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...Pulling the trigger became as common to him as killing a fly." Zamora did not realize he was committing cold-blooded murder, contends Rubin, but "was just acting out a television script." The defense has claimed that circumstances of the crime were eerily similar to two recent episodes of Kojak and a Dracula movie Zamora watched the night before the murder. For its part, the prosecution disputes the plea of insanity, pointing out, for instance, that after the murder, Zamora treated four friends to a long weekend of fun at Disney World, compliments, he told them, of his father...
...also testify Ronald was a confirmed TV addict who spent at least six hours a day staring at the screen; he refused to eat unless the television was on and sometimes sneaked out of bed to catch a late movie. His favorite shows: such cops-and-robbers series as Kojak, Baretta and Starsky and Hutch. According to Mrs. Zamora, Ronald is such a Kojak fan, "he even asked his father to shave his head because he wanted my husband to look like...
...trial. Taking advantage for the first time of a Florida Supreme Court experiment allowing criminal trials to be broadcast, WPBT is videotaping the courtroom action and feeding excerpts to outlets around the country and abroad. The station may also be featuring what could be another TV first: Lieut. Kojak himself testifying on behalf of the defense. Rubin has subpoenaed Telly Savalas and hopes to put him on the stand because, he says, the actor has been "brave enough to speak out that television violence is bad. I want him to face a jury to say that...
...They tell us we're professionals now, that we're supposed to be scientific cops just like on T.V. Christ Almighty, people pay $7000 a year so their kids can go here, and they want me to play Kojak with them. No way," a Harvard policeman with over 10 years' experience said last month. What bothers many of the officers--and at the same time, the Police Association that represents them--is their feeling that the current police administration, in its effort to increase efficiency and take an aggressive stand against the outside troublemakers, is willing to ignore the officers...
...hero of a prime-time television show. Such is the case with Lou Grant, the new CBS series (premiere: Sept. 20, 10 p.m. E.D.T.) that continues the adventures of Mary's boss at the Minneapolis TV station on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Lou Grant may not have Kojak's sexy bravado or the punk élan of TV's younger male heartthrobs, but he is someone TV viewers can actually recognize from experience: Lou is 50, overweight, smart, tired, compassionate, full of disappointments and yet sturdy enough to survive. In the never-never land of television...