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Whitey Bulger's Barber - Off-Ramp for July 14, 2012
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Dan Carino
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Episode 5374
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Whitey Bulger's Barber - Off-Ramp for July 14, 2012

Whitey Bulger lived unnoticed for years as a fugitive; Hank Rosenfeld knows his barber. Mike Roe takes us to Comic Con. "Hogan's Heroes" in sock puppets.

An undated contact sheet from the LA Public Library shows three different photos of an oil field fire in Southern California.
An undated contact sheet from the LA Public Library shows three different photos of an oil field fire in Southern California.
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LA Public Library
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Whitey Bulger lived unnoticed for years as a fugitive; Hank Rosenfeld knows his barber. Mike Roe takes us to Comic Con. "Hogan's Heroes" in sock puppets.

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"Stalag 17" was a black comedy set in a German POW camp. "Hogan's Heroes" turned the Germans into bumblers. A new production goes to the next level of absurdity.
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One day, little Eli or Tanner or Seamus was at bat and I heard somebody yelling, “Elbow up! Protect the plate!” and, “Dig, dig, dig!” That someone was me.
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A barber, who shall remain nameless to protect his safety, tells Hank Rosenfeld he used to cut Whitey Bulger's hair ... until the FBI caught the fugitive mobster.
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What happens at Comic-Con, never stays at Comic-Con. KPCC's Mike Roe tweets all the happenings to this years biggest pop culture event.
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The Getty is celebrating Gustav Klimt's 150th birthday with the first major museum exhibition to focus on the artist's drawings. Marc Haefele reviews.
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Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with Jim Meskimen, man of a thousand voices, including Robin Williams, Kirk Douglas, Charleton Heston, Woody Allen, and Droopy Dog.
Allan Sherman celebrates Bastille Day: "We're gonna take you and your queen, down to the guillotine, and shorten you a little bit."
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Although its made quite the noise in the classical music world, the Pasadena Conservatory of Music is relatively unknown to most Pasadena residents.
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South LA's Linda Jay on witnessing LA’s most heated trials and how soon, she hopes to get her own justice.