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From: kenw@lcuxc.UUCP (K Wolman)
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Subject: Re: Great shows of the Sixties
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Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 09:39:46 EST
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Okay, I can handle people ignoring "A Family at War" (peasants!).
But if we're talking about Great TV Shows of the Sixties, I would
like to add one that ran for one or two seasons on CBS (Monday
nights, 10-11 pm):

		EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE

It concerned social workers in a private New York City welfare
agency (I used to work for the PUBLIC welfare service in NYC, and
NOBODY would believe a show about that!).  Its stars were George
C. Scott and Cicely Tyson.  If that isn't enough, the scripts and
guest stars were more often than not magnificent.  The best: a
show called "Who Do You Kill?"  It dealt with a couple in Harlem
(James Earl Jones and the late Diana Sands!!!) whose baby son is
bitten to death by a rat.  It was overwhelming in its impact.  
Probably, the show was one of William Paley's attempts to pretend
he was "doing his bit" for Kulchur; his mid-Sixties ax-man, one
James Aubrey (whose legacy included Mr. Ed and some awful piece
of garbage starring Eddie Albert and one of the Gabor animals),
probably cancelled it because it occasionally forced thought.

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. . . .
-- 
Ken Wolman
Bell Communications Research @ Livingston, NJ
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