The Breaker - series. Books 1 - 3:

 

The Breaker

ISBN: 9781656281517

Description:

How do you know the one you love won’t hurt you?

Or even try to kill you?
In many cases … you don’t.

How do we choose our path and purpose in life?

What makes us who we are?
When Seth Egan starts working as a private detective, he knows he’ll make enemies.
It goes with the territory.
As Seth works on a murder case and hunts down the killers, he becomes the target.
Some people have no conscience, shame, empathy, or remorse.
To get their own way, to get what they want, to take everything, they will do anything.
Even murder.
In the end, they will drag you down to hell with them.
Sometimes, our enemies are those closest to us.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/eKFZ03giKR?amp=1

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Bad Blood

ISBN: 9798682203192

Description:

No one is paying Seth Egan for his latest case.

He keeps this one unofficial.

Pro bono publico.

Off the books.

For him, this one is personal.

A matter of bad blood.

A woman with a grudge of her own leads Seth to a place where people vanish without trace.

Money is the motive.

Greed is the motivator.

Scores that can only be settled in blood.

A dark underworld of illegal gambling, prostitution, drugs, violence and murder.

Amazon link:

 

https://t.co/e0XiS8crAr?amp=1

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Mall Maze

ISBN: 9798729917235

Description:

Friday the 13th.

Unlucky for many.

What should have been a routine adultery case ends with Seth Egan fighting for his life.

Cut off from the world.

With no way to call for help.

Trapped in a place where the walls are coming down around him.

Seth is running out of places to hide.

As chaos reigns and the city burns … the hunters close in.

Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09244XVYW/

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Themes:

Abuse by proxy, Adultery, C-PTSD, crime, detective, domestic abuse, enabler, flying monkey, gaslighting, hardboiled, heist, infidelity, murder, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, personality disorder, psychopath, sociopath, suspense, thriller, vigilante, violence.

Books available in hardcover, paperback and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of my books is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

What’s On?

What’s On?

A Guide to Movies and TV Shows

Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9798342696098

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9798341177307

Kindle

ASIN: B0DJTZ8T58

Back cover description:

What’s On? … is the timeless question we have all asked ourselves almost every day of our lives, as we reach for the remote control and settle in front of the TV screen.

Jack Kost, a life-long movie buff and coffee addict, offers his choice of favorite movie and television masterpieces.

Providing possible answers to the question of What’s On? with over 1,900 titles, from golden oldies and timeless classics, to more recent releases, all meticulously logged and summarized.

An invaluable and collectable go-to source for discovering new favorites and revisiting old ones.

Perfect for film enthusiasts and casual viewers alike, this guide will spark conversations, bring back memories, and help you navigate the ever-evolving world of screen entertainment.

A wealth of recommendations and insights from a passionate movie buff to enrich your viewing experience, complete with personal reminiscences and nostalgic reflections, told with a world-wise critical eye, sardonic dry wit, a healthy dose of cynicism, biting observations, and a well-founded rant here and there.

Just don’t challenge or get him started on his personal favorites, like The Shining, Point Blank, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Duellists, Romeo Is Bleeding, or The Ninth Configuration. His opinions on these and other iconic titles are as intense and unyielding as the movies themselves.

All compiled by an author who not only watched the movies, but also read the books on which they were based, did his research, drank a lot of coffee in the process, and advocates for the importance and value of reading.

A glimpse into the over-caffeinated mind of a writer with a passion for great stories.

What’s On? is a celebration of the intersection between page and screen, and a reminder that great on-screen adaptations often start with a great book and a strong cup of coffee.

Kick back, grab your coffee, and enjoy the show!

As author Jack Kost says:

“Happy viewing … and do yourself a favor … read the books.”

