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Show No. 113
Nov. 16, 2011 |
First hour: Ed welcomes independent
filmmaker Daron Ker. Daron’s films include I Ride and Rice Field of
Dreams, both of which
tell stories about bridging the gap in different cultures. I Ride takes viewers
into the world of biker culture, as seen through the eyes of The Fryed
Brothers Band, while Rice of Field of Dreams is the
story of Joe Cook, the man who brought baseball
to Cambodia. Also in this hour: Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen remember the birth
of Danny DeVito, as well as Television Screen Magazine, an NBC precursor
to 60 Minutes that premiered This Week in TV History.
Second hour: Ed welcomes actor, author and television historian James Rosin. Jim’s latest book, The Streets of San Francisco: A Quinn Martin TV Series, is a comprehensive oral history of the long-running ABC crime drama, featuring comments and insight from the people who made it, including series star Michael Douglas, producers John Wilder and Cliff Gould, and director Walter Grauman. |
I represent the first generation who, when we were born, the television was now a permanent fixture in our homes. When I was born people had breakfast with Barbara Walters, dinner with Walter Cronkite, and slept with Johnny Carson. Read the full "Pre-ramble"
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