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Thanks again go out to Mark Page and everybody at Telling Pictures for including me in the documentary Sex in ‘69: The Sexual Revolution in America, which broadcast Monday night on the History Channel.  If you missed it, you can read more about it and buy a copy of the DVD (http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=464960).  And, of course, my book is also available from the History Channel online store.

I think the highlight for me was seeing myself speak while juxtaposed with scenes of Natalie Wood in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. 

And to Margo Sappington, the great choreographer behind Oh! Calcutta!: You’re awesome, and next time you’re in New York, let me know if you’d like to meet for coffee.

-Rob

Sex in ‘69 airs tonight at 9 PM ET. I was interviewed for this program and will appear in four of its nine segments.

Travel back to 1969 and uncover fascinating trends, people and events that forever changed the way Americans think about and have sex. Viewers will travel from the Playboy Penthouse in Los Angeles to San Francisco’s Hippie crash pads, the boardwalk in Atlantic City, a court room in Miami, and other spots across America to meet some of the women and men who found themselves caught between old values and new desires in 1969, and decided to do something about it. Some of them, like Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner, actor Jim Brown, and Ray Manzarek of The Doors, will be famous. Others will be average Americans whose lives were transformed by the sexual tides coursing through the nation as the Sixties came to a close. But they will all have one thing in common–they will all have fascinating stories to tell.

Rating: TVPG

Running Time: 120 minutes

I’m pleased to say that 1969: The Year Everything Changed has been picked up for a special sales deal by the History Channel for their web store:

http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=106101&v=All 

And…I’m told that the History Channel documentary Sex in ‘69, in which I’m interviewed, will air Monday, July 27,  at 9 pm – with the proverbial “check the local listings for the exact time in your area.”

- Rob

Just a quick post to tell everybody about the interview I just had for an awesome program that will air later this year on The History Channel, working title: Free Love: Sex in ‘69.  The very cool crew from the Telling Pictures production company had me in for an hour to talk about things like sex on screen, stage and the printed page (all discussed in the “American Undressed” chapter of 1969) as well as the rise of swinger culture and the Stonewall Riots. 

It sounds like they’re putting together an a great show, and I was thrilled to hear that they had interviewed Margo Sappington, the beautiful and talented choregrapher and cast member from the original Oh! Calcutta!  They told me about her visit while I was having my makeup done – another first for me - and I just thought it was cool that I was sitting in the same chair that she had.  (Check out the DVD of the Oh! Calcutta! performance filmed in 1971 and you’ll see why.)

I was psyched to hear about this program…and I understand the History Channel has other ones on ‘69 in the works, which goes to show that attention is being paid to the 40th anniversary of this landmark year in America. 

Thanks again to Mark Page at TP and to publicist Lauren Goldberg.  As soon as I find out when Free Love will air, I’ll let you all know. 

-Rob