In our last episode, we looked at the East Coast blacklist of TV and radio performers triggered by "Red Channels" -- which listed the "Communistic activities" of supposed radicals -- and the lives that were ruined by it. In this episode we look at the pushback -- the positive results of people standing up to a small number of self-appointed vigilantes, and what happened when networks and sponsors stood strong against threats to shows such as "I've Got a Secret" and "I Love Lucy." We also look at one man who finally had enough and took the blacklist creators and enforcers to court.
Life According to "Hey, Arnold!"
It's the "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Halloween Special!
Elvis Presley -- Year One
When Louis Met Dolly
The World Accordion to Lawrence Welk
What We Watched: Cartoons and Kids' Shows
Orson Welles's Radio Days
A Short, Unhappy "Life with Lucy"
Raymond Burr's Secrets and Lies
Variations on a Theme Song (1966 Edition)
Silverman's Travels
What We Laughed At
Sid Caesar and His Demons
The Miracle of "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
Sonny and Cher's Long, Strange TV Trip
Seven and a Half Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
The Marlon Brando-Wally Cox Connection
What We Saw at the Movies
A Very Short History of TV Shows with Very Short Histories
The 1960s: What We Listened To
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