If you’re on my subscribers list and are among the first 5 people to answer the following correctly, I’ll email you a copy of the Frost/Nixon script, written by Peter Morgan and adapted from his same-titled play. The movie opens in limited release this Friday, December 5.
Here’s the question:
Richard Nixon’s first scandal happened in the 1950s when he was the V.P. candidate on Ike’s ticket. He was accused of being secretly funded by a group of California businessmen. To address these charges, Nixon went on live TV to make his famous “Checkers” speech, which was scheduled after what popular show?
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ARB Ent
December 3, 2008 at 5:07 pmOkay……The Honeymooners?
AReadBear
December 3, 2008 at 6:13 pmThe George Burns Comedy Hour?
FFBUFF8
December 3, 2008 at 6:15 pmThe Nightly News with Walter Cronkite?
FFBUFF8
December 3, 2008 at 6:14 pmThe Milton Berle Show?
FFBUFF8
December 4, 2008 at 11:31 amCarol Burnett Show?
ARB Ent
December 4, 2008 at 11:34 amThe George Burns Show?
AReadBear
December 4, 2008 at 11:49 amTo Tell The Truth?
Greg in St. Louis
December 4, 2008 at 1:50 pmThe popular show was The Milton Berle show, which was one of the top rated at that time for many months.
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gary
December 4, 2008 at 6:06 pmThough the speech was broadcast to a combined TV and radio audience that included about 64 NBC television stations,194 CBS radio stations, and the 560 stations in the Mutual Broadcasting network, it was scheduled to follow the very popular “Milton Berle Show” which practically everyone watched.
Julianne
December 5, 2008 at 1:37 pmI’m gonna go with the Milton Berle Show, since Gary seems so sure. 🙂 Did I win?
Nancy
December 5, 2008 at 1:52 pmIt’s been a few years but I seem to remember it was the Milton Berle Show.