Television

No, it's NOT necessarily a book about Penn State University and current woes, but there are several pages devoted to the troubled university back in Happy Valley. "The Dark Side of Sports" is the latest read from Nick T. Pappas exposing the sexual culture of collegiate and professional athletes and I'll be giving away a copy of the book tomorrow morning (Saturday) on my "Puffman Spo

I'll say! That's the name of the book I'm currently reading in the evenings. It's the latest pot boiler from my friend, award-winning journalist & author Kathryn Casey. I thoroughly enjoy Kathryn's writing, having read several of her true crime books and having recently finished "Shattered". Th...

No, I'm not talking about a hot piece of real estate that Brenda has on the block down at High Plains! It's a hardback novel by Michele, Samantha & Sabrina Kleier, the stars of HGTV's "Selling New York" and I'm giving this book away this afternoon (Monday) on my Puffman Musical Trivia at 4:35...

That would be the white haired Anderson Cooper on CNN, according to the Peter Franklin, the Gabby Cabby. I'm not sure who the very worst is, but I guess we'll find out at 4:35 this afternoon (Thursday), when the Gab Man joins us from New York City on the Puffman Show...

World-renowned animal expert Jack Hanna, better known as "Jungle Jack", is on his way to Great Falls to present his program Tuesday, August 14th at 7 o'clock at the Mansfield Center and the infamous Norma Ashby is joining me on the Puffman Show tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 4:35 to share the details of Hanna's Great Falls visit...

So long to the Hutterites! At least that zany and high spirited bunch from the King Colony down toward Lewistown. "American Colony: Meet the Huterites", the 10 episode series that debuted back in May, is presenting the last program from the series tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 on the National Geographic Channel...

Peter Franklin says "one wacko out of the more than 300 million people we have in the United States, goes and shoots up a movie theater and right afterwards, every talking head (I think he might mean the media) has an explanation as to why it happened"...

Who's not talking about Penn State these days! This afternoon (Friday) at 4:35, I'll be talking with local Pittsburgh reporter Bob Dvorchak. Dvorchak's one of the author's of the most comprehensive book yet on the Penn State sex abuse scandal and he will be responding to yesterday's Fresh report...

Bluegrass On The Bay returns for the 10th year in a row this Saturday night down in Great Falls and the infamous Suzy Bogguss is headlining the affair. It's a blast every year and besides Suzy, special guest performers include Sierra Hull and the Farewell Drifters...

I'm a big time fan of "true crime", having read numerous true crime books along with having watched 792 re-runs of Law and Order. One of the best true crime stories I ever read recently is Kathryn Casey's "Shattered". Kathryn's a great crime writer, having appeared on Oprah, Court TV, Biography, Nancy Grace, and A & E among others. Sh...

My special guest on the Puffman Show this Tuesday afternoon at 4:35 has definitely been there, done that! He's Art Keller, former CIA operative in the agency, division responsible for tracking black market nuclear weapons. Art's seen enough to make his hair stand up straight permanently (I think the same thing happened to Don King...

Peter Franklin, the Gabby Cabby, says, now that he's received his college degree, that he will no longer pick up ANY college graduates! What kind of sense does this make. Pete will be joining me this afternoon (Friday) on the Puffman Show around 4:30 for some more "stuff and nonsense" with Puff...