Slipped Masks:

Slipped Masks

ISBN: 9781719330640

Description:

I can’t call you because if he hears me talking on the phone he’ll hit me again. He scares me. I know sooner or later he’s going to kill me. I’ll text you again when I can. I love you, Casey. I’ll spend the rest of our lives proving to you how much I love you. Please come. Please save me …

With only text messages to guide him, Casey Byrne is on the hunt, racing across five states to save his ex-girlfriend, Madison.

Casey loves Madison deeply and wants desperately to save her life and rekindle their relationship.

But the closer he gets to her, the more surreal his journey becomes as the dead bodies pile up in his wake.

Clinical Lycanthropy: the delusion that a human can physically transform into a wolf.

If you were insane, would you know it?

How would you see the world if you were convinced you could transform into a wolf?

The hunter … and the hunted.

Slipped Masks is a dark neo-noir thriller about how the need for love and companionship becomes twisted into obsession, possession, jealousy, violence and murder.

A horrifying portrait of Clinical Lycanthropy.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/2Gwb135V3m

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Themes:

Sociopathy, narcissistic abuse, personality disorder, Clinical Lycanthropy, crime, murder.

Book available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of this book is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

Work in progress:

My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.

Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.

Themes:

Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

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The Breaker is an on-going series.

I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!

Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in music history:

Behind the Mask by Fleetwood Mac (1990)

Leave Your Sleep by Natalie Merchant (2010)

Behind the Mask

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released April 9, 1990.

Track list: Skies the Limit; Love Is Dangerous; In the Back of My Mind; Do You Know; Save Me; Affairs of the Heart; When the Sun Goes Down; Behind the Mask; Stand on the Rock; Hard Feelings; Freedom; When It Comes to Love; The Second Time.

Leave Your Sleep

Album by Natalie Merchant,

released April 9, 2010.

Track list: Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience; Equestrienne; Calico Pie; Bleezer's Ice-Cream; It Makes a Change; The King of China's Daughter; The Dancing Bear; The Man in the Wilderness; maggie and milly and molly and may; If No One Ever Marries Me; The Sleepy Giant; The Peppery Man; The Blind Men and the Elephant; Adventures of Isabel; The Walloping Window Blind; Topsyturvey-World; The Janitor's Boy; Griselda; The Land of Nod; Vain and Careless; Crying, My Little One; Sweet and a Lullaby; I Saw a Ship A-Sailing; Autumn Lullaby; Spring and Fall: To a Young Child; Indian Names.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988)

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 1. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: The Arsenal of Freedom.

Released April 9, 1988.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, Maurice Hurley, Robert Lewin, Hannah Louise Shearer, Tracy Tormé.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Vincent Schiavelli, Marco Rodríguez, Vyto Ruginis, Julia Nickson, George De La Pena, James G. Becker, Richard Sarstedt.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Before and After.

Released April 9, 1997.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, Jessica Collins, Michael Maguire, Christopher Aguilar, Janna Michaels, Rachael Harris, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, John Copage, Damaris Cordelia, Debbie David, Tarik Ergin, Jennifer Gundy, Grace Harrell, Susan Henley, Nichole McAuley, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt, Hallie Singleton, Scott Strozier, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Judgment.

Released April 9, 2003.

Directed by James L. Conway.

Written by David A. Goodman, Taylor Elmore, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, J.G. Hertzler, John Vickery, Granville Van Dusen, Daniel Riordan, Victor Talmadge, Helen Cates, D.J. Lockhart-Johnson, Danny Kolker, Alexandrea Ortiz, Joseph Billingiere, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Evan English, Dieter Horneman, Lidia Sabljic.

