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Behind the Scenes of Police Story
TVC 681.2a: From January 2012: Television writer/producer Larry Brody takes Ed and his listeners behind the scenes of Police Story (NBC, 1973-1979), the Emmy Award-winning police anthology series created by Joseph Wambaugh and executive produced by David Gerber. Larry received one of his first breaks in television working with Gerber. Topics this segment include Gerber's peculiar mandate that discouraged writers on his shows from ever allowing characters to show any positive emotion. Joseph Wambaugh passed away Friday, Feb. 28 at the age of eighty-eight. Also in this segment: A remembrance of…
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