Jimmy Breslin
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Oct 11, 2026
Chase HughesHOST
And this is just shortly after Kennedy had finished addressing supporters in the hotel's main ballroom.
Chase HughesHOST
Arthur George Plimpton, Jimmy Breslin, Pete Hamill, and former professional football player Rosie Greer and 1960 Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson were among several men who tackled and disarmed Sirhan.
Chase HughesHOST
and they held him down onto this stainless steel food table, and Sirhan continued shooting despite having his hand held down onto the table by a man about twice his size.
Chase HughesHOST
Kennedy was shot three times for sure, once in the head and twice in the back slash armpit area, with a fourth bullet passing through his jacket And he was put into an ambulance, rushed to the hospital and died about 26 hours later.
Kevin BreslinHOST
problem was that everybody was sending a letter because it wasn't their rewards.
Kevin BreslinHOST
They were saying, Jimmy Breslin is my husband, my son, my brother.
Kevin BreslinHOST
Go get my uncle.
Kevin BreslinHOST
He's the killer.
speaker_1HOST
He left a letter near the bodies of victims Valentina Suriani and Alexander Esau, addressed to the NYPD task force.
speaker_1HOST
Then recognizing the power of the press, he sent a letter directly to the famous New York Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin.
LernerHOST
The way he styled himself in these letters is so absurd, it's almost comical if it wasn't attached to such tragedy.
speaker_1HOST
What did he call himself?
Kevin BreslinHOST
They're, like, boring.
Kevin BreslinHOST
You want to almost wonder, how do they get the energy to write? Where do they get any originality from? And then I came across an article written by a guy, and he brought up Jimmy Breslin making a beer commercial.
Kevin BreslinHOST
"Pils beer.
Kevin BreslinHOST
Pils," as JB would say, "It's a good drinking beer." The writer we're talking about is Aaron Goldfarb.
Kevin BreslinHOST
He's written many books about alcohol.
Kevin BreslinHOST
He's written for The New York Times, and he's a great point of view about drinking, and Jimmy Breslin in media and advertising.
Kevin BreslinHOST
Welcome, Aaron.
Aaron GoldfarbGUEST
Thanks for having me.
Jeremy SchaapGUEST
Right to The Herald Tribune.
Kevin BreslinHOST
And you know something, most people, they talk about new journalism, they talk about Jimmy Breslin, Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, and a few others of course, but they don't mention Dick Schaap.
Kevin BreslinHOST
And I realized to myself, wait a minute, Dick Schaap was right there with everybody.
Jeremy SchaapGUEST
I agree.
Jeremy SchaapGUEST
Right.
Kevin BreslinHOST
I mean, they shared a room at The Herald Tribune where all the new journalism broke, and he always said, he said about Schaap, "You use your eyes, your ears-
Kevin BreslinHOST
ears-As Jimmy Breslin always preached, your legs.
Jeremy SchaapGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Maury PovichHOST
They came from all over.
Maury PovichHOST
Jimmy Breslin was there.
Maury PovichHOST
I used to drink with Jimmy Breslin down in Georgetown.
Maury PovichHOST
So on my show one time, I bring on of all people, Hunter S Thompson.
Maury PovichHOST
Oh yeah.
Drew BeesonGUEST
Yeah, he was played by, uh, Robert Downey Jr. in the movie.
Steve StocktonHOST
And, uh, that, that kind of reminds me of the, the Son of Sam case, where, uh, a lot of people thought that, uh, Jimmy Breslin, I think it was, was, was the .44 caliber killer, the one sending the letters to police just to keep the names out there.
Steve StocktonHOST
What about that case? Have you ever thought about looking at the Son of Sam?
Drew BeesonGUEST
Sam?Yeah, I did quite a bit.
Marcus ParksGUEST
Yes, you, I want you to fucking...
Marcus ParksGUEST
No, I want you to write a fucking m- write Jimmy Breslin.
Marcus ParksGUEST
No, you tell me.
Jared LoganHOST
All I'll say, Roberta, is this is the guy that wouldn't give you a cut of the money you brought to him.
Terry GeorgeGUEST
Um, uh, so yeah.
Terry GeorgeGUEST
But then once I, um, once I came to the United States, to New York, I started, uh, like practically doing freelance journalism and, uh, and working at New York Magazine where I met great writers, Pete Hamill, Jimmy Breslin, um, Clay Felker, the, uh, you know, the greats of that era.
Nick CipollaHOST
Mm-hmm.
Terry GeorgeGUEST
Um, uh, and they kind of inspired me.
Connie ChungGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Maury PovichHOST
Jimmy Breslin was there.
Maury PovichHOST
I used to drink with Jimmy Breslin down in Georgetown.
Maury PovichHOST
And so on my show one time, I bring on, of all people, Hunter S. Thompson-
Connie ChungGUEST
Oh, yeah
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