Born on this day – Peter Kwong:

Peter Kwong

Actor

Dancer

Martial artist

Stunt choreographer

April 9, 1952 – May 27, 2025

Credits:

227 (1985); Amazing Stories (1985); Angel Town (1990); Aussie & Ted's Great Adventure (2009); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Black Sheep Squadron (1977); Border Line (1999); Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993); Bret Maverick (1981); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Budz House (2011); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Clarissa's Gift (2014); Combination Platter (1993); Cooties (2014); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2020); Daddy Dearest (1993); David Mirisch, the Man Behind the Golden Stars (2021); Doctor Doctor (1990); Dragon Dynasty (2006); Drake & Josh (2006); Dynasty (1984); Ed Sheeran Feat. Pharrell Williams: Sing (2014); Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992); Full House (1988); General Hospital (2004); Ghost Rock (2003); Gleaming the Cube (1989); GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004); Homeboys in Outer Space (1996); Hungry (2020); I'll Do Anything (1994); JAG (2004); Keiko (1983); King of the Hill (2002); Knightwatch (1988); Lethal Weapon (2016); Lifestories (1990); Little House on the Prairie (1983); Love Sanchez (2016); MacGyver (1986); Malcolm & Eddie (1997); Man from Atlantis (1978); Man of a Thousand Faces (2008); Manimal (1983); Matt Houston (1983); Miami Vice (1985); Miss Universe Pageant (1995); My Wife and Kids (2004); Narc (2005); Never Too Young to Die (1986); Nu Blue Roses Part 1 (2011); Nu Blue Roses Part 2 (2011); Operation Petticoat (1979); Panic in Echo Park (1977); Paper Dragons (1996); Pepito's Mamadas (2023–2024); Police Story: Gladiator School (1988); Private Eye (1987); Project 420 (2010); Red Carpet Report (2013–2016); Renegade (1992); Rise to Honor (2003); Rockwell: Obscene Phone Caller (1984); Row Your Boat (1999); Running Red (1999); Sangre Negra (2017); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986); Sisters (1996); Skeleton Coast (1988); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); St. Elsewhere (1985); Steele Justice (1987); Straight Time (1978); Sullivan & Son (2014); Sunnyside (1979); Sword of Justice (1978); The A-Team (1984); The Coupe de Villes: Big Trouble in Little China (1986); The District (2003); The Fifth Corner (1992); The Golden Child (1986); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2 (1993); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Presidio (1988); The Renegades (1982); The Tao of Rain - An Interview with Peter Kwong (2019); The Wayans Bros. (1995); Theodore Rex (1995); Tour of Duty (1989); Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984); Visions (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Badja Djola:

Badja Djola

Actor

Dancer

April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005

Credits:

Slipdream (2005); Back to You in the Days (2005); Night at the Golden Eagle (2001); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Fugitive (2000); The Price of Air (2000); Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000); The Hurricane (1999); Deterrence (1999); Born Free (1998); Chicago Hope (1998); Butter (1998); ER (1998); Brooklyn South (1998); The Players Club (1998); Gunshy (1998); Millennium (1997); First Time Felon (1997); The Last Don (1997); The Brave (1997); NYPD Blue (1997); Rosewood (1997); Nash Bridges (1997); Heaven's Prisoners (1996); The X-Files (1995); Knight Rider 2010 (1994); Roc (1993–1994); Who's the Man? (1993); Marked for Murder (1993); Eddie Presley (1992); The Waterdance (1992); Division Street (1991); Christmas on Division Street (1991); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991); A Rage in Harlem (1991); Wiseguy (1990); B.L. Stryker (1990); An Innocent Man (1989); Mississippi Burning (1988); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); Spenser: For Hire (1987); The Lightship (1985); Maximum Security (1984); The Lonely Guy (1984); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982); Night Shift (1982); Penitentiary (1979); The Main Event (1979).

