John Lennon and New York in 1980
Original Airdates: Dec. 8, 2020
TVC 521.3: TV Confidential commemorates the recent 40th anniversary of the death of John Lennon by playing highlights from our December 2010 conversation with television producer and New York Times bestselling author Keith Elliot Greenberg. Keith’s book December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died not only provides a minute-by-minute, almost documentary-like look at the last day of John Lennon’s life, but is a moving account of Lennon’s life as a whole, his career with The Beatles, his relationship with Yoko Ono, and his impact on the world in general.
In this segment Keith discusses why Lennon particularly felt at home in New York, and how his book attempts to recreate the atmosphere of the City at the time Lennon lived there.
The Story of John and Yoko
Original Airdates: Dec. 8, 2020
From December 2010: Ed welcomes Keith Elliot Greenberg, author of December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, a minute-by-minute, almost documentary-like look at the last day of John Lennon’s life. In this segment Keith and Ed discuss the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and how both were immediately attracted to each other because they both had the soul of an artist.
John Lennon and The Cult of Celebrity
Original Airdates: Dec. 18-20, 2020
TVC 521.3: Ed welcomes Keith Elliot Greenberg, author of December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, a minute-by-minute, almost documentary-like look at the last day of John Lennon’s life. Topics this segment include how Lennon’s infamous remark about The Beatles being bigger than Jesus has often been misconstrued, and the effect that remark eventually had on Mark David Chapman.
John Lennon: A True Working Man’s Hero
Original Airdates: Dec. 18-20, 2020
TVC 521.6: From December 2010: More highlights from our conversation with New York Times bestselling author Keith Elliot Greenberg (December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died). Topics this segment include Lennon’s accessibility with the public, including some of his notable encounters with fans; how pop culture would have changed, had Lennon lived; and how Lennon used his celebrity to affect change.
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