tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65522432035830494772024-03-19T07:30:06.678-04:00Aeolus 13 UmbraI have nothing to say and I am saying it. — John CageG. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-60500801855066916562024-03-11T11:16:00.038-04:002024-03-18T07:52:24.265-04:00The Westinghouse Total Electric Home (1960)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l99KMY7fys8" width="414" youtube-src-id="l99KMY7fys8"></iframe></div></span><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the Aeolus 13 Umbra YouTube channel.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’m Betty Furness in all my years at
Westinghouse I’ve covered some pretty interesting stories but here is truly the
most wonderful and exciting thing I’ve ever had the chance to talk about. It’s
the Westinghouse Total Electric Home. A home where electricity does everything,
heats, cools, illuminates, launders, preserves and prepares foods, and
entertains. It even lights a path to the front door.</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: right;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Opening Narration</span></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Westinghouse Total Electric Home opened its doors on April 24, 1960. Floor plans went for $10
($105.26 as of 2024). Representing the height of a Mid-Century Modernist
approach to design, the home had all the electrical conveniences of the day,
and more, from a video doorbell to a microfilm recipe library in the kitchen. In 1960, Westinghouse produced a short promotional film of the All Electric Home, available above from the Aeolus 13 Umbra <i>YouTube </i>channel.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDWc6uj5PR4B-qwRrEkyRdF58c-hY__CLgQnZZLXNHEgu5mvna6eyuKKAAEuuOoiLSMzNNRDx64cNLhQYs8dPFRPPyPY35qPtG3jzoN36_JbX5bA2_ihAqmvJqm1ck6swXpWeTkoZqr_evIglWi-Vg6B7LNZufmM5EUfaHW76W8hexd9yPQJUoymQ/s914/MedallionHomeAdvertisment3EDIT.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="702" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDWc6uj5PR4B-qwRrEkyRdF58c-hY__CLgQnZZLXNHEgu5mvna6eyuKKAAEuuOoiLSMzNNRDx64cNLhQYs8dPFRPPyPY35qPtG3jzoN36_JbX5bA2_ihAqmvJqm1ck6swXpWeTkoZqr_evIglWi-Vg6B7LNZufmM5EUfaHW76W8hexd9yPQJUoymQ/w154-h200/MedallionHomeAdvertisment3EDIT.jpg" width="154" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">According to the
<a href="https://dahp.wa.gov/live-better-electrically-the-gold-medallion-electric-home-campaign" target="_blank">Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation</a>, the home
is the result of the joint G.E. and Westinghouse Live Better Electrically (LBE)
campaign launched in March 1956 to promote the sales of electric appliances and
housewares. In the big post-war construction boom, this was smart way to
attract both contractors, home buyers, and the media. The program was enhanced by
a series of medallions that could be displayed on homes that met certain levels
of LBE criteria. Several types of medallions were awarded over the duration of
the program:</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%;"><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">Medallion Home – Live Better Electrically</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Gold Medallion
Home – Live Better Electrically</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Total Electric
Award – Gold Medallion Home – Live Better Electrically</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Light for Living
– Gold Medallion Home</span> </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwJ-a5zQ-exaIxzhYb7LphSAAQ3DtF_NmngSFiTLbz2axCoEyR0D0TAkBxpjP73CYUjs1GHSVE6kKfROorgBSfq3KzkdQK5jlMRGISPJTleI_2tcErwPZoR3Tmj56FSmwlp2H9ksFUkPauOGkR8olud9NgkobnKAJDwJgwzUa7eo24Ue_U-r8FeQZ/s253/MedallionHomePlaqueOptions11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="242" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwJ-a5zQ-exaIxzhYb7LphSAAQ3DtF_NmngSFiTLbz2axCoEyR0D0TAkBxpjP73CYUjs1GHSVE6kKfROorgBSfq3KzkdQK5jlMRGISPJTleI_2tcErwPZoR3Tmj56FSmwlp2H9ksFUkPauOGkR8olud9NgkobnKAJDwJgwzUa7eo24Ue_U-r8FeQZ/s1600/MedallionHomePlaqueOptions11.jpg" width="242" /></a></div></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-oBP9pq4fo4neaXnUlqZ-cp8sFABKP3khyphenhyphenafczW1L8RSQWhkxlstrXsToL8g8l8GwfGVlJuIGTB4aymuOf4fi8ZLpSOPkJR5DfBPvConxXmz0s1USLratve2JwThmdvz7pgxTQ9Wb2MXi2JSHx5ASrdzxYuzgyNm5SmRDqKHfdZ3QdwlSbS_-29X/s920/MedallionHomeAdvertisment2EDIT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-oBP9pq4fo4neaXnUlqZ-cp8sFABKP3khyphenhyphenafczW1L8RSQWhkxlstrXsToL8g8l8GwfGVlJuIGTB4aymuOf4fi8ZLpSOPkJR5DfBPvConxXmz0s1USLratve2JwThmdvz7pgxTQ9Wb2MXi2JSHx5ASrdzxYuzgyNm5SmRDqKHfdZ3QdwlSbS_-29X/w156-h200/MedallionHomeAdvertisment2EDIT.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>The Westinghouse
All Electric Home in the video is meant to be a showplace for all the associated
technology developed by Westinghouse for this project. It likely would have been cost-prohibited for most homeowners to afford all the options, and I suspect
some may never have quite made it to full production (like the microfilm recipe
library). Nevertheless, not all the options were needed to meet the LBE criteria and the Washington State Department of Archaeology and
Historic Preservation reports the campaign was a success with some estimates
ranging with over one million LBE Medallion homes being constructed. Particularly
in the Northwest United States where electric power was relatively inexpensive
at the time, this proved to be a boon to the construction industry.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjk0e3Wmjt-eI0cf67Hx28o5E06dFjPo7SzcwmgZvbFjAQg35GxXC5cEalKYADFdjhOY9f5V5ACsbXo3C6XXMzVmZwBMqWEn-PswV_iTIid95SXdSTY7sKuKR6LoomzidtqLHWfShwnlGFPOsRo1FmrHOwyR8ibyj_S-7hYWDdOMYwsD14aztRonqs/s1000/OG2-Prescient-1959-Advertisement-From-Westinghouse-Shows-Modern-All-Electric-Home-1000x525.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1000" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjk0e3Wmjt-eI0cf67Hx28o5E06dFjPo7SzcwmgZvbFjAQg35GxXC5cEalKYADFdjhOY9f5V5ACsbXo3C6XXMzVmZwBMqWEn-PswV_iTIid95SXdSTY7sKuKR6LoomzidtqLHWfShwnlGFPOsRo1FmrHOwyR8ibyj_S-7hYWDdOMYwsD14aztRonqs/w422-h222/OG2-Prescient-1959-Advertisement-From-Westinghouse-Shows-Modern-All-Electric-Home-1000x525.jpg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The home environment control station.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition to
the video doorbell and microfilm recipe library, other features include:</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%;"><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">A home
environment control station</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">An electric
starter living room open grill/fireplace</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Home entertainment center</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Electric
exercise equipment</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Electrically
operated walls to provide open play and study areas</span></li></ul><br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidG-0U-zCqJEEMPe8O3DiSa6P8VgGCaaJfwpdyLOo_y0Av3pBuiuWDBPLKDtEldKA9lqDiHf1YTlbdOF7BLw7MK_z0NNuQEQWWfzrkD4n25E8myllI_SF2NKeWDHpht1hAdupMLj4AlfRIuMpsYSUEw6e1SiXgWx6MSQnwkVF_gqvUfFZ1n8u2iRGV/s1300/Publication1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="1300" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidG-0U-zCqJEEMPe8O3DiSa6P8VgGCaaJfwpdyLOo_y0Av3pBuiuWDBPLKDtEldKA9lqDiHf1YTlbdOF7BLw7MK_z0NNuQEQWWfzrkD4n25E8myllI_SF2NKeWDHpht1hAdupMLj4AlfRIuMpsYSUEw6e1SiXgWx6MSQnwkVF_gqvUfFZ1n8u2iRGV/w572-h208/Publication1.jpg" width="572" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Period advertisement with future president
Ronald Regan.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Advertisements,
commercials, and industrial films, while biased towards the producer, provide
an insight into the economy and aspirations of the era. Aeolus 13 Umbra has previously turned its attention to a number of these types of films in past, including:</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2020/01/ephemeral-films-1931-1960-look-back-on.html" target="_blank">Ephemeral Films (1931-1960): A Look Back on an America That Was</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2017/11/mego-1970s-action-figure-toy-commercials_12.html" target="_blank">Mego 1970s Action Figure and Games Toy Commercials</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2019/02/by-g.html" target="_blank">Retro TV Commercials: A Resource for Historical Study</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/08/the-futurists-mcgraw-hill-educational.html" target="_blank">The Futurists: CBS News — McGraw Hill Educational Film (1967)</a></span></li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The LBE campaign
reportedly lasted until the early 1970s and Seattle-area real estate continued to advertise LBE medallion homes as a sales point through 1983, according to the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. More affordable
analogs of the technology featured in the video are within the reach of
homeowners today, proving that these futuristic, if slightly impractical, model
homes of the past proved prophetic in predicting consumer trends.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>●</span><span> </span><span>●</span><span> </span><span>●</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-20145615367751005362024-03-10T00:27:00.019-05:002024-03-13T21:28:58.634-04:00Hot Hero Sandwich Clip Job! Celebrity Interviews with Dr. Tom Cottle<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6XnrYXJJQS-D_b1XRZNVDqW9kxqqw7a0EcR0i1PfCfVCy6ZAwU8LiLxxvwvRk0p55ui1Y8Gh86G-6ZXnUWrcIii3zesro5NLScBwfSsAeFwLoG9FrgnlFl9efl4mZghOuE3VTXsfVdpWB9rYQDnfNlUEn5ck0Zml_48NFd6Bb9G7JMTlxAshyY6M/s3578/Cottle%20Estrada%20Front.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3578" data-original-width="2803" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6XnrYXJJQS-D_b1XRZNVDqW9kxqqw7a0EcR0i1PfCfVCy6ZAwU8LiLxxvwvRk0p55ui1Y8Gh86G-6ZXnUWrcIii3zesro5NLScBwfSsAeFwLoG9FrgnlFl9efl4mZghOuE3VTXsfVdpWB9rYQDnfNlUEn5ck0Zml_48NFd6Bb9G7JMTlxAshyY6M/w352-h449/Cottle%20Estrada%20Front.jpg" width="352" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Erik Estrada and Dr. Tom Cottle (author's collection).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i> executive producers Bruce
and Carole Hart drew together an array of celebrities including authors,
actors, and athletes, who shared personal stories related to each episode’s theme.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shown in brief segments scattered
throughout the episode, cuts from the interviews were often used to introduce a
sketch, animation, or music segment, framing the concepts to be discussed. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cottle,
actually, sees little screen time. He is most often heard off-screen asking a
few guiding questions and allowing the celebrities to speak. There is no “advice”
or “counseling,” quite unlike the modern daytime TV approach. It is a study in classic
interview techniques, and in principle not unlike the approach taken by Johnny
Carson — one of the all-time great interviewers. Use a congenial personality to
relax the subject, gain their trust, and let the celebrities do what they do best,
talk about themselves. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">While designed
for a tween/teen demographic, the Harts also intended for the show to be seen
by the parents as well and the interview segments were meant to provide context
for a conversation. However, scheduling the show Saturdays at 11 AM or 12 Noon,
depending on the market, ensured few parents would be watching, so the full
impact of interviews may not have been fully realized, but they leave an
important historical record of some of the era’s more visible personalities revealing
secrets they would not have otherwise shared in any other format than confidentially
with Dr. Cottle.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">Each
clip begins with a preview from the opening credits of the celebrities to be
interviewed that episode. There are quick cuts between the interview segments, sometimes
with a bumper before or after the cut.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">For more about Dr. Tom Cottle, hear from him himself in his interview with the <i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Project at: </span></span><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/04/hot-hero-sandwich-in-conversation-with.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Hot Hero Sandwich — In Conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle</span></a></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 1 </b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="316" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pS3du-HAC_8" width="380" youtube-src-id="pS3du-HAC_8"></iframe></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Erik Estrada, Bruce Jenner, Olivia Newton-John, Hal
Linden, </span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">McLean Stevenson, and Donna Pescow.</span></i></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 2</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="312" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V08sLet8xJQ" width="375" youtube-src-id="V08sLet8xJQ"></iframe></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Pam Dawber, </span></i><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Coretta Scott King, </span></i><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jimmy McNichol, </span></i><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and Christopher Reeve.</span></i></div></i><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Note: There is no sound from 10:08 to 10:25 due to an audio drop-out in the source video.</span></i></div></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 3</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="299" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cNnNeXp61Hk" width="360" youtube-src-id="cNnNeXp61Hk"></iframe></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Leonard Nimoy, Donna Pescow,
Richard Pryor, and Sally Struthers.</span></i></div></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 4<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WsHeam21ZXk" width="381" youtube-src-id="WsHeam21ZXk"></iframe></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Henry Fonda, Ron Howard, Loretta Lynn and Marlo Thomas.</span></i></div></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 5<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="303" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CowsSUWKDgQ" width="364" youtube-src-id="CowsSUWKDgQ"></iframe></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Kareen Abdul-Jabbar, Pam Dawber,
Robert Guillaume, Michael Learned.</span></i></div></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 6<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="293" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eh-Ph3CiIFw" width="352" youtube-src-id="Eh-Ph3CiIFw"></iframe></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Robert Guillaume, Bruce Jenner,
Marlo Thomas, and Barbara Walters.</span></i></div></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 7<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="304" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/keo9dO14jsM" width="366" youtube-src-id="keo9dO14jsM"></iframe></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Stockard Channing, Julius
Erving, Sally Struthers, and McLean Stevenson.</span></i></div></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 8</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="294" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7EBT-HjI-dM" width="354" youtube-src-id="7EBT-HjI-dM"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Erik Estrada, Richard Pryor,
Gloria Steinem, and Cheryl Tiegs.</span></i></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 9<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="297" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sGkkLvZ8ym0" width="357" youtube-src-id="sGkkLvZ8ym0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Judy Blume, Hal Linden, Olivia
Newton-John, Christopher Reeve.</span></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 10<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="295" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GoU_jKO3Gt0" width="355" youtube-src-id="GoU_jKO3Gt0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Levar Burton, Michael Learned,
McLean Stevenson, and Stockard Channing.</span></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode 11<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="299" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x81aHa65K68" width="360" youtube-src-id="x81aHa65K68"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Interviewed are Loretta Lynn, Leonard Nimoy, and
Richard Pryor.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-4487783511445736422024-03-03T11:22:00.040-05:002024-03-11T17:58:47.321-04:00Hot Hero Sandwich — NBC Promotional Photographs<p><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">by G. Jack Urso</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">NBC released a
number of promotional photos to magazines, newspapers, and local network affiliates
promoting <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>. Here are some The Hot Hero Sandwich Project has purchased
to add to the archives. The back side of most photos contain captions, clippings, editorial notes, and time stamps.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVc-vtqkl_S7V4rC-XOuMVVazxr0vGcoRLTUSswzEBH7iVLV5LserS-m_2xU64Ew8rdP6y3xoJ4-j9_AuSDH25hR0lrSlklysea-lCZFN7exYtOKIPj9QRn8b0JsVtFAPwPyNvBxRl7tpiX2TE8salE4zlQvGnE8ybutTJKmnLIC3eDHLE27WVL8Y/s500/s-l500a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="500" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVc-vtqkl_S7V4rC-XOuMVVazxr0vGcoRLTUSswzEBH7iVLV5LserS-m_2xU64Ew8rdP6y3xoJ4-j9_AuSDH25hR0lrSlklysea-lCZFN7exYtOKIPj9QRn8b0JsVtFAPwPyNvBxRl7tpiX2TE8salE4zlQvGnE8ybutTJKmnLIC3eDHLE27WVL8Y/w501-h387/s-l500a.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Main cast photo.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjie8JPUE_vn0DTEqkSdo34gNx2H2xL4hZg_BYEthx5St0GXXKDRJ9tQPagGqV7rMKpDwT1TO7db-sctqqsOZ6-gB4DhBhF7VxJcP18BJS32wiWLSTI_6Y5CvAwnw0M-_JcU5b3ue6wUg-cDfyeQjaMZw1iFGErA_8iP_mI3P6a8PbTZm0yuZsAqW61/s2701/NBC%20HHS%20Cast%20Press%20Photo%2011.9.79%20Front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2701" data-original-width="2114" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjie8JPUE_vn0DTEqkSdo34gNx2H2xL4hZg_BYEthx5St0GXXKDRJ9tQPagGqV7rMKpDwT1TO7db-sctqqsOZ6-gB4DhBhF7VxJcP18BJS32wiWLSTI_6Y5CvAwnw0M-_JcU5b3ue6wUg-cDfyeQjaMZw1iFGErA_8iP_mI3P6a8PbTZm0yuZsAqW61/w226-h290/NBC%20HHS%20Cast%20Press%20Photo%2011.9.79%20Front.jpg" width="226" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIO6wKwqsDJpaiJsI-8ojiXdVpmhIb-FHPsMDZKy_OM2adDZ34GvvdVGfH-BwsfKK0oQG81K8x8FGaOhXCVqI5hGq6sxuDXhYVC9bwxr6ZouFxF-tp6Xh3PTRAhyphenhyphen2RNqAYBfiDscQE0ASbqowQm8uTnmRJidkp2_bofNi1ZFtVSegoYQU_mAet4Fvg/s2701/NBC%20HHS%20Cast%20Press%20Photo%2011.9.79%20Back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2701" data-original-width="2114" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIO6wKwqsDJpaiJsI-8ojiXdVpmhIb-FHPsMDZKy_OM2adDZ34GvvdVGfH-BwsfKK0oQG81K8x8FGaOhXCVqI5hGq6sxuDXhYVC9bwxr6ZouFxF-tp6Xh3PTRAhyphenhyphen2RNqAYBfiDscQE0ASbqowQm8uTnmRJidkp2_bofNi1ZFtVSegoYQU_mAet4Fvg/w223-h285/NBC%20HHS%20Cast%20Press%20Photo%2011.9.79%20Back.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Main cast photo.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqutXBH-xEkndXxKDtrD9g1vuGPMYEdgizuuVJsIiT1Vy1CgvQP9S-kYxPOPxc8Mvnf2jmI1ozdcJG8q0Mo_JWuRwFIQ4ZayEMx5hhLOHXEanRoCcsHZSP2CGjGYSx8LqoGuWcARRL-oVy44jvfjJI29SwmQINKv6Fv9cMOqIjUhnJ1XhWSlJqS1O/s3578/Group%20Photo%201%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Michael Craig) as
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Northern
Calloway, who played David on <i>Sesame
Street</i> from 1971-1989, served as the creative consultant for <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>. Bruce and Carole
Hart, who knew Calloway from their time with <i>Sesame Street</i> in the early years, tapped him to provide feedback on the scripts, according to series writer <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/01/by-g_24.html">Sherry Coben</a>. Calloway's extensive stage experience also gave the production team a working actor's perspective.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELuzISEtKushf_CoTyH1hsWJVylut1fkLXVu8IZHeqjZgrmTz5PsSjvguOHUasHzvpc88TBnyupeedeuY201GRIcZlDAbzdyaM0RUlrliGeaBKcgiNVe0eZwoewLz7i8PyfcshECvsX91WoFcXho5vG0Dll4FdDuaKJ34ZKFwWeU09Te5-4XTxN1K/s900/Northern_Calloway_author_profile.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELuzISEtKushf_CoTyH1hsWJVylut1fkLXVu8IZHeqjZgrmTz5PsSjvguOHUasHzvpc88TBnyupeedeuY201GRIcZlDAbzdyaM0RUlrliGeaBKcgiNVe0eZwoewLz7i8PyfcshECvsX91WoFcXho5vG0Dll4FdDuaKJ34ZKFwWeU09Te5-4XTxN1K/w355-h400/Northern_Calloway_author_profile.webp" width="355" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Northern Calloway.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Being of the
first generation of children to watch <i>Sesame
Street</i>, those early years of the show hold special
memories for me. In fact, the show debuted the day before my fifth birthday, Nov. 10,
1969. By sheer coincidence, <i>Hot
Hero Sandwich</i> debuted exactly ten years later, Nov. 10, 1979.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Calloway’s involvement
with the writing staff on <i>Hot Hero
Sandwich</i> was limited primarily in meetings at the start of production. While
not very involved with the writing, Coben noted to me that Calloway’s approval
was sought, particularly on matters regarding race</span>, as in such sketches as “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhvUeqC_CRg&t=137s" target="_blank">The N-Word Monologue</a>,” written by <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/04/hot-hero-sandwich-off-script-with.html" target="_blank">Richard Camp</a>, and the “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tplx88bb0T0" target="_blank">The Black Family Epiphany</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">,</span>” written by <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/06/hot-hero-sandwich-off-script-with-andy.html" target="_blank">Andy Breckman</a>. Nevertheless, Coben did not
recall Calloway asking for any script changes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“It was very
cool to have a <i>Sesame Street</i> veteran
in the room,” Coben reflected. “He wasn't around much after the initial
meetings as I recall, but none of us felt he hadn't earned his credit as part
of the team.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Calloway’s David
on <i>Sesame Street</i> was a colorfully
dressed character who inherited Mr. Hooper’s store following the death of actor
Will Lee. His character was also the boyfriend of Maria Rodriquez (Sonia Manzano), making it an
interracial relationship. Calloway also provided the voice for some Muppet
characters. In the early years of <i>Sesame
Street</i>, the few human characters on the show became very popular and it was
hard not to be familiar with them even if you did not watch the show. They also
appeared in spin-off films and specials and on records and in public service
announcements and on all sorts of merchandise for the show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuLZEwiaU2oLRNrqvXpYJfFfLavrRTMMyBtLvAYtagFXJIYgoURQ2zbPhmj1rEIwTeXlbmGPKASxIOP7wzu5CjBX9Nn_cDOx0qHjiJfQJ26jH1LCPeeSq5s_t8OTStrjqixwqivkTzvivHmOwoGnSMJ6wD-JurGSyqBHZybWdZ7S__bYwW80BYHjM/s624/536SS-1-.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="624" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuLZEwiaU2oLRNrqvXpYJfFfLavrRTMMyBtLvAYtagFXJIYgoURQ2zbPhmj1rEIwTeXlbmGPKASxIOP7wzu5CjBX9Nn_cDOx0qHjiJfQJ26jH1LCPeeSq5s_t8OTStrjqixwqivkTzvivHmOwoGnSMJ6wD-JurGSyqBHZybWdZ7S__bYwW80BYHjM/w444-h342/536SS-1-.webp" width="444" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Northern Calloway (David) and Sonia Manzano
(Maria).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before <i>Sesame Street,</i> Calloway graduated from New
York City's vaunted High School of Performing Arts and joined the Lincoln
Center Repertory Company and appeared in several productions on Broadway and in
London in the late 1960s through 1980, including replacing Ben Vereen in <i>Pippen</i>. It was at that point that
Calloway’s manic episodes stemming from his mental illness began to overtake
his life.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the time
of Calloway’s involvement with <i>Hot Hero
Sandwich</i> in the Spring/Summer of 1979, Coben reported, “Northern's
struggles with mental health were not glaringly (or even slightly) apparent at
the time we were all together.” Yet, it wouldn’t be long after the show that
Calloway’s mental health took a dramatic turn for the worse.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In September 1980,
I came across a <i>NY Post</i> article about
one violent incident in Nashville (see below, courtesy of <i>Hot Hero</i> writer Marianne Meyer). I won’t rehash the details here,
but the events were particularly disturbing, both for Calloway and the people he
encountered. At 15, I hadn’t watched <i>Sesame
Street</i> in a while, but I can remember how shocked I was. Nevertheless, the
incident received relatively little attention after that first report. Afterwards, w</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>hen I asked people if they remembered it, the usual
reaction was they thought it was an urban myth or that I was making it up. </span>In the years before the internet, fact-checking such news was a laborious task usually done in libraries and newspaper morgues. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyogIXW2zpUZ7bpT-q6CSkL1_IMj5npoD8UOVXNJx-HBwAkWBGh1LCCctBk15oY9CvBUDeyHonW3Y_tlkm0yAqC0vKT9ShyjeNVwLfTjfmwHQ-2tAOMmBKMCjNajCON9TbW9D2Mm_OY1O5RnrZaXHqhjaZG3wg9tQB8mQnYanwKSYEw-56xsFzCjR/s1108/Publication1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1056" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyogIXW2zpUZ7bpT-q6CSkL1_IMj5npoD8UOVXNJx-HBwAkWBGh1LCCctBk15oY9CvBUDeyHonW3Y_tlkm0yAqC0vKT9ShyjeNVwLfTjfmwHQ-2tAOMmBKMCjNajCON9TbW9D2Mm_OY1O5RnrZaXHqhjaZG3wg9tQB8mQnYanwKSYEw-56xsFzCjR/w458-h481/Publication1.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">NY Post article from September 1980.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the late
1980s, I worked in tape operations at the <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2020/12/the-new-york-network-peak-into.html" target="_blank">New York Network</a>, the Albany-based PBS hub for rebroadcasting its shows to
member stations throughout upstate New York. It was my job to load and monitor
every PBS show we broadcast, including<i>
Sesame Street</i>. We ran at least two episodes a day and over the course of
the two summers I worked there, I must have seen
hundreds of episodes.
By that time, however, Calloway’s appearances on the show had been reduced due
to his worsening mental health issues and manic episodes. The budding romance
his character David had with Maria was ended and she married another character,
Luis. Calloway’s last appearance on the show was May 13, 1989. After a violent
manic incident in a psychiatric hospital on Jan. 12, 1990, he passed away at
the age of 41.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mr.