Born on this day – Jean-Paul Belmondo:

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Actor

Stunts

Producer

April 9, 1933 – September 6, 2021

Credits:

12h45 (2021); 30 millions d'amis (1987–1991); 53 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (2009); 6 à la maison (2020); 7 sur 7 (1988); 70 Jahre Berlinale (2020); A Man and His Dog (2008); A Monkey in Winter (1962); À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957); A Woman Is a Woman (1961); Ace of Aces (1982); Alain Resnais, l'audacieux (2022); Amazon (2000); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Animal (1977); Auf los geht's los (1982); Avis de recherche (1990); Backfire! (1964); Banana Peel (1963); Bande-annonce de 'Pierrot le fou' (1965); Bande-annonce de 'Une femme est une femme' (1961); Bardot (2023); Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958); Beach Casanova (1962); Beau geste (2023); Belmondo de A à Z (1985); Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022); Belmondo ou le goût du risque (2017); Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011); Belmondo, le magnifique (2017); Belmondo, l'influenceur (2020); Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau monde (2011); Bertrand Blier, l'iconoclaste impenitent (2022); Bitte umblättern (1971); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013–2015); Body of My Enemy (1976); Borsalino (1970); Bouillon de culture (1998); Breathless (1960); C à vous (2012 / 2019); Cartouche (1962); Casino Royale (1967); Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède (1993); Champs-Elysées (1987–1989); Chansons! (2022); Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958); Chocolat (1988); Chroma (2017); Chroniques de France / Segment: Jean-Paul Belmondo sur le tournage d'Un homme qui me plait (1970); Ciné star (1987); Cinéma cinémas (1990); Cinema Sex Politics: Bertolucci Makes 'The Dreamers' (2003); Cinépanorama (1960–1964); Cinq colonnes à la une (1961); Claude Lelouch La vie en mieux (2024); Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019); Comme au cinéma (1999); Compression (1995–2025); Cop or Hood (1979); Crime on a Summer Morning (1965); Cyrano de Bergerac (1990); De película (1985); Dégueulasse V (2008); Dégueulasse VI (2009); Delon / Melville, la solitude de 2 samouraïs (2024)Der grosse Preis (1984); Der Sport-Spiegel (1966); Derrière le poste (2014); Desired (1995); Deux de la Vague (2010); Die goldene Kamera 1998 (1998); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Docteur Popaul (1972); Duels (2014–2016); D'un film à l'autre (2011); Durand la nuit (1992); Empreintes (2012); E-penser (2025); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Est-ce que ça marche? (2013); Famous Love Affairs / Segment: Lauzun (1961); Fan des années 80 (2010); Fantômas démasqué (2022); Final Cut (2022); ForesTiVi (2019); Frédérick ou le Boulevard du Crime (1999); Friderikusz show (1997); Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan (2006); Gabin, gueule d'amour (2001); Gala de l'union (1963–1970); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); Godard Cinema (2022); Godard par Godard (2023); Golden Moustache (2017); Gran premio internazionale della TV (1998); Grand écran (1964); Grands reportages (2016); Great Directors (2009); Greed in the Sun (1964); Half a Chance (1998); Happy Easter (1984); Heart of the Festival (2002); Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009); Hinter der Leinwand (1966); Histoire bruyante de la jeunesse (2020); Ho! (1968); Hold-Up (1985); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); Hors-la-loi (1985); Il était une fois: Le gala de l'union des artistes (1980); Incorrigible (1975); Is Paris Burning? (1966); Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988); ITV Celebrites Interviews (2021); Ivresse à Tigreville (2013); J'ai tout donné (1972); Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible (2020); Jean-Luc Cinema Godard (2009); Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie (2018); Jean-Paul Belmondo (1965); Jetset in den Sixties - Das süße Leben der Schönen und Reichen (2010); Kean (1988); La bande à Bebel (1966); La chasse aux vedettes (1961); La galerie France 5 (2017); La Grande Darka! (2020); La Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part (2022); La nuit des Césars (2017); La puce à l'oreille (1997); La traversée du désir (2009); La viaccia (1961); L'aîné des Ferchaux (2001); Langlois (1970); Le cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud (2024); Le dernier des cinq (1972–1973); Le Doulos (1962); Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2011–2017); Le Guignolo (1980); Le journal de 20 heures (1992–2016); Le Magnifique (1973 / 1996); Le Magnifique: Comment détruire la réputation du plus célèbre agent secret? (2013); Le Marginal (1983); Le nombril du monde (1993); Le Poing J (1997–2000); Le Roi mélancolique, la légende de René Vietto (2020); Le temps des nababs (2019); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Léon Morin, Priest (1961); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les acteurs (2000); Les Aventures d'Adrien: L'Affaire Catalan (2013); Les Chroniques du Mea (2019–2021); Les copains du dimanche (1958); Les coulisses de l'exploit (1964); Les dossiers de l'Histoire (1999); Les échos du cinéma (1961–1962); Les enfants de la télé (2019); Les Enfoirés (1986); Les Misérables (1995); Les pros (1986); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); Les tricheurs (1958); Let Sleeping Guns Lie (2005); Lettere di una novizia (1960); Leute heute (2021); L'invité du dimanche (1968); Look Who's Talking (1989); Look Who's Talking Too (1990); Louis Malle - Un cinéaste français (2006); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: L’ Adultere (1960); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Lundi en histoires (2015); Magnet of Doom (1963); Male Hunt (1964); Man amüsiert sich auch ohne Touristen (1963); Man Called Rocca (1961); Mare matto (1963); Maybe (1999); Melville, le dernier samouraï (2020); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Mississippi Mermaid (1969); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Molière (1956); Monsieur Cinéma (1970–1971); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); My Journey Through French Cinema (2016); Na siehste (1989); Ne m'oubliez pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (1990); Neues aus der Welt des Films (1969–1970); NOS Uit het Leven (2021); Nulle part ailleurs (1997–1998); Nunca es tarde (2017); On n'est pas couché (2007); One Hundred and One Nights (1995); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Overdose (2022); Paris aktuell (1968); Pariser Journal (1964); Passion Terzieff (2018); Pierrot le fou (1965); Plus belle la vie (2021); Pour le cinéma (1974–1977); Reflets de Cannes (1964); Rembob'Ina (2020–2024); Rémy Julienne: 50 ans de cascades (2013); Riviera-Story (1961); Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre (2018); Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord (2021); Sacrée soirée (1988–1991); Scoumoune (1972); Second Tour (2023); Sendung ohne Namen (2003); Senza malizia (2021); Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960); Spécial cinéma (1983–1988); Star Life (1990); Stars (1980); Stars 90 (1992–1993); Stars'N Co (1997–1998); Stavisky (1974); Stranger in the House (1992); Sweet and Sour (1963); Tage und Nächte in Paris (2004); Tailleur pour dames (1993); Tapis rouge (2000); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); Tender Scoundrel (1966); T'es fou Marcel (1974); That Man from Rio (1964); The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2022); The Big Risk (1960); The Brain (1969); The Burglars (1971); The Clock (2010); The Côte d'Azur: Love, Luxury, Passion (2021); The Dreamers (2003); The Emperor's New Clothes (2015); The Hunter Will Get You (1976); The Inheritor (1973); The Loner (1987); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); The Night Caller (1975); The Oscars (2022); The Professional (1981); The Shortest Day (1963); The Swashbuckler (1971); The Thief of Paris (1967); The Three Musketeers (1959); The Vultures (1984); The Winner (1961); Tom et Lola (1990); Toreros (2000); Trapped by Fear (1960); Treffpunkt Kino (1987); Trente-Six Chandelles (1957); Two Women (1960); Un drôle de dimanche (1958); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Un jour, un destin (2017–2020); Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975); Une légende, une vie (1974); Up to His Ears (1965); Ventura... dit Lino (1997); Vingt-quatre heures sur la deux (1970); Vivement dimanche (1999–2013); Vivement dimanche prochain (1998–2013); Web of Passion (1959); Weekend at Dunkirk (1964); Wetten, dass..? (1985); What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018); What War May Bring (2010); Zur Nacht (1969).

