan </i>by <a href="https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=98_152&zenid=f98e4364c42becf54e609913285a5365" target="_blank">clicking here</a>. You can also purchase a single issue, if you prefer. Special thanks to Editor Michael Eury, who I met at the 2019 MidAtlantic Nostalgia Convention, for this wonderful opportunity!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And finally, we are still working on Bob Crane's recognition in the Radio Hall of Fame. The second we have new information, you'll be the first to know!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On behalf of Dee, Linda, and myself, we wish you health and happiness this holiday season, and a better, happier, healthier 2021!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Carol Ford</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><imageanchor style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEdjkxXbIjSyOLDv00twysWzZlyvNFdZuYEcOXX0VE5yCGeO4HgaHuGNlfZGf8u6OedTgTy_HzPWWeifajCAUNSS8q2qqFU2XfbVKYI4QxWrqabUyR-zzmyC_5S66y29pV93gDXqQW-oc/w574-h431/Christmas+background+6.2+s+copy.jpg" width="574" /></imageanchor></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-78708918797055314002020-09-20T07:00:00.000-07:002020-09-20T07:00:21.139-07:002015 Bob Crane & Hogan's Heroes Presentation Scheduled for Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention 2020 Virtual Event<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnX3ZFqW12ffsLvKAL-2RUzZcIW62Aj0ep7-P47ZaxgPzZuwmke9_yh9g-T3b1iPqFWEeexJUdHbgptek8NQ8kxtWnEvov4-acFMscOk8kA4WbGLKUhj2VU-YwmkxvAuvRDhH_VJCob9h/w330-h248/12003168_914125498623283_103421061917865658_n.jpg" width="330" /></imageanchor></div>The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidAtlanticNostalgiaConvention/photos/a.298773220326146/1548083672061755/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention</a> is holding a FREE virtual convention this year via Facebook (since they had to cancel their annual live event due to COVID). My 2015 presentation about Bob Crane and <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> is on the schedule!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm thrilled that my presentation is included! This was my very first presentation about Bob Crane, ever, which I gave on September 19, 2015, to launch <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>. Believe me when I tell you, I was <i>so</i> nervous, so please forgive any hiccups! But for anyone who has never been able to see my presentation and has wanted to, now you can! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><b>Bob Crane and Hogan's Heroes </b>(slide show presentation by Carol Ford) </div><div><b>Date:</b> Friday, September 25, 2020 </div><div><b>Time: </b>11:00 a.m. ET </div><div><b>How to Access: </b>Visit the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidAtlanticNostalgiaConvention/photos/a.298773220326146/1548083672061755/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention</a> Facebook Page. After the designated time, you can watch the presentation on demand at your convenience through late Sunday evening (September 27). </div><div><b>Cost: </b>It's FREE! </div><div>*Please consider making a donation to St. Jude's. The purpose of the convention each year is to raise money for St. Jude's, and they are in the process of organizing an online auction to go along with their virtual convention. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Visit the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidAtlanticNostalgiaConvention/photos/a.298773220326146/1548083672061755/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention</a> Facebook Page for the complete virtual convention schedule.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For a recap of my experiences at the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, <a href="https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/2015/09/bob-crane-his-hogan-cap-and-nostalgic.html" target="_blank">click here</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="960" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjih9UBs4UE5Y9IQj1RUzN0ksLGJxP9_Dh9RvwYzUFVJ-296SjYf9bPJ9kIuhSPmoHQyDhuCPdPRe6bv2x1e_NQOSitYU98UlBGRiouhCWl-SUhidp04I4otZ4vadTm_2a3NYfHRx4Bg8o_/w657-h384/1920350_914125475289952_7303171973267711663_n.jpg" width="657" /></imageanchor></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-45208434676147470852020-07-27T09:38:00.000-07:002020-07-28T10:41:55.243-07:00Bob Crane Interviews Regis Philbin, LA Broadcaster Michael Jackson [March 3, 1965]<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/niMn2JxR2g0" width="560"></iframe></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
Can't listen on YouTube? Click below:
<br />
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/865934326&color=%23282622&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><br />
<div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "interstate" , "lucida grande" , "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida sans" , "garuda" , "verdana" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;">
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user4515493" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Carol M. Ford">Carol M. Ford</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user4515493/bob-crane-interviews-regis-philbin-la-broadcaster-michael-jackson-march-3-1965" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Bob Crane Interviews Regis Philbin, LA Broadcaster Michael Jackson [March 3, 1965]">Bob Crane Interviews Regis Philbin, LA Broadcaster Michael Jackson [March 3, 1965]</a></div>
<br />
<i style="text-align: center;">Note: Interview starts around the 51:00 mark.</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<hr />
On July 24, 2020, Regis Philbin passed away from cardiovascular disease in Greenwich, Connecticut. A legendary and much beloved talk show and game show host, his passing marks the loss of yet another Hollywood icon. I've always liked Regis Philbin, and I was saddened to learn he was no longer with us.
