Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Bruce W. Cook
“I would like to become a really successful novelist. I have multiple books that are out. The latest book is An American Rich Girl. It’s actually based on a story in Newport Beach, California, where we are today. And I’m working on a new novel called The Clarity of Color, which is set in Oakland, California in the nineteen sixties, at the time of the rise of the Black Panthers. [Alright. And your contact info?] I don’t have any.”
Air date: 03/21/2025
Tune in as Poorman interviews Bruce W. Cook, writer and producer, who started out at CBS Studio City, passing out tickets to the Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1975. He was promoted to the assistant of a producer at the CBS Sports Network which led to a career that spans helping produce the 1984 Olympics at ABC to being hired by the NFL to recreate Super Bowl Halftime, and helping create and produce Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous alongside Robin Leach.
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