#227: When TV Was Golden—Ralph Senensky
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🗓️ 7 April 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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You have probably never heard of him but chances are good that the television shows he directed made you laugh, made you cry, or made you think or all of the above. I promise, you will be astounded the sheer breadth and variety—not to mention longevity—of the 97-year-old Mr. Senensky's career.
A partial list of hit shows he directed would include The Twilight Zone, the original Star Trek, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, Dr. Kildare, Mission Impossible, The Fugitive, The Waltons, FBI, and Mannix.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show. So glad you're here. This is a special treat for me. I know it's |
| 0:04.4 | going to be for you as well. One of the reasons why it's called the Golden Age of |
| 0:08.2 | Television is our guest this hour. His name is Ralph Saninsky and quite the career |
| 0:14.1 | a career in half. I can't wait to introduce them to you and share stories in anecdotes |
| 0:19.8 | galore from the Golden Age of American Television right here on the Patrick |
| 0:22.9 | Coffin show. This episode brought to you by RestoreTheCulture.com. Find out why I got |
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| 0:38.6 | 1st. It's all on the lock down the pandemic. What's next? The role in the |
| 0:42.7 | great reset, etc. RestoreTheCulture.com. Coming up next, legendary television |
| 0:47.5 | director Ralph Saninsky, but first this fake celebrity endorsement. |
| 0:51.8 | Warning. The following podcast contains ideas and arguments that might challenge your world view. |
| 0:57.0 | You know me. I'm a famous actor and the narrator of every documentary ever made. And I am |
| 1:05.4 | the voice of the thrice holy god. And I say unto you, listen to my servant, Patrick Coffin. |
| 1:14.5 | I wanted to have someone I recently discovered Ralph Saninsky born in 1923 in Mason City, Iowa. |
| 1:21.0 | Student at the Pasadena Playhouse later where he worked as a stage director and then moved into |
| 1:25.8 | television. I'll give a very small scratching of the egg surface of the kinds of shows |
| 1:32.2 | that Ralph has directed through the years. Many favorites. The Big Valley, Wild Wild West, |
| 1:37.4 | Mission Impossible, FBI, Star Trek, Ice Buy, Manics, then came Bronson. The courtship of Eddie's |
| 1:43.9 | father, the Walton's, the Partridge family, and yes, the Twilight Zone. Ralph Saninsky, |
| 1:48.3 | so honored to have you, sir. Thank you. Happy to be here. Now, I've interviewed Harry Lorraine, |
| 1:54.3 | the great memory expert when Harry was 92. G. Edward Griffin, I believe was 90. But you, you win. |
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