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
After hearing of Regis Philbin's passing, I recalled that in November 1969, Bob Crane had been a guest on his show, <i>Philbin's People</i>. I searched for the episode during the research phase of <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography, </i>and I was hoping that since some time had passed, I'd now find a copy. I didn't find the episode of <i>Philbin's People,</i> but I did find something else.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CvSv6GcTxpa8z8VTSTSZzatIf1opMB2zbE8nAbFpQCMTbvLWJD2IlCFvgBLyV-JGeKQzuLb0gvrgckuDfrDkOWo4FGVdGruCPU3Fgun0SIPN4ZTBD6Iy9WTfZBJ9rPHbiXBGXqMzxXvB/s400/Bob_Regis.jpg" width="285" /></imageanchor></div>
A rare aircheck of <i>The Bob Crane Show</i> from KNX, dated March 3, 1965, surfaced, and to my surprise and delight, I now had over an hour of radio gold I had not yet heard. As if by Fate, Bob Crane's guests that day were Regis Philbin and Los Angeles broadcaster Michael Jackson (not the "King of Pop"). The aircheck was found in an estate sale, and while I don't know the folks over at <a href="https://www.bratproductions.com/audiovault/index.html" target="_blank">Brat Productions</a>, I'm happily indebted to their skillful restoration and preservation of this recording, and its transference from reel-to-reel to digital.<br />
<br />
Believe me when I tell you, I own many rare recordings of Bob Crane's radio shows, and I've been hunting for them for decades. For me to find one that I haven't heard is a challenge. That being said, locating <i>this</i> particular aircheck, where Regis Philbin is Bob's guest and that Regis passed away just days before, is a little bit remarkable. I'm curiously intrigued by the supernatural and believe strongly in the Afterlife. I couldn't help but grin as this aircheck fell so easily into my hands, when earlier searches never revealed it (note, it was posted on the Brat Productions website in May 2016). I won't question it. I'll simply enjoy it!<br />
<br />
Any day that I find a long-lost aircheck from one of Bob Crane's radio shows is like Christmas day for me. In the very least, it is another example of Bob's innovative work in radio, for which he should be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. At best, maybe in those previously lost minutes, he'll tell me something that I didn't know before.<br />
<br />
The sweetest part of this aircheck is where Bob talks about going to the movies with his then-four-year-old daughter Karen. Bob took Karen to see <i>The Sound of Music</i>, and when the lights came on at intermission, she believed the film was over! And that was it! They had to leave without seeing the rest of the film! Bob says how he needs to go back to see the second half so he knows how the film ends.<br />
<br />
<imageanchor style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7BqcxfIwBtTBZqstcLnw5nmXdEaHdGkkO2Jix6fl3q6HYWJYUo9eadbY4w52cdHrbLJtYNHfUyf5apbAaADrWixNrOdzSmTqfd172z4VhQkbS5WYAHmcVR7IhQZe4bWrekG8LPdfBfOs/s320/Bob_Fiend.jpg" width="259" /></imageanchor></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Bob also talks about hosting a a late-night celebrity interview show, and he notes it is not easy (Bob routinely guest-hosted <i>The Tonight Show</i> for Jack Paar and Johnny Carson, and even turned down the offer to permanently host <i>The Tonight Show</i> following Paar's departure). Bob says, "I just read a review on the new late-night show on ABC that Shelley Berman was the host for the other night... The review in <i>Variety </i>today says, 'Forget it!' It says, 'Les Crane's show replacement had a mediocre start, and it went downhill from there.' I saw it. It's one of those things—a lot of comics, a lot of actors think that the Jack Paar-Johnny Carson routine is a simple one. They say, 'What do you do? You sit at a desk. What an easy way to make a buck.' And let them try it. And they all fall flat. That's a tough thing to do. As this reviewer says. Those late-night interview things all depend on who the guy is asking the questions. Otherwise you get nowhere."<br />
<br />
This is poignant stuff. At the time, Bob was the only radio host to give live, unrehearsed celebrity interviews daily, which he did over KNX from 1958-1965. Bob Crane was very well versed in the topic of how to conduct a celebrity interview (or any interview, for that matter). His commentary here shows his respect for fellow interviewers, but this respect can be extended to our contemporary late-night talk show hosts (Stephen Colbert, you are my favorite!). It should also be noted that Bob had an incident while interviewing Shelley Berman on his KNX show, so I think there may have been a subtle revelry in his decision to include <i>Variety's</i> harsh critical review of Berman in his show.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Another item of interest with this aircheck is that in March 1965, Bob Crane was nearing the end of his radio career, even though he didn't know it at the time. In May 1965, he signed a new one-year contract with KNX, but by June 1965, he knew juggling two high-profile, full-time jobs was taking a toll on his health and well-being. As much as he loved radio, he decided to focus solely on <i>Hogan's Heroes.</i> He rolled the dice, gambled on the series, and he won.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In addition to filming <i>Hogan's Heroes </i>episodes for Season One throughout the spring of 1965, Bob stayed on as the morning drive host at KNX-CBS Radio. It was a grueling schedule—on the air from 6:00-10:00 a.m. every day, rushing to the set of <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> to rehearse or film, and then back to KNX to prepare for the next day's show. Bob usually got home around 9:30 or 10:00 p.m., ate his dinner with a newspaper propped up against a milk bottle, and hardly saw his family at all. Then he'd get up at the crack of dawn the next day and do it all over again. I can hear some exhaustion in his voice in this aircheck, especially at the beginning.</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Bob Crane's KNX interview with Regis Philbin and Michael Jackson begins around the 51:00 mark, and I'm thinking that there are pieces missing to it because Bob's celebrity interviews typically ran for about 30 to 45 minutes (starting at 9:15 and ending at 10:00 a.m.). But it's so much fun to hear what we've got—Bob and Regis bantering, talking about the industry and telling stories, along with Michael Jackson, whose deep British intonation complements their often-frenetic tones. Regis also talks about the possibility of going into acting. This is not surprising because he had been trying, at least for a couple of years. Earlier, in 1963, Bob Crane and Regis Philbin were vying for the same role—not as talk show hosts, but as actors. Bob had auditioned for and won the role of Dr. Dave Kelsey on <i>The Donna Reed Show</i>. A little known fact is Regis Philbin was the other contender. For details, I'll direct you to our book, <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>. (Hey, I can't give it <i>all</i> away!) Regis and Bob also talk about the sudden cancelation of <i>The Regis Philbin Show</i>, which taped its last show on March 5, 1965 (just two days after this interview).</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In all, this a beautiful interview, providing glimpses into the lives and careers of both Bob Crane and Regis Philbin, and I'm so glad to have found it. And that's my final answer.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
