John Gizzi 1 day ago:   Monday Jan 25 - 12:00am RT @johngizzi: Delighted to learn "Years of Lightning, Day of Drums," my friend Bruce Herschensohn's acclaimed USIA film on JFK, is on YouTube. Narration by Gregory Peck & score(which Bruce hummed into a recorder & someone else set to music) are still heart warming. John Gizzi 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 11:47pm Delighted to learn "Years of Lightning, Day of Drums," my friend Bruce Herschensohn's acclaimed USIA film on JFK, is on YouTube. Narration by Gregory Peck & score(which Bruce hummed into a recorder & someone else set to music) are still heart warming. John Gizzi 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 11:31pm @SarahHuckabee is about to become 1st ex-Presidential press Sec. to seek office since Pierre Salinger was Demo nominee for US Sen. from California in 1964. John Gizzi 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 11:18pm @howardrodman.SW (Smarter Wife) & I relaxed on Sunday & watched 2 gripping "Naked City" episodes--"Take Off Your Hat When A Funeral Passes (w. Lee J. Cobb in fine form) & "Requiem For A Sunday Afternoon" (both of which had strong scenes in Catholic Churches). John Gizzi 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 11:18am RT @phuffdaddy: @AliceOllsteinhttps://t.co/5gduJWgYrH
Link to Image John Gizzi 2 days ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 1:59am It looks like 60 versions of Budapest in 1956 across Russia today. John Gizzi 2 days ago:   Saturday Jan 23 - 9:50pm RT @johngizzi: Dissidents Expect Biden to Slam Putin's Russia With Magnitsky Sanctions https://t.co/OtZf6xFLJQ#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 2 days ago:   Saturday Jan 23 - 9:32pm Dissidents Expect Biden to Slam Putin's Russia With Magnitsky Sanctions https://t.co/OtZf6xFLJQ#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 2 days ago:   Saturday Jan 23 - 7:40pm @estelitac It's been a while! Drop me a line at gizzi.john@gmail.com. You are missed. John Gizzi 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 11:16pm Just read "Blue Bloods" is bring renewed for 11th Season! It is an outstanding series & I'm delighted. But I must say that 11 seasons of "Naked City" would've been a feast. Why it was ever canceled when ratings were high & sponsors happy will always be a mystery--& a sad one. John Gizzi 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 8:22pm @howardrodman We did it again: SW (Smarter Wife) & I re-watched another moving "Naked City" episode--"Hold For Gloria Christmas," in which we see Det. Flint's sensitive side brought out by the murder of a Greenwich Village poet (Burgess Meredith). John Gizzi 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 1:00pm @ArleighFrisco yes John Gizzi 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 12:59pm Poignant & prophetic in Naked City's "C3H5 (N03)3" to see J.D. Canning teamed w. Terry Carter more than a decade before they co-stars as big city cops for 7 yrs. on "McCloud." John Gizzi 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 12:54pm I told an untruth: "C3H5(NO3)3" was the one "Naked City" episode I had not seen. Watched last nt. & Hume Cronyn was outstanding as an absent-minded chemistry teacher who has an argument w. his wife. makes a small bomb, puts it in liquor bottle. & forgets where he left it. John Gizzi 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 8:04am @KatherineCronyn Just watched your grandfather in an episode of "Naked City" & he was outstanding as absent-minded chemistry teacher. Hope your career goes as well & accomplished as his. John Gizzi 4 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 2:01pm @JimMerrillNH Thanks, Jim. Now I'm re-watching some of best episodes--last night, "Make Believe Man," which again brought tears to my eyes. (Nehemiah Persoff, in one of his 7 "NC" appearances, will he 102 this summer!). John Gizzi 4 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 1:57pm SC's Rep. Rice Sure to Face Primary Over Impeachment Vote https://t.co/qUmZfR5Bim#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 4 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 1:57pm Why Biden Will Keep Wray as FBI Chief https://t.co/KMpN2ivkB7#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 4 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 12:53pm I don't get it
I've been getting new followers--both critical & friendly--for 2 weeks, have never had anyone drop me (& I've never blocked anyone), & I went from 10K followers this weekend to 9,993. What is going on? John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 3:27am It's hard to believe there are 138 stories in the "Naked City" series & I saw &:reviewed every one of them John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 10:49pm Ex-Presidents Crashed, Burned Leading Third Parties https://t.co/DBEGLlSxwP#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 9:07pm @JamesDevlin@JoeBiden If I used some of the terms "Little Cesar" (from the eponymous biography of the union boss) deployed for illegal immigrants, I wouldn't hear the end of it! John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 8:53pm That bust behind @JoeBiden in the Oval Office is of onetime United Farm Workers boss Cesar Chavez, vigorous opponent of illegal immigration. John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 4:51pm @JohnFBachman@Logan_Ratick @EmeraldRobinson@MarkHalperin@Tom_Basile What a CV nice ending to a long day. Thanks so much, John! John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 4:50pm RT @JohnFBachman: @Logan_Ratick A good team makes it possible.