Hooper’s death, brought about by the passing of the actor Will Lee, became a
major cathartic event on the show. Despite occurring over 40 years ago, Lee’s
memory is still preserved with <i>Hooper’s
Store</i> on set. As for David, he was said to have gone off to help his
grandmother on her farm. For 18 years David was a friendly face explaining the world to a couple generations of children — then
he vanished and was never mentioned again.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoudAb__sFvbBESqu9yGntZ588ROeWXJbU3SZx-61C6hkV-2hHk-VaAPyYPiD2nOVTLP7OHRob2qV0ZyzrazpmiwbkNam2ACKnuvq3WBQHIhc7Jl84PUaTKrtW6OK-_tdGy1vCpibNH5wkaIaU3zC0hA54Ysx1GQ_dKtWKmi1dOdYzxIZhLf2SSueR/s1467/img.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="791" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoudAb__sFvbBESqu9yGntZ588ROeWXJbU3SZx-61C6hkV-2hHk-VaAPyYPiD2nOVTLP7OHRob2qV0ZyzrazpmiwbkNam2ACKnuvq3WBQHIhc7Jl84PUaTKrtW6OK-_tdGy1vCpibNH5wkaIaU3zC0hA54Ysx1GQ_dKtWKmi1dOdYzxIZhLf2SSueR/w263-h486/img.jpg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Northern Calloway’s Obituary (AP).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still, to this
day, <i>Sesame Street</i> only tangentially
acknowledges Calloway’s and David’s existence. The critically acclaimed 2021 documentary <i>Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street,</i>
while covering all the major original cast members, reportedly didn’t even mention
Calloway, though he was discussed in the book it was based on. It’s as if he never existed. Understandably, the reaction stems from not
wanting to disrespect someone’s memory by discussing the negative, but not
finding a way to honor the positive about them results in the disrespect they
want to avoid.</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In searching for
something to honor Northern Calloway’s memory I found this delightful, joyful
clip of him singing “It Feels Good When You Sing a Song” with Alaina Reed Hall
as Olivia. This is the way I remember David. This is the way I want to remember
Northern.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">You should too.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="340" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0TyHB7ppaww" width="408" youtube-src-id="0TyHB7ppaww"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-72909352020559666772024-02-21T05:41:00.043-05:002024-02-23T13:26:29.079-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich — Short Take on David Kaestle, Graphic Designer<p></p><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayb4otAcGpqZpoI_GRprKMyK-NPlXxneei2EB0Pwf8l9ytiG6IzvLu0gvgVkNszWFO53_Z5dEFV_jxkXjR1r6-89-Lkllet7knRunjccUIvct931_VwAPv8Rlp1g19TYrmAUssusrhrF05eZfmC2EPQtkY2WhS2lc6ZOJ74DmDFt4hBFd1hjik8hq/s238/logo.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="238" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayb4otAcGpqZpoI_GRprKMyK-NPlXxneei2EB0Pwf8l9ytiG6IzvLu0gvgVkNszWFO53_Z5dEFV_jxkXjR1r6-89-Lkllet7knRunjccUIvct931_VwAPv8Rlp1g19TYrmAUssusrhrF05eZfmC2EPQtkY2WhS2lc6ZOJ74DmDFt4hBFd1hjik8hq/w400-h292/logo.bmp" width="400" /></a></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot Hero Sandwich Logo, designed by David
Kaestle.</span></i><br /></o:p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i> logo looks a bit
deceptively simple — just the title and a sandwich — yet highlighted in full
neon splendor set against a black background and it really pops. Since most
images of the logo are low-resolution screen shots from VHS source tapes, I
recently had a graphic designer friend, Kim Bosco, recreate the logo design, and at any size and on any medium the image stands out and is instantly
recognizable. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunc9JqYrFJwjtiAKLEUsUqTLxMQNZ9kstac9yy5fBe1QNLFlQBy2RAtjlmrfv6im3FsUx-4KZtPzdHM8PpOwiHKKooMoSLtKpdIY_sEtiiyQTloANa4UNCx9lMQnQ-_KYELMI5ahz6KBO3FbgzTGdz0n69oPwU1qon6JmCF4Dl5rWmSIDqq8FsQrH/s208/Publication1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="153" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunc9JqYrFJwjtiAKLEUsUqTLxMQNZ9kstac9yy5fBe1QNLFlQBy2RAtjlmrfv6im3FsUx-4KZtPzdHM8PpOwiHKKooMoSLtKpdIY_sEtiiyQTloANa4UNCx9lMQnQ-_KYELMI5ahz6KBO3FbgzTGdz0n69oPwU1qon6JmCF4Dl5rWmSIDqq8FsQrH/w133-h181/Publication1.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>The logo is the
work of David Kaestle (1945-2004), a 1967 graduate of the Pratt Institute who won many awards for his work, including an Emmy and the Art Directors’ Club
Gold Medal. Amazingly, I can consider Kaestle something of a hometown boy. I
live in Albany, NY, and Kaestle was born one city over in Schenectady, NY, and
was raised in the nearby town of Scotia.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hT7iq3IY-O_c-08TXpIoAdQnG8RaHhZx1QBMntu4OLjZloLmvlZS6zt9qTrQA76vypSm_4aggjQtTs8IU1E7QtnXWBvHd2RB_q-LtJV4mwizCN_RbrHu9lAyBwLOWiiqDaYX-Y7Eun_a_b5fR3PG0OeL6vYjmN7oUI43EZ9ITTHJXTUVAG8QnHX_/s1785/0916nationalampoon02_hi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1785" data-original-width="1225" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hT7iq3IY-O_c-08TXpIoAdQnG8RaHhZx1QBMntu4OLjZloLmvlZS6zt9qTrQA76vypSm_4aggjQtTs8IU1E7QtnXWBvHd2RB_q-LtJV4mwizCN_RbrHu9lAyBwLOWiiqDaYX-Y7Eun_a_b5fR3PG0OeL6vYjmN7oUI43EZ9ITTHJXTUVAG8QnHX_/w291-h423/0916nationalampoon02_hi.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">National Lampoon Staff: Henry Beard, Michael Gross, Matty Simmons, Brian McConnachie, Len Mogel, Michael O’Donoghue, Barbara Atti, and David Kaestle in DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON. ©Magnolia Pictures.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kaestle was a
graphic designer who was instrumental in the first several years of <i>National Lampoon</i>, establishing the look
and design of the legendary publication, and then with <i>National Lampoon</i> art director Michael C. Gross (also his former
roommate), left the magazine in 1974 and set up their own graphic design
company, Pellegrini, Kaestle, & Gross, Inc., which continued to do
work for the magazine as well as for <i>The
Muppet Show</i>, and <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>,
of course. In fact, Kaestle’s then-wife Mari worked as a Muppet designer with
Jim Henson Productions and had a hand in creating Miss Piggy. PK&G Inc.
also did the logo for Henson Associates (see below). Kaestle later established his
own company, David Kaestle Incorporated, and did work for Dreamworks, Lucasfilm, and Nickelodeon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZZbseOfYZY-PHcp9URTGFh3VBZ1w3EvNCGj3ft5Xz3FPIr-MMOHyJyVNGo_5HzssArjOwI2YzNJt_jcM3tAicjOUyIzc4J_boVHPYIhGMEy7wnLutOcAvX_JQ8Y2JAWS-Tmf-tB6HYQ0r-X4lTcG4QZM1db8_fRXRF8qgGd6YNxYrcjPRyS2Dunj/s350/Henson_Associates_logo_1975.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="350" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZZbseOfYZY-PHcp9URTGFh3VBZ1w3EvNCGj3ft5Xz3FPIr-MMOHyJyVNGo_5HzssArjOwI2YzNJt_jcM3tAicjOUyIzc4J_boVHPYIhGMEy7wnLutOcAvX_JQ8Y2JAWS-Tmf-tB6HYQ0r-X4lTcG4QZM1db8_fRXRF8qgGd6YNxYrcjPRyS2Dunj/w445-h117/Henson_Associates_logo_1975.png" width="445" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hernson Associates logo design by Pellegrini, Kaestle, & Gross, Inc.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1979, while
working up the <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> logo, Kaestle also did graphic design work on the cult
classic <i>Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video</i>, by <i>Saturday Night Live</i> writer and fellow <i>National Lampoon</i> alumnus Mike
O'Donoghue and starring several <i>SNL</i>
cast members. From <i>National Lampoon</i>
to <i>The Muppet Show</i> to <i>Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video</i>, Kaestle, who was
in his 20s and 30s in the 1970s, was in touch with the youth zeitgeist of the
era. His work dovetails with many of the touchstones of that generation.</span></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqsR2zFXub7Kq9wWzmH8HKOuQexZUNEmK2ZvTnkzIBc_JcyARzvBwJUAEjbillKG0XcTC_HlLGhG9gibv5wLmbYgJxa1IEy1Jvumm9H7CFu0L3qDFjoJ2BMiaGceYe5l77jXwhyphenhyphen-Xe4TDEHb22LwK9BK2h8yP5D1lWXszOknGhtMCMHUynP2M4_8g/s664/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="664" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqsR2zFXub7Kq9wWzmH8HKOuQexZUNEmK2ZvTnkzIBc_JcyARzvBwJUAEjbillKG0XcTC_HlLGhG9gibv5wLmbYgJxa1IEy1Jvumm9H7CFu0L3qDFjoJ2BMiaGceYe5l77jXwhyphenhyphen-Xe4TDEHb22LwK9BK2h8yP5D1lWXszOknGhtMCMHUynP2M4_8g/w337-h260/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Logo.jpg" width="337" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kaestle’s Hot Hero logo was also used as the
masthead on the show’s stationary.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a 2015 interview
with <i>The Comics Journal</i>, Michael
Gross spoke fondly of Kaestle, commending his best friend not only on his
talent and work, but also for his modestly and integrity. When I commented to <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/04/hot-hero-sandwich-in-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Dr. Tom Cottle</a> about how kind and gracious the <i>Hot Hero</i> cast and crew I spoke with have been Cottle wasn’t
surprised because, according to him, Bruce and Carole Hart didn’t tolerate “unkind, un-nice
people. You wanted professional people. They didn’t want to deal with rude
people.” To find someone like Kaestle in the cut-throat business world of
New York City, and in television no less, must have been like finding a diamond in
the rough.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ue05gRAeL7vqkQfeVAWueBIAx2slfB3FGZ3sXN9_7NcLmKRM2TI8WApMCKmhi2Sr9zHgwDAez6jjv1R-5GuSWRHlpGASv-QLHsqsyjy-pYsUkEvGs_W23i8os8wHAmYFhXWaaqJYELP9GVUBZVopfQOu44g_4lhfSLu46P438QIWLFo9nI8WNZ-Y/s733/David%20Kaestle.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="572" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ue05gRAeL7vqkQfeVAWueBIAx2slfB3FGZ3sXN9_7NcLmKRM2TI8WApMCKmhi2Sr9zHgwDAez6jjv1R-5GuSWRHlpGASv-QLHsqsyjy-pYsUkEvGs_W23i8os8wHAmYFhXWaaqJYELP9GVUBZVopfQOu44g_4lhfSLu46P438QIWLFo9nI8WNZ-Y/w313-h400/David%20Kaestle.png" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">David Kaestle caricature by Hot Hero series
writer Sherry Coben, <br />drawn during the time of the series (1979).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">David Kaestle passed
away far too early at 58 in 2004 due to cancer, yet he left an indelible mark on
his generation few outside the industry are even aware of. The comments about
his kindness and the quality of his character refute the notion you have to be
shark to survive the often murky waters of the entertainment industry. Kaestle found
his way by connecting with like-minded talented people who shared his values and created
their own opportunities by tapping into the spirit of the time. </span></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z7R5i39BUmO5cNX6FRPoivz0Uvl4P3qe5yVHRbZCaSqTm0LD-u0O8e3LqRLZ1TFi57v_Nr3u1a4Nu6V36ONbzCplt1_QVHsa1RHD2tv_h35rhrpQE9ycAFqWnKCrMM4vHiDcXFGegiOFzoaTbRVo3kCKgbRlroRbVCYdUE5egNiabqL_WOhXa7E3/s374/Hot%20Hero%20Neon%20Sign.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="374" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z7R5i39BUmO5cNX6FRPoivz0Uvl4P3qe5yVHRbZCaSqTm0LD-u0O8e3LqRLZ1TFi57v_Nr3u1a4Nu6V36ONbzCplt1_QVHsa1RHD2tv_h35rhrpQE9ycAFqWnKCrMM4vHiDcXFGegiOFzoaTbRVo3kCKgbRlroRbVCYdUE5egNiabqL_WOhXa7E3/w416-h281/Hot%20Hero%20Neon%20Sign.gif" width="416" /></a></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">David Kaestle’s Hot Hero Sandwich logo in a neon gif!</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-49752531412121984612024-02-12T22:39:00.018-05:002024-02-14T20:07:02.740-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich: Record World Article, Nov. 24, 1979<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAkcq2xHFGU3zGy9N3B63v9_00Mr359qgoi7vWexDBRW5dHn77_z07jnrYpc0W9ROB7TGyqn7kjxlUDFa-LO7BsITbXK4qZKLofOkzQq0y6iSfwe4Us_oLa4OaDdCWN-ZpqcmdW8t-OvjgSDDP0ZzsPrfsRa5Xt4VyvNpYCvrw4hHPoCHLeZsZF4t/s657/RW.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="657" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAkcq2xHFGU3zGy9N3B63v9_00Mr359qgoi7vWexDBRW5dHn77_z07jnrYpc0W9ROB7TGyqn7kjxlUDFa-LO7BsITbXK4qZKLofOkzQq0y6iSfwe4Us_oLa4OaDdCWN-ZpqcmdW8t-OvjgSDDP0ZzsPrfsRa5Xt4VyvNpYCvrw4hHPoCHLeZsZF4t/w466-h313/RW.bmp" width="466" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The now-defunct <i>Record World</i>, along with <i>Billboard</i> and <i>Cashbox</i>, was considered among the Holy Trinity of U.S. music trade
magazines. Its run from 1946 through 1982 covered the height of the Post-War,
Post-Modern popular music scene. In this article, the magazine focuses on the
music-end of <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> with
some rare quotes by Felix Pappalardi about the show and plans for the Hot Hero
Band which, unfortunately, never came to pass. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The complete
article is provided below.</span></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">‘Hero Sandwich’ Offers
Varied Menu</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">By Joseph Ianello, <i>Record World</i>, Nov. 24, 1979</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55KxyERcFgpY_B5u2J9LLWvG_-QS5Qz3Fve4qnET5mqVHl5gMPOil8SdylOF75wyhz9pPVTi-St8kqtJOqkM_kyZ_DV0IEz1w8wTPFlozD1_Y0DUo9bIACJaz_0YS4fGgikn6VjKcLfyFjLiIE5okmb0RWEd7KfBzHKFv0Q4yUBs4wc-s2rV6YS1q/s851/New%20Picture%20(1).bmp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="656" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55KxyERcFgpY_B5u2J9LLWvG_-QS5Qz3Fve4qnET5mqVHl5gMPOil8SdylOF75wyhz9pPVTi-St8kqtJOqkM_kyZ_DV0IEz1w8wTPFlozD1_Y0DUo9bIACJaz_0YS4fGgikn6VjKcLfyFjLiIE5okmb0RWEd7KfBzHKFv0Q4yUBs4wc-s2rV6YS1q/w154-h200/New%20Picture%20(1).bmp" width="154" /></a></div>NEW YORK — Ten
years ago, “Sesame Street” debuted on American television with revolutionary
approaches to children's programming and educational instructional methods in
general. Bruce and Carole Hart, a husband and wife team who were members of “Sesame
Street's” original writing staff, last week (10) debuted “Hot Hero Sandwich,” a
weekly series at noon on NBC-TV that may change the existing concept of
Saturday morning television.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Hot Hero
Sandwich” is an hour-long potpourri of interviews with “Hot Heroes” of today.
The first show included Bruce Jenner, Olivia Newton-John, Erik Estrada, and
Donna Pescow; sketches performed </span><span style="font-size: large;">by the “Hot Hero Sandwich” repertory company,
a group of seven performers in their late teens and early twenties; animated
sequences depicting the dreams of adolescents as told to Dr. Lee Salk; and
music sequences done by a new group called “Hot Hero” with special guest stars
like Sister Sledge, Joe Jackson, Little River Band, Eddie Money, the
Persuasions, Rex Smith, and Stephen Stills.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“For years we
had been going to the network saying we'd like to do a series that was
something different from the typical Saturday morning programming, but we could
never get them to agree to it,” said Carole, who won an Emmy in 1974 for
co-producing the Mario Thomas special ”Free To Be . . . You And Me.” The typical
Saturday morning programming that Carole and Bruce abhor along with so many
others is the continual parade of anti-social and violent cartoon characters
who are glorified for their foolish behavior and senseless actions.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVhjvkkzxTnET0FaLLslNY1btOMwHqyRM8b05raGH1V4ET2r6NgBDcW87_rC-bkTAzb89TCvAQgGnY-cdBaFh8vPsGOOwTI4M_f8Fmffa-Mv9u-o-6xORdReb3GT5rAsK22xzmsGyqK6LpM-SlZ2NYOpRJ5hRptyb-ekMOEwjnryjjY0-96BxYbue/s852/New%20Picture.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="655" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVhjvkkzxTnET0FaLLslNY1btOMwHqyRM8b05raGH1V4ET2r6NgBDcW87_rC-bkTAzb89TCvAQgGnY-cdBaFh8vPsGOOwTI4M_f8Fmffa-Mv9u-o-6xORdReb3GT5rAsK22xzmsGyqK6LpM-SlZ2NYOpRJ5hRptyb-ekMOEwjnryjjY0-96BxYbue/w259-h337/New%20Picture.bmp" width="259" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRgVPa_n25bc3N_xj41IHtTieXlyVMo6OrXN5NfxeDFiHtsHM9M5O3yiTFaMU2eDELjFZ47vNKIoXkOdRa8jJs1bIfolQsrRQ_6oEmrniVxXj9fESVAOcdf2Zm4JU3iYGCJbJCOaiMVzdRsTqmXGyhH8-pdo3W0iVkPG1BwIx7pf4Q9E3bcDsU3GT/s718/Record%20World%202a.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="216" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRgVPa_n25bc3N_xj41IHtTieXlyVMo6OrXN5NfxeDFiHtsHM9M5O3yiTFaMU2eDELjFZ47vNKIoXkOdRa8jJs1bIfolQsrRQ_6oEmrniVxXj9fESVAOcdf2Zm4JU3iYGCJbJCOaiMVzdRsTqmXGyhH8-pdo3W0iVkPG1BwIx7pf4Q9E3bcDsU3GT/w100-h333/Record%20World%202a.bmp" width="100" /></a></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The original Record World article.</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mixed Media</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>The Harts had
just finished “Sooner Or Later,” a March 25 movie musical made for television,
about a teenage girl's emergence into womanhood, when NBC totally reversed
their previous stance and offered them an opportunity to come up with something
of their own. “We came up with an idea of building mixed-media entertainment around
a kind of emotional core of interviews with a series of interesting
people</span><span>,</span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">”</span> Carole reflected. The show has developed into a fast-paced,
high-energy program that entertains while encouraging viewers to confront personal
feelings, ideas and values conflicts while offering possible resolutions. None
of the humanistic interviews, sketches, animations, or musical interludes are
longer than three minutes, but all are in some way related to a central theme
that ties together each show. And central to the success of these themes is the
humor and music which are used to maintain interest while underscoring
important points.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“The kind of
humor you find on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ irreverent and hard-hitting, is the
kind of humor young people relate to,” Bruce commented. “We thought that if our
humor was any less than that, if we didn't have them laughing at the funny parts
and boogieing at the music parts, then they wouldn't sit around for the talk
parts.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“One of the most
important ingredients in the linkage of one concept to another within the total
thematic framework of the show is the music, those little transitional pieces
are quite instrumental in keeping the whole thing together,” Bruce added. Recognizing
from the beginning how important music would be to the show, the Harts set out
to find a music director who had an extensive background ranging from pop to
rock to classical. Felix Pappalardi, producer for the Youngbloods, Cream, Hot
Tuna, and Mountain, fit the bill and the circumstances surrounding his hiring
are as unique as the job he fills, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>as Carole recounts: </span>“We were
breakfasting with a friend who's a psychic just about the time we were looking
for a music director and she said, ‘Carole, see the name Felix behind your head’.
Bruce and our film editor simultaneously said Pappalardi. We called him in
Nantucket and he was working for us the next night.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>The pop-rock
guests perform songs from their catalogues that fit the themes of the show
rather than promote their latest record. On the first show, Sister Sledge sang “We
Are Family” to tie in with the idea of friendship which was dealt with in the
last act of the program. In a future program, Joe Jackson will do is </span>“<span>Radio,</span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">”</span> a song about a young man being frustrated and wanting to get back at the people
who held him down. “That's a thing that lots of young people feel so even
though it’s a great pop tune, it’s expressing a fairly universal emotion,”
Bruce stated.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to
Pappalardi, all the music is prerecorded because the show uses a neon set which
creates a loud hum when amplifiers are turned on. While the superstar guests
appear mainly to elaborate on themes, the show's “Hero Band” writes some of the
music and performs almost all of the interludes, transitions, bumpers, and its
own songs. The band is comprised of Robert Brissette, lead vocalist and bass;
Mark Cunningham, lead and rhythm guitar; Richard Annunziato, lead vocalist and
guitars; and Michael Ratti, drums. “We're not using the band specifically to
break them,” said Bruce. “We were looking for a good young music act whose material
would fit thematically while serving as audience identification models.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even though
Bruce readily admits that “Hot Hero” was custom made for the show, he also recognizes
that the series could act as a springboard to propel the group into national
hit-maker status. The Harts’ recent success with “Sooner Or Later” and the subsequent
emergence of Rex Smith from a co-starring role in that show to teen idol with
his top 10 single "You Take My Breath Away,” makes the idea that much more
feasible. “These guys are bad-assed players," said Pappalardi. “Bruce,
Carole and I have definitely talked about cast, theme or band albums for the future
and I can't wait to do a ‘Hot Hero’ record but there are no plans at the
moment.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The broad age
appeal of the program and its concern with the real life experiences of today's
heroes who at one time were going through the same problems as the viewers,
should make it a hit. Yet there are those who claim that the fast pace and
brief segments encourage hyperactivity and shorten the attention span of the
audience while only superficially treating serious problems. Bruce addressed
himself to this criticism stating, “We spend a lot of time trying to make
things relate to one another so the viewers' attention carries over from scene
one to scene 35.” Pappalardi, who calls young people his favorite in the world,
adds, “Kids don't get talked to enough at home so it’s nice when they see
people that perhaps they emulate all of the sudden saying things like, ‘hey, it
was hard for Bruce Jenner on his first kiss.’ It's really like that for other
people too!”</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLshPrtb4PnM8uj-thAjdlN7Wo3UxmKp0ZPmG26PkgOMzWZhEjqbo0dcLREgDEctsK46g0rTLN_DKVqrj4ONiTWaj-9Qri633F3gXRBh4kpTUtbN2D48P-BsoWwH5nGj3TQtAxzycetFHtPfPmi_9hJ8M4Lp5biz0_64B1uzDNDWJmNKY1T81X66-/s2168/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="2168" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLshPrtb4PnM8uj-thAjdlN7Wo3UxmKp0ZPmG26PkgOMzWZhEjqbo0dcLREgDEctsK46g0rTLN_DKVqrj4ONiTWaj-9Qri633F3gXRBh4kpTUtbN2D48P-BsoWwH5nGj3TQtAxzycetFHtPfPmi_9hJ8M4Lp5biz0_64B1uzDNDWJmNKY1T81X66-/w532-h53/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Banner.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><p></p>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-63177637382493247722024-02-10T18:33:00.036-05:002024-02-20T22:47:22.449-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich — Short Take on James Biondolillo, Music Coordinator<p><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are eight million stories in the naked
city. This has been one of them.</span></i></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">— </span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Albert Maltz, The Naked City.</span></i></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYufEFGYNjRleMA2-mtumAbR3_N0eJ6YVpglUalrELGF_FHIm0g-8_ngxL82IKVwAwEyn1j5ecGs_wOdrA5Tip2fpgeoOCQjOfr4BhTtYN0DRqkDiB9ItDY7nhAQSmMrbx-nyFtIcY5eZrtizj5yZH9gYbqGds_zZZibCeOxfie3KVcYcG1bo9Ytei/s790/Publication2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="790" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYufEFGYNjRleMA2-mtumAbR3_N0eJ6YVpglUalrELGF_FHIm0g-8_ngxL82IKVwAwEyn1j5ecGs_wOdrA5Tip2fpgeoOCQjOfr4BhTtYN0DRqkDiB9ItDY7nhAQSmMrbx-nyFtIcY5eZrtizj5yZH9gYbqGds_zZZibCeOxfie3KVcYcG1bo9Ytei/w426-h246/Publication2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></o:p></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The above line
from the classic movie and TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Naked
City</i> symbolizes the aspirations and dreams of the many people drawn to New
York City. Some are lifelong citizens, some are transients, some are homeless, but whether we land
in Peoria or Paris, everyone has a story. <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> was produced by a mix of talented people from across the nation drawn to New York City by its opportunities. Their stories help define both an industry and an era. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51uqrMbGrkbFkQ3a_EDxI1IhbdPQHilRlNsoWGQBXC6F9x1Jz1LZJNFTwOyoAqaefEcFj0sODFTNCOSUq85UyGH1hDWGP7-kU_sJDvxvBVzxrWdHUJckJ6rvgLF3GpjeTwNggW6CS67AbRHzLvcbgPUruQeWa_0_bmPMV9BhjYyizBLEFYJKOckl9/s250/JBJB250.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="250" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51uqrMbGrkbFkQ3a_EDxI1IhbdPQHilRlNsoWGQBXC6F9x1Jz1LZJNFTwOyoAqaefEcFj0sODFTNCOSUq85UyGH1hDWGP7-kU_sJDvxvBVzxrWdHUJckJ6rvgLF3GpjeTwNggW6CS67AbRHzLvcbgPUruQeWa_0_bmPMV9BhjYyizBLEFYJKOckl9/w381-h270/JBJB250.jpg" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><i>Jimmy Biondolillo and the Godfather of Soul James
Brown (photo <a href="http://stereosociety.com" target="_blank">Stereo City</a>).<o:p></o:p></i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Mr. Conductor, If You Please . . .</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">James “Jimmy”
Biondolillo was one of the music coordinators for <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> (the other
being Tony Fiore). Jimmy was brought to my attention by series writer <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/05/hot-hero-sandwich-off-script-with.html" target="_blank">Marianne Meyer</a>. In the Hot Hero Sandwich Project’s ongoing effort to shine a little
light on those behind the scenes, I now turn the spotlight on Jimmy and his
role as a music coordinator.</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A music
coordinator serves as a sort of liaison between the producers and musicians.
According to Hot Hero band drummer <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/03/the-hot-hero-band-on-flip-side-with.html" target="_blank">Mike Ratti</a>, the music coordinator for the
show was “the one up that will put the music together and the musicians that had
to be hired . . . he [Biondolillo] was known for that.
He was on that circuit.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to Marianne Meyer, at the
time of <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>,
Biondolillo lived in a studio apartment across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theater. Surprisingly, he
only had a “crappy little stereo,” not a high-end, high-tech classic 1970s
audio set-up she expected him to have. Biondolillo replied, and
paraphrasing him here, “I work in studios with the greatest equipment but, when
I come home, if it sounds good on this, I know it’s a great track."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Meyer reported Biondolillo
worked on a solo album with Roger Daltry (<i>Parting
Should Be Painless</i>) and on a project with Frank Sinatra </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">— </span>and had Frank’s
coffee cup as a souvenir to prove it! He also worked on albums with The
Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Bronski Beat, the Communards, Bobby Day, Frankie
Vallie, Tatsuro Yamashita, Odyssey, and many more.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Biondolillo
hailed from Cleveland, Ohio, where, in an <a href="https://stereosociety.com/jimmybintmt/" target="_blank">interview</a> with Mike Thorne of
the NYC-based <i>Stereo Society,</i> Oct. 16,
2001, he notes that his early experience included playing, and by his own admission
“poorly,” in wedding bands, working his way through college. While he spent
time in London, LA, and Nashville, he preferred the fast pace of New York City.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the interview,
Biondolillo describes his job as knowing not only how the music for a project
should be arranged, but who can deliver the performances needed for the right
sound. Beyond just technical musical knowledge, the music coordinator needs to
have an extensive working knowledge of the musicians available and how they
play. Additionally, Jimmy wrote arrangements, usually on the spot, and the
musicians typically were expected to nail it in one take.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDohpm3VA6Im3yMk21YtS2doqRDJByTz-g8-RPZF8KTorHXGTig_0A2T_BA0G81Aan5vmlFzSSfHnJ9SD2mnXOAO26O5XyuAgpzjp89EBrZTtOwPe-KMLFvD2qdO4Uixi2OUjupeMTKY3UI_wTF7bzZuw8H0ieB7FGt6FiaWV_exFnu0LLzPiMZ-ka/s1024/gettyimages-111590566-1024x1024.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1024" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDohpm3VA6Im3yMk21YtS2doqRDJByTz-g8-RPZF8KTorHXGTig_0A2T_BA0G81Aan5vmlFzSSfHnJ9SD2mnXOAO26O5XyuAgpzjp89EBrZTtOwPe-KMLFvD2qdO4Uixi2OUjupeMTKY3UI_wTF7bzZuw8H0ieB7FGt6FiaWV_exFnu0LLzPiMZ-ka/w416-h328/gettyimages-111590566-1024x1024.webp" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><i>Jimmy Biondolillo apparently was very
pleased to meet Nancy Sinatra (Getty Images).<o:p></o:p></i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Changing
Times</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Biondolillo
acknowledges in the interview that the advance of technology has led to a new
generation of musicians who don’t understand how a good music coordinator contributes
to the success of a project. This is compounded by a steadily shrinking Rolodex
of colleagues who know the importance of his work, but who have since left the
business or have been sidelined themselves. Nevertheless, review of his later
work on the website <i>Discogs</i> reveals a
focus on arrangement and conducting, suggesting he segued to more specialized work.</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero’s </i>Mike Ratti, having worked
through that era, conceded the industry has changed since the <i>Hot Hero</i> days and the duties of the music
coordinator were divided up to individual specialist rather than lumped
together with the music coordinator.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>“The business
had changed,</span>” Ratti noted, “and they didn’t really need people like that
anymore. They were bringing in arrangers, people that were writing the music
for the session so that [the music coordinator] wasn’t needed. It wasn’t the
animal that was needed anymore so people like just kind of faded away, and that
part of the industry.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In some
respects, I can relate. In the 1980s, my audio and video skills were pretty
sharp and honed on state-of-the-art equipment. When I tried to reenter the
business in the mid-1990s after a five-year gap working in education, I found
that the digital revolution had made most of the equipment I trained on
obsolete. I took up a few brief part-time radio jobs as an announcer now and
then. When I would explain to my younger co-workers how I used to edit audio
with a crayon, razor blade, and tape, they looked at me like an obsolescent curiosity
straight out of the Stone Age.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As noted above, Biondolillo
continued his work long after <i>Hot Hero
Sandwich</i>. When trying to track him down, I found the <i>Stereo City</i> interview and an email address for Jimmy hosted through the website. I
reached out, but instead got a response from the interviewer, Mike Thorne, who
administrates the website and reported that he hadn’t heard from Jimmy in quite
a while and a quick survey of other <i>Stereo
City</i> NYC-based audio professionals revealed the same. No one has heard of his current whereabouts. Likewise, my own research efforts have turned up
nothing. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Biondolillo and Marianne Meyer
collaborated on a script, <i>Under the
Lights</i>, about the true story of a pair of high school football players
Jimmy brought to her attention, but nothing developed from it. On a visit to New York City a
few years after the show, Meyer stopped at the front desk of his apartment building across from the Ed Sullivan Theater to inquire if Jimmy
was still there, but he was long gone and the concierge did not recall him.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMVHSTg3IcsbWM3Sa1UOCUZaMJLMFPY8ljwJsDFBO91-Jo_hMQG7v_4svLz4nElBx_AwLzViLhks1Ft3FcnX9ieeddhR6XOHgAaEYjzEE1J48Afiu1uB5Ges7JVL6gKa2wNPct1EyxLjPEfVekJ64SF8Kyasxhp0kUeDXy6WbehWBRXc_GpXfrzhw/s1309/EDST.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1309" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMVHSTg3IcsbWM3Sa1UOCUZaMJLMFPY8ljwJsDFBO91-Jo_hMQG7v_4svLz4nElBx_AwLzViLhks1Ft3FcnX9ieeddhR6XOHgAaEYjzEE1J48Afiu1uB5Ges7JVL6gKa2wNPct1EyxLjPEfVekJ64SF8Kyasxhp0kUeDXy6WbehWBRXc_GpXfrzhw/w508-h237/EDST.bmp" width="508" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Ed Sullivan Theater, left; Jimmy Biondolillo’s
apartment building, right (Google Maps).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">Concluding
Thoughts</span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I recently read
a review of the <i>Twilight Zone</i>
episode, “The Odyssey of Flight 33,” where a commercial airliner gets caught in
a powerful jet stream that takes it to different points in the past. The
episode ends with the jet trying to get back to its own time and running out
fuel. The journey continues, but the episode ends. We never learn what happens
to the passengers. Somewhere out there, Flight 33 is still trying to get home. The
reviewer didn’t like the episode because there was no conclusion, no
resolution, to the story, and all good stories must have a conclusion, right?</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, I’m not
sure where Jimmy Biondolillo ended up, but I like to think that, as with Flight
33, he is still out there somewhere — if only in the worn-out grooves of old
records and on wonky cassettes and discarded CDs or riding some radio waves
still traveling far out through space . . . or even in a wedding band in
Cleveland, Ohio.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope Jimmy
found his way home because, in a way, we’re all on the same path.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYPDRBhpr55Kj0SO91dcPqnGqXOiFvjj8CgJfjsIO0Xt9YZfWlHdMrcAynUwcHJ0jFEojE37ZKbYBNQ1BxAW7JJv9Xg06K18mBvfU0JXLOZqhxZDsTh_CmvhrW0XJ4_V70llodVu8o8CwUA3YBTHrv2ScBP_9sXMBIdOMwo17J6IX0SmdZimcj9zu/s310/download.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="138" data-original-width="310" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYPDRBhpr55Kj0SO91dcPqnGqXOiFvjj8CgJfjsIO0Xt9YZfWlHdMrcAynUwcHJ0jFEojE37ZKbYBNQ1BxAW7JJv9Xg06K18mBvfU0JXLOZqhxZDsTh_CmvhrW0XJ4_V70llodVu8o8CwUA3YBTHrv2ScBP_9sXMBIdOMwo17J6IX0SmdZimcj9zu/w441-h196/download.png" width="441" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-54352844388044016052024-02-04T16:26:00.023-05:002024-02-06T07:18:21.334-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich Clip Job! Captain Hero<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jlPBqbiHny4" width="393" youtube-src-id="jlPBqbiHny4"></iframe></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Captain Hero Theme Song performed by the Hot Hero band.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Captain Hero</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Stronger than a frog</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Faster than a rock</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Smarter than a piece
of pie</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What a guy . . .