Rest in peace, Regis Philbin.<br />
<br />
<imageanchor><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFV9OwKqi4n4y3vY-9PfEDnsi7yMarxNHl6akDzo081eMm4h9fDBENRN-QIAcSYf7EBWi35Nen98cwhOdiG0aHTYDWKN5YcC_e_37UiqwcrbmIhhUv5uYZutMfZDCMN5NREw2CsmimNyLl/s640/Screen+Shot+2020-07-26+at+2.37.02+PM.png" width="640" /></imageanchor>
Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-30930444031860556592020-07-13T08:23:00.002-07:002020-07-13T08:25:43.076-07:00WMEX Interview with Official Bob Crane Biographers, Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-rqcaP_G-w" width="560"></iframe>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
On July 12, 2020, Linda Groundwater and I were interviewed about Bob Crane on WMEX by hosts Gary Leavitt and Keith Leavitt as part of their newly re-established program <i>Gary Leavitt and Friends.</i> What was supposed to be a twenty-minute interview on the Boston radio station, beginning at 6:30 a.m. and ending at 6:50 a.m. (ET), ended up going for more than forty minutes, concluding around 7:20 a.m.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Linda and I had hoped to go on the air together yesterday. When we get going about Bob Crane and his life and career, we are a powerhouse—and it is fun! But there was a technical difficulty. Linda was having trouble connecting from Australia. Unable to delay any longer, I started the interview a little after 6:30 and blasted through. Worried that Linda would not be able to get patched in, I rushed to try and cover as much as possible in our twenty-minute segment. Also happening on the side as I was speed-talking—me trying to figure out how to help Linda connect! </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Fortunately, Linda did get through, but they were not able to bring us both on together. After I talked about Bob Crane's early growing up years in Connecticut and his radio career, not to mention setting the record straight about <i>Auto Focus</i> (at a rapid pace and multitasking—who says I don't have radio skills!), Linda came on after me to discuss <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> and Bob's role in it in detail. It was a fun interview, and I am delighted that our segment stretched long past the originally allotted twenty-minute mark. Fantastic! Big thanks to WMEX and to hosts Gary Leavitt and Keith Leavitt, and deepest apologies to whomever we bumped!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Today marks what would have been Bob Crane's 92nd birthday. Born on Friday, July 13, 1928, Bob jam-packed so much life into his short 49 years. The only thing is, unlike how we were given an extension on our interview despite how much we crammed in there, Bob was not given an extension beyond 49th birthday. He was murdered on June 29, 1978—just two weeks shy of his 50th birthday. The crime remains unsolved to this day. During his time alive, Bob Crane accomplished so much, and I have no doubt he would have accomplished so much more had he lived.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
When Linda Groundwater, Dee Young, and I were researching Bob's life for <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>, we didn't know what we were going to learn. What we did learn was the <i>truth</i>. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We continue our work on Bob's behalf because the truth is in stark contrast to the glaring tabloid headlines and the erroneous plot of <i>Auto Focus</i> (as a reminder, director Paul Schrader stated to the <i>New York Times,</i> "You know, [John Henry] Carpenter was not as important in Crane's life as he is in the film. It is a distortion... My intent with <i>Auto Focus</i> is not to be true or definitive. People's actual lives are not really that interesting. And with Crane I wanted to get at something meaty. Otherwise, who cares? Would you want to watch a movie about Alan Hale?"). </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
To put it another way, if we had learned that Bob Crane had actually been a creep, freak, jerk, weirdo, asshole, and any other number of colorful adjectives used by the public in inadequate judgment of him since his death, we would have reported that as such and moved on. Rest assured, we would not have continued. But all of those words are <i>not</i> who or what he was. And because we <i>know</i> that, we have an obligation to Bob, his family, his dearest friends, and his coworkers to keep setting it right. More importantly, we have a moral obligation to the <i>truth</i>.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Take some time and listen to our WMEX interview (YouTube link above). Read our book. Listen to our podcast. Follow us on social media. Ask us questions. Discover who Bob Crane really was, and just as importantly, who he was <i>not</i>.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<imageanchor><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz8_-g28ELH4t89dN-uwXAQKztwUt4zw7us6TxA_3_5ervba7f0Kj5ALb5vjpTWAdR8AXRozp4vDJVY3q3WgWFNNeb60CTZjpCxw80m6nP-0ncU0ZR9Dfw2d5GWSgKd773HyT3lKXUjBC/s640/1063798_543093262393177_1880580915_o.jpg" width="640" /></imageanchor></div>
Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-33932444606778023942020-07-05T11:08:00.000-07:002020-07-05T11:10:54.219-07:00Liberty Aviation Museum, MidAtlantic Nostalgia Con — See You in 2021!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpqowvIGvXBJGmlONJ8qTG6Zwl0HC8TGvXW5pSPlUP51UQHvfmQgA4TVLulVZgqDVlunLMkmoE3Jxq3zEe7tt6qZFn-AyJMHvE-BIfLNwUKAlrWbzLhLsr1aIZFlAw2kRPmjlWcPf5fc6/s320/IMG_0877-e1512138092909-1024x1024.jpg" width="320" /></imageanchor></div>
Sadly, both of our big author events have been cancelled for 2020.
