1. I have an idea for a Netflix series but don't know anyone in Hollywood. So the pitch: Yelling Stop: The Buckleys, the Bozells, & the American Century. Starring William F. Buckley, L. Brent Bozell, Franco, Goldwater, Kissinger, Thatcher, Reagan, the Bushes etc.
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2. Season One: Paterfamilias. William F. Buckley Sr. chased out of Mexico by revolution, because a reactionary. Raises 10 kids, feuds with FDR, celebrates Franco. 4 of the kids burn a cross in Jewish household. L. Brent Bozell Sr. breaks strike.
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3. Season 2. Sons: 1940-1960s. Bozell Sr. is on verge of converting to Catholicism with son but dies. Bozell Jr. goes to Yale, meets William F. Buckley Jr., bond as anti-communists. WFB joins CIA & works with E. Howard Hunt (a recurring minor character).
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4. Bozell Jr. falls in love with Buckley's favorite sister, Patricia. He & Buckley team up to defend Joseph McCarthy, found National Review, & lead revolt against Eisenhower's moderate Republicanism.
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5. Buckley & Bozell Jr clash over John Birch Society (WFB wants to expel). Bozells move to Spain & fall in love with fascism & theocracy. Start drinking. Goldwater wins but is crushed while Bozell runs for congress (with E. Howard Hunt as advisor). Loses.
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6. Season 3: Coming Apart, 1960s-1970s. WFB becomes TV celebrity hobnobbing with Mailer, Germaine Greer, Kissinger, the Kennedys. Threatens to punch out Gore Vidal. Bozell, jealous, starts Catholic beakaway journal, Triumph. Buckley & Bozell start quarelling.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
You should find a way to work in a supporting role for Garry Wills.
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Yeah, Wills will be the left-counterpoint to Bozell in season 3.
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