Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1990, the premiere of one of the most bewildering TV experiments of all time: Cop Rock. We'll explain how the show happened and why it didn't quite catch on. Plus: it's the birthday of George William Crump, a guy Ray Stevens could’ve written a song about. An oral history of Cop Rock, TV’s first and last musical police drama (AV Club) University Chronology (Washington University via Archive.org) When we think about our Patreon backers we feel like singing! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support