Captain Hero</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Captain Hero!</i></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Captain Hero,
portrayed by <i>Hot Hero Sandwich’s </i>resident child actor Adam Ross, along with the
Puberty Fairy, is one of the show’s more surreal elements. On <i>Hot Hero
Sandwich</i>, Captain Hero typically appears when there is a threat to a friend or
family member, using his intelligence or a special ability to foil the
evildoer. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s a common
enough experience for children to pretend they’re superheroes. On one hand, it
is a relatively healthy exercise of the imagination, provided one does not jump
off a roof pretending to fly. On the other hand, imaginary play can become a safe
place from dysfunction and trauma. It is not uncommon for children of
dysfunctional families to grow up and work as counselors, teachers, social workers,
and First Responders — becoming, in a way, the superheroes they always wanted
to be.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> Episode 2: The Case of the Disappearing Signature </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Captain Hero thwarts an evil landlord trying to cheat his
parents.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="310" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/upJUOzFKpTM" width="372" youtube-src-id="upJUOzFKpTM"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 3: The Case of the Radioactive
Bicycle </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">With Special Guest Star Stanley Dipstyck. In this episode,
Stanley reveals why he wears a bag on his head!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SHYZWrmQ8yE" width="385" youtube-src-id="SHYZWrmQ8yE"></iframe></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> Episode 5: The Case of the Angry Boyfriend</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">With Special Guest Villain Matt McCoy!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 7: The Case of the Talking Toilet</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A quick toilet trick by the Captain deters a felonious
plumber!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> Episode 9: The Puberty Fairy Strikes!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">With Special Guest Andy Breckman!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="314" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tTp81uzMx68" width="378" youtube-src-id="tTp81uzMx68"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div><br /></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-86144180337521907152024-02-03T14:36:00.017-05:002024-02-12T21:46:18.204-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich: TV Week Article, Nov. 4 — 10, 1979<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6Dq-F1o8g5Kl_p1b6TNS7kzN9BUu8mLGSTCJ3RPVDAUtCHvJedlIA_KiLgYrMUBPn8-zItklKm0tB4L1gsNTafnv2-QMBlD0dYaWKYnIxFI_-Zu8NwUJvC2-H4SviZoXWnaK9DgRxDRZXITrJEtYlKNdyKLO92fh39wETo-ctrQkqthHMyYp6OFJ/s2666/img20240203_13263866.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="2666" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6Dq-F1o8g5Kl_p1b6TNS7kzN9BUu8mLGSTCJ3RPVDAUtCHvJedlIA_KiLgYrMUBPn8-zItklKm0tB4L1gsNTafnv2-QMBlD0dYaWKYnIxFI_-Zu8NwUJvC2-H4SviZoXWnaK9DgRxDRZXITrJEtYlKNdyKLO92fh39wETo-ctrQkqthHMyYp6OFJ/w435-h213/img20240203_13263866.jpg" width="435" /></a></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> theme, a catchy,
straight-ahead rock song, almost single-handedly sustained fan interest in the
show. In my research, however, I found little directly from Bruce and Carole
Hart about theme song until I came across this article from the Nov. 4 — 10, 1979, <i>Sunday News TV Week</i>. The complete article is provided below.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The theme song
was written by Bruce Hart and Stephen Lawrence. Hart also co-wrote the lyrics
for the theme song for <i>Sesame Street</i>,
and along with Lawrence wrote the soundtrack for the NBC TV movie, <i>Sooner or Later</i> (which featured <i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>music guest Rex Smith
and Hot Hero Band member Mark Cunningham as a member of Smith’s band).</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Personally, and
I think I speak for many fans, the importance of the <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> theme song in sustaining the series’ memory cannot
be underestimated. As a teen, I immediately connected with its message that just
surviving all the daily dysfunction of our young lives is nothing else than
heroic — and given the state of the world today, that journey has become a labor
of Hercules.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">At least the kids could have a damn good theme song.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaAIDYmGe7QPeUDX-UyTlKt6SidCAAzDOgEwDktfL6pEeJ_doJh-ucD4XVnjjEwH2fLWLm-MZIW_Sd9xh-S2FYuQm_ViHAiAEpFZypRuA-k-S7g-NBR8HV49jBCBMYsigFCQS4ZE90Zz2fVuJiwdUK005mNMoATP8hIcgOOVPSO_TSwhrGNKyzF3Q/s4213/img20240203_13255001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4213" data-original-width="2786" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaAIDYmGe7QPeUDX-UyTlKt6SidCAAzDOgEwDktfL6pEeJ_doJh-ucD4XVnjjEwH2fLWLm-MZIW_Sd9xh-S2FYuQm_ViHAiAEpFZypRuA-k-S7g-NBR8HV49jBCBMYsigFCQS4ZE90Zz2fVuJiwdUK005mNMoATP8hIcgOOVPSO_TSwhrGNKyzF3Q/w236-h355/img20240203_13255001.jpg" width="236" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFhqFaq29M9g0ZqIOV6euwxoW1T4_sL6rr9-qdD0StgCWO9S6AT0v-Plzgcb8VZ7idXzliY1UwyNUeLebnuBsq5X7NQUsPpj5Ro8uFGAXL28GKEaARh07WX3eO1tdJsQccLJb3wy3xfH7xyikCvbaP11siZGeakM9ZcSMHrh3_ZquvSPTuDAwrAg_/s4163/img20240203_13315045EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4163" data-original-width="2714" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFhqFaq29M9g0ZqIOV6euwxoW1T4_sL6rr9-qdD0StgCWO9S6AT0v-Plzgcb8VZ7idXzliY1UwyNUeLebnuBsq5X7NQUsPpj5Ro8uFGAXL28GKEaARh07WX3eO1tdJsQccLJb3wy3xfH7xyikCvbaP11siZGeakM9ZcSMHrh3_ZquvSPTuDAwrAg_/w232-h356/img20240203_13315045EDIT.jpg" width="232" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">NEW YORK — An
original theme song, “Hot Hero,” will open each weekly telecast of “Hot Hero
Sandwich,” the series utilizing music, comedy, celebrity interviews, film
segments and animated sequences to focus on the fun and frustration of growing
up. It premieres on NBC-TV Saturday at
noon.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The “Hot Hero”
song is part of the musical accent placed on each program in the series. There
will be guest performances by contemporary music headliners and additional original
music will be written for the series by a diverse group of composers.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bruce and Carole
Hart are the creators and executive producers of “Hot Hero Sandwich,” part of
NBC’s continuing commitment to the international year of the child.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The theme song was
written by Bruce Hart (lyrics) and Stephen Lawrence. Said Hart: “We’ve tried to
capture the spirit of ‘Hot Hero Sandwich’ — adolescents doing the best the can
to cope with experiences and changes in their lives which can be pretty wild at
times. With the upbeat music, the lyrics say, in part: ‘Got out of bed
today/Got to school okay/Did what I could do; Pretty much like you/You’re a
hero, too.’</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Carole said it
for us when she described the show this way: ‘It’s about going through the wonder,
the worry, the exhilaration and pain of adolescence and it focuses on the inner
feelings common to all teen-agers. Our sub-text is: Look, you’re not crazy –
you’re normal. This is just the way things are.’ “</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBP5maEZMMMjcbFXAXQUNs-fSOm0Fuw1OEb-5mZVvpWryUyfaenJ3IUWwsaONmdQeP8AORt19codUR9dIksLs3yFG-a8kr0g6UHCiqMecVjBQFyw4QMPvyKUVT0_8QBwKO7vSEQF191XGnC69cHEXyk3w4Qzgb140T51Hx6k2pM-5eu70DIoxND-N/s1698/img20240203_13563705EDIT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBP5maEZMMMjcbFXAXQUNs-fSOm0Fuw1OEb-5mZVvpWryUyfaenJ3IUWwsaONmdQeP8AORt19codUR9dIksLs3yFG-a8kr0g6UHCiqMecVjBQFyw4QMPvyKUVT0_8QBwKO7vSEQF191XGnC69cHEXyk3w4Qzgb140T51Hx6k2pM-5eu70DIoxND-N/s320/img20240203_13563705EDIT.jpg" width="114" /></a></div>The theme song
and other special material will be performed on camera by the Hot Hero Band,
whose members are Richie Annunziato, Robert Brissette, Marc Cunningham and Mike
Ratti. The show’s music director is Felix
Pappalardi.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bruce Hart and Stephen
Lawrence previously collaborated on the score for “Sooner or Later,” and NBC
World Premiere movie created and produced by the Harts. An album featuring
original songs from “Sooner or Later” became a Gold Record. One of the tunes, “You
Take My Breath Away,” sold more than one million copies and was on the Top 10
lists of best-selling singles, as ranked by Billboard, Cashbox and Record
World.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Hot Hero Sandwich,”
has been recommended to schools across the nations by the National Educational
Association.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The NEA said: “Adolescence
— that complicated period in our lives when both social and physical changes
usher us to the world of adults — is brought into sharp focus by ‘Hot Hero
Sandwich.’ Through the use of comedy, celebrity interviews and contemporary
music, it communicates the universality of the adolescent experience and
presents a positive outlook designed to be instructive as well as entertaining.
This series is highly recommended.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="338" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xnV-ZBJwWHg" width="407" youtube-src-id="xnV-ZBJwWHg"></iframe></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><i>The Hot Hero band performing the theme song.</i></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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Urso</span></span></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq0FyostP_Joh0fygtxOGHGRtoJ4PjG6fEsG48WsOOsE7pPEAYXAY-cFOTIT2tnWcJTHG__7BP7EZmHGjS1TN3h3HAAGwJ2wzp9HVxnAs613e_CP9sNQmew4yXPojcxsCyhVQ2X8mZc7f4ASvDqv-ab1hEkTOplmBzi2s8T3dAvUmk4mbx5ZNatfa/s700/Jerry%20Lieberman%20Productions.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq0FyostP_Joh0fygtxOGHGRtoJ4PjG6fEsG48WsOOsE7pPEAYXAY-cFOTIT2tnWcJTHG__7BP7EZmHGjS1TN3h3HAAGwJ2wzp9HVxnAs613e_CP9sNQmew4yXPojcxsCyhVQ2X8mZc7f4ASvDqv-ab1hEkTOplmBzi2s8T3dAvUmk4mbx5ZNatfa/w368-h368/Jerry%20Lieberman%20Productions.jpg" width="368" /></a></div></span></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whimsical,
wild, and wonderful, the animated segments on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i> are a stand-out feature of the show. Series
producers Bruce and Carole Hart’s experience with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sesame Street</i> opened them up to the possibilities of engaging their
young audience with animation to reinforce the themes of the show. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Appealing to the different learning styles of
its young audience, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i>
presented its themes in a variety of formats, including music, sketches, and,
of course, animation.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
animated segments were created by Manhattan-based Jerry Lieberman Productions
which produced award-winning commercials, corporate films, music videos, and in
this case educational projects.</span><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuXe47qVAgvQAsb1Tk8FGg8_d2d4mn1YAMLFIqWkl6LpAtvZ9ntEQfmmf_EJqPtLRle256uIJoJDsGeJKhlH0xkqdenqYgblG_lYRGWXPn2oYHEQl6axMWDOFhNJ2lltyjOd1RT8nce6IEDjrFJpn_1RMRcIiXigDa8E4C0q_72eEL365M9KZH8tQ/s344/Publication1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="271" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuXe47qVAgvQAsb1Tk8FGg8_d2d4mn1YAMLFIqWkl6LpAtvZ9ntEQfmmf_EJqPtLRle256uIJoJDsGeJKhlH0xkqdenqYgblG_lYRGWXPn2oYHEQl6axMWDOFhNJ2lltyjOd1RT8nce6IEDjrFJpn_1RMRcIiXigDa8E4C0q_72eEL365M9KZH8tQ/w119-h151/Publication1.jpg" width="119" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Lieberman
was a master of animation and mixed media, as amply shown in these segments. His
films have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Film
Forum, and The Society of Illustrators. Unfortunately, Lieberman passed away in
2017 so much of the background of these animated segments is lost.
Nevertheless, the wondrous mix of animation styles and fanciful imagery fits in
perfectly with the era and the first generation weaned on the wondrous
animation on <i>Sesame Street</i>, <i>The Electric Company </i>(Lieberman, in fact,
contributed animation to that show), and other PBS programming. This footage, which, before being posted by the Hot Hero Sandwich Project, hasn't been seen since first broadcast in 1979 and 1980, gives long overdue notice to these important, if
overlooked, Jerry Lieberman productions.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
majority of the animated segments are visualizations of children’s dreams.
According to Patrick McMahon, film editor and associate producer of <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>, Carole Hart likely
had an esteemed child psychologist conduct the interviews. The Harts, in the
course of their various educational-related projects developed connections in
various professions, like with psychologist Dr. Tom Cottle (see his interview <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/04/hot-hero-sandwich-in-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">here</a>) and animator Jerry
Lieberman. Drawing upon these connections, the Harts were able to draw together
outstanding talent and then gave them the space to do the work that brought
them to their notice in the first place.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are
two categories of animated segments on <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>, the dream sequences
and music videos.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span>All clips are hosted on the <i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Central <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGrBJ3IxKLHyJKkO_oaEmA" target="_blank"><i>YouTube</i> </a>channel.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Animated Children’s Dreams:</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQhSUExnwzk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 2 Animation Segment: "Flying to Bermuda"</span></a></li></ul></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young girl
narrates the animation of her dream flying to Bermuda. When the plane crashes
she goes on adventures, but they're saved and everything works out at the end
because she likes happy endings.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQBLFFn6H-4" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 3 Animation
Segment: A Girl Dreams about Her Cat</span></span></a></li></ul></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">A
young girl narrates an animated sequence about a dream where her cat becomes
king of all of Catdom.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #131313; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Jd25mrRu4"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 4 Animation
Segment: Scary Dreams</span></span></a></li></ul></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N-Jd25mrRu4" width="320" youtube-src-id="N-Jd25mrRu4"></iframe></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this unusual
animation sequence combining animation and photography, when a young girl
dreams her brother had an accident, she confronts her fears about death and
mortality.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRhySOeJvE4" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 5 Animation
Segment: A Young Girl Dreams of Stage Fame</span></span></a></li></ul></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KRhySOeJvE4" width="320" youtube-src-id="KRhySOeJvE4"></iframe></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young girl
narrates a fanciful dream of being a star of the stage and drinking tea!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgTnAejkMGQ" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 8 Animation Segment: "School in the Sky"</span></a></li></ul></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bgTnAejkMGQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="bgTnAejkMGQ"></iframe></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young girl and
boy recount their dreams of flying. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4Sp6R3vWc" target="_blank">Episode 10 Animation Segment: A Boy Dreams He's From Another Country</a></span></li></ul></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/45N_nkL0bVI" width="320" youtube-src-id="45N_nkL0bVI"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">A boy travels in search of his true identity only to find it was at home all
along.<o:p></o:p></p></div></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtuvJHMHty4" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 10: Dreams Interview and Animation Segment</span></a></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xtuvJHMHty4" width="320" youtube-src-id="xtuvJHMHty4"></iframe></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 32px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A short interview with LaVar Burton on dreams is followed by a Jerry Lieberman animated conceptual video with the song, "Have You Seen the Stars Tonite," by the Jefferson Starship (written by Paul Kantner) off their 1971 album, <i>Blows Against The Empire</i>. Also, Barbara Feldon's appropriate "quiet" voiceover at the end announcing the break. Small details like this made the show unique, and of course, Agent 99 is wonderful in everything she does!</span></p></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">_____________________________________________________</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Animated
Music Videos:</span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDavZOA5H1E" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 1 Animated Segment: The Coasters “Yakety Yak”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDavZOA5H1E" width="320" youtube-src-id="qDavZOA5H1E"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPdNHE6GhaE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 6 Animation Segment: Martha Reeves and
the Vandellas, “Wild Night”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qPdNHE6GhaE" width="320" youtube-src-id="qPdNHE6GhaE"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72FlAHWVMU" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 7 Animation Segment: Chuck Berry, “School Day (Ring, Ring Goes the Bell)”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m72FlAHWVMU" width="320" youtube-src-id="m72FlAHWVMU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F4W68jG6Wk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 8 Animation Segment: Dave Dudley,
“Rollin’ Rig” (“Stork Deliveries”)</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9F4W68jG6Wk" width="320" youtube-src-id="9F4W68jG6Wk"></iframe></span></div></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-6280265188428689642024-01-30T06:32:00.018-05:002024-03-09T19:19:34.741-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich Clip Job! What In, What’s Out Segments<p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich’s</i> “What In, What’s Out”
segments are short clips of young people giving their opinion on the latest
crazes, music, and slang. The introduction’s primal drumming and crunchy, screaming guitar
work by the Hot Hero Band captures the unbridled teen spirit. What better way
to explore what kids feel then letting them speak for themselves?</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The children are
from local schools on a field trip and coordinated with the show producers. The
segments, directed by Gail Frank, wife of <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> writer Joe Bailey
(who also wrote for <i>Sesame Street</i> and
<i>The Muppet Show</i>), also show how
difficult it is to pin down the likes and dislikes of the young teen
demographic. This is amply demonstrated in the episode 6 segment about the
great existential question in 1979, which is better, Rock or Disco music? Every
kid seems to have a different answer.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">To the historian, these “person on the street” interviews have more
significance beyond just the entertainment value. Here, we see a snapshot of the
attitudes, fashion, and language of NYC teens in the late 1970s (which were
probably similar to teens in other urban areas). Whether it is a historian or a
movie production trying to recreate an era, these segments can be invaluable.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">All clips are hosted on the <i>Hot Hero Sandwich
</i>Central <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGrBJ3IxKLHyJKkO_oaEmA" target="_blank"><i>YouTube</i> </a>channel.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">What In, What’s Out Segments:</span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvjCaO0F6js" target="_blank">Episode 3: 1979 Teen Slang —Who’s Hot!</a></span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nvjCaO0F6js" width="320" youtube-src-id="nvjCaO0F6js"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DhnqUNeVok" target="_blank">Episode 5: 1979 Slang for Making Out</a></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-DhnqUNeVok" width="320" youtube-src-id="-DhnqUNeVok"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p7mLI3OaIo" target="_blank">Episode 6: Rock vs. Disco</a></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2p7mLI3OaIo" width="320" youtube-src-id="2p7mLI3OaIo"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tu78uD6n-I" target="_blank">Episode 8 What's In What's Out Segment: The Latest Expressions in the Late 1970s</a></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xUXMTAydO8Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="xUXMTAydO8Y"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O27BhjKaIlM" target="_blank">Episode 10: What's the “in-thing”to do in 1979?</a></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O27BhjKaIlM" width="320" youtube-src-id="O27BhjKaIlM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnYf6GQb5wc" target="_blank">Episode 10: What do you call someone who's out of it?</a> </span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gnYf6GQb5wc" width="320" youtube-src-id="gnYf6GQb5wc"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>●</span><span> </span><span>●</span><span> </span><span> </span><span>●</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><p></p>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-43619481405784313882024-01-28T18:28:00.034-05:002024-02-21T17:48:00.834-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich Clip Job! The Music Performances<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2-i9C9SrtSNusoBFzEMnCBje3XjSWMQwm7v-CF0Xkyn1REEBexxc3WqjVs-jz8FnJW4xxo1MzasWP4RvrVZzHYcaWMpJydXfbLmr0czLF89fKaPpiJhYHJ89-TZakzun1C8shtS8oa90ggD9vBKT-50LVwYeeErtpdyEUo497tZALhT_8pXA9G17/s238/New%20Picture.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="238" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2-i9C9SrtSNusoBFzEMnCBje3XjSWMQwm7v-CF0Xkyn1REEBexxc3WqjVs-jz8FnJW4xxo1MzasWP4RvrVZzHYcaWMpJydXfbLmr0czLF89fKaPpiJhYHJ89-TZakzun1C8shtS8oa90ggD9vBKT-50LVwYeeErtpdyEUo497tZALhT_8pXA9G17/w353-h255/New%20Picture.bmp" width="353" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One big attraction
for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich’s</i> appeal to its
young audience was the music performances. Disco, New Wave, Rock, and even
Latin Jazz found its way to Studio 8-H and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot
Hero</i> managed to snap up some of the top names of the era, including Sister
Sledge, Eddie Money, Joe Jackson, Rex Smith, Stephen Stills, The Little River Band, and
more. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the years
just prior to the debut of MTV in 1981, just one year after <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i>, teen interest in
music videos was at an all-time high. <i>Midnight
Special</i>, <i>Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert</i>,
<i>Pop Clips</i>, <i>Friday Night Videos</i>, and others, primed the late Baby Boomer/Gen X
crowd for this genre and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero
Sandwich</i> was in an excellent position to capitalize on it. As noted by Paul
O’Keefe in his <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/hot-hero-sandwich-off-stage-with-cast.html" target="_blank">interview</a>
for the Hot Hero Sandwich Project, “Studio 8-H was originally the radio studio
for the NBC orchestra. It had very good acoustics for a TV studio.” Additionally,
<i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> shared crew with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Saturday
Night Live</i>, which by 1979 had four solid years of recording acts for that
show, so the performances for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero </i>were
filmed by top-notch technicians who needed only one or two run-throughs to nail
down the acts on video. These taped performances are on par with anything <i>SNL</i> produced.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As for the
performances themselves, Hot Hero Band producer Felix Pappalardi acknowledges in a Nov. 24,
1979, <i>Record Word</i> article, due to all
the neon on stage, a loud hum was created when the amplifiers were turned on,
so the performances were lip-synced, though it does appear that vocally the
singers were still belting it out and the musicians hit their notes on target
and on time.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">All clips are hosted on the </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Hot Hero Sandwich </i><span style="text-align: justify;">Central </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGrBJ3IxKLHyJKkO_oaEmA" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><i>YouTube</i> </a><span style="text-align: justify;">channel. </span></span>For all performances by the Hot Hero Band, please visit the article, </span><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/02/hot-hero-band-video-clips.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Hot Hero Band Video Clips</span></a>.</div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Studio 8-H:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKlex04w7X0"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 1: Sister
Sledge, “We Are Family”</a></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="296" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xKlex04w7X0" width="356" youtube-src-id="xKlex04w7X0"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr3CTvOmrVA"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 1: Sister
Sledge, "He's the Greatest Dancer”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="297" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kr3CTvOmrVA" width="358" youtube-src-id="kr3CTvOmrVA"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSLQbUdaHuI"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 2: Andy
Breckman,“Tommy Two,” with the Hot Hero Band</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="289" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VSLQbUdaHuI" width="348" youtube-src-id="VSLQbUdaHuI"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKhizgxvp3s"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 2: Little
River Band, “It's Not a Wonder”</a></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="296" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FKhizgxvp3s" width="356" youtube-src-id="FKhizgxvp3s"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMSCorwFNOM"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 2: Little
River Band, “Lonesome Loser”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="298" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bMSCorwFNOM" width="359" youtube-src-id="bMSCorwFNOM"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDLukE0WDJQ"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 3: Eddie Money,
“You Can't Keep a Good Man Down”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="289" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FDLukE0WDJQ" width="348" youtube-src-id="FDLukE0WDJQ"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CebKhQjwcjg"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 4: Stephen
Stills, “Love the One You're With”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="286" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CebKhQjwcjg" width="344" youtube-src-id="CebKhQjwcjg"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEVlRGrjBQc"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 4: Stephen
Stills, “Sugar Babe”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="292" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eEVlRGrjBQc" width="351" youtube-src-id="eEVlRGrjBQc"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1J5iTLVfn4"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 5: Joe Jackson,
“On Your Radio”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="283" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V1J5iTLVfn4" width="340" youtube-src-id="V1J5iTLVfn4"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmuZSWFcaAA"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 6: Andy
Breckman and the Hot Hero Band, “My Friend Bernie”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="286" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmuZSWFcaAA" width="344" youtube-src-id="DmuZSWFcaAA"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFlL9lrYI-E"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 6: Eddie Money,
“Jealousys”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="284" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RFlL9lrYI-E" width="341" youtube-src-id="RFlL9lrYI-E"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJAN_IyIXGo"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 6: Eddie Money,
“Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="283" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fJAN_IyIXGo" width="340" youtube-src-id="fJAN_IyIXGo"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJuV0Hqat_Y"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 8: The
Palmieri Brothers</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DJuV0Hqat_Y" width="340" youtube-src-id="DJuV0Hqat_Y"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbZri28m_bQ"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 9: The
Persuasions and The Puberty Fairy”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="286" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nbZri28m_bQ" width="344" youtube-src-id="nbZri28m_bQ"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p40ZaG6yl0E"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 9: The
Persuasions, “People Get Ready”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="286" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p40ZaG6yl0E" width="344" youtube-src-id="p40ZaG6yl0E"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV5cPJjyGWQ"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 10: Rex Smith,
“Sooner or Later”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="301" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DV5cPJjyGWQ" width="363" youtube-src-id="DV5cPJjyGWQ"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzNl4kLr6gg"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 10: Rex Smith,
“Tonight”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="317" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KzNl4kLr6gg" width="381" youtube-src-id="KzNl4kLr6gg"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Yo3D7Uf4o"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode<i> </i>11: Joe
Jackson, “Is She Really Going Out With Him”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G5Yo3D7Uf4o" width="385" youtube-src-id="G5Yo3D7Uf4o"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoHPIe7EpYo"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Episode 11: Andy
Breckman and the Hot Hero Band, “Here We Come and There We Go”</span></a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="316" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SoHPIe7EpYo" width="380" youtube-src-id="SoHPIe7EpYo"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="line-height: 200%;">_____________________________________________________</div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition to the performances on Studio 8-H, <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> also produced short
films and animation (by Jerry Lieberman Productions) for a variety of music
genres.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">Animation and Short Films:</b></div></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kajPeqYvAgg">Episode 1, “I'm Only
Sleeping”</a>: Originally The Beatles version, replaced with a cover version by
Go Fret due to a limited copyright release.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDavZOA5H1E"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 1 Animation Segment, The
Coasters “Yakety Yak”</span></a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T4Riiuyu2A">Episode 4 Short Film,
Donovan, “I Love My Shirt”</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPdNHE6GhaE"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 6 Animation
Segment, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, “Wild Night”</span></a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72FlAHWVMU"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 7 Animation Segment, Chuck Berry,
“School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)”</span></a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F4W68jG6Wk"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 8 Animation
Segment, Dave Dudley, “Rollin’ Rig” (“Stork Deliveries”)</span></a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snP9NShTvP0">Episode 8, “When I'm
64”</a>: Originally, this clip used the versions by The Beatles, here replaced with a cover version by the 101 Strings due to a limited copyright
release.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNCqEdq5_Bk&t=37s" target="_blank">Episode 10, “Ebony Eyes”</a>: A tribute to Black girls and women set to Stevie Wonder's “Ebony Eyes,” overlayed with a woman doing snippets of "Phenomenal Woman," and another poem (“I’m Gonna Draw Me a Black Madonna”).</span></li></ul></div><p></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-72197918308393057542024-01-28T15:11:00.027-05:002024-02-13T05:07:58.039-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich Clip Job! Ym and Ur, Alien Teen Social Satire<p><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBe8fFemxOFdV-IxUp1SekSh51eYqXMoN0oc7b9KldhA31mmX-CnhcO7uvd8vjC-DPx4ojrfyfdRzT-VTLaC2hwzDWobYpt39CMWxOdEUg-suLKcjJfvbsTMs9-ljk0oCGjRzUInUnwluB3nYqVYEoXWUJ3xcbmwUi6AJ2ZpP-Bb5eM6giGLERyK-S/s621/Ym%20and%20Ur.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="621" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBe8fFemxOFdV-IxUp1SekSh51eYqXMoN0oc7b9KldhA31mmX-CnhcO7uvd8vjC-DPx4ojrfyfdRzT-VTLaC2hwzDWobYpt39CMWxOdEUg-suLKcjJfvbsTMs9-ljk0oCGjRzUInUnwluB3nYqVYEoXWUJ3xcbmwUi6AJ2ZpP-Bb5eM6giGLERyK-S/w383-h271/Ym%20and%20Ur.JPG" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>And now, the adventures
of Ym and Ur!<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Two teenaged aliens<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>cruising toward<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the planet Earth . .
