TV Tattle

TV Tattle

O.J. Simpson trial shifted the line of what was acceptable to poke fun at on TV / Recalling O.J.'s Frogmen NBC pilot / Shōgun fills the Succession void

PLUS: Reviews of The Sympathizer, Franklin and Good Times.

Norman Weiss
Apr 13, 2024
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The O.J. Simpson trial shifted the line of what was acceptable to poke fun at on TV, with help from Norm Macdonald and Jay Leno
"The O.J. joke was so pervasive in the 1990s that not telling one could …

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