The NewYork City TV legend has passed at 88.....
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Like the demolition of Ebbets Field or Penn Station, Joe Franklin’s death Saturday took a little piece of New York with it.
Franklin, who was 88 and reportedly died of prostate cancer, wasn’t just a link to New York’s entertainment history. He was the spirit of the New York streets, the hard-working hustler who made it to the big time because it never occurred to him that he wouldn’t or couldn’t.
His late-night television show, from 1950 to 1962 on WJZ and then until 1993 on WOR, formed the core of the Joe Franklin legend.
It’s still in the “Guinness World Records” as the longest continuously running talk show in TV history.
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/ ... -1.2090911
I loved his low-fi talk show back when you could have stuff like that on the air. Watched it often. RIP.
