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Dick VS Dick
When the Watergate scandal first broke, it didn’t really break at all. Initial notices about the burglary appeared in news papers but TV mostly ignored it. Of course, Woodward and Bernstein famously bit and wouldn’t let go of the story in the Washington Post, but on television Dick Cavett’s entertainment talk show became the unlikely [...]
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Tagged 1973, Dick Cavett, Nixon, PBS, Secrets of the Dead, Watergate
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Going, Going, Gonzo!
Fear and Loathing On the Road to Hollywood is a documentary featuring writer Hunter S. Thompson and artist Ralph Steadman on a road trip to Tinsel Town. Also known as Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, the Documentary Heaven site has the skinny… A fascinating, 30 year old BBC documentary on the Good Doctor and Ralph [...]
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Tagged bbc, Bill Murray, Documentary Heaven, Hunter S. Thompson, John Dean, Nixon, Ralph Steadman, Watergate, Where the Buffalo Roam
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