Roy Huggins

As a writer and TV producer, Huggins created some of the most memorable TV shows of all time: Maverick (1957-1962), 77 Sunset Strip (1958-1964), The Fugitive (1963-1967) and The Rockford Files (1974-1980). Plus many others that are not so well known -- he wrote at least 350 TV and movie scripts. In 1961 an episode of his series Bus Stop dealt with a psychopathic killer; around the same time, Federal Communications Commission chairman criticized TV as "a vast wasteland", and Bus Stop was held up as an example. In response, Huggins wrote that "The public arts are created for a mass audience and for a profit; that is their essential nature. But they can at times achieve truth and beauty, and given freedom they will achieve it more and more often." And he went on to prove that before he died, on April 5 in Santa Monica, Calif., at 87. From This is True for 7 April 2002 Suggestions for further reading: The Great Zapruder Film Hoax: Deceit and Deception in the Death of JFK Amazon Price: $18.45 Customer Review: Lt Cmmd william Pitzer "Committed suicide" within 2 weeks of retiring from the Navy with 30 years in. He was in charge of Television Division of the Navy Hospital, the hospital that the Kennedy autopsy happened at. Pitzer had filmed the autopsy via...   As Seen on TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s by Karal Ann Marling Amazon Price: $22.30 Customer Review: I was really excited to read this book but I didn't enjoy it. It reads like a textbook to me. My mind drifted. Even the part about Disneyland couldn't hold my attention. Overall I found it really dry and not a fun read.   Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors, Vol. 1: From the Silent Era to 1965 (A... Amazon Price: $25.55 Customer Review: I collect autographs and sometimes I need to know the actor or actress. Other times I need help guessing and this is the book to information. One of the best in my library for Hollywood. Recommend   Made in Japan: Transistor Radios of the 1950s and 1960s by Roger Handy, Maureen Erbe, Aileen Antonier Amazon Price: Customer Review: A wonderful pictorial book about transistor radios, 175 of them, not only photographed but put in the context of fifties and sixties design. The spread on 60-61 shows six radios mixed with close-up photos of chrome styling from fifties cars. I loved ...   Collectors Guide to TV Toys and Memorabilia: 1960S & 1970s (Collector's Guide... by Greg Davis, Bill Morgan Amazon Price: Customer Review: This beautiful, completely revised, latest edition, 296 page volume has colorful, laminated hard covers. There are over 1,300 full color, sharp, large photos of very type of TV toy and memorabilia. If you were around in the 60's or 70's or enjoyed...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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