.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>studying our<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>television programs<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and believing that<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>what they see<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>is real life.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The way that real
people<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>really live it<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Really!</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Opening narration
to the Ym and Ur segments on Hot Hero Sandwich)</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8F23BkpSplGwyyDpmPaxVSEZxhszNOYj0wRRxVo8P4osW1lQ4ccpFb-jZfU0YdT2vbb5yf0XEk5Xk8gaWM13OhGCVUTHBPQLQTIEYKJ4Q-p8aiQGjD_kieVsR-LejDhQJilHTlvSSjEjK94hEFhAA6hkmQ7gVRWb73VafDeRIFCl-fMHF2uY4mmc/s899/Ym%20and%20Ur%20PR%20poto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="899" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8F23BkpSplGwyyDpmPaxVSEZxhszNOYj0wRRxVo8P4osW1lQ4ccpFb-jZfU0YdT2vbb5yf0XEk5Xk8gaWM13OhGCVUTHBPQLQTIEYKJ4Q-p8aiQGjD_kieVsR-LejDhQJilHTlvSSjEjK94hEFhAA6hkmQ7gVRWb73VafDeRIFCl-fMHF2uY4mmc/w490-h318/Ym%20and%20Ur%20PR%20poto.jpg" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i>NBC PR photo for Denny Dillon (left) and Paul O’Keefe (right)
as Ur and Ym </i><i>(author's collection).</i></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ym and Ur ("Him" and "Her," Paul
O’Keefe and Denny Dillon respectively) are two alien teens who “borrow” Ur’s father’s
spaceship for a joy ride and cruise by the planet Earth close enough to monitor
our television transmissions. Despite their long lives (Ym is 615 and Ur only
500), they are unfamiliar with Earth culture and they mistake many of our
programs as accurately reflecting real life here on the planet. This naturally
leads to humorous and sometimes somber social commentary. These segments were
written by series writer Richard Camp (see Camp’s <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/04/hot-hero-sandwich-off-script-with.html" target="_blank">interview</a>
with the project for more information).</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KYlNlh8JdiA" width="259" youtube-src-id="KYlNlh8JdiA"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iyMwgVXOw0o" width="258" youtube-src-id="iyMwgVXOw0o"></iframe></div><i>Episode 2 Episode 3</i><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As discussed by
Denny Dillon in her <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/07/off-stage-with-cast-member-denny-dillon.html" target="_blank">interview</a>
for the Hot Hero Sandwich Project, the extensive make-up for the segments was the
work of makeup artist Barbara Kelly, whose father Bob Kelly was a renowned
Broadway wig maker and founder of Bob Kelly Cosmetics, a theatrical supply
company. Kelly herself established her reputation with such films as<i> Fame </i>(the movie),<i> Three Men and a Baby</i>,<i> Birdy</i>,<i> Desperately Seeking Susan</i>,<i> Big</i>,<i>
Tootsie</i>,<i> The Purple Rose of Cairo</i>,<i> Star Dust Memories</i>,<i> Ragtime</i>, and many more.</div></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dillon noted
that the Ym and Ur segments had to be filmed fast because the heat from the
lights would begin to heat up the make-up and cause the ends of the bald skull
caps to curl up. Often the segments would be filmed late with the shooting
going on until 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. in the morning, according to Dillon.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="215" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uU-piIfnKE0" width="259" youtube-src-id="uU-piIfnKE0"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="216" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Ygewm-jhao" width="259" youtube-src-id="9Ygewm-jhao"></iframe></div><i>Episode 4 Episode 8</i><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paul O’Keefe, in
his <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/hot-hero-sandwich-off-stage-with-cast.html" target="_blank">interview</a>
with the Hot Hero Sandwich Project, particularly recalled the sometime problematic
costumes and make-up for the segments:</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I should point out that the writing for the
show was very well done. It gave us a lot to work with. Since they were aliens,
we had some latitude in creating bits for the skits. You may be surprised to
hear that physically the roles were very demanding. The spacesuits had no
ventilation, so they were very hot under the lights. The makeup was very
extensive, and needed to be worked on because we would be sweating it off. . .
. our makeup lady . . . she and her father . . . developed a special color and
type of makeup for the aliens, and she would work on us between takes. The bald
cap also needed attention, but she did a great job keeping us looking like we
came from outer space!</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Jerry Lieberman
provided an animated bit in the episode 2 segment — a commercial for a “Bermuda
Belt,” a take-off on the Hawaiian Punch commercials of the time, which the alien teens mistake for humans at war. Throughout the segments, beauty contests are mistaken for elections, politicians are mistaken for
beauty contestants, </span>the numbers on football jerseys are mistaken for IQs, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is mistaken for a religious procession
of Earth gods.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hmm . . . maybe the kids
got it right all along.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JrKPLxQJEGA" width="406" youtube-src-id="JrKPLxQJEGA"></iframe></div><i>Episode 11</i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ym and Ur Segments: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;">
</p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6552243203583049477/4610817392675171354" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Episode
2</span></a></span>: Cults,
Countries, Football, War, Peace.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6552243203583049477/4610817392675171354" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Episode
3</span></a></span>: Parades,
Religion, and Staying Young.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6552243203583049477/4610817392675171354" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Episode
4</span></a></span>: Politics
and Beauty Contests.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6552243203583049477/4610817392675171354" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Episode
8</span></a></span>: Race,
Slang, and Communicating.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6552243203583049477/4610817392675171354" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Episode
11</span></a></span>: Parting comments.
Going home with special guest stars producer Howard Malley as the alien
dad and writer Andy Breckman (creator of the TV show <i>Monk</i>) as the Puberty Fairy!</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuxCOaA65JE3jKv_mi2ibNrcbXG5GaTIDuHrYnUZvsSzVRRsi3H7P-akCZWqHmFcCR9Y_L0q3adgmdFcTWSMj-CrandDsu9vqVQqvwD-liu0JJg0jsr66YDjjdT78fpBvDkUKsT8X9-ID3E6TmfjkHvEfImZlXcmVvSo7U_7Sub-ZaFs5GA3aPqQl/s1078/Publication2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1078" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuxCOaA65JE3jKv_mi2ibNrcbXG5GaTIDuHrYnUZvsSzVRRsi3H7P-akCZWqHmFcCR9Y_L0q3adgmdFcTWSMj-CrandDsu9vqVQqvwD-liu0JJg0jsr66YDjjdT78fpBvDkUKsT8X9-ID3E6TmfjkHvEfImZlXcmVvSo7U_7Sub-ZaFs5GA3aPqQl/w457-h309/Publication2.jpg" width="457" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Series' producer Howard Malley in real life (left) and
in character as Ur’s father.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">All clips are hosted on the <i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>Central <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGrBJ3IxKLHyJKkO_oaEmA" target="_blank"><i>YouTube</i> </a>channel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91DCyaeMeqvtm0KRM6UzcsIEITupiw3mSUJA0nBreKdRgaoO45zh_UBN1gIKe2F5vqxmlXZY5PTjM3SMSysviNvprATBCwTvo8lnSTLJyUITsBA38m02vr90KQslPvFMZWwFxJrtrPy8PgG3vcj-sIkpaX7HhLfpkYory5vWqGwZ4Is3DbCFateNh/s664/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="664" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91DCyaeMeqvtm0KRM6UzcsIEITupiw3mSUJA0nBreKdRgaoO45zh_UBN1gIKe2F5vqxmlXZY5PTjM3SMSysviNvprATBCwTvo8lnSTLJyUITsBA38m02vr90KQslPvFMZWwFxJrtrPy8PgG3vcj-sIkpaX7HhLfpkYory5vWqGwZ4Is3DbCFateNh/w279-h215/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Logo.jpg" width="279" /></a></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-46108173926751713542023-12-29T19:24:00.066-05:002024-03-04T18:37:45.301-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich — Off-Stage with Cast Member Paul O’Keefe <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: justify;">by G. Jack
Urso</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span><span style="font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEMs8c8B1sn3SG1SuunbL85ghQ2MRZJ2kVWo9f3BsX8-nqg7F7fvk08RBJ6f92ZplhxsKvFE6T_ybRhKhpTezoxZuBWJtL8l5j02_1IF4rkUm2YzYU2-QVWN7KryCh0Dx8UUL8vrKQZAD-Ng-uNiXFQCDoH9c0STBQ3Q9zujOhfcJjhzQpb0OAQoI/s706/Snapshot_1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="706" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEMs8c8B1sn3SG1SuunbL85ghQ2MRZJ2kVWo9f3BsX8-nqg7F7fvk08RBJ6f92ZplhxsKvFE6T_ybRhKhpTezoxZuBWJtL8l5j02_1IF4rkUm2YzYU2-QVWN7KryCh0Dx8UUL8vrKQZAD-Ng-uNiXFQCDoH9c0STBQ3Q9zujOhfcJjhzQpb0OAQoI/w453-h343/Snapshot_1.JPG" width="453" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paul
O’Keefe brought with him to <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> an impressive resume. While
usually noted for his role as Ross Lane in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Patty Duke Show</i> (1963-1966), when cast as Ross, O’Keefe already had an
impressive Broadway background, including roles in the musicals <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Music Man</i> (1957-1961), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sail Away</i> (1961-1962), and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oliver!</i> (1963-1964). Prior to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero</i>, O’Keefe studied music at the
prestigious New England Conservatory of Music, setting him on a long path in
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my
conversations with various <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero
Sandwich</i> cast members, O’Keefe’s experience and professionalism was
invariably noted. He brought great gravity and maturity to the cast of young
people, helping to anchor scenes, whether in broad comedy or more dramatic
moments. Cast as Ted, Hot Hero Café’s owner, he served the café’s teen
clientele as a slightly older almost-peer and reluctant role model.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps
O’Keefe’s signature role on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero
Sandwich</i> was Stanley Dipstyck. With a paper bag permanently covering his
head, Stanley’s weird sartorial choice was never mentioned, let alone
explained. The psychological truth of Stanley’s complicated identity came
across in Paul’s subtle and eloquent performance. His Stanley character was
</span><span style="font-size: large;">emboldened by his disguise <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">— </span>no longer shy but weirdly confident and resolutely
true to himself <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">— </span>the epitome of awkward adolescent confusions, conflicts, and
contradictions.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Some may have assumed that Stanley was <i>Hot Hero’s </i>version of
comic Murray Langston’s creation, The Unknown Comic, a then-popular one-liner
<i>Gong Show</i> comic whose gimmick was wearing a paper bag on his head, but
Stanley’s bag revealed a much more resonant meaning. What teenager hasn’t
wanted to pull a bag over their head and just disappear? Though we never did
get to see what was under that bag, the audience knew that if we ever did get a
peek, we might see a little bit of ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: yellow; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3KqbBtlQymIHw5MypoiYBx7NrV0PHKXfGTfNfHbKD0FIxGiwF3i6lyzF77RZT9j4CMJVgAVzJls1cOAeQmUWVSS4OY6jUrU-6YOQ3PfDlJ1SGzdDUNQkE4iZdBaQZD1SUWT4bm_U04oFExvc_mKe3Kw42G4jkkdCTzOBBvrc3N3zlVJS7VpO-JMr/s2701/Paul%20O'Keefe%20front.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2114" data-original-width="2701" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3KqbBtlQymIHw5MypoiYBx7NrV0PHKXfGTfNfHbKD0FIxGiwF3i6lyzF77RZT9j4CMJVgAVzJls1cOAeQmUWVSS4OY6jUrU-6YOQ3PfDlJ1SGzdDUNQkE4iZdBaQZD1SUWT4bm_U04oFExvc_mKe3Kw42G4jkkdCTzOBBvrc3N3zlVJS7VpO-JMr/w245-h192/Paul%20O'Keefe%20front.jpg" width="245" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJ43QI-nG9V8dsTXo1TjF-2TiQ-hKAoyDKGj_yMSq6C2kDkIOMN8GLiq5yV0G965WnTHGFknID8watM2ZP6JRYbyImOUNw8hKdni9-aElD_zAFp9N5_Py6SCVcKcqEc18pjabJ4K6rN2u0D5lCL1VWhV1jfJON4u6miZcfvI4ogtmTgWHoAdzOZ1a/s2701/Paul%20O'Keefe%20back.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2114" data-original-width="2701" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJ43QI-nG9V8dsTXo1TjF-2TiQ-hKAoyDKGj_yMSq6C2kDkIOMN8GLiq5yV0G965WnTHGFknID8watM2ZP6JRYbyImOUNw8hKdni9-aElD_zAFp9N5_Py6SCVcKcqEc18pjabJ4K6rN2u0D5lCL1VWhV1jfJON4u6miZcfvI4ogtmTgWHoAdzOZ1a/w244-h191/Paul%20O'Keefe%20back.jpg" width="244" /></a></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><i>NBC promotional photo (front and back) for Paul O’Keefe and
Stanley Dipstyck who actually looks a little frightening in this photo! (author's collection)<o:p></o:p></i></p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tracking
down the Hot Hero alumni has been something of an adventure in and of itself.
Most have no social media presence or interact with it minimally. Yet, when I
do manage to get through, despite <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot
Hero Sandwich </i>being only a very brief stopover in their careers, it is
obvious that they still retain a great love for the show and for the creators
Bruce and Carole Hart. After many months of dead ends, when I had almost given
up on reaching O’Keefe, I got a note from him (one of my attempts did get
through!) and he was only too happy to share his experience with the fans and
with the Hot Hero family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this
interview, O’Keefe shares with us how he got involved in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich </i>and the VW van he drives in the opening credits.
We also learn more about Ym and Ur, get some behind-the-scenes notes, and, of
course, learn more about our very own Stanley Dipstyck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s a lot
of territory to cover, but don’t worry Hot Heroes, I got this one, shall we
say, in the bag . . . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: At the time of the series, it seems you
were partnered with Neil Kirby, appearing at least once January 28, 1980, at the West Bank Café which, for our readers who don’t know, was (and still is) a
pretty hot place for performers to appear. In fact, it had only been around at
that point for two years. Can you tell me a little bit about this performance?
Were you and Neil a regular act, and if so. what kind of things were you doing
in your performance?</span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TQpA3eoOA1ZHTps2RX6xj89P0CQv0xVWeqqnq6Lfa8fFvX8BLlhg5T0G7hx9_mSrUZ94k63ikVdXGT2O8RzTZcFR1EBWFTIr6UAlAs60UWwVpy8Ls68TDszCfDF4SX_9yuYHnjjNRWi0O-XVXC_OY8wWLyIzQ9p6M8oypib0rN8fh6M6Af9CFST8/s3300/Paul%20O'Keefe%20Promo%201.28.80.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TQpA3eoOA1ZHTps2RX6xj89P0CQv0xVWeqqnq6Lfa8fFvX8BLlhg5T0G7hx9_mSrUZ94k63ikVdXGT2O8RzTZcFR1EBWFTIr6UAlAs60UWwVpy8Ls68TDszCfDF4SX_9yuYHnjjNRWi0O-XVXC_OY8wWLyIzQ9p6M8oypib0rN8fh6M6Af9CFST8/w342-h442/Paul%20O'Keefe%20Promo%201.28.80.jpg" width="342" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the Hot Hero Sandwich archives, an original
O’Keefe and Kirby poster from their appearance at the West Bank Café (author’s
collection).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Neil
Kirby was a drummer and a very good friend. He and I played together in several
bands, and at the time that we played the West Bank Cafe, he and I were a duo,
with me playing keys, guitar and vocals. It just occurred to me that you might
not know I'm a musician! I can provide more detail on that if you wish, but for
now I'll explain that we played the WBC as one of many occasional dates we
played around the NYC area. We played popular rock tunes and some of my
originals. As you said, the club was pretty new back then. I was there to meet
with some friends recently and thought about that date. It was a fun gig,
except for moving our gear up and down the stairs!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: How did you get involved with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i>? Did they catch your
act like they did with Andy Breckman?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I
auditioned for the show. There was at least one callback as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Why <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot
Hero Sandwich</i> at this point in your career? Were you looking for a series?
Did your agent tell you to give it a shot?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> An agent
submitted me for the project, and I auditioned at the time when casting for the
group was going on. I wasn't looking for a series and was doing theatre and TV
and radio commercials in addition to my music work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: This is an obscure question, but I have
to ask about the Hot Hero Van. How was it that you got picked to drive it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I don't
know why I was chosen to drive the van. I was one of the older members of the
group, so maybe they thought that I wouldn't crash! I did have a full-size van
in real life, but I don't know if the casting folks knew that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Note: Series writer Sherry Coben believes
O’Keefe was selected to drive the van because he was cast as Ted, the Hot Hero
Cafe owner — and indeed, the café is where the gang ends up at the end of the
credits. Ted was envisioned as someone a couple of years older than the rest of
the Hot Hero Café crew, the guy who didn't go away to college after high school
and stayed in their hometown.]</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ae13U: I love the old Volkswagens, but that
van looked like it had seen much better days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do you recall what it was like to drive it?</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> It was
fun to drive. I think it had a stick, so I enjoyed that. My own van was a GMC,
which was bigger, but I think the choice of the VW bus was perfect for the
show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note: For
background information on the opening credit sequence, please read </i><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/10/hot-hero-sandwich-short-take-on-john_8.html" target="_blank"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i><i> — Short Take on John
Nicolella, Consultant/Location Producer</i></a>.]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Stanley Dipstyck is without doubt my
favorite character. There’s not a single teenager who hasn’t wanted to just
pull a bag over their head and disappear. How was it that you came to be
Stanley Dipstyck? It strikes me as the sort of role an actor might not want to
do because your face is covered – and I have to admit, I recall at the time it
took me a couple episodes before I realized you were the man in the paper
bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I'm
flattered that you liked Stanley! We had meetings at which cast members could
occasionally volunteer to play a character in a sketch. No one volunteered for
Stanley, so I was assigned to play him. I don't remember if he was intended to
be a running character, but the writers came up with some funny situations and
we made it work. As you mentioned, it had an appeal for teens and even those
who were no longer teens. I was a bit concerned about having the bag on my
head, but it didn't turn out to be an issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: I was reading the script for Episode 1
where Stanley Dipstyck’s original name was Stanley Bunghole. This was one of
the writer’s scripts so I don’t know if the actors ever saw it, but were you
aware of Stanley’s original name?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I
remember that his original name was Stanley Bunghole, but I think it was
changed because it would have freaked out the censor department!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8VMg0XUl9VB0_E2rKEgCUc3HFmVAYIxIsdV_nzZGlWd2xW90MejDwypJhg9yeuYsXCbsm8MVTAF6zssq_0W0O6Ql7HQ7hyphenhyphenhMDpA3_VVzWwsqayJfN236dGpmfWw7_Q95PsvCCdSFnI-zXsC1Qto59_Kxb4bbEQSzgOKVaky6n3etf-ITpA4pYA80/s570/Aug.%209%20EDIT.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="570" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8VMg0XUl9VB0_E2rKEgCUc3HFmVAYIxIsdV_nzZGlWd2xW90MejDwypJhg9yeuYsXCbsm8MVTAF6zssq_0W0O6Ql7HQ7hyphenhyphenhMDpA3_VVzWwsqayJfN236dGpmfWw7_Q95PsvCCdSFnI-zXsC1Qto59_Kxb4bbEQSzgOKVaky6n3etf-ITpA4pYA80/w434-h289/Aug.%209%20EDIT.bmp" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">From the Hot Hero Sandwich Archives, the shooting schedule for Aug. 9, 1979. As intriguing as it sounds like, "The Dipstyck Love Story," didn't make the final cut.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="348" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D6hFsqNF0iQ" width="419" youtube-src-id="D6hFsqNF0iQ"></iframe></div></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Episode
8: The One about the Whale.</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this scene from episode 8, Stanley Dipstyck
tries to check out a book with a suggestive title by the librarian who
immediately confiscates Herman Melville’s classic work of whale hunting! This
is a good example of using the audience knowledge of something to make a joke
without actually saying the punch line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The topic of censoring school library books was unfortunately prophetic.</span></span></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Note: Series writer Sherry Coben wrote this
sketch which, ironically, given the subject matter, Bruce Hart fought an epic
battle with network censor Jane Crowley to keep the sketch in the show.]</i></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Eternal Dipstyck</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>No matter
what time period or bizarre scene the Hot Heroes find themselves in, Stanley
Dipstyck never tries to be anything other than what he is </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">—</span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;"> </span>awkwardly earnest. No
matter the situation he may find himself in, Stanley is always Stanley,
emphasizing his outsider status, as in these sketches from episode 9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="331" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0BoCjq58IoY" width="398" youtube-src-id="0BoCjq58IoY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot
Hero Sandwich Episode 9: Stone Age Nightmare High</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Stone Age Nightmare High [Scene: Pre-history,
when everyone’s name was Ugh.]</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Teacher:
Please answer when your name is called. Ugh? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Ugh 1:
Here. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Teacher:
Ugh? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Ugh 2:
Here. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Teacher:
Ugh? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Ugh 3:
Here. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Teacher:
Stanley Dipstyck? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Stanley
Dipstyck: Here. <b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="358" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n0eORCbx5vw" width="431" youtube-src-id="n0eORCbx5vw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 9: Space Age Nightmare High</span></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 200%;"><b>Space Age Nightmare High [Scene: The future,
where everyone has a number for a name.]</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Teacher:
Please answer as I call the roll. 6515? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">6515:
Here. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Teacher:
6241? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">6241:
Here. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Teacher:
7347? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">7347:
Here. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Teacher:
Stanley Dipstyck? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">Stanley
Dipstyck: Here.</p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Regarding Ym and UR, do you recall how
you got assigned to play Ym?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I think
that Denny and I were tapped to play those parts. As you noted, there was a lot
of sly commentary that I enjoyed very much. I should point out that the writing
for the show was very well done. It gave us a lot to work with. Since they were
aliens, we had some latitude in creating bits for the skits. You may be
surprised to hear that physically the roles were very demanding. The spacesuits
had no ventilation, so they were very hot under the lights. The makeup was very
extensive, and needed to be worked on because we would be sweating it off. I
wish I could remember the name of our makeup lady, but she and her father (also
a makeup man) developed a special color and type of makeup for the aliens, and
she would work on us between takes. The bald cap also needed attention, but she
did a great job keeping us looking like we came from outer space!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirY1d6Bok1IXyWZNvbk2YvH1-6Nl8Uy5wern7QqZ8ROi1tkuoijyoqASo6WnyMn8rEQn7pKllWLB-_0eaSkN0q_mP_Sw9Ly7XM_mHPVvwbRUBIRPiMX05lgVjq11FtlvSzHa1tkFN-9yyslprOIBOt_QxUeDdytEVCrNGVW-AvmdME0xyj2-p0vToS/s899/Ym%20and%20Ur%20PR%20poto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="899" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirY1d6Bok1IXyWZNvbk2YvH1-6Nl8Uy5wern7QqZ8ROi1tkuoijyoqASo6WnyMn8rEQn7pKllWLB-_0eaSkN0q_mP_Sw9Ly7XM_mHPVvwbRUBIRPiMX05lgVjq11FtlvSzHa1tkFN-9yyslprOIBOt_QxUeDdytEVCrNGVW-AvmdME0xyj2-p0vToS/w465-h302/Ym%20and%20Ur%20PR%20poto.jpg" width="465" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">NBC Promotional photo for Denny Dillon (left)
and Paul O’Keefe (right) as Ur and Ym<br />(author's collection).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>Note: According to Denny Dillon in her
interview with the project, the make-up was devised and applied by Barbara
Kelly, the daughter of Bob Kelly who founded Bob Kelly Cosmetics, a theatrical
supply company. Barbara Kelly would later go on to do the make-up for such
films as Fame (the movie), Three Men and a Baby, Birdy, Desperately Seeking
Susan, Big, Tootsie, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Star Dust Memories, and Ragtime.
