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Paul Lynde, the Center Square | Case File #13 Jun 03, 2020

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He was a beloved comedian and linchpin of Hollywood Squares, but he was also a tortured soul with a tragic life. In the 70s, Paul Lynde enjoyed success as one of the most popular comedians of the time - notably with his role as Uncle Arthur on 'Bewitched' and as the center square on Hollywood Squares. However, what many of the time didn't know is that Lynde was dealing with deeply-routed demons from childhood trauma that resulted in massive drug and alcohol addiction. And, eventually, his hedonistic lifestyle got him into hot water when he was involved with a tragic death. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we discuss the tragic life, career, and death of Paul Lynde. 01001001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101101 01101111 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01110000 01100001 01110010 01110100 01111001 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110010 01100100 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Wong, Comics Mobster | Case File #12 May 27, 2020

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He was the Stan Lee of Hong Kong comics, but his practices eventually landed him in prison. Throughout the 70s and 80s, Tony Wong produced hundreds of Hong Kong comics, or Manhua, based on his long-running franchise Little Rascals/Oriental Heroes. Despite the fact that it was an open secret that he was largely lying about how involved he was with the creation of his own comics - most of them clearly being drawn and written by ghost artists and Wong merely taking credit for them - he became the biggest name in Manhua, controlling nearly 90% of the entire market for years. In the 90s, he attempted to cross over to the US market to less success.. and eventually prison time. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we delve into the troubled and mysterious life and career of the Stan Lee of Hong Kong - Tony Wong! 01010010 01100101 01110100 01110101 01110010 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01001101 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01010100 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101000 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Theft of the Mona Lisa | Case File #11 May 20, 2020

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The Mona Lisa was once a very ordinary painting, but one man made it the most famous one in the world. In 1911, a man with an inside connection stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre by simply walking in and taking it. At the time, the Mona Lisa was regarded as a fairly insignificant minor work by the legendary artist, Leonardo DaVinci. However, all of that would change with the ensuing investigation, and the global attention that the theft would receive. After that, the Mona Lisa became the most famous painting of all time. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore how a painting can go from minor work to celebrated masterpiece based on the actions of one art framer. 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001101 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01010100 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101000 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Sentry | Case File #10 May 13, 2020

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A comic writer discovered the first superhero Stan Lee ever created. It was the greatest hoax in comics history. In 1999 it was discovered that Stan Lee had created a superhero character BEFORE the Fantastic Four - long-believed to be the first superhero comics characters he'd ever been a part of. His name was the Sentry, and he was co-created by an artist named Artie Rosen back in 1961 and then promptly forgotten by Lee, never to be published. Then, in the late 90s, comic book writer Paul Jenkins discovered some designs for the character in an old box and decided to team up with artist Jae Lee to create a reboot of the never-before-seen character. Was any of this true? Or was it one of the craziest, greatest promotional stunts in comics history? On this episode of Deep Cuts we examine...The Sentry! 01010011 01110100 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110100 01110100 00100000 01000110 01110010 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00101100 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01101000 01101111 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110100 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bond Scandals with Matt Fraction | Case File #9 May 06, 2020

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These are the bizarre, inspiring, and sad stories of the scandals that rocked the James Bond franchise. George Lazenby was the second man to play James Bond after Sean Connery left. However, he had never acted before and tricked producers into casting him. Kevin McClory was a producer who managed to somehow win the rights to make his own bootleg James Bond movies in court. Both men left lasting marks on the franchise, but both men also spent the rest of their lives trying to recover from the catastrophic effects 007 had on their careers. 01001111 01101000 00101100 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110100 00100001 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110100 01110100 00100000 01000110 01110010 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100001 00111111 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lonnie Johnson | Case File #8 Apr 29, 2020

