I didn’t see as much of “The Bronx Is Burning” as I meant to, but I thought it was terrific. That was one of those cases where, if you’d said to me, “Oliver Platt will be George Steinbrenner and John Turturro will be Billy Martin,” I’d have laughed in your face. But when you actually saw them in the roles, it made perfect sense, and they were both incredible.

Yeah, I thought they did a good job too. Those fake big ears that Turturro wore were kind of funny though. I liked it how they interviewed people at the end of the show who were there when the real events took place. Reggie Jackson was something else though. The guy really showed up to play when it mattered. Of course his ego also made for good TV and newspaper reporting.

I think you may have meant to say “Reggie,” although Jesse’s ego sometimes also makes for good TV and newspaper reporting.

That’s funny. Oops. Went ahead and changed it.

Turturro was GREAT as Billy Martin, and I liked Platt as Steinbrenner. I didn’t buy the guy playing ‘Reggie’ so much.

I lived in NY during those years, and none of that stuff was exaggerated whatsoever on the show. I loved it.

What about the actor playing Munson?

And how about that music that George Plaster and 104.5 replay for us from time to time?

oh yeah, whoever was playing Munson nailed the part. Love the music!