Scott Pelley, man
“. . . how man is attempting to restore bird populations threatened by climate change.”
Bribery is a crime.
A sign on a wall in the Naked City.
Marion Dougherty’s index cards
“I would keep the three-by-five card. I would put down anything that hit my mind.”
Ten angry men
Eight members of the jury from 12 Angry Men appeared on Naked City. Five of those eight also appeared on Route 66, along with two more. Much of that casting was by Marion Dougherty.
Orange Crate Art: Local weather
“. . . right up to a hundred ninety-eight by five p.m.”
Telephone exchange names on screen: CIrcle
From the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.
Telephone exchange names on screen: GRamercy
From Naked City.
Naked City mystery guest
Making her third appearance in television.
Overheard
Sunny LA.
Star Trek paper and pencils
Ancient technology of the future.
Opie Taylor, Mongol user
It’s a fine pencil for a young ’un, mighty fine.
Naked City TL
“I don’t know what the letters stand for, but it means that I’ve got a compliment for you if you can dig up something nice to say about me.”
Freedom Summer
Tonight on PBS.
Naked City agriculture
“I got a wife, two kids, a nice business — produce, organically grown, no sprays.”
PBS wants me to flip my phone open
The pledge breaks are from 2009.
CBS homophone mishap
“AMERICA’S ROLL.”
Nancy Malone and The Times
If the Times obituary borrows anything from Orange Crate Art, it’s a mistake.
A letter from Nancy Malone
She explains how Libby and Adam met.
Nancy Malone (1935–2014)
The last surviving member of the cast of Naked City.
IBM in Naked City?
Which Naked City episode has a scene at IBM?
Naked City Mongol
Martin Sheen as a soda jerk, writing with a Mongol.
Ballpoints, not for writing?
From The Jeffersons: “Ballpoint pens are not for writing. They’re for making marks.”
Teachers and policemen
“Teachers and policemen — you don’t have much money, but on the other hand, you don’t have much fun.”
Naked City milk prowler
his Naked City episode, about a horribly scarred young man who lives in the shadows, draws its inspiration from life.
A Naked City Dickinson
The pulled-back hair, the little tie: this recluse’s appearance owes something to the famous daguerreotype.
Naked Fordham City
The Rose Hill campus of Fordham University, the Bronx, New York, as seen on Naked City.
Sheila MacRae (1921–2014)
The second Alice Kramden.
Ghostwriter
At YouTube.
Naked City Rolodex
Is it really a Rolodex? This device might have to be called a rotational address-retrieval management system.
Naked poetry City
Just because I’m a police officer doesn’t mean I don’t read poetry. [Laughs.] I guess I’m a little old-fashioned.