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
First, due to personal family health concerns, I will not be able to make the trip to the <a href="https://vote4bobcrane.org/book/liberty-aviation-museum/" target="_blank">Liberty Aviation Museum</a>
as originally planned at the end of July. However, the museum is
currently open, so I urge you to check their website for updates on
events. Remember, you can order <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i> and other cool items in their <a href="https://px.libertyaviationmuseum.org/collections/books-magazines/products/bob-crane-the-definitive-biography-by-carol-ford" target="_blank">online gift shop</a>! All author proceeds from sales of Bob Crane's bio<span class="text_exposed_show">graphy
through the museum gift shop are donated back to the museum. Help them
out with a purchase during this unprecedented year. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /></span></div>
<div class="text_exposed_show">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Second, since 2015, I have attended the <a href="https://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com/" target="_blank">Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention</a>
and have met so many wonderful folks there over the years! I was
already unable to attend, but for all of the obvious reasons, the event
has been cancelled for 2020. However, they will
be holding a free virtual event, so be sure to like their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidAtlanticNostalgiaConvention/?__tn__=kCH-R&eid=ARB5t74GqVQTvvzRQeLFcvfOVOGnyZRugN1hRwgrQ9xYJUPBhSpzABcV386_Kjim9p8p6R-u54mXOHhh&hc_ref=ARRXQRnjI78I532QqUojm4TZQte2RZByIO_KOoPsTpDFWgPkGJ8LkVq0ngc-7PQjcAk&fref=nf&__xts__[0]=68.ARD8HFPUyf5EEZQfIscOBayT38EKZ3OTHR-jNr8Y22Pt2P2uLrCzePwb3jV2u2DwX9btkMBnDFgZqVR1Au-cgw4OFBDTGJw6Jy_6VeYcKZrXwCqKn2ybqcySvAkOer79bmn4Y2ZOv9BVEDcFfMB--vek9Iv-nEFXqQ9wy2-9W4s09JumUPAMaJ4F8kSEIPWGD-S1NkQQIzgFca_0lJAWON44E5NvPYSjlKvq4ykwA8zAvnQjvu7uMDViY40Ava2OAve3ru9G9z0YaT83gOP0bhd_YcOGypO-hUCrK42ke0hnZpQYDkzID8ZbzPN6ewxJqTIYv5Z76xjVKMojn8P76jgcR_kqFy3WfBx-Owa13TCN454ALFuDtKh1m-WmJdl-vcw1uLMFOx7hO0S-aP9nOWD6Q5l5zgm2724_4Q3xT6JIc2Eh7jkfGpXJnAul06JsiljYum8YaPhktx7QXlsbL7meGghEX7vYp2-rPkXXzGSnE4LydG-hzpYZ" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> for
updates.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am so sad that I won't be able to see all of my
friends this year at both events—owners, organizers, and attendees
alike, but this was absolutely the right decision to make in both cases.