Good work to you too bud.
And @EmeraldRobinson@johngizzi@MarkHalperin@Tom_Basile and all the folks you don’t see on TV ! John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 11:49am Will @JoeBiden pay tribute to @VP45 for a smooth transition? John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 11:28am @julianorobertrj@MTN_Dude His martyrdom from Synod & influence after death spelled ruin for his enemies. Pope Stephen VI, who opted for trial was strangled, the cardinals who oversaw Synod were removed from power, & Formosus' status in Vatican was restored & miracles were attributed to him. John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 10:56am @MTN_Dude The historical analogy of Pope Formosus put on trial after his death, convicted & then rediscovered as martyr and restored to his former status speaks for itself. We don't need another "Cadavar Synod." John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 4:16am Then again, had "Naked City" cont'd into mid to late '60's, Paul Burke wld not have been on "12:00 High" to insist the part of co-pilot Bob Fowler go to my friend, future Rep. Bob Dornan, R.-CA. John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 4:12am If "Naked City" had continued 5 or 10 more seasons, wld Arcaro have hung around or retired? Even after 2 serious shootings & near-fatal car crash. he kept coming back & seemed part of furniture at 65th Precinct. @howardrodman John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 4:08am Had Naked City continued & Parker retired & Flint promoted, a black detective was surely in the works--say, Godfrey Cambridge, the underrated Hari Rhodes, the golden-voiced Percy Rodriguez, or Bob Hooks (who was a black detective on NYPD, which aped a lot of Naked City in '68-9). John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 4:03am @howardrodman After watching all 138 episodes of Naked City, & reviewing just about all for Twitter, I am a better person for it. John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 4:01am All of contemporaneous reports on May 1963 cancellation of "Naked City" say it was major surprise as ratings were high. My heart says it should've lasted 5-10 seasons longer--when Lt. Parker wld probably retire & Flint, finally married to Libby, wld have been promoted to lt. John Gizzi 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 3:57am Bittersweet as I watch "Barefoot on A Bad of Coals," the 138th episode of "Naked City." While I give high marks to powerful performance of Steven Hill as troubled man who impersonates a cop (& wounds petty thief played by Dustin Hoffman), I'm sad this is lastvshow ofof series. John Gizzi 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 10:15pm Naked City's "Golden Lads & Girls" explored the then-whispered-about subject of domestic violence--&, Tom Bosley, who plays a family court judge, does in fact sound a lot & looks a bit like me. OK, OK, I finally said it myself! John Gizzi 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 10:01pm Now will you drop me an email (gizzi.john@gmail.com) so I can send you my "Naked City" tribute? John Gizzi 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 9:59pm Seeing all those Jack Kerouac-like characters in Naked City's "1,2,3--Rita Rakahowski"--especially Tony Franciosa as "Gorilla"--convinced me the series did best when it focused on real criminals & their victims. John Gizzi 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 8:02pm @howardrodman SW (Smarter Wife) relaxed over dinner tonite &:watched what we felt was one of the most riveting "Naked City" episodes--"Which is Joseph Greeley?", w. Martin Balsam as man who had tumor removed from brain & can't recall last 10 yrs (including committing murder). John Gizzi 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 1:05pm As it turned out, public grew disgusted with trial of Pope Formosus after he died & cardinals involved were punished. Formosus' papal standing wad fully restored. John Gizzi 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 12:08pm An impeachment trial of @POTUS after he leaves offices evokes the Catholic Church trying Pope Formosus after his 897 AD death--in which his corpse was dug up, tried in the notorious "Cadaver Synod," & thrown in water after he was found guilty. John Gizzi 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 11:03am @Liberty_Belle04 @newsmax The last time the Senate was split evenly was 20 yrs. ago John Gizzi 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 11:03am @NDfan1981@newsmax I've had one for 20 yrs. & it is always renewed do I see no problem. John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 2:26am Will Nat'l. Catholic Prayer B'fast have as its honoree in 2021 William P. Barr? John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Monday Jan 18 - 10:51pm @HartofPgh Agreed. & I can't wait to read the influence of his Catholic faith & G.K
