Keefe Brasselle’s show business career includes a few movies, some TV work, probable arson, extortion, kickbacks, assault with a deadly weapon and lots of threats of bodily harm. His unholy alliance with a CBS executive led to the executive’s downfall, and his repeated boasting about his mafia connections, along with his lack of any real talent, made him a bitter has-been reduced to writing and acting in a 1970s drive-in quicky. In this episode we examine Brasselle’s career and his unsavory associations.
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The Quiz Show Scandals: "The $64,000 Question"
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The Rise and Fall of Dragnet
When Maude Findlay Had an Abortion
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