I am planning to see everyone back at the museum and the convention in
2021! In the meantime, check back here and on our social media sites for virtual events, interviews,
and new projects we have in the works about Bob Crane.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Take care, stay safe, and be well!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MQhXAz0rXWQtcWETRVN6XjzpX4EUItDLkBW_PE4_Z53wNdOHVONqK63rnOAcuK61fviXm-ChHPmcm7DIARvnTTFnVTtz20mPOix3T5SrMmYqAWD6ZNWw7NA9OAkP1YA74LuYLjULyXnN/s640/69880043_10220458748725009_7564758492951609344_o.jpg" width="640" /></imageanchor></div>
</div>
Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-59816422399163595392020-07-03T15:04:00.002-07:002020-07-04T08:21:01.634-07:00Why We Care about Hogan's Heroes Star Bob Crane<div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-testid="post_message" id="js_1ap">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjhDq4rXU-RfbEQRiwV5coyrTlb8U9mS8t_aeaDeiDh2tpZpS9v5IJGOfCI2kVxjgoJFtMNQ6Tp588wYkzPG-8UJnIeufj3s_6nzYk2wmWYztuaFQUQYtmANfW9hw7JksLmmV16j9Bsez/s400/105944456_3155014441201033_7667012889004329158_n.jpg" width="265" /></imageanchor></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<i><b>—by Linda J. Groundwater</b></i></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Long post, but important to read, please. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
When <i><b><a href="https://vote4bobcrane.org/book/about-the-book/" target="_blank">Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</a></b></i> was conceived more than 15
years ago, the goal was to bring to the surface, the truth about Bob
Crane. To separate the truth from the lies, the reality from the rumor,
and the hidden gems and buried things that showed Bob as a whole,
three-dimensional person into the light.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
More than a decade was
spent making this happen. We went from one person, to two, to three
deeply involved in this expedition. And we picked up speed and momentum
along the way, talking to anyone who was willing, who had ANY connection
with Bob, be it professional, personal, familial. We had NO
expectations. All we wanted was the truth, whatever it was.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
What
we learned surprised us, saddened us, made us joyful. Surprised that
there was even more depth than we had imagined. Sad that a life so rich,
and so full of potential and hope even in the difficult times, was cut
short. Joyful, that there was so much good to tell, and that after so
many difficult encounters, that the people who truly knew Bob finally
had a chance to tell their truth to people who would listen, and tell it
faithfully, without twisting it, or sensationalizing it, or making it
fit an agenda.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<imageanchor style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0aPG32Yv5xgPQvbBb8CU2WJmzp_vNa73n6qRrsDk_sscnAMLRG8JC_3DabaITdvALIORtl8mQGsTEyY0z1IdCkzad9twi4gNT4Bbj_ey0hK0oYWnKpsmec-nG9TEtXNg1ZBgYNu6nXNDM/s400/106588348_3155014291201048_1085353239908210828_n.jpg" width="331" /></imageanchor></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Since its publication, our mission has been to
spread the word about this man, about his truth, about his LIFE, and
occasionally to dispel the falsities about his death. We have the
support of his family, his friends, his coworkers, his estate. We
represent no one but Bob himself-- we are not family representatives or
anything of the sort. We do not make money from the sale of the book or
from posting on these pages. We do not make money from the podcasts.
Author proceeds are either donated to various charities and non-profit
organizations, including to the Liberty Aviation Museum and charities of
our choice, or go directly to funding our work on Bob Crane's behalf,
such as the podcast and other projects. We are not out to support any
particular point of view. As Bob's official biographers, we aim simply
to tell the <b><i>TRUTH</i></b>.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
With that in mind, we are grateful for the
people who come to these pages looking for the true story of Bob Crane.
Who want to know truth instead of fiction. We expect people come to this
page because they already know that there's more to Bob than they have
been told, or they want to know what that truth is. That they want to be
educated. That if they have theories or ideas, that they are willing to
be gently told the truth as we know it. Those who choose truth over
ignorance will find this page to be a haven. Those who choose to cling
to their false ideas by being abusive toward others on the timeline, by
insisting on maintaining their false ideas despite being able to educate
themselves (e.g.-- the truth has just been advised, or they can read
the book, or listen to the podcast, or look at any of the firsthand
sources that we provide), and instead of accepting that the truth is not
what they thought, continue to spew vitriol, hate, and salacious
untruths, will be removed and blocked from the page.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i><b> Bob Crane:
The Definitive Biography</b></i> is about truth. It's about fixing the wrongs
and exposing reality. Abuse of Bob, his family or friends, the authors,
or other members of the page is not welcome and those guilty of this
will be removed without warning. Those who start out ignorant or
uninformed are welcome with open arms. Those who stubbornly choose to
stay that way in the rudest ways possible, will be removed.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Take a page out of Bob's own book: have a desire to learn. Learn the truth about Bob Crane.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
<i><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bobcranebiography/posts/3155014714534339?__xts__[0]=68.ARAO28jqph9LpJbzdDZgANrdnry-hhmg3AphNE4uGkasBH4xHP5jZwETFyGINe250ZaGfY3nYVkwdYmjZiKO9eydjtvfaarIgSL1oiSSGwU1yvh400nbAhVsjA2UbL6luX_2Yq14c7DkQVCALAooAKF14BatclwkhmYt_3SN4LH9VQogDagRG1ZwNvaJ3ChbldTHurrO92_KIorXUi9xp_FzTZnzFzlpLu9KBH1BtbsZd70rG1IjvQehhaL-Ew8B0PhR7Mzyr9G4WQFKuKchNHjzz6qNprRegF5Hz7WSpYdaLfrTNvE4PCUtDGBmc5Uyv_YxJFU2UTaE1zDsHvyEeHTJ6w&__tn__=-R" target="_blank">(For the original Facebook post, click here.)</a></b></i><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWFSaU0B9sbKiwfe_7AIlMbu7gqRvChB9DZQRUW9gt6-mo_phIT0uX-W5SpvxCpjF9oh2S4DNnTPxwAdpt4Gi2iNIzRQ5BSVpdOPw7tWEsifXWN5F3vG1O6jY9hLIzNjw6uxfMdTsYndX/s640/106319553_3155014237867720_112617171449770152_o.jpg" width="640" /></imageanchor></div>