Chesterton on his public life. John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Monday Jan 18 - 10:49pm RT @HartofPgh: ...and I cannot wait to read it. 😇 https://t.co/xfdamoPjHX John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Monday Jan 18 - 10:48pm I hate to say it but the nadir of the much-acclaimed episodes of "Naked City" was inarguably "1,2,3 Rita Rakahowski"--bizarre story of 2 men (both superb actors--Nehemish Persoff & Tony Franciosa) who work in shipping & are rivals for the hand of a beautiful clerk(Carol Rossen). John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Monday Jan 18 - 10:36pm Prediction--Wm. Barr will get a $2 M advance toward the writing of his memoirs. John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Monday Jan 18 - 7:17am @alancornett I am so proud of you & Dr. Russell Kirk. wherever he is--& I'm pretty sure I knowcwhere--is surely smiling. Now...what is your accessibility to the Traditional Latin Mass? John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Sunday Jan 17 - 8:04pm On January 20, @POTUS will clean the remaining record of @SteveWorks4You by wiping out 3 yrs of supervised probation & $1M plus fine. John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Sunday Jan 17 - 3:11am RT @johngizzi: EU Big Winner in Race to Line Up Angela Merkel's Heir https://t.co/NCWwSkj9R8#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Sunday Jan 17 - 1:09am Newsmax Called It: Justice Sotomayor to Swear in Harris as VP https://t.co/41Vyh4VhnK#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Sunday Jan 17 - 1:09am EU Big Winner in Race to Line Up Angela Merkel's Heir https://t.co/NCWwSkj9R8#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Saturday Jan 16 - 9:18pm EU Big Winner in Race to Line Up Angela Merkel's Heir https://t.co/NCWwSkj9R8#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Saturday Jan 16 - 6:13pm Just announced--we had it a week ago, before everyone!
Will Sotomayor Swear In Harris as VP? https://t.co/60EVG4VUam#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Saturday Jan 16 - 8:39am @Mij_Europe @Elbarbie Among CDU, it's different. Merz looks strong, but I'm not predicting snything. John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 9:44pm RT @johngizzi: Cheney Foes to Use 'Newt Rule' to Oust Her From Leadership Post https://t.co/5jXoQ6WeUw#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 9:39pm Cheney Foes to Use 'Newt Rule' to Oust Her From Leadership Post https://t.co/5jXoQ6WeUw#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Thursday Jan 14 - 11:52am RT @ToddRokitaIN: Pleased to see the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Tuesday to end mail-order access to mifepristone, also known as RU-486. As Indiana Attorney General, my office will continue to defend the right to life. https://t.co/r0K0dGDerK
Link to Image John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Thursday Jan 14 - 10:55am If I could have one wish granted for afternoon, it would be that Friedrich Merz wins chairmanship of CDU Saturday. John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Thursday Jan 14 - 7:23am Rep. Bob Good Joins GOP Call for Cheney to Quit Leadership https://t.co/RRYUJB2JvJ#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Thursday Jan 14 - 7:23am Michigan Conservative Says Rep. Upton 'Is Going to Pay' for Impeachment Vote https://t.co/goKtFWFGNl#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 11:43pm The only time "Naked City" disappointed was when they injected humor into episodes--such as "Don't Knock It 'Til You Tried It" about an MD who has a fling w. a showgirl in Vegas who follows him back to NY & kidnaps him at gunpoint. Saving grace was the MD was Walter Matthau! John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 9:48pm Rep. Pete Meijer Likely to Face GOP Challenge for Impeachment Vote https://t.co/siVlbGP7VN#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 9:28pm Michigan Reps. Meijer & Upton sure to face primaries from right next year for vote today, sources tell Newsmax. John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 10:01am RT @SenatorShaheen: On this day in 1932, Hattie Caraway became the 1st woman elected to the US Senate, representing Arkansas. And now we are just 8 days away from our first female VP. We’ve come a long way but have much further to go. Let’s keep shattering those glass ceilings, ladies. #herstoryhttps://t.co/bQDnmh5q2y
Link to Image John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 7:37am Rep. Rosendale Calls on Liz Cheney to Quit Leadership Post Over Impeachment Stand https://t.co/jDsCzs6NWt#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 11:02pm RT @johngizzi: Near Impossible to Keep Trump From Holding Future Office https://t.co/zwosVIqCHe#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 10:58pm Near Impossible to Keep Trump From Holding Future Office https://t.co/zwosVIqCHe#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 9:56pm 'Fewer Than Ten' Republicans Will Back Impeachment, House Sources Tell Newsmax https://t.co/IfoJ4gn09s#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 2:01pm One good side of junkman John Larch in Naked City's "S.S. American Dream" is how he hits back & chases off the loan shark's two enforcers" & then scares off the sleazy shark--played convincingly by Roger C. Carmel. John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 7:42am RT @johngizzi: Alabama GOP Establishment Wants to Purge Rep. Brooks https://t.co/zHe4BNF1mq#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 7:32am Alabama GOP Establishment Wants to Purge Rep. Brooks https://t.co/zHe4BNF1mq#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 6:48pm RT @ZichtRichard: @kylegriffin1@MSNBC I think @johngizzi already knew about this one, this morning, when he announced ‘more resignations were coming today’ and poignantly stated “You heard it here!” on @MasonMornings .
