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Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
As a Thanksgiving holiday bonus for Dark Tube listeners, here's an episode from our new YouTube Channel called Best Eps, chronicling the greatest episodes in television history.
The first episode is the fascinating behind-the-scenes inspiration for the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "Turkeys Away." And the story behind the inconic line: "As God as my witness... I thought turkeys could fly."
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Happy Thanksgiving!
SHOW NOTES:
Best Eps “Turkeys Away” (WKRP in Cincinnati) Season 1, Episode 7 Airdate: Oct. 30, 1978 Written by: Bill Dial Directed by: Michael Zinberg
Classic TV History Blog:
https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/turkeys-away-an-oral-history/
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Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Hexum’s death leaves Hollywood in shock as Cover Up producers scramble to continue the show. Meanwhile, Hexum’s organ donation improves the lives of five strangers, one of whom will end up behind bars. And the Hexum family takes legal action in a search for answers.
Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Jon-Erik Hexum enters his last week. As he struggles to find time to practice his upcoming Circus of the Stars appearance, he also faces creative changes on his troubled show. While the writers race to churn out new pages for Cover Up, they’re stymied by a network executive who orders even more rewrites… to put more action – aka violence – into the show.
Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
With his casting in a high-profile movie-of-the-week, and in an independent feature film, Hexum’s career takes off… leading one of TV’s top producers to offer him the lead in a sure-fire hit show. But with the role, Hexum finds himself at odds with the critics and scrambling to keep his star from fading.
Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Music: Aries Beats
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Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Despite little-to-no experience, Jon-Erik Hexum swaggers into Hollywood and suddenly finds himself starring in 'Voyagers.' But critics lash out against the show's 'action'; a TV network code-word for 'violence'... which will eventually contribute to Hexum's untimely death a year later.
Music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Music: Aries Beats
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Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Chronicling the scandalous, devious, sometimes murderous past of our favorite pastime.
Season One - Jon-Erik Hexum
The 2021 prop handgun death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust, brought two names back into the minds of pop culture fans. The first was Brandon Lee, who died in 1993 on the set of The Crow. The second was Jon-Erik Hexum, who died on the set of the CBS series Cover Up in 1984. The first season of Dark Tube looks at Hexum's meteoric rise, tireless efforts to maintain his celebrity, and the events surrounding his tragic and some say preventable death at the age of 27.
(image: ABC/Aaron Spelling Productions)