Tag: World War II
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The Zoot Suit Riots
Dress and racial conflict in World War II Los Angeles SPOILER ALERT: While this post doesn’t given away any plot points, it’s best read after listening to Season 2, Episode 7: “Riot.” OLLIE: Dear Bet: Over the weekend war broke out between servicemen and zoot suiters in downtown Los Angeles and Mexican neighborhoods to the…
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SNAFU STORY MEETING
How an idea becomes a story. Spoiler Alert: This post doesn’t give away any plot points, but you’ll appreciate it more if you read it after listening to Season 2, Episode 5 (“Mother”). OLLIE: I have an idea… PHIL EASTMAN: Great. What is it? OLLIE: Well, it’s kind of dumb… GEISEL: Ollie, there are no…
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S2 E7: “Riot”
Season 2, Episode 7: “Riot” Ollie attends a Private Snafu screening and offers to escort Julie home as the conflict between servicemen and Zoot Suiters escalates… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Martin Landström, Wicked Man. Courtesy of Epidemic Sound SOUND…
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Agness ‘Aggie” Underwood
Agness “Aggie” Underwood “Tough as nails” reporter and first female city editor AGGIE: Nice to meet you, Ollie. Agness Underwood, with the Herald-Express. OLLIE: A reporter? AGGIE: Yeah, but don’t hold that against me. Back when I was beginning to map out the plot of Season 2, I decided I needed the character of a…
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S2 E6: “Reflections”
Season 2, Episode 6. “Reflections” Ollie processes what he’s learned about Elle, and visits Ray Harryhausen’s garage special effects workshop… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly. While On The Tinsel Front purports to tell a true story,…
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Private Snafu
GEISEL: Remember when you told me that the best way to teach is to make students laugh? OLLIE: Yeah. GEISEL: Well, that’s what we’re trying to do with these, each one about this idiot screwing up in every way possible… In Episode #2: “New Job,” Ted Geisel shows Ollie the trailer for the Private Snafu,…
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S2 E5: “Mother”
Season 2, Episode 5: “Mother” Ollie participates in a Private Snafu story meeting, gets his animation tour from Julie and, with Lois and Shelly, meets Elle’s mother… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly. While On The…
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LEON SCHLESINGER PRODUCTIONS
Leon Schlesinger Productions Where Warner Brothers cartoons were made! OLLIE: And what is it they do? JULIE: They’re animators. We make the Warner Brothers cartoons here. You know, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck… Asked to identify the company associated with the cartoons that featured Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck et al, most people would answer…
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S2 E4: “Suspect”
Season 2, Episode 4: “Suspect” Accused by police, Ollie finds an unlikely savior… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly. While On The Tinsel Front purports to tell a true story, all the characters are fictional except for…
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S2 E3 “Shock”
Season 2, Episode 3: “Shock” Ollie desperately seeks information, and is interviewed by police… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Martin Landström, Wicked Man. Courtesy of Epidemic Sound SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly. While On The Tinsel Front purports to tell…
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Ivie Anderson
Ivie Anderson Jazz Singer Turned Restauranteur TOES: That, Ollie, is none other than Ivie Anderson. OLLIE: And who’s that…? TOES: She’s a singer, one of the best. Toured with Duke Ellington… The owner of “Ivie’s Chicken Shack” (who disapproves of Toes and company’s nickname for Ollie) was a jazz great. This profile from AllAboutJazz sums…
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SEASON 2 has begun!
It’s taken only two years, but Season 2 is finally here! (Thanks for your patience!) Episodes #1 and #2 are now available wherever you get your podcasts. Go to the podcast’s page on Podlink for links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other platforms. You can also listen on the Tinsel Front website Episodes page, The…
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S2 E1 “Uncertainty”
Season 2, Episode 1: As the filming of “This Is The Army” comes to the close, Ollie wonders what he’s going to do next. Elle, meanwhile, has gone missing… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Sound Effects courtesy of Soundly. While…
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Central Avenue
I couldn’t tell a story about Los Angeles in the 1940s without some mention of Central Avenue, the road that, running due south from downtown, was the cultural epicenter of the city’s black community and a musical mecca where jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Billy Holliday, Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald performed. Sadly, this…
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Season 2 debuts September 5, 2026
I am pleased to announce that Season 2 of ON THE TINSEL FRONT will launch on September 5, 2026, the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend! This new season has 7 episodes. Episodes #1 and #2 will be available at 12:01 AM on that Saturday. The remaining episodes will be released thereafter once every three days:…