All Ym and Ur sketches were written by Richard Camp.</i></span>]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="line-height: 200%;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><b>Ym and Ur Segments</b></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlNlh8JdiA" target="_blank">Episode 2</a>: Cults,
Countries, Football, War, Peace.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyMwgVXOw0o" target="_blank">Episode 3</a>: Parades,
Religion and Staying Young.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU-piIfnKE0" target="_blank">Episode 4</a>: Politics and
Beauty Contests.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ygewm-jhao" target="_blank">Episode 8</a>: Race, Slang,
and Communicating.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrKPLxQJEGA" target="_blank">Episode 11</a>: Parting comments. Going home with special guest stars producer Howard Malley as the
alien dad and writer Andy Breckman (creator of the TV show <i>Monk</i>) as the Puberty
Fairy!</li></ul></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
</p><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span>Ae13U: I’d like to see if you recall anything
about the following clip, “Dealing with Death,” with Denny where
your character deals with his grandfather’s death. The key to the scene here
is that your character couldn’t visit his grandfather in the hospital because
it was just too much for him and he didn’t want to see his grandfather ill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Note: The scene of Ted (O'Keefe) dealing
with the death of his grandfather was written by Sherry Coben.]</i></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background: yellow; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="345" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/57GvVkKtVb0" width="415" youtube-src-id="57GvVkKtVb0"></iframe></div></span></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><i>Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 7: Dealing with
Death</i></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">The reason I recall this is because my
grandfather died the previous December 1978 and, like your character, I didn’t
have courage to visit him in the hospital and see him like that, so the this really connected with me. Do you recall anything about this scene? How, as an
actor, do you approach protraying such intense emotions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I didn't
know that HHS was on YouTube, but since everything else is there, I should have
guessed. Thanks for the links, but I remember the skit you talked about very
well. We didn't do a lot of serious stuff, and I thought this was a good topic
for the show. I tried not to overplay it, but I hope that the feelings that
happen to us when we experience the passing of a loved one came across. I
thought Denny was particularly good in that segment. Sometimes actors can
intellectually think about the audience out there in TV land and hope that they
are moved, but we don't always get to hear from someone like you who was
directly affected. I hope it helped you cope with your loss.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMeBpZANxAiNQLguuwE3ATluKP_pKEUXidy401maL2RpEiuOniaJHLmJ2vP8BS5Rx7gS_NbHOmyTEnnBagiCbaQnQn9soRZ6tB5tkiktYxCEhB8m3WcnxPPWynmsSZ3DD_HggRy8DPKn_Bu5qSnCTkAzKx8b8fk9NoM1HMtpFLQ8bvoJoeGFUeGic/s642/Aug.%207%20EDIT.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="642" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMeBpZANxAiNQLguuwE3ATluKP_pKEUXidy401maL2RpEiuOniaJHLmJ2vP8BS5Rx7gS_NbHOmyTEnnBagiCbaQnQn9soRZ6tB5tkiktYxCEhB8m3WcnxPPWynmsSZ3DD_HggRy8DPKn_Bu5qSnCTkAzKx8b8fk9NoM1HMtpFLQ8bvoJoeGFUeGic/w452-h205/Aug.%207%20EDIT.bmp" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the Hot Hero Sandwich Archives, the shooting schedule for Aug. 7, 1979, when the “Ted’s Grandfather” sketch was filmed.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Another small point to cover while I
have you, some of the cast remember whose <i>Saturday Night Live’s </i>cast member’s
dressing room they were assigned to during filming. Do you recall whose
dressing room you had?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I don't
remember whose dressing room I used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i>Note: Nan-Lynn Nelson had Laraine Newman's
dressing room, L. Michael Craig had Dan Aykroyd’s dressing room, and Vicky
Dawson had John Belushi’s dressing room.</i>]</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Regarding learning about the show
getting cancelled. There has been a mix of different responses. Some cast
members figured there would not be a second season, some hoped there might be,
and in one case, Vicky Dawson, reported Fred Silverman’s office told her there
would be a second season and her character was killed off on Another World
because of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">You were a bit more of an industry veteran at
that point, so I wonder if you recall what your thoughts were at the time. Did
you have any contact with anyone at the network about a possible second season
or could you tell by the way things were going the likelihood of a second
season was small?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I don't
remember getting the word that we were cancelled. I had done enough TV by then
to know that sudden and unexpected death was always a possibility. The show had
a good time slot, but it was very expensive to produce compared to the ad
revenue that the network could charge for that time of day, so that may have
been a factor. I was very proud of the show and was pleased with my work in it,
but economics plays a large role, particularly in TV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Did you have much contact with the
Harts during or after the series?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Both
Bruce and Carole were on the set nearly all the time, and they usually
participated in the meetings that we had with the writers. They lived in my
neighborhood, so I used to see them every now and then after the show was off
the air. In particular, Bruce would want to know how I was doing. I think he
felt like we were his kids, and I know he was proud of the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWo1WKuuRwUUjliAHNI9H8YY639nEUjeT-cpyGSqwuIFT8Pma7zO-QdTtEKwbYmLA4j9acedbvCklkr4q1IJGQ-5IlIiM2GFbPitxAqVgny8AIPXfzTt6Eq9MIg7QnK5uTZ2iikJf0qk6W4Op3zloqeBbJs_Qg30V3iuQqsYqQpk2W2K-wOEM4G6a8/s570/Ted's%20Grandfather%20EDIT.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="570" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWo1WKuuRwUUjliAHNI9H8YY639nEUjeT-cpyGSqwuIFT8Pma7zO-QdTtEKwbYmLA4j9acedbvCklkr4q1IJGQ-5IlIiM2GFbPitxAqVgny8AIPXfzTt6Eq9MIg7QnK5uTZ2iikJf0qk6W4Op3zloqeBbJs_Qg30V3iuQqsYqQpk2W2K-wOEM4G6a8/w492-h349/Ted's%20Grandfather%20EDIT.bmp" width="492" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From
the Hot Hero Sandwich Archives, the shooting schedule for Oct. 25, 1979, includes the
Hot Hero Band taping the song "Ted's Grandfather," which was cut from the show.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></i></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Finally, now that we’ve had a chance to
speak for a while, are there any stories about your time on the show that come
to mind you can share?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul O’Keefe:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I haven't
thought a lot about this project for quite a while. I could wax on with
memories, but I'll try to summarize a couple of things that came to me as I
answered your questions. You might not know that in addition to being the home
of SNL, 8-H was originally the radio studio for the NBC orchestra. It had very
good acoustics for a TV studio, and I really enjoyed our music days. When Sister
Sledge played, the band prerecorded the music. They sounded awesome! It was a
terrific moment to listen to them do their thing. The ladies (real sisters)
were very nice and unaffected, and they sang beautifully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HHS</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> was my first experience doing improv,
and I learned a lot. Some skits were fully written, and we would rehearse them
with the writers present. Other times it would just be an idea or a draft of a
situation, and we would improvise on it with the writers and develop it in
rehearsal. I don't know that I was ever as good as some of the folks in the
room, but it was fun to help develop the piece, and the more I did, the better
I became at trying ideas and lines out as we worked. I have used those skills
many times since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Thank you for your time Paul. You’ve
really helped put together another piece of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i> puzzle!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><i style="font-weight: 400; mso-bidi-font-style: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></i></span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Concluding
Thoughts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paul
O’Keefe brought with him to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero
Sandwich </i>a deep resume going back over two decades before the series to the
initial Broadway runs of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Music Man</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oliver!</i> (the same production with
the Monkees’ Davy Jones as the Artful Dodger). He treaded the boards with the
indomitable Elaine Stritch in Noel Coward’s last musical, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sail Away</i>, and was a regular on a classic sitcom, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Patty Duke Show</i>. Yet, O’Keefe didn’t
stop evolving as an actor. Prior to <i>HHS</i>, O’Keefe returned to Broadway in
dramatic roles in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Texas Trilogy:
Knights of the White Magnolia</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Texas Trilogy: The Oldest Living Graduate </i>(both in 1976), then expanded his
tool kit to include sketch comedy with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot
Hero Sandwich</i>, all the while working as a gigging musician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">To this
day, O’Keefe has continued to parlay his stage and musical experience having
recently served as the assistant musical director for the 20th anniversary tour
of <i>Rent</i>, as well as assistant conductor and playing the keyboards and guitar
for performances. Theater and the stage is more than just a vocation for Paul
O’Keefe. It’s more than just a calling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In fact,
you might just say — with all due deference to Stanley Dipstyck — it’s his
bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZV0APU1-HNceZCKzIKBix0RVaa6yCn9dDLsBqhHboPKF6n2WRrA8ZjwTec4XVawogi0DV6DzaUzlo544b59JzmJXZFfx6bm3Wf6a8dbKlxcpAN1ZQ_Dfrzdi5cGokxLVnJS0EUJHyAggP6xrjMXF7_T2AM_2dECtNzburQSCHD4nHhfIFMciut7v/s1376/Publication1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1376" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZV0APU1-HNceZCKzIKBix0RVaa6yCn9dDLsBqhHboPKF6n2WRrA8ZjwTec4XVawogi0DV6DzaUzlo544b59JzmJXZFfx6bm3Wf6a8dbKlxcpAN1ZQ_Dfrzdi5cGokxLVnJS0EUJHyAggP6xrjMXF7_T2AM_2dECtNzburQSCHD4nHhfIFMciut7v/w503-h221/Publication1.jpg" width="503" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
many faces of Stanley Dipstyck.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">How
Stanley Dipstick Taught Me to Be Proud of My Name<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">The abbreviation
“G” in my name represents my first name, Giocchino. Among Italians, at least in
America, this is an exceedingly rare name and growing up in the 1960s and 1970s
the name stood out like Stanley Dipstyck at a plastic bag manufacturers’
convention, so I never used it and went by my middle name, “Jack.” In fact, all
my school records omitted the name and none of my friends even knew about it. I
never knew or heard of or read about anyone with my name, until that is this
one Nightmare High scene with our very own beloved Stanley Dipstyck:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="318" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HufqFky-PIo" width="383" youtube-src-id="HufqFky-PIo"></iframe></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot
Hero Sandwich Episode 7: Nightmare High Excuse of the Week with Stanley
Dipstyck.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can
still remember my excitement at hearing my name on TV for the first time. My
bizarre “Oh-my-God-Mom-please-don’t-tell-anyone” name, and that it belonged to
a famous composer, Gioachino Rossini! Then I found out my version of the name,
“Giocchino,” was misspelled by a well-meaning, but otherwise flummoxed hospital
clerk. It may be an unusual name, but a famous composer had the same name and I
heard it on my favorite TV show. So, maybe I wasn’t as much of an outsider as I
thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">That’s how
I learned early on that representation matters. Everyone deserves a place at
the table — even Dipstycks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">●<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>●<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>●</span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-80279394305286328762023-12-04T16:48:00.033-05:002023-12-13T06:41:29.397-05:00Big Blue Marble: A Generation’s Introduction to the World<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7T0pBQOIrIML1y8T8cR03_dFR4yRB4wm70dWxQQD2HAnUaVPdc0Wfz8-mj-VNFyYf5vcvi-_n-myQ31H8D5CFf-gPki18ZulrZP-eZMw9Gp2UmhRffzeuw41BVSxJ0Bd7Jtk4BhKfF2gM20FikxRgPnhbZstwodcOvwusBK52xuHYo4M7i9PHSRm/s450/bbmlogo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="450" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7T0pBQOIrIML1y8T8cR03_dFR4yRB4wm70dWxQQD2HAnUaVPdc0Wfz8-mj-VNFyYf5vcvi-_n-myQ31H8D5CFf-gPki18ZulrZP-eZMw9Gp2UmhRffzeuw41BVSxJ0Bd7Jtk4BhKfF2gM20FikxRgPnhbZstwodcOvwusBK52xuHYo4M7i9PHSRm/w500-h244/bbmlogo.gif" width="500" /></a></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i> is a 30-minute (actual
runtime 26.5 minutes) children’s educational television program which ran from
1974 to 1983. Something of a cross between a news/information program and a
reality show, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i> showed
children from different parts of the globe engaging in everyday activities as
well as unique aspects of their culture. The series was produced by Alphaventure
in cooperation with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">World Book
Encyclopedia</i>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="314" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LththCT62Rk" width="378" youtube-src-id="LththCT62Rk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Theme song, from the Aeolus 13 Umbra YouTube
channel.</span></i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to an
Aug. 14, 1974, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York Times</i>
article, I.T.T. funded the series at US$3 million (approximately US$19,807,145.92
in 2023) and distributed free to local stations. An extraordinary expense;
however, I.T.T. at the time was embroiled in a number of image-shattering
scandals, including “alleged interference in foreign elections, its various
antitrust problems and its reported efforts to enlist the Nixon
Administration's help in certain of its business objectives,” according to the <i>NY Times </i>article.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nevertheless,
I.T.T.'s then-president Francis J. Dunleavy asserted, “had not been the
headlines, there would still be the program . . . It is good, wholesome and
worth being identified with.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">After a four-week
trial run on 40 TV stations across the United States in May 1974, <i>Big Blue Marble</i> debuted in the fall on 100
television stations nationwide.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLXg2Xexo3M5Gi6EFty36KKreqYOAdHAhoXN6C7E4F5Ii_iiX57PvTUCj2_qwryxBSRnOAdEWVOSPnXYNHDpLnrFo8XM3HXthHk-I5pRIM6EwKoeERq3ZTK8P6V1PNQfs2E23O0vBbtMUmi9_V_gR7ut9TvDHl6CdRNVYiTLju9d_BROgVfb8Sywx/s679/Big%20Blue%20Marble%20Ad.bmp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="385" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLXg2Xexo3M5Gi6EFty36KKreqYOAdHAhoXN6C7E4F5Ii_iiX57PvTUCj2_qwryxBSRnOAdEWVOSPnXYNHDpLnrFo8XM3HXthHk-I5pRIM6EwKoeERq3ZTK8P6V1PNQfs2E23O0vBbtMUmi9_V_gR7ut9TvDHl6CdRNVYiTLju9d_BROgVfb8Sywx/w152-h269/Big%20Blue%20Marble%20Ad.bmp" width="152" /></a></div>After the
rollout in the United States in 1974, <i>Big
Blue Marble</i> was offered to international markets beginning in 1975.
Interestingly, I.T.T., in a rare move then or at any time, when offering the
series to the three commercial networks and PBS, insisted commercials air
before or after the program, not during. A condition, according to the
aforementioned <i>NY Times </i>article, even
PBS refused, which I find somewhat confusing since PBS didn’t air underwriting
spots during a show. The apparent discrepancy, however, may be explained, as
noted by Dunleavy, in that typical corporate sponsoring with PBS is simply to
provide the underwriting and leave the entire production to PBS. I.T.T,
however, wanted to leave its mark as more than just a corporate godfather.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“In public
television you write out a check,” said Donleavy in the <i>Times </i>article, “The <i>Big Blue
Marble</i> is our own.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also noteworthy,
rather than “teach specific disciplines” the show’s point was simply to “increase
a child's familiarity and curiosity about the world . . . There is no editorial
point of view and no attempt to manipulate the minds of children,” reported
Donleavy.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="307" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qmAlYWBfQ9I" width="369" youtube-src-id="qmAlYWBfQ9I"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Big Blue Marble season one promotional spot.</i></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each episode
consists of two profiles of children from different parts of the world, an
occasional animated segment, and a promotional spot for the series computerized
pen pal service connecting children across the globe with each other. Other regular features include a <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span>How-To<span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">”</span> segment, <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span>Fables from Around the World,<span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">”</span> and <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span>If Children Ruled the World,<span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">”</span> in which children and adults engage in roleplaying. Several feature-length TV movies were also produced and serialized over the course of several episodes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">Reportedly, the first 78 half-hour episodes of
the series were produced in the first three years, between 1974 and 1977. </span>The
animation was produced by Ron Campbell Films, Inc., produced and directed by
Ron Campbell and written by Cliff Roberts. Campbell is most noted for his work
on the Beatle’s Saturday morning cartoon series and the film <i>Yellow Submarine</i>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="325" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gFYnOQudFAs" width="391" youtube-src-id="gFYnOQudFAs"></iframe></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Big Blue Marble “Dear Pen Pals” promotional spot, </span></i></div><div style="font-size: medium; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">from the Aeolus 13 Umbra YouTube channel.</span></i></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Schedules. Awards, and Releases</span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Typically
scheduled on Saturday or Sunday mornings, I recall <i>Big Blue Marble</i> playing locally Saturdays at about 12 Noon. Just as
the morning cartoon block was coming to an end. Reviewing some old 1970s <i>TV Guides</i> I have on hand reveals airtimes ranging from 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM on Saturdays to Sunday mornings at 11
AM to even Monday mornings at 7 AM. The Saturday morning runtimes opposite cartoons must have been a rating-killer, and were the show not completely funded by I.T.T. and offered
for free, one wonders how long the series would have lasted. Nevertheless, the series
ran for nine years, winning thirteen Emmy Awards including <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span>Best
Children's Informational Series<span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">”</span> and <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span>Best Children's Entertainment
Series,<span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">”</span> the George Foster Peabody Award, the New York International Film
Festival Grand Prize, and over one hundred international festival prizes and
awards.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="319" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vPxXp1Tu8tI" width="384" youtube-src-id="vPxXp1Tu8tI"></iframe></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Big Blue Marble Episode 1, from the Aeolus 13 Umbra YouTube channel.</span></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Call it crass
commercialization to assuage corporate guilt, and it is, but those awards don’t
lie. <i>Big Blue Marble</i> rose above the
control of its corporate underwriter who gave producers a mission and then
entrusted them (including later <i>Star Trek</i>
producer Rick Berman) to carry it out. In many respects, <i>Big Blue Marble</i> is a rare example of a successful partnership of
artistic and commercial interests. A relic of its times, we’ll very likely not
see its likes again.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwMeM4SpxotYNsvZmsg29YADU4WoF03R5vaCqllNmQJkph1Jbx2GVytudNvgOXU2W4Bu_FpJw-5EdzztHTaaPrjtaOFi91uphyphenhyphenAEIstzPk4nWNqqrNtcHU_pWYBlSoyX0ZnHiv9mpKIaLrb3zApEJKP3QVwjK9MfIbYIgfeYyU37NRQP2gTAqP8vX/s100/MARBLE.gif" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="100" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwMeM4SpxotYNsvZmsg29YADU4WoF03R5vaCqllNmQJkph1Jbx2GVytudNvgOXU2W4Bu_FpJw-5EdzztHTaaPrjtaOFi91uphyphenhyphenAEIstzPk4nWNqqrNtcHU_pWYBlSoyX0ZnHiv9mpKIaLrb3zApEJKP3QVwjK9MfIbYIgfeYyU37NRQP2gTAqP8vX/w146-h146/MARBLE.gif" width="146" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The series’ animated
mascot.</span></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Of the 151 episodes, very few are publicly available. What few are available appear to
be digital copies of VHS recordings released by C/F International, the former
license holder of <i>Big Blue Marble</i>,
which went out of business in 2008. I have found no DVD releases, not even
bootlegs, though in fairness there is little commercial potential in
the series. News/Information shows have very little repeat appeal;
nevertheless, due to capturing a moment in time, and specifically of children
and their families from around the world, the importance of the series as a
research tool for history, sociology, fashion, language, and culture, cannot be
stressed enough. For preservation purposes, a full collection on DVD and/or
made available through streaming should be preserved in archives and broadcast
museums.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">_________________________________________________</div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">For more
information about this wonderful series on Aeolus 13 Umbra, please visit:</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-episode-guide.html" target="_blank"><i>Big Blue Marble</i> Episode Guide</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-tv-soundtrack-album-1974.html" target="_blank"><i>Big Blue Marble</i> TV Soundtrack Album</a></span></li><li><i><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7L7vov_KkM" target="_blank">Episode 4</a></span></i></li><li><i><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNLwNNMG6Cw" target="_blank">Episode 19</a></span></i></li><li><i><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKOqTz68Uqk" target="_blank">Episode 52</a></span></i></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Big Blue Marble </i>Presents <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJY_MTwtcM" target="_blank">My Seventeenth Summer</a></i>
(1978)*</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Big Blue Marble </i>Presents <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcwF_uf9pE" target="_blank">Witch's Sister</a></i>
(1979)*</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>* Feature length TV movies</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-18549358489695348542023-12-04T16:47:00.062-05:002023-12-13T15:32:19.310-05:00Big Blue Marble TV Soundtrack Album <p><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tRtUKO8jDwg" width="430" youtube-src-id="tRtUKO8jDwg"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Full soundtrack album from
the Aeolus 13 Umbra YouTube channel.</i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Theme
Song Lyrics</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">The Earth's a Big Blue Marble</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">When you see it from out there<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sun and moon declare<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our beauty's very rare<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Folks are folks and kids are kids<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">We share a common name<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">We speak a different way<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">But work and play the same<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">We sing pretty much alike<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy spring pretty much alike<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peace and love we all understand<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">And laughter, we use the very same brand<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our differences, our problems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">From out there there's not much trace<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our friendships they can place<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">While looking at the face<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of the Big Blue Marble in space<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Released
in companion to the <i><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-generations.html" target="_blank">Big Blue Marble</a></i> TV series, the <i>Big
Blue Marble</i> soundtrack album contains a selection of original songs from
the show that reflect its diverse demographic of children around the world,
from the West African flavored rhythms of
“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=1058s" target="_blank">Gombey</a>,”
to the Native American inspired “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=228s" target="_blank">Indian Scene</a>,” the Rhythm & Blues of “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=748s" target="_blank">Hoopin’</a>,” to
the Country & Western “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=1058s" target="_blank">A Rodeo Cowboy</a>”
and a hot banjo solo in “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=30m22s" target="_blank">Rodeo Riff</a>.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Interestingly,
while the classic theme song for the show, heard in the clip above and which is
both the first and last track on the album, is not the first version of the theme song (see below) and does not appear on the soundtrack. This leads us to a couple small
mysteries about the album. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="182" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qGbGsMVlUSk" width="219" youtube-src-id="qGbGsMVlUSk"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="182" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LththCT62Rk" width="219" youtube-src-id="LththCT62Rk"></iframe></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Big Blue Marble Theme Songs: First version,
left, and the second version, right.</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>The first
mystery is the aforementioned lack of the first version of the theme song used on
the series. While a complete series run
isn’t available, existing episodes indicate that the title theme on the album
is not the original opening theme song. As indicated in Episode <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPxXp1Tu8tI" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7L7vov_KkM" target="_blank">4</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNLwNNMG6Cw" target="_blank">19</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKOqTz68Uqk" target="_blank">52</a>, the first version of the theme song. </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">The clip of the second version of the theme song
below notes the first World Invitational Minicycle Championship in Texas,
which is from episode 88 (see </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-episode-guide.html" target="_blank"><i>Big Blue Marble</i> Episode Guide</a>). So, the change in theme songs must have come somewhere
between episodes 52 and 88. </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">To the producer’s credit, it’s just as well that
the first version was not included as it lacks the charm and wistfulness of the
second version. Nevertheless, it continued to be used as the closing theme, so why it was not included on the album is a mystery.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second
mystery regards the inclusion of songs in an album said to have been released
in 1974 that were not played on the series until several years afterwards. This
was determined by consulting the programs logs in the <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-episode-guide.html" target="_blank"><i>Big Blue Marble</i> Episode Guide</a>, which includes not only segment descriptions, but
also which songs were played.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYUsOX0ODoCiuacZ_3thcUCarjpaX2oWaVgNl1MsMnIwbMDoGJqIxh-kLHT-6iq2mwUEb5vx4qCXpKSW4aEvAbDOHh1YNhUkUaLu6pBD4Q3qid3-vfJ9_xKB3OJQBM1gB64M6CJWeLdByaB_k0ELHKrqn9VD6owRBGATMPrCdbgrUH4BSKyVAJc6k/s1600/s-l1600%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1600" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYUsOX0ODoCiuacZ_3thcUCarjpaX2oWaVgNl1MsMnIwbMDoGJqIxh-kLHT-6iq2mwUEb5vx4qCXpKSW4aEvAbDOHh1YNhUkUaLu6pBD4Q3qid3-vfJ9_xKB3OJQBM1gB64M6CJWeLdByaB_k0ELHKrqn9VD6owRBGATMPrCdbgrUH4BSKyVAJc6k/w453-h232/s-l1600%20(5).jpg" width="453" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Inside
cover.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One song
listed on Side A, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=12m28s" target="_blank">Hoopin’</a>,”is
from Episode 87 (see the Big Blue Marble Episode Guide), which would place that
episode somewhere around 1978. Another song on Side B, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=31m40s" target="_blank">Floatin'</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">”</span> is from Episode 94, perhaps a year later, yet the phonogram copyright date for the album is indeed 1974, and also so noted for each song individually in the liner notes. Consequently, it seems that the songs in question were copyrighted in 1974 but not
used until 1978 or 1979. That
suggests some very long lead times on pre-production. Another possibility is
that they may have been segments produced earlier but not aired until later.
Whatever the case may be, it's a bit of a mystery. </span></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mysteries
aside, as with all great 1970s albums, you have to have a fold-out inside cover
with lyrics and pictures, and the <i>Big Blue
Marble</i> delivers. Kids especially enjoy the visual and tactical aspects of
entertainment, and lyrics always help sing-alongs. I was pleased to see the
extra effort and production cost made when I.T.T. could have cheaped out to
save a buck.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHY4f6hgHgS2kiv25Qo3VV-sT2DFbMAJo8Bqusyq0EH69NJl1rQaib6NRBINQfqVim8YdEJJ8jjwIW91iE7xlkBAqBOQPYNsU9rRsg1hH7p3aReMrI1ItnXLMoUqW35_vwyeO60sqIYRhIlmwOgpa1mLj9tx9LDPEFXlPbvJKbdX_w-I_UAXbTeJH/s1215/Publication2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="1215" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHY4f6hgHgS2kiv25Qo3VV-sT2DFbMAJo8Bqusyq0EH69NJl1rQaib6NRBINQfqVim8YdEJJ8jjwIW91iE7xlkBAqBOQPYNsU9rRsg1hH7p3aReMrI1ItnXLMoUqW35_vwyeO60sqIYRhIlmwOgpa1mLj9tx9LDPEFXlPbvJKbdX_w-I_UAXbTeJH/w527-h183/Publication2.jpg" width="527" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Images
from the inside front cover and the back cover of the album.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> </span></div></span></span></span></div></blockquote><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Big Blue
Marble</i> TV Soundtrack Album (1974)</span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76HuDCH2LL4fp9wrxGt5NGFYJ0hoWJVqsgLqU4N4hgnuj-giuTJ_ZdH7LYjlzW8Uq4vQJGo_9WyKPcmOhww384q70YVru8DLXOr2iha1TFMRJ_9lm2K9FLXASyZQSSe7nJXr_IrurwD3LRXqe4JtcGCK73znxgqzqYjWX83yJ5jbxjPYqK6VRLOoQ/s979/Alblum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="979" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76HuDCH2LL4fp9wrxGt5NGFYJ0hoWJVqsgLqU4N4hgnuj-giuTJ_ZdH7LYjlzW8Uq4vQJGo_9WyKPcmOhww384q70YVru8DLXOr2iha1TFMRJ_9lm2K9FLXASyZQSSe7nJXr_IrurwD3LRXqe4JtcGCK73znxgqzqYjWX83yJ5jbxjPYqK6VRLOoQ/w504-h259/Alblum.jpg" width="504" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 16.8667px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Big Blue Marble Soundtrack album, Sides A & B.</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Side A:</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A1<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Big Blue Marble Theme</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written
by Skip Redwine (1:41)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A2<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=105" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Rodeo
Cowboy</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Carol Hall (2:02)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A3<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=228s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Indian
Scene</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Rudy Stevenson (1:55)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=5m45s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Say Hello
To The Sky</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Skip Redwine (2:40)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=8m32s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">No Place
Like Earth</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Peter Chandler Travis (1:09)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">A6 “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=9m44s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some Days
I Just Want To Go Somewhere</span></a>,” written by </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"> Tom Figenshu (2:40)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">A7<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=12m28s" target="_blank">Hoopin'</a>,” written
by Henry Fownes, Rudy Stevenson (2:41)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A8<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=15m16s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Round And
Round</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Carol Hall (2:32)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Side B:</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">B1<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=1058s" target="_blank">Gombey</a>,” written
by Rudy Stevenson (2:35)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">B2<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=20m18s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Come Be My
Friend</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Carol Hall (2:37)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">B3<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=22m58s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Madame
Tussaud's</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Skip Redwine (1:31)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">B4<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=24m33s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Games</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written
by Henry Fownes, Rudy Stevenson (2:40)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">B5<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=27m20s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Time To
Live</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Skip Redwine (2:54)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">B6<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=30m22s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rodeo Riff</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written
by Norman Paris (1:15)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">B7<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=31m40s" target="_blank">Floatin'</a>,” written
by Carol Hall (3:00)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">B8<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=34m42s" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Big Blue
Marble Theme</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” written by Skip Redwine (1:41)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Credits:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recorded At – JAC Recording, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mixed At – JAC Recording, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recorded At – Soundtek Studios<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mixed At – Soundtek Studios<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mastered At – Sterling Sound<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Published By – Alphaventure Music Publishing Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Published By – Betaventure Music Publishing Corp.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Design – Roland Young <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Engineer, Mixed By – Charlie Leighton, Lou Gonzales<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Producer – Henry Fownes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photography By: Big Blue Marble TV Crews<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Special Thanks - International Telephone and Telegraph Corp., Bob
Garrison, Ken Snyder, Joe Napolitano, Scott Shukat<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rights:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">A1, A3-A7, B1, B3, B5, B8: Alphaventure Music Publishing Corp.
(ASCAP)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">A2, A8, B2, B6, B7: Betaventure Music Publishing Corp. (BMI)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rights Society: ASCAP<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rights Society: BMI<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Matrix / Runout (Runout Ring Side A Etched): SP 3401 S1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Matrix / Runout (Runout Ring Side B Etched): SP 3402 S1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Releases:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Title | (Format) |Label | Cat# |Country | Year<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble | (LP, Album,
Gatefold) | A&M Records | SP-3401 | US | 1974<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble | (8-Track Cartridge,
Album, Stereo) | A&M Records | 8T-3401 | US | 1974<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble | (LP, Album, Promo,
Terre Haute, Gatefold) | A&M Records | SP-3401 | US | 1974<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble | (LP, Album, Reissue)
| A&M Records HL 5501 | Canada | Unknown<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Source:
Discogs.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">___________________________________________________</div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-size: large;">For more information about this wonderful series on Aeolus 13 Umbra, please visit:</span></div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: 32px;"></p><ul><li style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-generations.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble<span style="font-style: normal;">: A Generation’s Introduction to the World</span></span></a></li><li style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-episode-guide.html" target="_blank"><i>Big Blue Marble</i> Episode Guide</a></span></li></ul></div></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-8326699020619499302023-12-04T16:46:00.010-05:002024-01-09T21:35:15.824-05:00Big Blue Marble Episode Guide<p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G.
Jack Urso</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkhS4Yx3aDomn-z_ld7XCdhcZQeI1Z45hiZICVjeG7UghDUXLa9Zo2ubdsjThKh9KRdlF9EmPNqH5vtHlnAfq6TWOOdhD3oWCIIC9S9pXEKIkhyphenhyphen-FVKvamaKPLeNRh2OnDpMPZb2OuCxgc1s-M4eg8_EAVAxC8zSjmzusDMRCNlm4nLbePD_z7RGz/s583/Snapshot_33.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="583" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkhS4Yx3aDomn-z_ld7XCdhcZQeI1Z45hiZICVjeG7UghDUXLa9Zo2ubdsjThKh9KRdlF9EmPNqH5vtHlnAfq6TWOOdhD3oWCIIC9S9pXEKIkhyphenhyphen-FVKvamaKPLeNRh2OnDpMPZb2OuCxgc1s-M4eg8_EAVAxC8zSjmzusDMRCNlm4nLbePD_z7RGz/w400-h284/Snapshot_33.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></o:p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Episode Guide for <i>Big Blue Marble </i>(1974-1983)</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The following
episode list and descriptions are provided below from the now-defunct website,
<i>coolvariety.com</i>, the online home of C/F International, the former license
holder of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i>, which went
out of business in 2008. A few spelling errors were corrected, but it otherwise
appears verbatim from the original text.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>As one can see, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i> had an incredible reach
around the world, perhaps eased by I.T.T.’s global business presence in those
nations. Though few episodes are publicly available, this comprehensive and
detailed episode guide gives a broad view of the entire series. Rather than just brief episode descriptions, these are more akin to program logs, and also contain references to recurring segments and songs not usually provided </span>in TV listings. Consequently, I think these may originate with the original producers of the series rather than C/F International, but that is a bit of speculation on my part.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The few links
provided are to the actual episode videos themselves hosted on the supporting <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">YouTube</i> channel for Aeolus 13 Umbra. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big
Blue Marble</i> Episode Guide</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPxXp1Tu8tI" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #001</span></b></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colombia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story of a boy
who works for a gamekeeper, looking after animals, making sure that no poaching
is going on and that the animals are in good health. We see him rescue a
dolphin and prevent the killing of an anaconda snake at the hands of frightened
villagers.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alabama</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fourteen-year
old Wendy Holcomb from Alabasta, Alabama, started playing the banjo when she
was twelve. She goes on tour, plays at neighborhood nursing homes to lift the
spirits of the old people and dreams of becoming a country-western music star.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #002</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hawaii</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keith lives in
Hawaii. We see him learning how to make a surfboard - see him surfing then
meeting and surfing with a world champion surfer.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Italy</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maura visits her
uncle on the Island of Sardinia, Italy, to learn a little bit of the history
and traditions of the Island. Her cousin Carlo is partaking in the traditional
festival called "La Sartiglia" - a jousting event.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A special
segment featuring famed Broadway actor Jack Gilford. In an urban setting he
sings John Prine's haunting ballad "Hello In There." The song
contains a message that old people are still important and we must reach out to
them.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #003</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">China</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story of a young
girl who is a member of the Chinese Opera. Shows the student's vocal and
physical training (calisthenics, acrobatics, tumbling).</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Illinois</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">James Edwards,
age 15, convicted of robbery, has been confined to Little City in Palatine,
Illinois, as part of a work-school therapy program, to train him to deal with
problems of life outside. We see him attending scholastic classes, budgeting
money, participating in sports and social activities and receiving group
therapy.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7L7vov_KkM"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #004</span></b></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Uruguay</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Father of ten
year old boy brings leading gaucho and rodeo performer to his ranch to train
his son.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pennsylvania</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mary Ellen
Ronco, from Redding, PA - an equestrian champion. We see her in training and at
the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Belgium</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about Yvan
Janssen, age twelve, a young man brought up by deaf and dumb parents who works
with blind people. He was inspired to do this work by a blind nun. He designed
a game for a blind friend which a sighted and blind person can play together.