</div>
Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-59664723264398153472020-06-28T13:36:00.007-07:002020-06-29T04:15:03.241-07:00The Final Days of Bob Crane: Fact vs. Fiction [PODCAST]<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a class="spreaker-player" data-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=34151438" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/34151438">Listen to "06. The Final Days of Bob Crane: Fact vs. Fiction [Part 1]" on Spreaker.</a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a class="spreaker-player" data-autoplay="false" data-chapters-image="true" data-episode-image-position="left" data-height="150px" data-hide-comments="false" data-hide-download="true" data-hide-likes="false" data-hide-logo="false" data-hide-sharing="false" data-live-autoplay="false" data-playlist-continuous="false" data-playlist="false" data-resource="episode_id=34151500" data-theme="dark" data-width="100%" href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/34151500">Listen to "07. The Final Days of Bob Crane: Fact vs. Fiction [Part 2]" on Spreaker.</a>
<br />
<i><b>Note:</b> This two-part episodes contains details about adult situations, including sex and murder, and is unsuitable for children. Parental discretion is advised.</i><br />
<br />
<imageanchor style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-3XiBDYJGVDRjIjPe6IVdvRVVTmm-sRJI8jP4FVdMrvixKfU_QfpcD3mfEoEogwsyUQNpM1E9zrNwqQ2E6DzxgLkaDipMa7QxVeNf_7dxSDXBSsTBGqquGvtQZkvcB8H3y4Ef1CSPgrQ/s400/s-l1600+%25283%2529.jpg" width="265" /></imageanchor></div>
On the evening of June 28, 1978, Bob Crane finished the night's production of <i>Beginner's Luck</i> at the Windmill Dinner Theatre in Scottsdale, Arizona. This particular run of the show seemed to not be going as well as others. On the outer cassette label of an audio tape he made of one of the performances, he had hand-written "DISASTER" on one side and "BOMB" on the other. Nevertheless, whatever he might have thought or felt was not visible to his audience. They flocked to see the <i>Hogan's Heroes</i> star, and they laughed and applauded throughout the show. It also didn't prevent him from happily signing his autograph on Playbills in the theatre's lobby following the performance. Bob loved his fans, and he was known to graciously give out his autograph whenever asked.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
According to Victoria Berry Wells, who costarred in <i>Beginner's Luck</i> with Bob during this run, the last time she saw Bob was as he drove away with John Carpenter following the performance of June 28, 1978. When Linda Groundwater and I spoke at length with Vicky for <i>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</i>, she stressed—it was the last time she saw him <i>alive</i>.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
What happened next during the overnight hours has been the subject of books, documentaries, podcast episodes, and the film <i>Auto Focus</i>. At some point, it is said that Bob Crane told Carpenter he no longer wanted to continue engaging in a sexually active lifestyle. One witness claimed she saw the two men drinking (although Bob did <i>not</i> drink) and dancing into the late hours. It was also reported that Bob asked a woman to return to the apartment with him, but she declined. It is widely believed that Bob and Carpenter returned to his apartment together. Carpenter claimed that he overheard Bob have an argument with his estranged wife, Patty (Sigrid Valdis). The argument was allegedly so loud, that neighbors could hear it, and they said they were worried Bob would lose his voice and might not be able to perform in the play the next night.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
By 4:00 in the morning on June 29, everything was quiet. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
And it was around that time that someone either silently entered Bob's apartment or was someone who never left. As Bob slept, his unknown assailant approached and delivered a fatal blow to his head, killing him instantly. Bob Crane, known the world over as Colonel Hogan, was gone. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Victoria Berry Wells had the unfortunate notoriety of being the person to find Bob dead in his apartment the next morning, when he missed an engagement with her to record a demo tape for a pilot he was pitching to a studio. The police and detectives were called, and from that moment on, speculation and scandal prevailed, misinformation and misunderstanding abounded, and a new Bob Crane was born—one who was the butt of all sex jokes, one who was tossed about with little to no understanding, and one whose life and career became a hazy blur in exchange for media glare and caricaturization.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Linda Groundwater began officially researching Bob's life in 2003, about a year after <i>Auto Focus</i> was released in theaters. She was met with slammed doors and ignored requests. In 2005, when Dee and I joined Linda in this quest for the truth, she had talked with just a handful of people: Al Warren and Morgan Kaolian from WICC in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Bob's cousin Jim Senich. The three of us worked hard to earn trust, which then led to the <i>truth</i>.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We are not criminologists. We are not psychologists (although both Linda and I took undergrad psyche courses in college). While Bob's murder was important to us because it was how he died, it was not the intent of our book to rehash the murder—again. Our intent was to provide truth, clarity, and understanding. It was also to expose any fallacies and falsehoods, and correct them. And we did.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Our work on Bob Crane's behalf is more than just writing a book, slapping our names on the cover, and calling it a day. So many beautiful people from his life have entrusted us with their memories of their father, cousin, friend, and coworker. They would say to us, "Write the book!" and "We're in this with you!" </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Linda, Dee, and I became part of Bob's inner circle. With that comes responsibility. <i>We</i> are now in this with <i>them</i>.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