Born on this day – Tom Lehrer:

Tom Lehrer

Composer

Actor

April 9, 1928 – July 26, 2025

Credits:

Books:

The Tom Lehrer Song Book (1954); Tom Lehrer's Second Song Book (1972); Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer: With Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle (1981).

Albums:

An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959); An Evening With the Infinite Genius of Tom Lehrer (2019); Be Prepared (2013); Entertaining (2009); Evenings Wasted With Tom Lehrer (2010); I Hold Your Hand in Mine (2013); I Wanna Go Back to Dixie (2008); In Concert (1960); Kings of Comedy Presents Tom Lehrer and George Formby (2015); More of Tom Lehrer (1959); Presenting Tom Lehrer (1953); Revisited (1960); Revisited Remastered (2013); Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer (1997); Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953); Songs By Tom Lehrer (Remastering 2013) (2013); That Was the Year That Was (1965); The Best & Worst of Tom Lehrer (2019); The Conducted Tom Lehrer (2023); The Elements (2010); The Remains of Tom Lehrer (2000); The Rest of Tom Lehrer (2010); The Songs of Tom Lehrer (2017); The Tom Lehrer Collection (2010); The Tom Lehrer Collection: 1953–60 (2015); The Very Best Of (2011); The Very Best of Tom Lehrer (2008); Tom Foolery (2012); Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia (and Vice Versa) (1960); Tom Lehrer Live on Stage (2017).

Movies and television:

A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for A Living Planet (2012); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House (1966); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); Advent Comedy Calendar 2020 by We Are Thomasse (2020); Annette (2021); Better Call Saul (2018); Boys State (2020); BP Super Show (1960); Comedy Songs: The Pop Years (2008); Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary (1991); Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); Flitter, Flutter-Thud (2007); For All Mankind (2019); Gilmore Girls (2006); Heroes of Comedy (2000); Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998); How to Prevent a Nuclear War (1987); I Hold Your Hand in Mine (2022); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Marty Back Together Again (1974); Nacha (1977); NCIS (2007); Nova ScienceNow (2006); Oj - är det redan fredag? (1970); Parkinson (1980); Pollution (1967); Porträtt av en motvillig herre (2008); Romansinfrabelic Break Fast (2024); That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985); The Big Bang Theory (2010); The Cure (2011); The Electric Company (1971–1977); The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006); The Frost Report (1966); The Gateway Bug (2017); The Life and Times of Death (2019); The Life and Times of Death: Prologue (2018); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1967); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Weekend Starts Here (1970–1971); Timeshift (2008); Today (1966); We Drive Econo (2020).

Born on this day – Arthur Batanides:

Arthur Batanides

Actor

April 9, 1923 – January 10, 2000

Credits:

