John Gizzi

John Gizzi @johngizzi

Loved scene in Naked City #1, Episode 8 at Belvedere Castle in which gunman & brags he only goes 1st class & researcher he holds hostage responds--w'out fear & in an engaging brogue-how his wife & daughter get along fine on his salary & are happy w. polaroids of cheap holidays — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

Naked City, Season #1, Episode 7 captured the nature of street gangs & rumbles about as well as any show--including "West Side Story." — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @johngizzi: Season #1, Episode #9 of "Naked City" opens w. a bang:the shooting of mobster Eddie Higgins by a rival mobster's hitmen as h… — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

@MrLarrySmathers Pretty close, if it isn't. No one still knows why ABC opted to cancel the show in 1964 when it was bringing back high ratings. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

Season #1, Episode #9 of "Naked City" opens w. a bang:the shooting of mobster Eddie Higgins by a rival mobster's hitmen as he's getting a haircut & manicure--eerily parallel to the actual slaying of Albert Anastasia by Vito Genovese's thugs less than a yr before this episode ran. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @johngizzi: Amb. Gilmore to Russia: Stop Drafting Crimeans Into Army https://t.co/Z6klY0LD4D #Newsmax via @Newsmax — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

Amb. Gilmore to Russia: Stop Drafting Crimeans Into Army https://t.co/Z6klY0LD4D #Newsmax via @Newsmax — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

An idea: why doesn't @realDonaldTrump give the Medal of Freedom to Jack Hanna, famed zoologist who taught America to love its animals. Hanna is a resident of Ohio. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

So moved to watch "Naked City" Season 1, #6, "Stake Out," & see funeral at Catholic Church for slain cop--with priest facing altar (ad orientam), six altar boys, & a blessing on the casket in Latin. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

@roslynbraun31 No, but I hope to. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

Powerful Episode #5 of "Naked City," w. Det. Halloran going undercover as a patient at the mental hospital on Welfare Island (now Roosevelt Island) & discovering a murder of a patient was committed by an orderly. He also found new respect for the way the patients stick together. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

SW (Smarter Wife) & I watched "Pius XII: Under The Roman Sky"--the moving story of the Pope's secret efforts that saved more than 10,000 Jews. James Cromwell was an outstanding Pius & I developed new respect for his right hand man, Msgr. Giovanni Montini (later Pope Paul VI). — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @johngizzi: What Happens In North Carolina If Sen. Burr Resigns? https://t.co/QYTV4Bg3ws #Newsmax via @Newsmax — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

What Happens In North Carolina If Sen. Burr Resigns? https://t.co/QYTV4Bg3ws #Newsmax via @Newsmax — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @genellog: Good reporting on World Health Organization and Covid by @newsmax journalist @johngizzi — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

@jeanie_rhodes Go to google, put on"Naked City," Season 1, Episode 1, & voila! — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @johngizzi: Will Trump Make a Deal With Erdogan to Save Turkey's Currency? https://t.co/7O0tnawNJJ #Newsmax via @Newsmax — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

Will Trump Make a Deal With Erdogan to Save Turkey's Currency? https://t.co/7O0tnawNJJ #Newsmax via @Newsmax — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

@jeanie_rhodes do! Begin w. 1st half-hour episode from Season 1 in 1958. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @johngizzi: The great character actor Jay Novello brought tears to my eyes as the good-hearted "Sidewalk Fisherman" Gino the eponymous e… — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

The great character actor Jay Novello brought tears to my eyes as the good-hearted "Sidewalk Fisherman" Gino the eponymous episode in the 1st season of "Naked City." — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

@CarlCannon Of Reagan running for president at 69, Sen. S.I. Hayakawa R.-CA said: "He's a very promising young man with a great future ahead of him. He's still young enough to be chmn. of the Supreme Soviet, head of the Chinese Communist Party, ayatollah of Iran & junior sen. of California." — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

@CarlCannon What a comeback! Touche, old friend! — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @johngizzi: Reading of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's much-praised handling of Covid-19 crisis, I recalled 1st time I met & interviewed him--19… — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

@Ryanexpress77 Au contrare, mon ami. @GovMikeDeWine is proof that some people should be in office 20 yrs--he knows what he's doing. Others, I agree, should be in office 20 minutes. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

Reading of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's much-praised handling of Covid-19 crisis, I recalled 1st time I met & interviewed him--1983, when he was a freshman congressman. He's 73 &, after being Cty. prosecutor, state sen, congressman, lt. Gov, Sen, AGen, & governor, he's going strong. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

saw 1st 4 episodes of "Naked City" when it premiered as half-hour drama. Some powerful stuff: Hostage situation at gun exhibit, rookie cop kills a gunman, attempted robbery on Staten Island Ferry & "sidewalk fisherman" (he picks up loose change on street) seeks to adopt orphan. — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @johngizzi: On may 18, one day after our 18th wedding anniversary, SW (Smarter Wife) & I had reason to celebrate again: the 100th annive… — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

On may 18, one day after our 18th wedding anniversary, SW (Smarter Wife) & I had reason to celebrate again: the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. Pope John Paul II. Happy birthday, Holy Father. We know where you are! — PolitiTweet.org

John Gizzi @johngizzi

RT @realDonaldTrump: This is the letter sent to Dr. Tedros of the World Health Organization. It is self-explanatory! https://t.co/pF2kzPUpDv — PolitiTweet.org