He also translates books into Braille and has invented a special cane for the
blind.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #005</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cayman Islands</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about
Barbara Card, age fifteen, a Scuba Diver, who lives on Grand Cayman Island. She
is seen cataloging fish, going down to see wrecks and being drilled in scuba
diving techniques.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Morocco</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thirteen year
old Ali envies his friend Brahim because Brahim owns a lutar and Ali
desperately wants to buy one but he doesn't have enough money. We see Ali
devise ways to earn money for a lutar.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #006</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Switzerland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about
Andreus, age ten, and his father who train St. Bernard Dogs for rescue
operations in the Alps. We follow them during a dramatic simulated rescue.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York &
New Jersey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Typical weekly
routine of eight year old Tisha Campbell. We see her at school working with her
mother who is her voice coach, at play with her brother and performing live at
a jazz concert in New York's Greenwich Village.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Japan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A boy who lives
in this highly industrialized country is maintaining ties with tradition by
studying Keno - an ancient martial art.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #007</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">South Dakota</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cindy's
assignment for her school newspaper is to do a story on the mysterious
creature, Bigfoot, who has been sighted in rural South Dakota.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">France</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fifteen year old
Hugo Perrier is a member of a team that plays basketball on skates. They
entertain disabled youngsters. We meet his family and friends at home. The team
practices skating at school and stages a charity game beneath the Eiffel Tower.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bhutan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The everyday
life of apprentice monks in the mountains of Bhutan.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #008</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Austria</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about three
students who attend the ski Gymnasium in Stams, Austria, a school that
specializes in teaching skiing. We see these students in ski practice sessions
both outdoors and indoors. We also view them studying academics. Story ends
with Fritz entering a ski competition.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Texas</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mel Kimbro, 12,
from Boerne, Texas, rides bucking bulls. Last year, his first as a pro, Mel
earned the title of American Junior Rodeo Reserve World Champion. We see him
teach his younger brother Jim, 9, and benefiting from his dad, ex-rodeo champ
Clyde Kimbro.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">India</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A 12-year old
boy works as a diamond grinder in the same workshop as his father. The family's
need for additional income has forced the boy to leave school.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #009</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Missouri</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A rafting
celebration on the Mississippi river in the tradition of Huck Finn.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Illinois</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story of
Michelle Emerson of Wheeling, Illinois, a female hockey goalie on an all boys
team called the Shields. Her older brother coaches her in hockey and her older
sister coaches her in figure skating. We also see her in music classes in
school.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spain</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twelve year old
Manual becomes a new member of Bemposta School (a total community - students
live, work and play there). Baldeon ( an older student) orients him, taking Manuel
to meet Father Silva (founder of Bemposta). They go to the school TV station
and see a music and dance show that Baldeon is in, visit a gymnastic practice
and watch other students training horses for a circus act.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #010</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Iceland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Traditional
Icelandic gathering of eggs from the tall cliffs on three tiny islands off
Iceland's southern coast. Whole families work together in this exciting once a
year event.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Florida</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story of ten
year old Maria, who works in the fields on weekends to help her family of nine
brothers and sisters and three nephews. Besides helping out around home she
spends as much time as she can on school work as her dream is to go to college
and become a doctor.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #011</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJY_MTwtcM" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">"My SeventeenthSummer" - Part I</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A four part
serialized adventure story which takes place in 1923. The story concerns itself
with the evils of prejudice within a framework of an exciting fast action
adventure chase involving World War I aircraft, period cars and a steam
locomotive.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about John
Alleyn and Sabena Ulman, both students at the National Ballet School of Canada.
We see them in grueling dance classes, rehearsing for an upcoming performance,
attending academic classes and spending time with classmates.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #012</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJY_MTwtcM" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">"My SeventeenthSummer" - Part II</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">(See Program
#011)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Minnesota</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seventeen year
old Jon Weaks, who flies private planes, learns the special skills of
Aerobatics with Champion stunt-pilot Debbie Gary of Alexandria, Minnesota.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #013</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJY_MTwtcM" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">"My SeventeenthSummer" - Part III</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">(See Program
#011)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brinydeep</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A group of teens
sail across the Atlantic on the route of Christopher Columbus' first voyage;
following the trade winds to the Americas.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kenya</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story of a young
boy who works on a farm with his family. His uncle, a wood sculptor takes the
boy on as an apprentice.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #014</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJY_MTwtcM" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">"My SeventeenthSummer" - Part IV</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">(See Program
#011)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Environment . .
. And Not a Drop to Drink</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first in a
series of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i> pieces on the environment and conservation. This segment deals with the
problems of the overuse and misuse of the world's precious water resources.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York &
Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fourteen year
old Peter Wyrick, a cello student at Julliard is seen studying and rehearsing
at school and at home. He travels to Aspen, Colorado to participate in the
famous music festival. In performance, he plays Beethoven's "A Major
Sonata."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #015</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Scotland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two youngsters
investigate the mystery of Nessie, the monster of Loch Ness in the Northern
Highlands. Their search is aided by well-known Nessie hunters, including Tim
Dinsdale.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York &
California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greg Wilson,
young magician and TV personality, performs in rehearsal with his father,
magician Mark Wilson. We also see Greg performing at the Magic Castle in
Hollywood and at home with his family and friends.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">South Carolina</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Blue Marble
Mobile with Clark Brandon aboard, visits a farm where they breed miniature
horses and even a miniature cow.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #016</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Egypt</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story of the
life of a twelve year old actress in Cairo who auditions for a new children's
show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Utah</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twelve year old
boxer Amber Hunt is fighting Frank Avila, one of the few opponents who
previously beat her. We follow her through rigorous training sessions leading
to a 3 round encounter at the Salt Lake Fairgrounds.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guatemala</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">An Indian family
lives just as its ancestors did centuries ago. We see life revolving around
this close knit family, high in the remote Sierra Madre Mountains.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #017</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about
fourteen year old tennis champion, competing at the Rolex Tournament in Port
Washington, New York. We follow her through victory against stiff international
competition.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Easter Island</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about
Raquel Hardel Haoa and Jose Belsano Raputuki, who live on Easter Island. We see
them riding horses, exploring the statues and caves of their ancestors and
singing the traditional music of the Island.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Missouri</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Blue Marble
Mobile visits Gary Nunn, a twelve year old chef who demonstrates the making of
his unique Popsicle.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #018</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few days with
Jim Plattner, the bat boy for the New York Yankees. We see him practicing and
working with the players, as well as trying out for the team at Yankee Stadium.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Poland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about a
teenage girl who is a member of the Mime Theatre Gest in Bratslava. This
classical theatre form thrives on the streets and stages of modern Poland.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNLwNNMG6Cw" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #019</span></b></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The activities
of a twelve year old Gypsy as her family sets up camp at the famous fair at
Appleby. We see her socializing with many friends who come to Appleby from all
over the British Isles to sell and trade horses.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Environment:
Vanishing Firewood</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second of a
group of shows dealing with environmental problems. This focuses on the
scarcity of firewood in certain Third World nations and, specifically, its
impact on children.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Candice Coster,
a model and aspiring actress is seen at work with a photographer, and at home
rehearsing with her father. She also is seen horseback riding with a friend in
the country.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #020</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York &
California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Krae Van Sickle,
age seventeen, wins the World Frisbee Championship at the Rose Bowl. We see him
practicing with his father in New York and competing with the nation's best
Frisbee throwers in Pasadena.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Zealand</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Maori student
at St. Stephens School brings a white schoolmate home for the holidays. Segment
explains ancient Maori traditions in rural northern New Zealand.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #021</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Costa Rica &
Washington, DC</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">We see members
of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, going to school and rehearsing
in preparation for a special trip to the White House to play for the Carter
family. We see the performance on the White House lawn.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Jersey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Youngsters
compete in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i>
National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, New Jersey. Thirteen year old Dean
Feinauer and thirteen year old Diane Bertosh emerge victorious among more than
two million competitors.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Italy</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A visiting art
student begins work on a piece of sculpture near the Carrara marble quarry; the
same quarry used by Michelangelo.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #022</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Treasure Island
- Part I</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first
chapter in a five part animated serial of Robert Louis Stevenson's
"Treasure Island," using a radio program recorded in 1944, starring
Basil Rathbone as the narrator and Long John Silver, as the soundtrack.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kenya</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">An intimate
study of a young Masai herdboy and his exotic tribal life among East Africa's
wildlife.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #023</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Treasure Island
- Part II</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">(See program
#022)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hungary</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about Zoltan
Gyonayosi, a fifteen year old member of a water polo team in Budapest. We see
him training and working with Hungary's number one water player, Gyorg Harkai.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Indiana</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i> visits a high school
animation workshop in which we follow a class through the entire process of
producing an animated cartoon from the first story idea to the finished
product.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #024</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Treasure Island
- Part III</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">(see program
#022)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">North Carolina</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Blue Marble
Mobile visits Spivey's Corner for the annual National Hollering Contest. This
"down-home" version of Swiss yodeling is still active among the young
and old of rural North Carolina.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bahrain</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A visit of the
Persian Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain to meet a young Sheik. Abdulla Al-Khalifa is
learning the ancient customs of his land finding time to explore the desert in
a dune buggy.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #025</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Treasure Island
- Part IV</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">(See program
#022)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The world's
greatest soccer player gives some spectacular lessons to a group of talented
youngsters from round the world at his soccer camp. We follow a group of seven
boys and girls from Finland in a memorable week of lessons from the master.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #026</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Treasure Island
- Part V</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">(See program
#022)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nine year old
Katherine Healy is seen working with Britain's Olympic gold medal figure
skater, John Curry, as he develops a new art form, skating-ballet. She appears
with other top skaters in "Superskates" at Madison Square Garden
where she performs a solo dance to Offenbach's "Le Papillon."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #027</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pennsylvania</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hurdler Candy
Young, a world champion hurdler, is training for future Olympic games. We see
her at home and competing in a key race.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">County Limerick,
Ireland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farrier - When
eighteen year old Liam Brennan finishes his apprenticeship to his father, he
will have become an accomplished farrier. We get a detailed look at the
training needed to practice the art of shoeing horses.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #028</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sarasota,
Florida</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sailor Circus is
unique in that most facts of the operation are run by kids. The segment focuses
on three youngsters who are accomplished aerialists and veterans of the circus.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Atlantic Ocean</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seaman QE2 -
Seventeen year old Tony Hayes is a Senior Ordinary Seaman aboard the QE2. We
see him performing his various duties during a transatlantic crossing and join
him on one of his infrequent visits to his home in Clanfield, England.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #029</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">USSR</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tchen-Burti -
Adventurous young horsemen in the high Caucusus, compete in the traditional
Georgian game of Tchen-Burti - a demanding polo-like game played with sticks
similar to those used in lacrosse.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maryland &
New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Puppets - Kevin
Clash has been making puppets since he was ten and now at eighteen he performs
weekly on a local television show in Baltimore. Kevin's teacher for the last
few years has been Kermit Love, the creator of the famous Muppets. We see Kevin
and Kermit perfecting skills, and performing at a school for handicapped
children.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #030</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1/4 Midget
Racer- Tommy Vaninwagen enjoys playing with model cars, but unlike most kids,
he's also involved in the real thing: Quarter Midget Racing. Under the close
supervision of his father, Tommy works on his car to get it ready for the big
race - and what an exciting one it is!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peru</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cuzco Kid - We
meet a young guitarist who lives in Cuzco, Peru, the ancient capital of the
Incas. He and his father travel to Machu Picho to entertain foreign tourists
and we learn that they still sing in the Inca language and keep alive the Inca
culture.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #031</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ventriloquist
Act</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Angie Doyen is a
thirteen year old ventriloquist who won first prize in the 1976 National
Ventriloquist Contest. We see her rehearsing, preparing scripts with her mother
and performing for both young and old.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Zambia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dance
Troupe/singer Banda is a member of an aspiring troop of dancers. We see them
perform a dance that celebrates the role young people played in the country's
fight for independence.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #032</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Florida</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Water Skier -
Cory Pickos is a world champion trick water skier, and trains each day with his
father and two brothers. This is a big week - today Cory celebrates his
fifteenth birthday, and tomorrow he'll put on an exhibition of trick skating at
world famous Cyprus Gardens.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dominican
Republic</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Merengue -
Rosanna Estrella Fernandez is a ten year old girl who signs and dances the
merengue. Rosanna combines her love of merengue with her work as a tour guide
by performing for tourists.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #033</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Connecticut</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stained Glass -
90 year old Len Howard, who for the past 50 years has operated a one-man
stained glass window studio, is visited by his 13 year old granddaughter,
Elizabeth Ann Howard. Mr. Howard is working on windows for a church in Sharon,
CT. Elizabeth Ann assists and learns some of the secrets of this "lost
art."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Iran</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Falconry -
Though falcons are not used for hunting in Iran today, the tradition of
training falcons is still popular. Fourteen year old Karim is taught the
various aspects of falconry by one of Iran's greatest falconers.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #034</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wales</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spider Girl -
The countryside outside the village of Clydach in Swansea, Wales, is a kind of
living laboratory for sixteen year old Clare Moseley. Clare is a naturalist who
studies spiders and other insects, most of which she finds right in her own
backyard.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kentucky</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coal Mine -
eleven year old Valerie and thirteen year old Marshall are aspiring
photographers who receive permission to photograph a coal mine. We join them on
their ride into the mine tunnel, and later see them processing their photos.
(Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hong Kong</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Floating City -
Within Hong Kong there is a floating city named Aberdeen, where young Lim Sien
Fong lives and works as the driver of a water taxi. We spend a typical day with
him and learn of his unusual way of life.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #035</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pennsylvania
& Texas</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pentathlon -
This segment chronicles young Michael Storm's intensive training for Olympic
competition in the five event Pentathlon, which includes riding, swimming,
fencing, running and target shooting.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Korea</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Little Angels -
Fourteen year old Shung Wha Sung is getting ready for a big day. Shung is a
featured performer with the "Little Angels," a world famous dance
troupe, and today they begin rehearsals for their upcoming world tour. Though
the work is hard, the rewards are great, and the results speak for themselves.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">West Virginia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kayak - Jo Ann
Lee demonstrates the excitement of learning to ride in a Kayak in the Lafayette
Station Rapids. She describes the practice and training that are part of
kayaking while she takes a breathtaking ride.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #036</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wyoming</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mountain
Climbing- Seventeen year old Carolyn Ortenberger of California climbs Teepee
Pillar in the Grand Tetons under the guidance of her father, an expert mountain
climber.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greece</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Honey Farm - On
the island of Tasos lives an 11 year old boy who is going to become a honey
farmer. He learns from his uncle, who owns a farm where nectar bees produce
honey. The complex process of getting honey from the bees is illustrated, as is
the machine that removes honey from the combs. (Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #037</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Featurette</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A look behind
the scenes at the production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue
Marble's</i> dramatic serial "Witch's Sister," including
pre-production, location filming, editing and music scoring.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Philippines</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Movie Star -
four year old actor Nino Mulack is seen rehearsing his part in "Harabas
Con Bulilit" an adventure film. Two action scenes are filmed, and we learn
much about movie stunt work. (Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #038</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcwF_uf9pE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Witch's Sister - Part I</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Witch's Sister,
a six part dramatic serial based on the book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, tells
the story of Lynn Morley, 10, who thinks her sister Judith, 16, is being turned
into a witch by a mysterious old woman. As Lynn and her best friend struggle to
unravel the mystery, they are plunged into a series of strange adventures,
which finally forces them to face the fact that the truth is not always what it
appears to be.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nevada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Goldmine - A
ghost town is the setting for a gold mining expedition undertaken by a young
boy and an old time gold miner. The intricate process of searching for gold,
mining it, and refining it is explained and demonstrated.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #039</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcwF_uf9pE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Witch's Sister - Part II</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See Program #038</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Missouri</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bluegrass -
Young Butch Lesterson, a self taught guitar player and singer, participates in
a colorful Bluegrass Music Festival. (Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Austria</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This segment
features Margarete Scan and Gephardt Fuchs, apprentice chimney sweeps living
and studying in the city of Linz.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #040</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcwF_uf9pE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Witch's Sister - Part IV</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See program #038</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #041</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcwF_uf9pE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Witch's Sister - Part IV</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See program #038</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">USSR</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Go-Carting -
Evaldes Misounas and his friends are young go-carting enthusiasts in Vilmius,
the capital of Soviet Lithuania. We follow them through preparation and an
actual race for the regional championship of boys fifteen and under, a race run
over a difficult road course.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #042</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcwF_uf9pE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Witch's Sister Part V</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See Program #038</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Divorce Part 1 -
"Children Facing Divorce" is a counseling program for children and
parents who are struggling with the realities of a broken home. We follow a
family enrolled in the six week program and observe changes in their lives and
attitudes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #043</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Divorce Part 2 -
see show #042</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcwF_uf9pE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Witch's Sister Part VI</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See show #038</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #044</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Philadelphia, PA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Harlem
Globetrotters - Superb basketball skills, and a comic flair for the absurd
blend on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i> when Gene
Ausbee, son of Harlem Globetrotter's star Geese Ausbee, visits his father and
the team at the Philadelphia Spectrum. Gene also accompanies the team at a
benefit performance at Philadelphia's Children's Hospital.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #045</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Jersey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Girl Jockey - at
age seventeen, jockey Karen Rogers is an experienced rider. The skill,
composure - straight forwardness and courage of this athlete are revealed in an
intimate portrait of a racing star.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Egypt</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Wissa Wassef
family has, for two generations, run an unusual workshop in the small village
of Harrania, Egypt. Here, village children are instructed in the intricate are
of creative tapestry weaving. We follow a young weaver who is involved in the
various tasks associated with this work - from raising sheep and preparing
dyes, to designing and weaving tapestry pieces.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #046</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Australia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animal Orphanage
- At the Toronga Park Zoo, a teenager, Marian Dunkin, heads up a unique animal
orphanage at this world famous zoo. We also see her and other zoo personnel on
an animal rescue mission in the bush, outside of Sydney.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cross Country
Skier - Cross country skiing on the majestic mountain trails of Telluride,
Colorado. Rigorous training and road work prepare Jamie McAsh for the 30 ki
cross country skiing race which climaxes this segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #047</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Illinois</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blind Athletes -
When Missy Ackens swims the 100m butterfly she hears the crowd cheering, she
feels her competition closing in, she counts the strokes to know where the edge
of the pool is before a turn, because Missy and all the people she swims with
are legally blind. The Handicapped Olympics in Illinois are a celebration of
the determination and spirit of the children participating.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Israel</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jeweler - We
travel to the ancient city of Jerusalem and spend a special weekend at home
with a young Israeli and his family.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #048</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nevada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Adopt-A-Horse -
the Adopt-A-Horse program, run by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management,
supervises the welfare and maintenance of herds of wild mustangs which roam the
vast public lands of the West and Southwest. In this piece we see the exciting
action of a wild horse roundup, and the breaking of a horse for
"adoption."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spain</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jai Alai - Jose
Asole, a twelve year old boy from the mountains of the Basque Country is
training in the popular Latin American sport of Jai Alai. The basics of the
sport are explained while Jose effectively communicates the excitement of the
sport.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #049</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Italy</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bike racing -
Competition in this demanding sport requires discipline and practice. We visit
a young racer at home with his family as he makes the necessary preparations
for the race, and then join him and his friends as they compete in a local race
which sends them careening through the medieval piazzas of the ancient city of
Vicenza.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Florida</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marineland -
Robin, sixteen, is learning to be a trainer and performer at Marineland of
Florida, one of the oldest "aquatic zoos" in the United States.
Presently she appears, after school and on weekends, in the "Electric Eel
Act" and is an apprentice in dolphin training.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #050</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arizona</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elephant Girl -
A trip with a traveling circus in Arizona provides an "up close" look
at the hectic life of a fifteen year old girl who rides performing elephants.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Australia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aboriginals -
Before European settlers arrived, Australia was inhabited by a unique race of
aboriginals. We meet a young health worker and share his experiences at the
hospital, as well as seeing tribal ceremonies and ritual dances that are part
of his culture.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #051</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">France</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Couturier -
"A stitch in time" can be the beginning of an arduous and fascinating
career. We visit a young fashion designer and watch while she learns some of
the tricks of her trade in the workrooms and salons of one of the great
Couturier houses in Paris.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hobiecat - We
ride the wind with a young Californian, who races one of the world's fastest
sailboats - the Hobiecat.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKOqTz68Uqk" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #052</span></b></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">India</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Street
Performers - The colorful streets of New Delhi, India are the backdrop for a
group of young street performers. Families have passed their skills down from
generation to generation and we see the result as the youngsters prepare for a
big show at a local orphanage that includes magic, puppetry, acrobatics and
singing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oregon</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wheat Harvest -
There's a lot of effort required by all the members of the family, when the
assignment is a 2000 acre wheat farm. That's what we learn in this episode from
Janet (16) and Kathy (10) Bowman of Pendleton, Oregon. We see how two critical
situations are handled: 1) a fire in the field; and 2) the rush to harvest the
crop before a rainstorm hits. There's much information too, on the kinds of
equipment used on today's farm (Repeat).</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #053</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Do Me a
Favor ... Don't Vote For My Mom" - Part I</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This dramatic
serial starring Dina Merrill and Kelly Reno focuses on the problems fourteen
year old Bryan Adams faces when his widowed mother decides to run for political
office. Valuable lessons are learned by all as the tensions of the campaign
create difficult situations for those involved.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #054</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Do Me a
Favor...Don't Vote For My Mom" - Part II</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See Show #053</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pakistan</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakil Mubariz
is celebrating his twelfth birthday and his cousins tent-pegging team is
putting on a show just for him. Tent-pegging is a favorite sport of Pakistan
horsemen. Wooden pegs are put in the ground. Galloping at full speed the
horsemen try to spear the pegs with wooden lances. The team members are such
experts, they make spearing the pegs look easy. Shakil's celebration ends with
an extra surprise a performance by a dancing horse and camel. (Repeat).</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #055</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Do Me A
Favor...Don't Vote For My Mom" - Part III</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See show #053</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Channel Swimmer
- Twelve year old Marcus Hooper goes about the rigors of preparation for his
second attempt to swim the English Channel. In the face of high winds and heavy
seas the courageous youngster embarks on his perilous adventure.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #056</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Do Me A
Favor...Don't Vote For My Mom" Part 4</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See Show #053</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Guinea</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Asaro tribesmen
who live high up in the jungles of Papua, New Guinea perform the "dance of
the dead man's skin." The story tells of a battle in which Asaro warriors
are defeated by a powerful enemy. How the Asaros outwit their enemy is the
subject of this exciting story. (Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #057</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Children's
Theater - A professional theater where all the performers are children? That's
the First All Children's Theater in New York City. Preparation for the opening
of their new musical involves lots of practice for the participants and we see
it all.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lapland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reindeer Roundup
- Reindeer herding, in this land above the Arctic Circle, lasts as long as the
snow does - - which is most of the year. A family of three children is featured
in this segment which gives a full picture of life in Lapland. (Repeat).</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kentucky</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gospel Singer -
In Russellville, Kentucky an aspiring gospel singer, thirteen year old Sha
Cross, sings with her family at local churches.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #058</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Mexico</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Cowboys
haven't changed much from when my dad was a kid to me now...I don't think
cowboying's going to change for a long time..." says young Tim Muncie. At
his family's ranch in Truth or consequences, New Mexico, we see Tim at work
roping, herding cattle, riding steers, mending fences.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Indonesia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pencak Silat is
a movement in self defense. Thirteen year old Dewa Ayu is attending the Pencak
Silat School. He explains the mystical martial arts system which blends ideas
from India and China to achieve harmony of mind and body. Designed to build
inner strength and character, Pencak Silat is supervised by a guru. (Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #059</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Norway</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thirteen year
old Ellvid Pettersen works with his father on a small commercial fishing boat.
He lives in a small village north of the Arctic Circle, on the historic island
of Senja.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hawaii</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spectacular
volcanic eruptions are part of Hawaiian folklore and also part of the
photographic record. We follow a young girl who works with a team of scientists
as they trek across vast lava fields and extinct craters and learn that a
volcano is something quite more complex than a mountain with a hole in the top.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #060</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rising young pop
singer, France Joli is just finishing recording her second album. We see her
laying down final singing tracks, at a photo session, and in performance. We
also spend time with her family.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marshall, the 12
year old son of Gossamer Condor inventor Paul MacCready is learning to pilot a
newly designed lightweight experimental aircraft, presently being prepared for
its maiden flight. We also see Marshall learning acrobatic flying to further
his aviation skills and helping his father in the launching of the Solar
Gossamer.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #061</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Phoenix &
Utah</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fifteen year old
Mike Poulson displays his skills in the winter Bicycle Motocross Nationals in
Chandler, Arizona. Similar to a motorcycle race, BMX takes place on a dirt
track with embankments, turns and jumps. This fast growing sport now has more
than 20,000 participants - most from the West Coast.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">USSR</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">We visit the
Central Asian City of Samarkand in the Soviet union and meet two twelve year
old girls, Saodat and Zulfia, who are shown embroidering floral designs on
traditional costumes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #062</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Argentina</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seventeen year
old Holly Payne uses the facilities of her scientist parents' whale research
station to study the behavior of a large colony of sea lions who live on the
rugged coast of Patagonia in Southern Argentina. Holly's careful and patient
observations of these large mammals in their natural habitat have led her to
some interesting new observations about their behavior.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about John
Allyn and Sabena Ulman, both students at the National Ballet School of Canada.
We see them in grueling dance classes, rehearsing for an upcoming performance,
attending academic classes and spending time with classmates. (Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #063</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yugoslavia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a village
outside of Kopriznica, Yugoslavia, we see how the peasants integrate painting
as an art form into their everyday life. It is a tradition which has been
passed down through generations; there is no formal instruction.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Jersey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fourteen year
old Danny Rochelle, pilots his own iceboat across the "hard water" of
a frozen lake in northern new Jersey. Iceboating requires great skill and
endurance as Danny and his family demonstrate as they prepare for competition.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #064</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like her
parents, sixteen year old Jennifer Howard breeds and shows silver Persian cats.
This segment focuses on Jennifer and her young female cat, Lolita. Jennifer
will be showing Lolita at the Long Island Club Cat Show. It is her first
experience in an adult competition. We also see Jennifer performing her daily
responsibilities in the caring of Lolita and her family's other cats.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colombia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story of a boy
who works for a gamekeeper, looking after animals, making sure that no poaching
is going on and that the animals are in good health. We see him rescue a
dolphin and prevent the killing of an anaconda snake at the hands of frightened
villagers. (Repeat).</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #065</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Connecticut</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twelve year old
Regina Christopher, who is deaf, travels to Waterford, Connecticut where she
spends a week working with The Little Theater of the Deaf, an internationally
renowned company comprised primarily of deaf performers. Regina hopes that her
theater experience will help overcome her handicap and increase her access to
the hearing world.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">David Horn,
sixteen, is a star lacrosse player who lives on an Iroquois reservation near
Montreal, Canada. In this segment we see David and his teammates practicing and
competing against another Iroquois team. We also join David on a visit to a
nearby factory that makes lacrosse sticks.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #066</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Mexico</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Following the
footsteps of his father, fifteen year old Scott Vesley has become one of the
best young balloon pilots and ground crewmen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This
segment features his experiences flying and racing his family's balloon.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sardenia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maura visits her
uncle on the Island of Sardenia, Italy to learn a little bit of the history and
traditions of the island. Her cousin, Carlo is partaking in the traditional
festival called "La Sartiglia" - a jousting event. (Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #067</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Germany</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twelve year old
Gregor Luetje of Munich, W. Germany is an opera singer. We observe Gregor
studying opera and follow him to Dusseldorf to see him sing the part of the
price in Debussy's opera "Pelius" with the Dusseldorf Opera Company.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grand Cayman
Island</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story about
Barbara Card, age fifteen, a scuba diver, who lives on Grand Cayman Island. She
is seen cataloging fish, going down to see wrecks and being drilled in scuba
diving techniques.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #068</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">NYC and New
Jersey - Tisha Revisited</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tisha Campbell
is now twelve years old. Three years after filming this young singer for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i> we revisit her - now
starring in the title role of Rosie in "Really Rosie." This show,
written by Maurice Sendak with music by Carol King, is now in its second year
at the American Place Theater. The segment includes clips from the earlier <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i> piece.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mexico City,
Mexico</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Andres Cruz is a
sixteen year old baseball player associated with the amateur Omega League in
Mexico City, Mexico. Like many boys his age, Andres dreams of becoming a
professional ballplayer and of someday playing in the major leagues. We watch
Andres in training and getting tips from the pros. We also join Andres as he
visits historical sites near Mexico City.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #069</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Zimbabwe</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the past 20
years the Jairos Jiri Association has set up centers throughout Zimbabwe to
help educate handicapped youngsters. We follow a handicapped teenager as he
leaves academic school in Salisbury for his new home in Blawayo, where he will
begin training in his chosen craft. We also visit Victoria Falls where goods
made at the training center are sold</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York and
Aspen</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fourteen year
old Peter Wyrick, a cello student a Julliard, is seen studying and rehearsing
at school and at home. He travels to Aspen, Colorado to participate in the
famous music festival. In performance, he plays Beethoven's "A Major
Sonata." (repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #070</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">People's
Republic of China</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The building and
flying of kites is a very old and very honored tradition in China. In this
segment we see young teenagers in the coastal city of Tianjin as they study with
an old master and learn to build and fly their own kites.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Green River,
Utah</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Green River
in Utah is one of the most exciting and scenic white water rivers in the
American west. Two youngsters navigate this river in a raft, along with a
veteran boatman. They travel through rapids, camp on the sandbars and
experience the unique wilderness of Desolation Canyon.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #071</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">People's
Republic of China</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inner Mongolia
is an autonomous region of The People's Republic of China. This is the real
story of a twelve year old boy who returns home after the school year to spend
the summer working with his family on the plains of Inner Mongolia. The segment
focuses on many facts of the boy's life; from driving herds of Mongolian Steppe
ponies to attending a banquet honoring his father.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #072</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the north of
England, where sheep farming is an important way of life, farmers and their
families take pride in their specially trained sheep dogs. Responding to a
series of whistle commands, these dogs help with the herding of sheep. Sixteen
year old Tony Cleasdy attends a yearly fair in his community and competes with
his friends and neighbors in a contest to see which farmer and dog do the best
job of herding.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brinydeep</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">True life
adventure about a group of teenagers who sail across the Atlantic Ocean in a
200 foot schooner on the route of Christopher Colombus' first voyage; following
the trade winds to the Americas. (Repeat)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #073</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">South Africa</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ingrid Nordh,
age thirteen, works with her parents on a game preserve outside Johannesburg.
