Young Russell Crowe as Dick Goodwin
Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck
Research covered Van Doren’s roadster, the original and revived 21, and Barry and Enright’s later careers.
Quiz-show movies: yes
The hosts split: Spielberg, Scorsese, and Curtis Hanson were each named.
Charles Van Doren
Prize-money structure, the Reuben claim, and insufficient period smoking
A prestige series about broader 1950s television corruption was considered possible but not especially desired.
Teddy KGB as Herb Stempel
