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Mark Harmon on Ricky Nelson, Sexiest Man Alive, & the Call That Changed Everything- The Fifth Column
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12:45Now PlayingThis is an excerpt from a Members Only episode #315 of the Fifth Column. Watch the full episode only on Substack
The actor Mark Harmon tells the surreal family story of how his sister went from a teenage Ricky Nelson fan to Ricky Nelson’s wife, then gets into the absurdity of becoming People’s Sexiest Man Alive and the cold call to Jack Webb that helped kick his career into motion.
(00:00) Ricky Nelson Becomes Family
(04:24) Nothing Is Impossible
(07:16) Sexiest Man Alive
(12:46) The Jack Webb Cold Call
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