Showing posts with label O. J. Simpson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label O. J. Simpson. Show all posts

Saturday, May 29, 2010

O. J. Simpson - Reading of the Verdict (1995)

Watch in awe as history is made. Would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. Not only is this the worst offering in all of television history, it's a depressing, demoralizing look into the utter depravity of the human soul. Watch the "Dream Team" and think about Robert Shapiro the next time you hear or see a LegalZoom commercial. Look at the WTF look on Kardashian's face. From wikipedia.com; "By the end of the criminal trial, national surveys showed dramatic differences between most blacks and most whites in terms of their assessment of Simpson's guilt." No kidding.

One hour live broadcast including; verdict read, post verdict, going home.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

O. J. Simpson - Slo-Speed Chase (1994) (TV)

On a glorious sunny southern California summer evening in June of 1994 the weirdest thing happened. Many will say they saw it happen, some will say they still remember it faintly. This is that thing as it happened.

Cowlings and Simpson were teammates at Galileo High School, San Francisco City College, USC, the Buffalo Bills, and the San Francisco 49ers; they eventually became close friends and confidantes. Cowlings is most famous for his role in Simpson's capture on June 17, 1994, after a low-speed chase by police on Los Angeles freeways, after the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman several days before. Cowlings claims that Simpson pointed a gun to Cowlings' head, forcing him to take part in Simpson's flight from the police. The chase was televised on live TV from helicopter cameras, and it is estimated it was viewed by approximately 90 million people in the U.S. alone. Cowlings was the driver, Simpson his passenger, in the now-infamous white 1993 Ford Bronco. The chase ended at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood, where he then surrendered to police.

O. J. Simpson - Slo-Speed Chase (1994) (TV)

Cast: Al Cowlings, LAPD, O. J. Simpson

Friday, May 1, 2009

Goldie and the Boxer (1979) TV Movie

All but forgotten in recent years, the made-for-TV "Goldie and the Boxer" enjoyed a new lease on life when it was resyndicated to TV in the mid-1990s to capitalize on the notoriety of its star, O. J. Simpson. An old-fashioned tearjerker from the Champ school, the film stars Simpson as unknown boxer Joe Gallegher. Spurred by his friendship with Goldie Kellog (Melissa Michaelsen), the 10-year-old daughter of deceased boxing champ Paul Kellog (John Roselius), Joe goes the distance to the Title. Phil Silvers does an "Ed Wynn" as Joe's heart-of-gold trainer. First telecast December 20, 1979, "Goldie and the Boxer" performed well enough to encourage a 1981 sequel, "Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Goldie and the Boxer (1979) TV Movie
Cast: Claude Earl Jones, Gordon Jump, Judy Landers, Madlyn Rhue, Melissa Michaelsen, Ned Glass, O. J. Simpson, Phil Silvers, Vincent Gardenia