Their primary work is in the study of the cheetah, a highly endangered species.
Ingrid and her younger brother Eric have grown up with the cheetahs and other
animals and move freely among them in their daily work on the preserve.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oklahoma &
Dallas</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Henley, a
seventeen year old banjo and guitar player from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma is a
member of Roy Clark's band. We see him playing duets with Roy at a charity
concert and competing in a fiddling contest in Texas.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #074</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Switzerland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the mountains
of the Ticino, the Italian and southernmost section of Switzerland, children
spend the summer milking cows and rounding up goats. Their families, who remain
down in the village, supply the children with food by sending it up on cable
cars.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yugoslavia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale. A
16-year old boy demonstrates how he makes hundreds of drawings, photographs
them, and - with the help of friends - does the soundtrack for his animation of
the tale, "The Secret of the Czar." In the tale, a barber discovers
the Czar's secret. He reveals it to no one. Yet, the secret becomes known to
everyone. The moral is, "Don't kid yourself, truth will come out."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Iceland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young boy
spends the summer working on a fishing trawler. He explains that in his country
everyone who is over thirteen years old has a regular summer job. Parents show
appreciation for their children by honoring them on Iceland Independence Day.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpts from
the Caleveras County International Frog Jumping Contest are enhanced by the
original song, "No Place Like Earth."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Connecticut</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The original
song, "Simple Life," sets the atmosphere for an American girl as she
exercises horses, leads pony rides and dreams of someday owning one herself.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tunisia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young boy,
Muhammed, and his father and brother load their camel with sheep, rabbits and
beans and begin their journey to the market more than five miles from their
farmhouse. Muhammed sells his sheep which he raised since birth. Then he joins
his friends who are playing soccer and dancing to the beat of drums.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #075</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Taiwan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Gwang Ren
Children's Orchestra performs. As their music continues in the background, the
scene shifts to children practicing their Chinese calligraphy.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nevada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A ghost town is
the setting for a gold mining expedition. Those involved are a young boy and an
old-time gold miner. The intricate process of searching for gold, mining it,
and refining it is explained and demonstrated.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">France</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
"The Bridge of St. Cloud" is a tale about how the bridge was
completed after signing a contract with the Devil and how the Devil was finally
hoisted with his own petard.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kevin shows and
tells what it is like to be a deckboy on a tugboat in the harbor of
Southampton, England. They were one of five tugs to bring in a 200,000 ton oil
tanker.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guatemala</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A traditional
ceremony carried down over the centuries is performed in this feature. The
ceremony is called Palo Valador, or Flying Pole. The Palo Valador was
originally performed to please the gods so they would bring a good corn crop.
Performers dress up as El Mico, the Monkey - the messenger between the people
and the gods. The performers climb to the top of a 130' pole and swing from the
top of it. One of the performers is a fourteen year old who has been
"flying" since he was seven. Accompanying the ceremony is a piece of
original music entitled "Indian Scene."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #076</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ireland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jack Nolan is a
young apprentice jockey who attends a boarding school called the Racing
Apprentice Center of Education (R.A.C.E.). The students learn all aspects of
training and controlling a horse. They learn how to fall properly and they also
study such subjects as botany. The feature concludes with an original song
called "Riding."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Belgium</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brussels has the
world's largest population of marionettes. The Toone Theatre is the most famous
puppet theater. The Toone family founded the Theater 150 years ago. Toone, the
puppetmaster, puts on a play for the audience. He does all the voices while
seven assistants manipulate the marionettes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Make Your Own
Nature Picture</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A girl describes
and demonstrates how to make a nature picture using flowers, crayons, wax paper
and glue.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A sport that
started in Europe has caught on in California. That sport is hang-gliding - body
kiting. The son of one of the first hang-gliders in the United States
demonstrates the thrills and pitfalls of this sport.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">China</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale. A
rich and greedy pear seller acts as a perfect foil to a poor but generous
priest in this tale entitled "The Priest and the Pear Tree." The
ending is a typically mysterious Oriental one.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bermuda</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The day after
Christmas is Boxing Day here. Young Gombey dancers in colorful costumes parade
in snake-like formation toward the town. They take a ferry boat across the bay
and continue dancing for the tourists. The music in this feature is original
and live using a whistle as an instrument.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #077</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Germany</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The death of
Winter is heralded at a farmer's festival in the Bavarian Mountain town of
Saldorf. Every year a whip-cracking festival called Aperschnaltzen is held to
scare away the demons of ice and snow. Whip-cracking teams compete for prizes.
The team that won was headed by the first girl ever to be captain of a team.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Taiwan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is the Year
of the Tiger and in Taiwan the first day of the Chinese New Year is being
celebrated. This festive day is marked by a special dinner and the popular
Dragon Dance. The dragon is the symbol of China and the dance in his honor will
bring good luck.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sweden</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale. A
fairy princess grants seven wishes to a lazy boy who finally reforms after
making five very foolish wishes in this humorous tale called "The Seven
Wishes."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Venice</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Renowned for its
beautiful glass, Venice is the appropriate locale for a feature about an
apprentice to a maestro in a glass factory. The difficult process of creating
glass objects is shown in great detail. Speed and timing are essential
qualities in glass making. The apprentice demonstrates his increasing skill at
this difficult art.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although the
setting is New York, the feature opens with an aerial view of the Caribbean;
for the Caribbean was where the steel drum was invented. The man who created
steel drums from oil barrels is Ellie Minette, who now lives in New York. He
expounds on the history of this instrument while he makes a drum for a young
member of a steel drum band.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #078</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">San Francisco</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Children visit
the Exploratorium, a science museum built especially for kids. Here machines
are meant to be touched and played with. Your hand can create sounds, your feet
can create electricity, your voice can create pictures.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thailand</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Walking
Buddha is a monastery where young boys learn to practice the teachings of
Buddha - the middle way - without self-indulgence or self-denial. They learn
that work should be done with pleasure, not ambition. They learn that wisdom is
to be found in the languages of all men.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mock Mosaics</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Viewers are
shown how to make a mosaic using egg shells, food coloring, cardboard and glue.
They are informed that originally mosaics were made with bits of colored tiles.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">London</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A montage of
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum and people sculpting wax figures is shown with an
informative song as an accompaniment. The theme of the song, "Madame
Tussaud's" is that here, time stands still.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ethiopia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
The main characters in "Fire on the Mountain" are a wealthy prankster
and his servant who earns his freedom by most unusual means.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Quebec</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ice hockey,
Canada's national sport, is featured here. Youngsters play, while aspects of
the history and rules of the game are explained. The kids are joined by a
famous Canadian hockey player, Henri Richards. He reveals some helpful tips
about the game.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #079</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Belgium</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 500 year
old, three day, pre-Lent carnival of Binche features parades, dancing and
prizes awarded by the mayor for best costumes. Rites of spring are performed to
ward off evil weather and poverty; oranges are thrown to bring good luck; and
finally, fireworks are exploded to usher in Lent.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hong Kong</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Within Hong Kong
there is a floating city called Aberdeen. After school, many of which are
housed on roof tops, a young boy named Lim Sien Fong earns money for his family
by driving a water taxi. He ferries people all around one of the world's
largest harbors until after nightfall.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Germany</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
This humorous tale, called "The Castles of the Two Brothers," carries
a subtle message to all overly-possessive people. The dialogue accompanying the
animation rhymes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A fifteen year
old girl from Virginia earned ballet scholarships that brought her to New York
City. She lives with six other girls in a penthouse apartment. She practices
ballet several hours a day. In an unusually articulate fashion, she describes
the pains and pleasures of practicing to be a ballerina. The feature ends in a
dream sequence.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #080</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Utah</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Navajo Indian
girl describes what life is like for the Navajos today. Her grandmother relates
an ancient Navajo fable, which has been animated by a Navajo teacher in an
attempt to preserve their culture for future generations. The animated version
of the fable about a toad and a coyote is shown.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A dog training
school where children learn proper car and training for their pets is featured.
The teacher's theory is that there are no disobedient dogs, only inexperienced
owners.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorful
Collages</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A girl explains
that collage means "paste" in French. She then proceeds to create a
collage of her own. Viewers are encouraged to create their own collages by
pasting all sorts of different things on paper.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Russia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
"The Humpbacked Horse" turns out to be a magic talking horse, as
well. The horse and his owner, who becomes stable master to the Tsar, succeed
in doing the impossible. The tale ends with the traditional: the young owner
marries the beautiful girl and they live happily ever after.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">San Blas</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Off the cost of
Panama lie the approximately 365 San Blas Islands. An eleven year old Cuna
Indian boy describes life on Nalunega, one of the islands. He lives in a straw
hut, goes fishing every day, helps grow vegetables, and plays basketball with
his friends. Cuna Indian women hold a very important position in the tribe.
When Cunas marry, all the money is turned over to the bride.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #081</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mike Yeats has
been mountain climbing for six years. He is twelve now. He and his parents have
just climbed 14,000 feet high Mt. Evans. They are preparing to rappel, or
descend, the face of the cliff. Mike explains the purpose of the equipment and
proper techniques. The feature flashes back to the Yeats' ascent of Mt. Evans
earlier in the day.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Caracas</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Venezuelan
children help make their capital city beautiful. They paint murals on the walls
of buildings. The subject matter is entirely up to the individual.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale
"King John and the Abbot of Canterbury" is a classic tale of
impossible riddles and mistaken identity so popular in English literature. The
King, an accurate portrayal of the 13th Century King John I, is a ruthless
ruler. A court jester and his talking parrot play key roles in this amusing
tale.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Scotland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The courtyard of
Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye is the site for Highland Bagpipe playing.
The best player in the Children's Pipe Band is selected to play alone in the
courtyard where Scotland's greatest pipers have always played. A fourteen year
old named Angus Monroe is chosen. As he proudly plays his grandfather's pipes,
he dreams of becoming the finest piper in the land.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #082</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">France</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sand yachts race
along Normandy Beach. These three-wheel sailboats can go as fast as 80 mph.
Nine year old Natalie impatiently waits for next year when she can enter the
race. Meanwhile, she contents herself by sailing in her father's sand yacht.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hong Kong's Carolyn Leung's
father owns a snake farm. She and the manager of the farm point out poisonous
Malaysian mangrove snakes, pythons, Cambodian elephant - trunk snakes, cobras.
Venom from the snakes is collected in jars and shipped to research laboratories
to make anti-venom. Carolyn's father wants her to run the farm someday, but she
says she would prefer to do something more unusual.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thailand</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
This take, "The Parrot and the Lorikeet" proposes that the lorikeet
was the only talking bird with a mind of its own. The lorikeet humorously
explains the circumstances that ultimately convinced his successor, the parrot,
to resign himself solely to mimicry.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stamp out
Potatoes!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cut a potato in
half, then cut out a pattern in one of the halves. Put some paint in a jar lid.
Dip the potato in the paint, and you have a potato stamp. Decorate wrapping
paper, stationery, or greeting cards with different designs and colors from
your potato stamps.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Holland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Four year olds
lift up trains with one hand, kids step over three-story buildings, planes fly
under human legs. The place is Madurodam, a miniature duplication of parts of
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and The Hague. The Maduro family built Madurodam
in the 1950's for their son George.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Featured in this
segment is a rodeo for high school students. Calf roping, bronco riding and
other rodeo events are included. The original song "A Rodeo Cowboy"
is featured.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #083</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colombia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boys help earn
money for their families by shining shoes in Bogota. Jaime reveals his secrets
of how to get more generous tips. His ambition is to be a football star and own
more shoes than anyone has ever seen.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Copenhagen</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Copenhagen has
many unusual playgrounds. There are playgrounds full of animals. There are
"junk" playgrounds where kids can play and build with discarded
materials. There are driving playgrounds complete with real traffic signals and
little cars to ride in. There is even an Iron Age village.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nigeria</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
The moral of this tale, "A Test of Friendship," is true friends
examine both sides of a situation. An old man tests the friendship of two
fellows by purchasing a hat which is black on one side and white on the other.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Macao</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this Asian
province of Portugal is a fireworks factory. There is a tour of the factory.
Lam Dai Sing helps make some fireworks. And, after a permit is obtained by the
police, Lam Dai Sing purchases some firecrackers. He carefully sets them off
that night and takes pride in knowing that he helped make them.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's time for
the clown auditions at Madison Square Garden. A girl named Lynn Tarrell is
auditioning. She explains that if you are accepted you go to clown college in
Florida, where you just "clown around."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #084</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">France</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spelunking in or
rather under the countryside of southern France is featured here. A twelve year
old girl is the youngest in the group. She explains how caves are made and the
difference between stalactites and stalagmites. The group climbs to an
underground river where they embark on rubber rafts for the conclusion of their
journey.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">U.S.A.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
Entitled "The Runaway Squash" this piece of fantasy is about a boy
who plants a squash seed which immediately begins growing and carries the kid
all over the countryside. At the end we find out he has been dreaming.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Singapore</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A thirteen year
old competes in the Men's Table Tennis Championship of Singapore. He is the
only child entry. His opponent is twenty-six. The opponent wins three out of
three games, but the competition is tough.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Utah</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The crew on the
paddlewheel steamboat, the Canyon King, consists of Anna, the captain's
daughter. She explains how steamboats work as they sail up the Colorado River
on their way to pick up sightseers. Anna gives the history of the steamboat and
mentions how lucky she feels to be riding one of the few steamboats left in
America. An original song "Somedays I Just Want To Go Somewhere,"
concludes the program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #085</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bathtubs filled
with water? No, water filled with bathtubs! It's the International Bathtub Race
from Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, across the strait to Vancouver. These
bathtubs are equipped with motors and are decorated with great ingenuity.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Philippines</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bajao tribe
live practically their whole lives in boats or in houses on stilts in the
water. Marita and Abdul are Bajaos. They do not go to school. Instead, they
spend much of their time diving for shells. Then they sell their dried out
shells to a factory which makes buttons out of them.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Italy</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
The message in this little tale is that some people judge others superficially.
The tale is called "Princess Clothes" because a little girl's clothes
make all the difference as to whether she is treated like a princess or a
peasant.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Jersey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Games"
is the name of this original song that introduces the National Marble
Tournament in Wildwood, New Jersey. The winner receives a $600.00 scholarship.
Twenty-one girls and boys have entered. The rules are carefully explained. A
fourteen year old boy and a thirteen year old girl are the finalists.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #086</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Puerto Rico</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meaning
"fine step" the elegant Paso Fino horses are native to Puerto Rico.
On this ranch, or finca, 11-year old Neysa has been helping her father raise
and train Paso Fino horses since she was five. A horse is put through its paces
while the characteristics and history of this breed are described.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Puerto Rico</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
The well known calypso rhythm of the Caribbean sets the beat for this lyric
folktale, "The Three-Cornered Hat of Bad Miguel." Miguel tries to
hoodwink a wealthy man into believing Miguel's hat can produce an endless
stream of pesos. But sunstroke punishes hatless Miguel for his evil schemes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Isle of Guernsey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If this is low
tide, it must be time for mudlarking. Junk cars race through the mud as they do
their best to demolish one another. If this is not messy enough, try riding in
sleds pulled by the cars. And the mudlarking will continue, until the tide
rolls back in.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">United States</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A girl dons her
helmet as she prepares to go ballooning. The giant balloons are controlled by
increasing or decreasing the amount of hot air in the bag. As the manned
balloons float through the air, the original "Say Hello to the Sky"
is sung.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #087</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bali</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ancient Hindu
legend has it that monkeys once saved a princess from an evil king. Balinese
perform the Kachek Dance, which acts out this legend. They dance to music
created by human voices with no instruments involved. Every gesture holds
special significance. This is only one of the hundreds of dances performed in
Bali.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spain</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
"The Wonderful White Donkey" is the story of a gullible man who is
tricked into believing that his donkey has turned into a man. Actually, his
donkey has been stolen. The man gets his donkey back at the end, but he never
realizes that his donkey is just a donkey.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">You don't need
snow or water to go skiing in England. The sport is grass skiing, and fourteen
year old Phil Jennings is the country's youngest instructor. Grass skiing is a
cross between ice skating and skiing. Phil demonstrates as he explains the
technique.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Global Gourmet</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">You don't have
to be Italian to love pizza. A boy shows how to make pizza from scratch. The
recipe is flashed on the screen. It seems that the pizza takes longer to make
than to eat!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Los Angeles</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The hoola hoop
is back! Young champions of all ages demonstrate their proficiency as
"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=12m28s" target="_blank">Hoopin</a>'", an original son, is sung.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #088</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Texas</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boys and girls
fourteen or younger came to Texas to compete in the first World Invitational
Minicycle Championship. A fourteen year old from Australia who thinks he will
win walks the track to familiarize himself. He talks about the racing he has
done back in Australia. He does not win, but he still plans to enjoy his
American holiday.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bulgaria</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
Trinka is a very, very spoiled little girl in "Trinka." Her parents
spoil her so much that when she gets married, Trinka is helpless. Her husband
reforms her and they produce several unspoiled children.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">St John</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donna and her
friends are asked to get some salt. Instead of going to the store, they do
their own salt harvesting down at the salt pond. On their way to the pond they
stop and pick some bay rum leaves, play a game with soldier crabs, and eat part
of the top of a cactus.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amsterdam</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">After school,
Jess goes to school. But this school is circus school. He is learning to ride a
unicycle. The children in circus school make money giving performances all over
Holland.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #089</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ghana</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This segment
features a glimpse into the daily life of members of a village in Ghana. A
fourteen year old native visits the market while his brother goes fishing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A magician with
a rabbit puppet named Theodore entertains children in the audience.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">India</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
This tale is about a narcissistic princess who has her necklace stolen by an
envious monkey. The hero, in this case the gardener, figures out a way of
finding out which monkey took the necklace. The title is "The Princess'
Necklace."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cozumel</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is an
island in Mexico off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula. Jose works with his
father taking visitors on sea trips around Cozumel. One of the visitors is an
American boy named Andy. Andy and Jose become close friends as they explore
Cozumel together. "Come Be My Friend," an original song, accompanies
this feature.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Star
Spangled Banner in sign language introduces this feature about Carol, a ten
year old deaf girl. Carol reads lips and knows sign language. Now she is
working with a speech therapist at a school for the deaf to learn how to speak.
The therapist is helping her practice for her part in the school play. The
feature ends with the children putting on their Christmas play, "Babes in
Toyland."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #090</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Steam
locomotives are extinct now but Old 483 is still huffing over the Rockies.
Kelly, the daughter of the engineer, accompanies dad on a check run. She
explains how the locomotive works and who invented it. An amusing original song
called "Save the Dinosaur" is sung as 483 chugs along.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ethiopia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farmers and
wandering herdsmen people the highlands of Ethiopia. fifteen year old Petro, a
country boy, visits Addis Adaba, the capital, and shows the viewers the city's
highlights. He relates a bit of Ethiopia's history. But Petro prefers the
country, where he can play with his friends and visit the blacksmith forge. At
school, which is outside, Petro learns the books of the bible from a blind
teacher.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Australia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Folktale.
Aborigines preserve their beliefs through oral tradition. "Dream
Time" is the time when the world began. This dream time story, "The
Frog and the Sound of the Wind," explains why frogs leap into ponds
whenever the wind whistles through the grasses.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Singapore</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kung Fu is an
art of speed not power. It is a spiritual exercise invented by Buddhist monks
to protect themselves from bandits. Kung Fu develops a sense of peace and confidence
within oneself. The art of Kung Fu is demonstrated throughout this feature.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #091</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Florida</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Diving for
buried treasure is more than a dream in the Florida Keys. Eight year old Thomas
has been scuba diving since he was four. Thomas' uncle is a treasure hunter.
With the aid of a magnetometer, the boy and his uncle explore forty feet
underwater in search of the remains of a 17th century Spanish treasure ship.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bali</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Young apprentice
stone carvers first go to a quarry to obtain a block of stone for their
village's Master Carver. The apprentices add small details to a statue such as
toenails or bracelets. The art of stone carving is demonstrated step by step
beginning with a slab of stone and resulting in an elaborate statue for a Hindu
temple.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brazil</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale. A
South American version of the Tortoise and the Hare is "The Parrot, The
Paca, and the Dull Brown Beetle." The parrot suggests a race between the
paca and the beetle. The paca thinks he has it all sewn up but the beetle wins.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Holland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Muggen
Ronde" meaning "gnat's tour" is the annual children's bicycle
race through Holland. The race takes five days and covers 700 kilometers. There
are 110 entries this year. Each day there is a sprinting event. Kids camp out
in tents each night. The winner receives a trophy. "Round and Round"
is an original song in this feature.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #092</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Acapulco</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ever since
Carlos was four years old he has been diving. Each year he dives from higher
heights. Now he is sixteen and ready to become one of the great Acapulco cliff
divers. He is about to make his first cliff dive from 135' in the air. He
carefully scales the cliff and stops to make a short prayer. When the wave is
at its crest, Carlos dives. He has just become an official Acapulco diver.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yorkshire is one
of the best areas for pot holing, the English term for spelunking. Two
youngsters join Mr. and Mrs. Potts (!) the heads of the local potholing club.
After donning underwater gear the potholers enter the cave and explore
underground streams and passages for an hour.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greece</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once version of
how the world began is animated in this myth of the same name. Animated
contemporary Greek parents explain the myth to their children. Man was made
from mud. Prometheus, the first man, was granted the gift of fire from the gods
on Olympus. Pandora, the first woman who was overly curious, opened a box and
released all the evil elements into the world. Only Hope still remained.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Utah</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is no
turning back once Gooseneck Canyon is reached. And that is where Terry and her
mom and brother along with a river guide are headed. They are on a rubber raft
trip on the San Juan River. They camp overnight, dig fossils out of rocks, and
brave the rapids. "A Time To Live" is the original song that
accompanies this feature.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #093</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jamaica</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reggae bands,
now gaining popularity in the United States, originated in Jamaica. This
feature is one day in the life of the son of a reggae band leader. The boy and
his drumsticks are inseparable. The climax comes when he gets to play in his
dad's band that evening.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Philippines</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A new, larger
canoe is being built for Hambre, who has outgrown his old boat. The canoe is
cut from a single, mahogany log floated over from a nearby island. While the
canoe is being made, Hambre tends the seaweed crop on the sea farms. Then he
climbs a coconut tree and drinks some coconut milk. By then, his new canoe is
ready and he proudly sails off in it.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ireland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
True good fortune comes from the honest labor and diligence ... with a little
help from a magic, golden bottle. This humorous tale features an evil landlord
named Nickels O'Nasty and an old peasant couple, the O'Flynns.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">California</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A three and a
half mile stretch of beach is divided into one hundred sections in preparation
for San Diego's sand castle contest. Not only sand castles are built. There are
models of Indians, dragons, dogs, hippos. All ages can enter. Prizes are
awarded for originality, design, and overall effort.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROGRAM #094</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York
(Upstate)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A man jumps off
the top of a castle onto a pile of cardboard boxes. He is a professional stunt
man. His young son, Greg, is very proud of his dad and tries to emulate him.
After his father rappels the face of a cliff, Greg gets his chance. It's harder
than it looks, but Greg makes it.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Holland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canals in
Holland are as common as highways in other countries. And living on a barge is
not uncommon. For barge families there are barge supermarkets and barge
schools. This particular barge transports petroleum products. Barges are almost
always on the move, but this one ties up long enough for the children to enjoy
a fireworks display. The original song in this feature is appropriately called
"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtUKO8jDwg&t=31m40s" target="_blank">Floatin'</a>."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
Written in rhymes, "The Widow and the Wheat" tells the story of why
and how the opulent port of Staveren became destitute. This humorous ballad
proves that greed and jealousy do not pay.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spain</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Rodriguez
family has been famous for generations for the excellent guitar making.
Grandfather Rodriquez, now eighty-six, has been making guitars for seventy
years. Their guitars are made 100% by hand. The step-by-step process is
demonstrated. At the end of a hard day, the Rodriguez' serenade one another on
their home-made guitars.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #095</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alaska</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Near the North
Pole at Point Hope, Alaska, some Eskimo children are preparing for winter. They
are putting away their umiak, a boat with a frame of wood and whale bone
covered with seal skins. After the winter arrives, the Eskimos travel by dog
sled. They stop at their cache, an Eskimo refrigerator which stores whale and
seal meat. When the snow comes, caribou hunting and ice fishing begin. Once
again there will be enough to eat.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time the
magician shows the audience how to make its own puppets with a handkerchief and
a little bowl for the head. Draw a face with a pen. Your fingers become the
arms. And you have your own instant puppet.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Global Gourmet</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The recipe for
today is crepes. After you combine the ingredients, the trick seems to be in
the flipping. The problem can be solved by skipping the flipping altogether.
But not if you want to be a true French chef.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Jewish Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Called "The
Payment", this droll folktale features Samuel, a regular schlemiel, a
Jewish Stan Laurel; an extraordinarily patient woman; and the Rabbi. In short,
the woman pays Samuel, a clock fixer, for repairing her clock. He loses this
payment. She rewards him instead, with a plant. He abuses this payment and
every subsequent one by following the woman' directions for the previous
payments.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yugoslavia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A children's
folk dancing class is rehearsing for a public performance that evening. Most
students begin their training at the Conservatory when they are only four years
old. They practice several hours every day. An ensemble from the Conservatory
goes on tour all over Europe and North America.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #096</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kenya</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A game refuge
for all kinds of wild animals is where twelve year old Hassan lives. He lives
here with his grandfather, a game warden. White rhinoceroses are the largest
animals at Meru Park. Hassan exercises the rhinos and discusses their
characteristics.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Batik a T-shirt</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Children show
how to make batik.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Israel</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two thirteen
year old boys live by themselves in a little house. There are six hundred
members in their family. They live on a kubbutz. Children learn responsibility
and independence early here. Everything is shared. The school is right in the
middle of the kibbutz, and classes are held six days a week. In Israel there
are now 240 kibbutz settlements.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Japan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale. In
this parable "The Axe of Gold", honesty is rewarded and dishonesty
punished. The characters are an old, humble and honest woodcutter and a
younger, greedy and dishonest woodcutter. A goddess of the forest pond passes
judgment on these two by awarding an axe of gold to one and a rusty, pitted axe
to the other.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arizona/Nevada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Colorado
River flows along the Arizona-Nevada border. In 1935 the Hoover Dam was
constructed across the Colorado. Old filmstrips of the celebration marking the
completion of the dam are shown. The functions of the dam are explained. Three
little girls explore the enormous construction and one of them temporarily gets
lost. The original song in this feature is called "Dynamite day."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #097</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bali</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boys and girls
perform another one of the hundreds of Balinese dances. Accompanying this dance
is a percussion orchestra called gamelan. All the movements in the dance convey
messages just as lyrics do. The name of this particular dance is the Trampong,
an Eastern dance done in Western costume.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Florida</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fishing is one
of Florida's most popular sports. Tarpon and bone are two of the most popular
sport fish. An eleven year old girl goes fishing with her uncle, a fishing
guide. Live shrimp is used for bait. When fish are caught in sport fishing, they
are thrown right back.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale.
This tale is an old Indian Tale from Manitoba called "The Moose's
Coat". It tells about the days when all animals had thin, gray coats. One
day the Great Spirit gave each type of animal a different coat. The moose
missed out and ended up with his baggy coat and ugly horns.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">India</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In New Delhi, a
fifteen year old boy is taking his final sitar lesson before his first public
recital. He has been studying the sitar under his guru for three years. The
characteristics and history of the instrument are described.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #098</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Five miles off
the coast of British Columbia lies Lennard Island. The only people who lived on
the Island are the chief light keeper and his family. An assistant light keeper
and his family move in in this feature. The intricacies of running a light
station are explained and illustrated.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mexico</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is Mexican
Independence Day and part of the fiesta includes the performance of the
well-known Mexican Hat Dance. This is also the day that young Juan tries to
become a charros. A Charros is the equivalent of our rodeo performer. Juan has
practiced hard with his lariat. Finally it is time for the Charriada, or rodeo.
The new Charro always goes last. Juan and his lariat give an impressive showing.