21 Beacon Street (1959); 87th Precinct (1962); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Accidental Family (1967); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Bearcats! (1971); Ben Casey (1963); Black Tuesday (1954); Blansky's Beauties (1977); Blue Light (1966); Bonanza (1960–1961); Border Patrol (1959); Brannigan (1975); Broken Arrow (1957); Burke's Law (1965); Cimarron Strip (1967); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1959); Colt .45 (1958); Columbo (1974); Combat! (1963); Crusader (1956); Cry Tough (1959); Danger (1951); Daniel Boone (1970); Dante (1960); Death Valley Days (1966); Decoy (1958); Dr. Kildare (1964); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Follow the Sun (1961); G.E. True (1963); Galactica 1980 (1980); Get Smart (1966); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1965–1969); Gunsmoke (1964–1965); Happy Days (1974–1983); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Honey West (1965); I Spy (1966–1967); Insight (1966); Ironside (1973); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jericho (1966); Johnny Midnight (1960); Johnny Staccato (1960); Karen (1975); Knight Rider (1985); Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1956); Land of the Giants (1968); Lawman (1959); Lock Up (1959); Lost in Space (1967); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Love's Dark Ride (1978); Lucan (1977); M Squad (1960); Man from Atlantis (1977); Man with a Camera (1958); Mannix (1973); Man-Trap (1961); Maverick (1957); McCloud (1973); Medical Center (1976); Men of Annapolis (1957); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Mission: Impossible (1967–1972); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Lucky (1960); Navy Log (1957); Not for Hire (1960); Not for Publication (1951); One Step Beyond (1959); Out There (1951); Perry Mason (1963); Peter Gunn (1958); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985); Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol - Remembering a Lofty Investigation (2004); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective (2004); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989); Police Story (1975–1977); Quincy, M.E. (1982); Rawhide (1959–1961); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958–1959); Riverboat (1960); Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954); Room 222 (1970); Route 66 (1961); Run Buddy Run (1966); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1960); Star Trek (1969); State Trooper (1958); Studio 57 (1957); Target (1958); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Andy Griffith Show (1964); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Beachcomber (1962); The Bill Dana Show (1963–1964); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Cat Ate the Parakeet (1972); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Defenders (1963); The Detectives (1960–1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963–1964); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Fugitive (1964); The Great Adventure (1963–1964); The Green Hornet (1967 / 1974); The Heist (1972); The Islanders (1961); The Last Hurrah (1977); The Lawless Years (1959); The Leech Woman (1960); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Maltese Bippy (1969); The Man Called X (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Millionaire (1958); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979–1980); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972–1973); The Odd Couple (1972–1974); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Rifleman (1963); The Rogues (1964); The Silent Force (1970); The Silent Service (1957); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Thin Man (1959); The Third Man (1959); The Time Tunnel (1967); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Unearthly (1957); The Web (1953–1954); The Wild Wild West (1965–1968); Thicker Than Water (1973); Tombstone Territory (1957); U.S. Marshal (1958); Violent Road (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960); What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971); Whirlybirds (1959); Wonder Woman (1978); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Brad Dexter:

Brad Dexter

Actor

Producer

April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002

Credits:

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000); Cognac (1988); Skag (1980); Valentine (1979); The Incredible Hulk (1979); Winter Kills (1979); Project U.F.O. (1978); House Calls (1978); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); Vigilante Force (1976); Law and Order (1976); S.W.A.T. (1975); McCloud (1975); Kojak (1975); Shampoo (1975); Jory (1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970); Mannix (1970); The Lawyer (1970); The Naked Runner (1967); Blindfold (1966); Von Ryan's Express (1965); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); None But the Brave (1965); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Kings of the Sun (1963); Johnny Cool (1963); Death Valley Days (1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); X-15 (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); The George Raft Story (1961); The Investigators (1961); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); The Aquanauts (1960); The Magnificent Seven (1960); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); 13 Fighting Men (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); Mr. Lucky (1960); Tightrope (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Bronco (1959); Colt .45 (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1959); This Man Dawson (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Yancy Derringer (1959); Cimarron City (1959); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Pursuit (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Wagon Train (1958); Run Silent Run Deep (1958); Studio One (1958); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); Between Heaven and Hell (1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); Climax! (1955); House of Bamboo (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Untamed (1955); 99 River Street (1953); Macao (1952); The Las Vegas Story (1952); Fourteen Hours (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Sinbad, the Sailor (1947); Heldorado (1946); Winged Victory (1944); The Mortal Storm (1940).

Born on this day – Louise Larabee:

Louise Larabee

Actress

April 9, 1916 – March 1, 2002

Credits:

Act One (1963); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1957); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1959); Brenner (1959); Climax! (1957); Curtain Call (1952); Every Night at Eight (1935); Fail Safe (1964); Front Row Center (1956); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Hawk (1966); Hollywood Screen Test (1953); King of Burlesque (1936); Love of Life (1951–1980); Lux Video Theatre (1952); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked City (1961); Rocky King, Detective (1952–1953); Route 66 (1961); Rush It (1978); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Star for a Night (1936); Studio One (1952–1954); Suspense (1952–1953); Suspicion (1958); The Big Story (1955); The Challenge (1955); The Defenders (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Mask (1954); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); 'Way Out (1961); Wonder Bar (1934); You Are There (1954).