On this, the 42nd anniversary of the murder of Bob Crane, we present a two-part podcast episode, "The Final Days of Bob Crane: Fact vs. Fiction." As you listen, you may be surprised <span class="_5yl5">that the Bob Crane you thought you knew... wasn't the real Bob Crane at all.</span><br />
<br />
Rest in peace, Bob. We're still on our soap box, and we're not going anywhere.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<imageanchor style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1302" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMV3k8taBEueaKDoQ-hQVvQAGP5kciR1KP3sR7fTeUG3BD931g4kpjK4F-WzwxBCw7JIVUixLINJeqRE9O8rX5wROmDgZvReGj51OieObA-lffmPkdcuBEl0XrrT7GQCo-eIqbF5_tTeAV/s640/Bob_Smiling_Alone.jpg" width="520" /></imageanchor></div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>Subscribe to <b>Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane</b> on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Spreaker, our YouTube Channel, and everywhere podcasts are found.</i></div>
Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643117088861268605.post-4698260539523543162020-06-24T10:28:00.000-07:002020-06-24T18:23:08.241-07:00Bob Crane Biographers Carol Ford, Linda Groundwater | TV Confidential Interview (Part 2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<imageanchor style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEeSvOGaZhbLiKtQYiMlM5YHwf3ffsQwn-qyttG8zjPl9PLFV9ZjM_LtLZf5MUmk5peuxQjBK04qDtZPgxxh2qfWwKmgl0K5BKYods_LF_SX3IMP_I9sFHgQrvD7BMp53rarsj384xK3f/s400/BC+cover-Final.jpg" width="270" /></imageanchor></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We're back at it! This weekend, Part 2 of our three-part interview with <i>TV Confidential</i> host Ed Robertson will air on radio stations across the United States and Canada. Ed has been a strong supporter of our work and has officially endorsed Bob Crane's nomination for induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Be sure to show your support by following TV Confidential on social media, joining the mailing list, or becoming a <i>TV Confidential</i> Confidant! Visit the <a href="https://www.televisionconfidential.com/radio-stations/ernie-kovacs-knuckles-nash-and-the-radio-career-of-bob-crane-next-on-tvc/" target="_blank">TV Confidential website</a> for details.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
__________________________________</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>The following is reprinted from the <a href="https://www.televisionconfidential.com/radio-stations/ernie-kovacs-knuckles-nash-and-the-radio-career-of-bob-crane-next-on-tvc/" target="_blank">TV Confidential website</a>:</i></div>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ernie Kovacs, Knuckles & Nash, and The Radio Career of Bob Crane: Next on TVC</b></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We’ll play Part 4 of our conversation with Emmy Award-winning talk show host and producer John Barbour (<em>Real People</em>, <em>Ernie Kovacs: Television’s Original Genius</em>), plus we’ll welcome back authors Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater (<em>Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</em>). </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We’ll play <a href="https://www.televisionconfidential.com/radio-stations/podcast-of-tv-confidential-show-no-483-2-with-guests-carol-ford-and-linda-groundwater-is-available-for-listening-on-demand/">Part 2 of a three-part conversation</a> with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vote4bobcrane/">Carol Ford</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bobcranebiography/">Linda Groundwater</a>, two of the co-authors (along with Dee Young) of <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0991033078?ie=UTF8&tag=tvcon05-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=0991033078">Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</a></em>, a comprehensive, cradle-to-grave look at the life and career of the beloved <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017Q8QNJK?ie=UTF8&tag=tvcon05-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B017Q8QNJK">Hogan’s Heroes</a></em> star whose accomplishments in television and radio are often overshadowed by the brutal nature of his unsolved murder on June 29, 1978 and the tabloid-like coverage of his addiction to sex and porn once that became public knowledge after his death.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
This week’s segment will particularly focus on Crane’s radio career, from its unlikely start on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw2SG9n-AF8">WLEA in Hornell, Connecticut</a> to his nine-year run (1956-1965) as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4IqOqlcik8">host and star of the top-rated morning show on KNX-AM, the CBS radio affiliate in Los Angeles</a>. Crane not only made radio a spectator sport, but pioneered many elements of radio production that remain industry standard today. We’ll also discuss Crane’s television career, before and after <em>Hogan’s Heroes</em>, and how he was just beginning to grow as an actor at the time of his murder. Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater will join us in our first hour.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0991033078?ie=UTF8&tag=tvcon05-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=0991033078">Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography</a></em> includes first-hand insight from more than two hundred people who knew Bob Crane personally and better than most: family members; his friends from Connecticut, including many who knew him as far back as grade school; his colleagues from TV, the theatre, the movies, and, above all, radio; and the addiction counselor whose help Crane sought in an effort to overcome his addiction, in the weeks before he was killed.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
All this, and more, on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing June 26-28 at the following times and venues:</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://wbrtcountry.com/">WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1</a><br />
Bardstown, KY<br />
Friday 6/26<br />
9am ET 6am PT<br />
Listen Live at <a href="http://wbrtcountry.com/wbrt-1320am--97.1fm.html">WBRTCountry.com</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.ksav.org/">Share-a-Vision Radio</a><br />
San Francisco Bay Area<br />
Friday 6/26<br />
7pm ET, 4pm PT<br />
10pm ET, 7pm PT<br />