Such a character, he is.
News Max would be a good superhero name for him.
Thanks All ✌️❤️ John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 1:43pm @julianorobertrj@POTUS It is truly not worth my time going back & forth....just like when you couldn't understand Biden needs a pro-life Dem for the Holy See. A d, of course. I was right. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 10:53am @julianorobertrj@POTUS Try ARTICLE 14. #3. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 9:07am @NBCNews@Politics1com Schism almost here. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 7:45am Widow of Late Rep-Elect Letlow Likely To Seek His Seat https://t.co/IZ1zXijcte#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 6:17am Will Sotomayor Swear In Harris as VP? https://t.co/60EVG4VUam#Newsmax via @Newsmax John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 5:16am @julianorobertrj@POTUS Nut that's precisely what they are discussing--ban only, on basis of impechment. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 2:23am Since @POTUS has already been impeached, Congress may simply proceed this week to ban him from holding office again under Article I, Section 3 of the Constution--whivh requires simple majority vote of both houses. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 2:18am @BeschlossDC Florida John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 11:25pm @Mayor17Ian Thank you. The feeling is mutual. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 5:04pm @Chelmaed Death is nimble...death is quick John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 4:29pm I don't get it--I have been picking up supporters today & my Twitter total dropped from 10K.1 to 10K.0 John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 11:39pm If @SenSherrodBrown is serious about expelling @tedcruz from office, Cruz would be 1st senator to be expelled since Jesse Bright, D.-IND in 1862--copperhead who opposed Civil War & refused to support Northern effort. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 3:03pm @W5FoxMike@BoSnerdley Saying what? John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 12:54pm @pickletoon No regrets. As I said, I didn't sleep at all because AI was finishing it. Try to think of you have a friend like Lem Billings was to JFK--who gives you unconditional love & trust. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 12:26pm @pickletoon Get it! John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 11:54am Still reeling from Peter Collier's " Things in Glocca Morra!" What an ending. Nut you can see why Lem Billings was such a trusted friend of JFK--he kept his mouth shut! You'd never dream of him recording a personal conversation w. his beloved Choate friend. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 10:37am I don't believe it. Overnight, I went from 10,400 followers on Twitter to 10,100. What happened? John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 10:22am @lauremandeville Just think--today, 8 yrs ago, we attended Richard Nixon's 100th b'day celebration & you sent your father that nice photo. What would M. Nixon day about all this? John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 5:29am I truly can't sleep after completing " Things in Glocca Morra," by the late Peter Collier. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 4:15am @thesum What more can I add to a situation that can only be deemed disgusting? John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 4:14am After JFK & Jackie married, Choate roommate Lem Billings was on their wedding, invited to their homes in G'town & Hyannisport, & was a frequent guest at the White House--to point where Jackie nicknamed him "The Man Who Came to Dinner." John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 4:09am @thesum@DPietrusza La vendetta di cento anni ha ancora suoi denti di latti." John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 4:02am After completing " Things in Glocca Morra" by Peter Collier, I can now happily start "Too Long Ago" by @DPietrusza John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 3:44am In "Things on Glocca Morra," Lem Billings recalls how JFK would introduce him to young ladies as " Billings, my chauffeur." John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 3:39am Just finished "Things in Glocca Morra," the late Peter Collier's last book based on reminiscences of JFK's Choate roommate Lem Billings & their time in Hollywood in 1945. All I can say is you can't put it down. WOW! John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Friday Jan 8 - 10:53pm @JonOssoff is the youngest (33) freshman senator since Don Nickles, R.'0K was elected at 31in 1980 & sworn in at 32 in Jan. 1981--NOT, as widely reported, @JoeBiden, elected at 29 in Nov. 1972 & sworn in at 30 in Jan. 1973. John Gizzi 2 weeks ago:   Friday Jan 8 - 4:48pm RT @johngizzi: Remembering Former Connecticut GOP Chairman Dick Foley https://t.co/Xvb6OB31op#Newsmax via @Newsmax