The BEST episodes written by Thomas Lennon
#1 - The Battle Over Citizen Kane
American Experience - Season 8 - Episode 7
Orson Welles' movie stirs the ire of publisher William Randolph Hearst, the man who the film was patterned after.
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American Experience - Season 7 - Episode 7
American forces moving toward Germany to end the war are opposed by a deadly counter-offensive that leads to a great loss of life.
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#3 - Bogie Nights
Strangers with Candy - Season 1 - Episode 5
Jerri falls for a transfer student and later discovers the terrible secret that will keep them apart forever.
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#5 - Demon Rum
American Experience - Season 2 - Episode 2
The story of how prohibition went from local preferences to national law, with specific reference to its application in Detroit, MI.
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American Experience - Season 4 - Episode 4
The story of the corrupt political dominance of Mayor James Curley and its effect on the city of Boston in the early 20th century.
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#7 - The Hurricane of '38
American Experience - Season 6 - Episode 5
Story of a massive storm that unexpectedly gained strength as it worked its way up the eastern seaboard and the 300 million dollars of damage it caused.
#8 - Angle of Attack
PBS Specials - Season 2011 - Episode 11
From the very first shipboard landing by Eugene Ely in 1911 to the latest debates surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles, Angle of Attack: How Naval Aviation Changed the Face of War chronicles the triumphs and challenges that Naval Aviation has faced since its invention, and brings to life the largely untold story of one of the pillars in our national defense structure. Angle of Attack tells the story of a hundred years of Naval aviation, from wobbly gliders to supersonic jets. The two-part series charts how technological innovations shaped strategic choices and, conversely, how strategic imperatives propelled Naval aviation toward innovation and reinvention. While chronicling the technological and strategic advancements of Naval aviation, Angle of Attack also highlights the aviators, the people in the cockpits who give life to the machines and their mission.