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On Geneology, a Rod Ferry podcast.

Episode 1. Defense Plant Gambling.

Welcome to Mission Log Geneology, I'm Earl Green, and I'm Norman Lau.

This is a Rod Ferry podcast, but not a podcast about that one show Gene Rod Ferry did, or any one show really.

Each week, we're tracking the early career of Gene Rod Ferry television writer

at a time when that was a very, very new and rapidly evolving job description.

Was Gene always working his forward-looking worldview into his early TV scripts, or did his morals, meanings, and messages evolve over time?

What stories was he telling, and at what stage of evolution was the medium of television at the time?

And along the way, we might even run into scripts Gene wrote that went unsold,

stories that went untold, unseen for decades, and unheard of, until now.

This week, we kick off Gene's stint on the 1950s series Mr. District Attorney with the episode Defense Plant Gambling.

Before Earl comes back with trivia, here's how you can reach us.

Geneology is meant to be entertaining and informative, but it's also the beginning of an ongoing conversation about the works of Gene Rod Ferry.

Drop us a line at MissionLog at RodinBerry.com, and join us on Twitter and Facebook at MissionLogPod.

While you're at it, leave us a review and a rating and Apple podcasts, or your favorite podcast platform.

And please remember, your comments could be used on future installments of Geneology.

Now, I did promise that you're going to come back with trivia after we did that, but before we get into trivia,

we already have a correction that is going to have to, you know, change our own history books,

even though we've only had one introductory episode.

Yeah, we got many encouraging messages from MissionLog listeners enthusiastic about Geneology,

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