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Lonnie Johnson invented your childhood, but big business tried to steal all his money. Lonnie Johnson is an American inventor and engineer, and in the early 90s he invented and patented some of the most important aspects of any 90s kids' childhood. We would have had a lot of boring summer days without his contributions. However, after selling his inventions to big toy companies, he started noticing over the years that they were doing everything in their power to not pay Johnson his cut of the profits. So what did he do? Engage in a decades-long legal battle to get the money that was rightfully his. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore the life, inventions, and struggles of Lonnie Johnson - every kid's favorite inventor that they've never heard of. 01001001 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01100001 01100011 01100011 01100101 01110011 01110011 00100000 00110101 01000111 00100000 01100110 01110010 01100101 01110001 01110101 01100101 01101110 01100011 01101001 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100110 01110010 01101111 01101101 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00101110 00100000 01000100 01100101 01100110 01101001 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100101 01101100 01111001 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01110011 01101001 01100011 01101011 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Evil Within | Case File #7 Apr 22, 2020

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Andrew Getty spent 15 years making a horror movie, and it ended up killing him. Grandson of oil tycoon, J. Paul Getty, and cousin of John Paul Getty III, who was famously kidnapped and tortured as a 16-year-old boy in 1973, Andrew Getty became haunted by night terrors that were so vivid and horrifying that he decided the only way he could get rid of them was to channel all of his fear into a self-financed horror movie. Beginning in 2002, he spent the next 15 years, and 6 million dollars, meticulously executing his traumatic vision. Ultimately, he would succumb to obsession and tragically die while locked away in his Hollywood mansion editing the film. This is the story of Andrew Getty's descent into obsession, and the bizarre but mezmerizing movie that he made in the process that has gone largely unnoticed by the public. 01001001 01110011 00100000 01100001 01101110 01111001 01100010 01101111 01100100 01111001 00100000 01101111 01110101 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00111111 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cynthia Rothrock, Girl With Guns | Case File #6 Apr 15, 2020

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She was the greatest action star of the 80s you've never heard of. Her career should have been bigger. Cynthia Rothrock was a World Champion martial artist that transitioned into Hong Kong action films in the 80s despite being an American from Scranton, Pennsylvania. She went on to be in some of the most underrated action films of all time. Every heard of the 1985 film, "Yes, Madam!"? Well, it launched an entire genre of movies, the "Girls With Guns" genre, and she was co-lead alongside Michelle Yeoh - one of the biggest movie stars in the entire world. So why did Yeoh go on to such massive success while Rothrock fell into the background of straight-to-VHS? The story is fascinating. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we explore the history of one of the greatest action stars that never was. 01010011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100001 01111001 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 01100010 01101111 01100100 01111001 00100000 01110111 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110010 01110100 00100000 01100100 01100101 01100011 01101111 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110011 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100001 01100111 01100101 01110011 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Message From Space | Case File #5 Apr 08, 2020

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The most expensive film in Japanese History was an insane bootlegged Star Wars ripoff. In 1978, at the height of the global 'Star Wars' craze following the release of the first movie in George Lucas's legendary franchise, tons of knockoff Star Wars movies were produced to try and capitalize off of the space craze. However, there was only one of those movies that was notable for A: being directed by the same guy who directed 'Battle Royale,' B: Having all of its sets and costumed designed by the guy who created Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, C: being the most expensive Japanese live action film produced at the time, and D: being completely insane. On this episode of Deep Cuts, we discuss the history of the making of 'Message From Space,' and break down the pure Japanese insanity of the film. 01010100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01010010 01010011 01010011 00100000 01100110 01100101 01100101 01100100 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101001 01110011 01101111 01101110 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hergé, Nazi Collaborator | Case File #4 Apr 01, 2020

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The creator of 'The Adventures of Tintin', Hergé, willingly worked for Nazis for years. He's one of the most beloved comic artists in history, deservedly so, but many fans don't want to discuss this dark aspect of his career. For years he produced his long-running comic, 'The Adventures of Tintin,' for Nazi-run magazines in German-occupied Belgium and even collaborated closely with Nazi-sympathizers. Was he himself a Nazi sympathizer, or just struggling to survive in the tumultuous world of comics, made twice-difficult by being thrown into the stage of the Third Reich's European land-grab? And should this fact be acknowledged as a troublesome part of his legacy? On this episode of Deep Cuts, we dive into the history of Hergé's career and the creation of one of the most beloved comic book characters ever made. 01001000 01101001 01101100 01101100 01110011 01101101 01100101 01110010 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100001 01101110 00100000 01101001 01101101 01110000 01101111 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 00101110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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