Click on the Listen Live button at <a href="http://www.ksav.org/">KSAV.org</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/KSAV-s132074/">KSAV TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.radioslot.com/talk-slot/">RadioSlot.com</a><br />
San Francisco, CA<br />
Friday 6/26<br />
10pm ET, 7pm PT<br />
Saturday 6/27<br />
11pm ET, 8pm PT<br />
Sunday 6/28<br />
11pm ET, 8pm PT<br />
with replays Monday thru Friday 11am ET, 8am PT<br />
Click on the Talk Slot button at <a href="http://www.radioslot.com/talk-slot/">RadioSlot.com</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.wallingfordmedia.com/our-stations/">WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5<br />
</a>Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY<br />
Saturday 6/27<br />
9am ET, 6am PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1035wkxo/">Facebook.com/1035wkxo</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://kdunradio.wixsite.com/kdun">KDUN AM 1030<br />
</a>Eugene/Springfield/Reedsport, OR<br />
Saturday 6/27<br />
Noon ET, 9am PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="https://kdunradio.wixsite.com/kdun">kdunradio.wixsite.com/kdun</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://kscj.com/">WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1</a><br />
South Bend/Plymouth, IN<br />
Saturday 6/27<br />
3pm ET, Noon PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="http://am1050.com/">am1050.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/WTCA-1050-s23076/">WTCA TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://kscj.com/">KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM</a><br />
Sioux City, IA<br />
Saturday 6/27<br />
4pm CT, 2pm PT<br />
Sunday 6/21<br />
6pm CT, 4pm PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="http://kscj.com/listen-live/">KSCJ.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/KSCJ-1360-s35251/">KSCJ TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.indianatalks.com/">Indiana Talks</a><br />
Huntington, IN<br />
Saturday 6/27<br />
8pm ET, 5pm PT<br />
Sunday 6/28<br />
10am ET, 7am PT<br />
Click on the player at <a href="http://www.indianatalks.com/">IndianaTalks.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/TV-Confidential-p624801/">Indiana Talks TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://mixlr.com/920-won-the-apple/">WON 920 The Apple</a><br />
Brooklyn, NY<br />
Saturday 6/27<br />
10pm ET, 7pm PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="https://www.televisionconfidential.com/radio-stations/ernie-kovacs-knuckles-nash-and-the-radio-career-of-bob-crane-next-on-tvc/wonnewyork.net/">WONNewYork.net</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://wlad.com/">WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1</a><br />
Danbury, CT<br />
Sunday 6/27<br />
5am ET, 2am PT<br />
Also streaming at <a href="https://wlad.com/">WLAD.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/WLAD-800-s30538/">WLAD TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.ksco.com/">KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1</a><br />
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA<br />
Sunday 6/27<br />
9am ET, 6am PT<br />
Also streaming at <a href="http://www.ksco.com/">KSCO.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/Talk-Back-Radio-1080-s35254/">KSCO TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://tunein.com/radio/KOMY-1340-s34522/">KOMY AM-1340</a><br />
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA<br />
Sunday 6/28<br />
9am ET, 6am PT<br />
Hear us online on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/KOMY-1340-s34522/">KOMY TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.crocradio.com/">CROC Radio</a><br />
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada<br />
Sunday 6/28<br />
1pm ET, 10am PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="http://www.crocradio.com/">CROCRadio.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/CROC-Radio-s124013/">CROC Radio TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://fallsradio.com/">KLTF 960 AM</a><br />
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN<br />
Sunday 6/28<br />
6pm CT, 4pm PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="https://fallsradio.com/">FallsRadio.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/KLTF-960-s33872/">KLTF TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://easttexasradio.com/stations/kplt/">KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM</a><br />
Paris, TX<br />
Sunday 6/28<br />
8pm CT, 6pm PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="http://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=KPLT">EastTexasRadio.com/stations/kplt/</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/KPLT-1490-s34680/">KPLT TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.wdigradio.com/">WDIG AM 1450</a><br />
Dothan, AL<br />
Sunday 6/28<br />
10pm ET, 7pm PT<br />
Streaming at <a href="https://www.wdigradio.com/about">WDIGRadio.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/WDIG-Radio-1450-s23824/">WDIG TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.coyote395.com/">KHMB AM-1710<br />
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM</a><br />
Half Moon Bay, CA<br />
Sunday 6/28<br />
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 6/29)<br />
Click on the Listen Live button at <a href="http://www.khmbradio.com/">KHMBRadio.com</a><br />
or listen to us on the <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/KHMV-LP-1009-s241108/">KHMB/KHMV TuneIn channel</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://passionateworldtalkradio.com/">PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com</a><br />
A member of the <a href="http://www.truli.com/channels/passionate-world-radio-network">Truli Media Group</a><br />
Ann Arbor, MI ~ Boston, MA ~ Chicago, IL ~ Melrose, FL ~ Los Angeles, CA<br />
Various times throughout the week on <a href="https://passionateworldtalkradio.com/">PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com</a><br />
and the <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Passionate-World-Radio-Network-LLC-s268006/">PWR channel</a> on <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Passionate-World-Radio-Network-LLC-s268006/">TuneIn</a><br />
<br />
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television</div>
<br />Vote For Bob Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923268162170492339noreply@blogger.com