NYPD 1967-1969

 

NYPD (as opposed to the later NYPD BLUE) was a tough half hour cop series in the late 1960s starring Jack Warden, Frank Converse, and Robert Hooks. 

Shot on location in New York City, it featured a number of great guest stars from the New York stage including Al Pacino, Cliff Gorman, William Devane, Julius Harris, Ossie Davis, Roy Scheider, Sam Waterston, Barbara Colby, James Earl Jones, Leaonard Frey, Verna Bloom, Jon Voight, Martin Sheen, Charles Grodin, and even John Cazale--his only television appearance.

As of this post, the whole series can be found on YouTube. 

 

A Day in the Life--Early Notices 1967

The Beatles' masterpiece, "A Day in the Life." was apparently leaked to radio stations a couple f months before the actual release of SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND. 

That "L.S. Mumblebee" above was actually "L.S. Bumblebee," a novelty song performed by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. It sounded so much like the Beatles that it was not only believed widely to BE them at the time but would appear on Beatles bootlegs for decades after!

 

Gary Burbank

Gary Burbank was a once nationally popular DJ who worked for about 25 years at Cincinnati's WLW radio. I quit listening to him when AM radio turned to the dark side but MAN, was he funny back in the day! I first discovered him as a character in Don Rosa's CAPTAIN KENTUCKY strip in the late '70s when he was a deejay in Louisville. Then he moved here and my girlfriend in 1981 became obsessed with his crazy characters. She got me to listen to his show and I did, too, for several years. In the '90s, he even came in my store once to buy something. He swore me to secrecy about his real name when he handed me his credit card. He was all charm and hilarious in person!

This bio came out back in 2009, and my bookselling career ended at the beginning of that year so I missed it completely. Picked it up today at a Library used book sale. The author, Greg Hoard, died this past February.