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Off-Ramp

The Ernie Kovacs of the West Coast

About the Show

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

Funding provided by:

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Jim Hawthorne was ubiquitous in LA broadcasting but he made TV pioneer Kovacs look conservative.