Bobcat Goldthwait: The Trojan Horse of American Comedy
He set a guest chair on fire on The Tonight Show, becoming the first guest in the show's history to face criminal charges. Yet that same chaotic figure is a Sundance-acclaimed director, the beloved vo...
23 Jun 18min
Bob Hope: The Messy Truth Behind America's Squeaky-Clean Icon
America's ultimate squeaky-clean patriot was a former bare-knuckle boxer named Packy East, whose globally recognized face was rebuilt after a logging accident — and who may have secretly been a bigami...
23 Jun 19min
Bourvil: The Simpleton Mask That Outsmarted French Cinema
In 1970, one of France's most beloved comic stars quietly turned down the Legion of Honor — no press, no statement. That same man, famous for playing bumbling simpletons, could play ruthless villains ...
23 Jun 15min
Bud Abbott: The Straight Man Who Built a Comedy Empire
Imagine being half of the highest-paid comedy duo in the world — beloved by millions, selling out theaters — yet refusing to speak a single word to your partner off camera, all over a dispute about hi...
23 Jun 17min
Burt Lancaster: The Tough Guy With the Soul of a Philosopher
On a 1950s movie poster he's the ultimate Hollywood tough guy — muscle-bound, hyper-masculine, playing cowboys and pirates. Behind closed doors he was a fiercely progressive intellectual who devoured ...
23 Jun 21min
Carrie Chapman Catt: The Ruthless Architect of the 19th Amendment
Forget the sanitized image of women in white dresses giving polite speeches. In the sweltering Nashville summer of 1920, the fate of 27 million women's votes came down to a single ballot in the Tennes...
23 Jun 23min
Charles Sumner: The Senator Beaten on the Senate Floor
In 1856, a U.S. senator was trapped under his bolted-down desk and beaten with a gold-headed cane until he was blinded by his own blood. The attacker received fan mail and replacement canes. This was ...
23 Jun 21min
Cheech Marin: From Draft Dodger to Chicano Art Pioneer
How does the son of an LAPD officer dodge the Vietnam draft, get snowed into a Canadian cabin with a single Supremes record, and emerge as a global counterculture icon? The life of Richard 'Cheech' Ma...
23 Jun 18min