He becomes one of the elite Charros of Mexico.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">South Sea
Islands</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale. A
frivolous tale called "The Spots on the Moon" claims that the moon
has spots because a jealous braggart threw mud at it after he failed to hook
the moon with his fishing rod.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York
(Upstate)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Billy hangs
around the local airport and fantasizes about flying in one of the planes. One
day he is asked to help roll out one of the Tiger Moths. Then to Billy's great
delight he is invited to go for a spin in the plane. He learns tall about the
instruments on the panel. After his ride he is more determined than ever to be
a pilot.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #099</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Egypt</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Almost 4500
years ago the great Pyramid of Giza was built. It is still standing today.
Tourists rent camels to visit this 500' high monument to King Cheops. Eleven
year old Ahmed rents out some camels. He saddles the camels and provides a
kuffiyeh, Arab headdress, for each tourist. They visit the famous sphinxes and
examine the intricate wall carvings of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Connecticut</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Say Hello
to the Sky" is an original song which sets the tone for an eight year old
walking alone in the country on a beautiful day. He feels like flying, so he
does the next best thing - he makes a kite out of two sticks, some string, and
wrapping paper</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Iran</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The folktale. A
woman is preparing some shish kebob for supper. Her woman friends come over to
gossip and end up eating all the shish kebob. When her husband returns he is
furious to find only rice for dinner. His wife claims the cat ate the three
kilos of mutton. But when the cat is weighed it weighs only three kilos. The
distraught wife vows never to lie again, as she goes out to buy more mutton.
The tale is called "Shish Kebob."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ceylon (Sri
Lanka)</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">An eleven year
old boy is in love with a twenty-five year old, three ton, long nosed girl
elephant. His brother is a professional Mahut, elephant trainer. The life of an
elephant and its Mahut is featured.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #100</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York City</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Students at the
Walden School here learn how to improvise. they are visited by the Children's
Theater Group of Actors. After demonstrations and pointers by the Theater
Group, the students put on their own improvisational play about a giant who is
unhappy because he never frightens anyone anymore.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The topic in
this program is clothes. The child reprimands her father for dressing sloppily.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The original
song "Games" introduces this feature on the International Marble
Tournament. The fourteen year old boy who won the Wildwood (N.J.) Tournament is
here competing again. The difference between American and British rules are
explained. The tournament begins -- the U.S. team emerges victorious.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Boy
Who Cried Wolf" is animated, put to verse and given a dash of humor. The
message is still salient.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Poland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Palace of
Youth in Warsaw is the setting for the water ballet of "Swan Lake".
The ballet is presented by teenage girls. The girl with the lead role discusses
how she feels about being in the ballet and gives viewers a glimpse of her
city.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #101</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maryland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A fifteen year
old girl has the unusual job of being ball-and-broom girl for the Baltimore
Orioles, a major league baseball team. She enjoys her work and her family is in
the stands rooting for her just as if she were another Brooks Robinson, one of
the great players.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The son
patiently explains to his perturbed father that he should try to get along
better with his boss--after all, he is not going to work just to have a good
time.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Senegal</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Senegal's
national sport is wrestling. Her the wrestling is done on sand. Unlike the
United States, in Senegal, the match is over as soon as one of the knees
touches the ground.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greek Myth</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The well-know
legend of Echo, the broken-hearted mountain nymph, and Narcissus, the beautiful
but vain mortal, is animated in the style of the early Greek vase painters.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mexico</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young girl is
Acapulco enviously watches paraskiers soar through the air. If only she had
enough pesos, she, too, could paraski over the Acapulco harbor. Being a
resourceful child, she decides to sell cold drinks to thirsty laborers. Soon
she has the required amount of money and gets to go paraskiing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #102</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Haiti</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Voodoo, a
religious cult, is still practiced in Haiti. A young Haitian girl learns of the
sacred dances and trances used to evoke spirits in an outdoor church on the
island. Voodooists believe in one god, the God of Wisdom.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Dump
Daisy"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">his is a song
about a child who is walking through a trash dump on her way home from school.
Amid all the garbage she sees a little flower growing out of a discarded
sneaker. When she returns the following day to see if the daisy is still there,
she finds the bulldozers have turned over the original sneaker, and instead of
one daisy she now finds two, proving beauty can survive even in an atmosphere
of ugliness.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Rumpelstiltskin",
a classic Grimm Fairy Tale, is adapted and endowed with humor and imagination
in this animated version. USSR The Moscow Circus School is the topic of this
feature. Classrooms surround the circus arena so the students can<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>see how acrobatic or aerialist feats are
properly performed. Talented youngsters demonstrate their various abilities.
After attending the Moscow Circus School for two years, a young person is
regarded as qualified to perform.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #103</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paris</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A group of
man-sized penguins nonchalantly walk in the Metro - the underground subway
train system of Paris. They are actually being filmed for a movie. Children
standing by are invited to don some penguin outfits. This feature focuses on
special effects used in movies. A workshop where props (such as foam rubber horses)
are made is visited during this segment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greek Myth</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Golden
Touch' is an operatic rendition of the famed King Midas myth. This rhyming
version is lively and humorous. The ending has a particularly witty twist, but
the storyline, on the whole, remains faithful.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">India</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Camel breeders
from western India are featured in this segment. A young camel breeder
describes the origin and characteristics of these animals. The method of
plowing with camels is also demonstrated.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trying to get
Daddy to understand the importance of doing his homework is the child's task in
this feature.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York City</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Double Dutch
tournament is in progress in Manhattan. Double Dutch is jump rope using two
ropes that swing in opposite directions. Music accompanies this visually
exciting feature. The winners of the tournament treat the viewers to an encore.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #104</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">West Virginia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jo Ann Lee
demonstrates the excitement of learning to ride in a Kayak in the Lafayette
Station Rapids. She describes the practice and training that are part of
Kayaking while she whips through the waves. The segment ends with a breathtaking
ride.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Riddle
of the Sphinx", an ancient Egyptian legend is animated and set to a
musical refrain. Children will enjoy the riddle and appreciate the antiquity of
the riddle form.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a
particularly sensitive segment, we see the "Special Olympics" through
the eyes of a young girl who has been disabled by cerebral palsy. The
International Olympic Games for handicapped children poignantly demonstrate how
much handicapped children can do and wish to do. Exercises, like wheelchair
races and javelin throws give the children the opportunity to improve their physical
condition at the same time help their self-esteem.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This segment
pokes fun at the dress selection a mother makes. The daughter urges her to
purchase "that sweet pink one" instead.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brazil</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this segment
we visit the State of Sao Paulo in Brazil to see young boys who are learning to
be race car drivers. The teachers are all professional drivers. The boys have
classes in mechanics as well as regular school subjects. The segment ends with
a race. The child points out the value of accepting the disappointments which
are part of competition.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #105</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">South Carolina</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sixteen-year old
Jim Blackwell tells about his long wait to grow old enough for the adventurous
sport featured in this segment - skydiving. preparatory steps, packing the
chute, and getting suited up are shown and Jim goes for his first jump from
2800 feet!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Bad
Habits" is an African folk tale about a rabbit and a monkey whose bad
habits annoy one another. The resolution of the story is an accommodation of
each others habits, "Live and Let Live."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hungary</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this segment
we visit the Budapest Pioneer Railroad, an organization of young Hungarians
similar to a scout group. The boys run a diesel locomotive, exchanging jobs
each time they work the 38-minute trip. The featured boy's parents came to meet
him at the end of the trip and they celebrated his birthday in a nearby
restaurant.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this spoof,
children have something to say about their parents' bedtime.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Caribou
Mountain area, British Columbia, we visit a 12-year old boy who demonstrates
snowmobiling and iceboating. He puts a ski from a skimobile on an iceboat and
he and a young girl sail off to the delightful song "Skim Along."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #106</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Los Alamedos, California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Debbie Fyke, a
17-year old gymnast is training for the Olympics. She takes the viewers through
some of the events as she talks about the hard work and will power required for
her training. She has been in national competitions as well as events in
Russia, South Africa and Germany.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The topic in
this program is friends. The child reprimands her mother about her choice in
friends.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Denmark</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this segment
we visit a training ship for the Danish Merchant Marines that takes 80 boys on
a voyage through the Carribbean. Kaspa, the featured child, is nervous because
he has never been away from home. He talks about learning responsibilities for
himself and others. We work the rigging and learn about the 6-month training
course. The segment ends at sunset as Kaspa is thinking about home.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The
Emperor's New Clothes"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Africa</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this segment
we make an intriguing visit to the Ivory Coast to see human jugglers. In this
town one must be both an orphan and chosen to be a juggler. The juggler and his
three children dance to entertain the townspeople. We see all the makeup and
costume preparations as well as the actual performance.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #107</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">St. Croix, U.S.
Virgin Islands</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">St Croix
provides a beautiful backdrop for two young boys to go Spinnaker Flying. The
children are instructed by an expert in this unusual sport in which the child
sails in the air over the water via the sailboat's Spinnaker.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Netherlands</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Netherlands
we visit a famous Carillon School where a master tells about casting of the
bells and shows children how a Carillon is played. A young boy tries it out and
plays <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Blue Marble</i>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young boy does
a humorous take-off on words parents often have about allowances.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Pegasus,"
the Greek myth about the Winged Horse of the Gods is done in exciting
animation.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tracy
Southerland, a 13-year old, is an expert figure skater. She goes to the rink
six days per week and practices four hours each day. She first started figure
skating at five years of age. Tracy speaks of her ambition to compete in figure
skating championships.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #108</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Louisiana</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Scott Morin, 12,
and his father ride a helicopter to a gas-well platform thirty-five miles off
the coast in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Morin is an oil company
engineer. He explains to his son how gas is processed and the difference
between a production platform and an oil drilling platform.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Global Gourmet</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tasty dish
prepared in front of your very eyes is chocolate fondue from Switzerland. Heat
up the chocolate, cut up some fruit, dip the fruit into the chocolate and enjoy
the treat!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Fable</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of Aesop's
better known fables, "The Fox and the Grapes", is told as a humorous
rock opera. The fox never quite recovers from the frustration of trying to
reach those "sour" grapes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This week the
son goes over his mother's report card. Her "D-" in ironing reveals
that she is simply not ironing up to her potential.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Argentina</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One hundred
miles north of Buenos Aires is a ranch or hacienda where all sorts of horses
including polo ponies, are bred. The origin of this game of polo is explained
while we observe the gauchos saddling up the ponies. The basics of how to play
this exciting 4,000 year old game, are demonstrated by young horsemen.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dahomey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's
harvest-time holiday in Katagon, a village in one of Africa's smallest
countries. Beatrice and brother Benjamin prepare for the fete du janvier and
the traditional dance called the aguela ye ye. Benjamin's role in the dance
involves donning a mask and high stilts; He dances around on the stilts as
agilely as if they were part of his body.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #109</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spain</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gypsies
originally brought the Flamenco dance to southern Spain. In Cordoba, twelve
year old Maria Sole attends a music school to learn Flamenco dancing. Her goal
is to dance in public. That very evening she gets the opportunity. she is
nervous, but once she hears the castanets and guitar, she forgets about
everything but dancing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wyoming</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twelve year old
Joe Bressler is getting his sled dogs in shape for the big dog team race. The
course is 3½ miles long, and three dogs pull a sled. Racers stand on the back
of their sleds and urge their dogs on. Joe comes in second, but he is pleased
with his timing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children
Ruled The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The son asks his
dad a typical "dumb question": What did you learn at work today? The
father mumbles, "Nothin'," but this child won't take
"nothin'" for an answer.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Fable</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"How the
Camel Got his Hump" is presented as an amusing rock opera. The lazy camel
said "Hump" to all suggestions of work. As a result, a genie came
along and gave him just what he asked for -- a great big "hump" in
the middle of his back.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Haiti</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Did you know
that Christopher Columbus discovered Haiti in 1492? The native Arawak Indians
had already named it Haiti, meaning high ground. On one of these high pieces of
ground is the famous Citadel, built during the rule of Henri Christophe at the
end of the eighteenth century. Young Jocelyn and his friends make the 2½ hour
journey to the Citadel on horseback. Jocelyn relates the interesting biography
of General Christophe as he winds his way up the mountain.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #110</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Russia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The school
featured in this episode is no ordinary boarding school. It is a school for
gymnastics in Rostov, Russia. Natasha, an eleven year old gymnast, is the
subject. At the school, she attends regular classes. Six days a week she and
her classmates go by bus to the gymnastics hall. For the past three years,
Natasha has been training for the Olympics. We watcher her work out on the
trampoline, the horse, and the balance beam.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greek Myth</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">History's most
famous headache took place in Ancient Greece. The Birth of Athena is presented
here as an exciting version of this myth.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A former French
Olympic skier gradually went blind. Rather than give up, he began a program
called "Bold" for blind skiers. These young blind people learn to
overcome their handicap. Going down a ski slope without being able to see
teaches them that almost nothing is impossible.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Children Ruled
The World</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The daughter
demands that her father attend dancing school. He has a temper tantrum and
refuses to wear sissy shoes. She assures him that daughter knows best and he'll
love it once he gets there.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nigeria</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Talking drums
are the unique instrument of the Yoruba Tribe. A twelve year old Yoruba boy
plays the talking drum at his Cultural Center. He has been playing them since
he was three, and now he is getting the opportunity to play in the Nigerian
version of a rock and roll band.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #111</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Belgium</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Karin shares her
parents' ambition: she, too, wants to become an Olympic Swimmer. At the age of
thirteen, she has already won many swim meets. Today her father, who is also
her swim coach, drives her across the border to France, where she will compete in
an important international meet. She wins the 800-meter crawl and sets a new
record. This feat could assure her of a place on the Olympic Team. The 2½ hours
a day of practicing certainly seems worth it.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World" ... they would write the commercials. Here two
girls satirize the laundry detergent commercials. The punch line is that new
River will not only clean your clothes, it will dissolve them completely, so
you can buy new ones.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greek Myth</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The well-known
myth of Arachne, the expert weaver, is retold in this animated sequence.
Arachne, conceited about her weaving prowess, challenged her teacher, Athena,
to a weaving contest. She lost. Athena turned Arachne into a spider, and until
this very day she weaves webs that are appreciated by no one.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Georgia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The famous
Okefenokee Swamp is the setting for catching baby alligators. Kelly and his dad
are not hunters of this now endangered species; Kelly's dad is a biologist.
Every year he rows out into the Swamp, catches little alligators with his bare
hands (Kelly helps too), weighs, measures, and marks them and throws them back.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Formula One
racing drivers are preparing for the big race. The narrator's sister's
boyfriend is one of the racers. These racing cars are so low you have to lie
down in them. All racers wear fireproof clothing and crash helmets. The race
begins. Tom comes in first for the first time ever.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #112</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greece</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the island of
Thasos lives an eleven year old boy who is going to become a honey farmer. He
has a good head start; his uncle owns a farm where nectar bees produce honey.
The complex process of getting honey from the bees is illustrated in this
feature. The role of the queen bee is described. The working of the machine
that removes honey from the combs is demonstrated.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sweden</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The celebration
of Santa Lucia marks the shortest day of the year. It is already dark by 2:30
PM. Ten year old Anna is excited because she gets to play the role of Lucia as
she and her sisters go caroling around town. They dress up, place a crown of
candles on their heads, and bring homemade bread and cookies to neighbors that
live alone. As they go from house to house, they sing the well known son,
"Santa Lucia."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aesop's Fable</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the
better known Aesop's fables is "The Country Mouse and the City
Mouse". Reggie, the stuck-up city mouse, persuades Hiram, the simple
country hick, to return to the city with him. Hiram gives in, but regrets doing
so. The noise, crowds, and fast pace are too much for Hiram. He gladly returns
to the country and resumes his peaceful, simple life.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Massachusetts</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Radio controlled
aircraft measuring about three feet in length assemble with their pilots at a
meet. Eleven year old Paul, his sixteen year old brother and his father have
been flying remote controlled, home-made planes fro five years. At the meet the
planes go through various events of skill and luck. Paul does not get to enter
this year, but with practice he hopes to participate at next year's meets.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROGRAM #113</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Iran</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hamzel, a seven
year-old boy, who lives in Tehran, the capital city of Iran is trying to become
an apprentice - member of "Zourkhane" (pronounced: "Zoor ckha
na") or House of Strength which is a semi-religious (Islamic) physical
exercise or martial arts society. Actual training cannot begin until a boy
reaches eighteen, but Hamzel's father, himself a member of the most famous
house of strength, the Djafari Zourkhane is training his son.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greek Myth</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The First
Winter" explains, in allegory, the first winter and why it happened.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">How to-Pinata</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Several children
take balloons, paste, and crepe paper and make piñatas, the colorful and
popular holiday toy from Mexico</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">... they could
borrow money from the bank. When the loan officer asks about collateral, the
boy replies, "my mother wouldn't trade me for a million dollars."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even though he's
only thirteen, Mark Christmas helps his dad beachcomb, not for shells, but for
giant logs. In Gibson Landing where they live, logging is an important industry.
Finding logs that have gotten lost is important not only because of the loss to
loggers, but also to keep the beaches clean and cut down on floating deadheads
that can damage boats.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #114</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Viewers go on a
colorful trip to the "Cosmic Laser Light Show" in California. While
they learn important information about lasers, they listen to such Christmas
Carols as, "Whose Child is This," "God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen," "Jingle Bells" and others.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Story</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A delightful
animated folk song; "the Whole North Pole is Jumpin'," conveys the
happy spirit of Christmas.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Turkey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A master
puppeteer from Istanbul explains his craft to a thirteen year old girl who
hopes to study with him. The different characters are explained before the girl
goes to t he studio to learn how the puppets are made. The girl is delighted to
partake in a show in the park. She feels that she made many errors, but the
puppeteer asks her to continue to work the puppets.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lapland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reindeer
herding, in this land above the Arctic Circle, lasts as long as the snow does -
which is most of the year. A family of three children is featured in this
segment which gives a full picture of life in Lapland.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #115</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chicago</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The boy featured
in this segment is an aspiring magician. The master magician explains his idea
that magic really comes from dreams. Several tricks are performed, among them
levitation of a wand.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Russia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eight year old
Sergei Nesterov, a pianist, a violinist, and a composer, is rehearsing for the
concert he will give at school tomorrow. He will play a piece he composed
himself when he was only four. As Sergei says, "I hear music in my head
and I must write it down."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aesop's Fable</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Henny Penny, the
humorous fable about the alarmist hen. Henny Penny frightens the entire
barnyard when an acorn falls on her head and she decides that the "sky is
falling" and she must run and tell the king.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spain</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jose Asole, a
twelve year old boy from the mountains of the Basque Country is training in the
popular Latin American sport of Jai Lai. The basics of the sport are explained
while Jose effectively communicates the excitement of the sport.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #116</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ohio</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A day at St.
Helen's School in Newberry, Ohio is an unusual experience. St. Helen's is a
typical parochial school in every way--except one. Every student has to learn
to ride a unicycle. The head of the school, Father James Moran, started the
program several years ago. Students can ride them anywhere they want in the
school.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The classic
children's tale, "the Gingerbread Man," will be familiar to many
viewers. For those who have never seen it, the story of the gingerbread cookie
who runs out of the baker's oven and then outruns everyone will be a delight.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brazil</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A twelve year
old boy from Manaus is the son of a river boat captain. The ship
"XIMENES" takes cargo and passengers up the Amazon to Mancapurna. The
trip which takes a day and night goes through many miles of jungle on a river
which is very difficult to navigate. The boy must learn the river like his own
yard if he is to become an Amazon River Boat Captain.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The topic in
this program is "curfews." Parents have to be in by 11 o'clock.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">France</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Le Caraque in
France is an area where Jean Paul Touzelier's family raises bulls and horses.
He is a cowboy. They are preparing for the festival of the two St. Marys which
winds up with a bullfight where the bull never gets hurt.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #117</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maine</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lobster Fishing
is an important industry in New Harbor, Maine. Tod Fawcett and his father
Kendall have the traps. They do more work on the docks than they do on the
water. Every other day they check the traps and do not take the lobsters that
are too small. They plug the claws of the lobsters they keep, and crate and
sell them.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">What could be
more hilarious than a pie-throwing contest. The Custard Pie Festival is an
annual event in England and must be seen.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Greek Myth</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Eos and
the Grasshopper" tells the story of Eos, the Goddess of Dawn, who fell in
love with a mortal. She told Zeus of her love and Zeus granted the mortal
eternal life, but not eternal youth.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Tapiola
School Choir in Helsinki are rehearsing for a concert to be held in honor of
Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom. This innovative choir provides viewers
with a unique musical experience.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #118</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Italy</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Sienna, a
Cantata is a social club. Alexander is a member of the Caterpillar Cantata. His
parents are coppersmiths. Everyone is getting ready for a big holiday horse
race. Each Cantata has a jockey. The day begins with a parade through town and
a colorful flag toss.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This segment is
a spoof on music appreciation. A young boy explains rock to adults.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aesop's Fable</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Fox
and the Stork" tells the story of the sly fox who is the perennial
practical joker. He is outfoxed by the more clever stork who turns the tables.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"How-To"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This craft
segment shows a clever girls who turns an old television set into a puppet
theater.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Missouri</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Bluegrass
Musical Festival is the subject of this feature. The festival is a particularly
casual affair. Everyone with any kind of instrument can just sit down and play
it. "Butch" received a guitar for Christmas and learned to play it as
well as a variety of stringed instruments.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dear Pen Pal
segment is included in this program.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #119</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Youngstown, Ohio</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
International Juggling Association combines juggling with other stunts. Rick
Rheinholtz is one of the contestants and he describes the various events. Rick
won second prize for juggling Indian Clubs for 18.85 seconds.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Panama Canal
Zone</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of man's
greatest engineering achievements, the building of the Panama Canal, is
described in this segment. The canal, which cut 8,800 miles off the trip from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, consists of locks, which are shown as giant
steps which lift ships from 85 feet sea level to Gatun Lake.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "Golden
Goose Egg" is the title of the classic tale about a greedy farmer who had
a goose that laid eggs of pure gold.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sweden</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Drottingholm
Palace is the beautiful palace built by the order of Gustav III. Viewers see
how an 18th century stage functioned. They learn about scenery and sound
effects in a fantasy sequence an unusual perspective of this magnificent palace
is gained.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #120</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Iran</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Though falcons
are not ;used for hunting in Iran today, the tradition of training falcons is
still popular. The falcon has to be taught to grab and lift his prey. The
various aspects of falconry are described. The falcon, an interesting animal,
is explained.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Liechtenstein</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young stamp
collector is featured in this segment. The art of stamp designing is shown and
the commemorative aspect of stamps is described.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Folktale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The
Father, the Son and the Donkey" teaches the valuable lesson that when you
try to please everyone, you please no one, particularly yourself.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pen Pal</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The subject of
privileges being taken away is the feature of this humorous spoof on rules.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aspen, Colorado</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The young boy
featured in this segment is anxious to try gliding. He persuades Tom, who is
building a house, to drop his work and take him for a glider ride. A glider is
a sail plane that has no motor. Another plane, called a tow plane has to pull
the glider up.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #121</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bulgaria</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this
sequence, Slava, fourteen, daughter of a former Bulgarian Olympic team fencer,
goes through a fencing lesson. Each class begins with calisthenics and special
exercises designed to build muscles and reflexes. We also learn how points in
fencing matches are scored. The segment ends with an exciting fencing match
which Slava wins.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">An animated
treatment of the classic tale of "Appleseed John" and his remarkable
contribution to his native land. Good music.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">USSR</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yuri, age nine,
has built an electronic Robot which carries out assignments, responds to
commands, walks, talks, does just about anything a human being can do. Yuri has
fun with his Robot but when he grows up he wants to be a computer designer.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">How-To</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everybody wants
to know how to paint a T-Shirt. In this sequence, we learn the easy way.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Michigan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tracy is the
14-year old daughter of a man whose occupation is training Leader Dogs for the
blind. It's an exciting episode in which we follow the training of Star, a
Leader Dog, and how Pat, one of the blind children, learns to work with her
dog.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #122</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arkansas</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dotty is just
seven and her Daddy, nicknamed "Strawberry" can talk to animals. Do
you believe that? If you don't, wait until you see this sequence, hear what
Dotty has to say about her Daddy's talent and then maybe you'll believe, too.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The tale of
"The Ugly Duckling," in animation, is told by the duckling himself.
The message about different people with different looks, is important.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Venezuela</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two
thirteen-year old Indian boys have one basic difference in their lives: one
lives on water, one lives in the desert. This is the story of the way their
lives are effected by the environments in which they live. Both boys are happy,
enjoy their homes, their families, and are truly pleased by simple pleasures
but the differences between life with lots of water and the life with little
water are enormous.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's how
"little" people can solve the problem of being seated in the cinema
behind "big" people.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Juliet Randall
is a young actress who lives in Deep Cals, North Vancouver. We learn from
Juliet that life for an aspiring actress is not all fun and games. Juliet is up
at seven every morning, often works twelve hour days and at other times has no
work to do at all. Juliet tells us about the director, how he plans the shoot,
guides the players. She tells us about other people in the crew, too.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #123</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">USSR</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Misha, age
fourteen, lives in Moscow and is a member of a Pioneer Palace. His hobby is
photography. We tour around Moscow with Misha taking pictures. Misha tells us
how to take pictures and how to develop them. His favorite subject--people. The
climax is the awarding of a second place certificate to Misha for his
outstanding photo in a USSR photographic competition.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Long Island, NY</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the
biggest events in the Olympics is target shooting. We learn all about
qualifying for a place on theOlympic team from Rhonda, age ten. She says this
is one Olympic competition where all participants are evenly matched: Boys,
girls, adults, young people. In this sequence, Rhonda takes a second place in
this shoot-off which is an important step toward earning a position on the US
team.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aesop's Fable</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The story of
"The Grasshopper and the Ant"--one plays and sings all summer long,
the other works in anticipation of the coming winter. In this animated version
however, there is a twist ending with a revised moral which will please all
viewers.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pen Pal Sequence</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Denmark</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hans Christian
Andersen wrote the original story, but today in Odent, Denmark the
"Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" really live and work at their
respective trades. The sequence ends with excerpts from a performance by the
children of Odent of a musical version of Andersen's "the Swine
Herd."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #124</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sweden</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young tourist,
Tim, ten-years old, is visiting the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden with his
mother. He is taking pictures. He gets separated from his mother in the crowds,
so he tours the palace himself. In the Throne Room he meets a handsome young
man who talks to him and at Tim's request poses for a picture. Tim discovers
later, while watching the changing of the guard, the young man is actually King
Gustav of Sweden.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">All kids love it
when they're asked by parents to perform at adult parties. Right? See what you
think when the tables are turned.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Galapagos
Islands, Ecuador</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The most remarkable
islands of the world are viewed by two eleven year old girls from Santa Cruz,
Consuela and Lorena. They learn much from a visiting Ecuadorian professor about
the unusual plants, birds, and animals on these isolated islands in the Pacific
and what is being done to help preserve the life of such rare species, like 500
pound tortoises.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Poem</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Wreck
of the Hesperus" is told in its entirety as animated film portrays the
unhappy tale of the young girl and her father whose sailing ship was wrecked in
a storm.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nebraska</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">We meet Wendy a
twelve year old, who travels with a carnival as it leaves a small town in
Nebraska heading out for Kansas. Wendy tells about her "carnie"
family and how much fun it is in summer to be with the carnival. In winter, when
the carnival rests up, all the "carnie" children go to school in
their home towns.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #125</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Australia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's a new
game for kids in Australia. It is called "Planking" in which teams of
three, with their feet secured to two ski-like boards race against other teams.
The kids must move in coordination, or down they go. Lots of fun.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Portland, Oregon</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The newest kind
of zoo is in Portland, Oregon where animals are trained to work for their food.
Steve Herwitz, twelve, introduces us to his older brother who runs the zoo and
is importantly involved in this new way to keep animals happier and healthier.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">How-To</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are three
different kinds of Ukrainian Easter eggs. In this how-to segment we learn how
to make them all.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Being a child in
a crowded elevator often presents problems of discomfort. There is a solution
however, which is revealed in this funny sequence.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Classic Tale</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Fire"the
story of Epimetheus and Prometheus, assigned by Zeus to form animals on Earth
from existing things like claws, fur, speed, strength, etc. Epimetheus uses
most of the available materials, makes most of the animals. Prometheus left
with little, makes the man, adds intelligence and gives him the gift of Fire
enabling Man to survive even though not so strong or swift as many of the
animals.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pen Pals</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a quaint
little town in England, knighthood continues to flower. Once each year the days
of jousting and chivalry are celebrated and the "Big Blue Marble"
camera is there to see it all. Pages, squires, knights and beautiful damsels
are featured in this colorful and informative sequence.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #126</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hacienda
Heights, California</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The national
craze of skateboarding is demonstrated by two young enthusiasts--eleven year
old John Blood and his fifteen year old brother, Frank. They perform feats of
twirling, jumping and bouncing on the skateboard that defy the imagination. The
owner of a skateboard factory shows the boys a new board and explains its
composition. They use a nearby parking lot as a testing ground for the new
board.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Tiny
Me," shows a child in perspective to the universe. Beginning with a young
girl in her neighborhood and going to the earth, planets, and galaxies and back
again, viewers will gain insight into the physical nature of the universe in
which they live.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lanzarote,
Canary Islands</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ten year old
Miguel Angel Hernandez from Madrid makes a visit to his grandparents near Fire
Mountain, an extinct volcano in Lanzarote. The interesting topography of the
island is explained, how crops grow without rain and how people live in this
unusual place.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This segment is
a spoof on "adult only" movies. Adults try to gain admission into a
children's film.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barbados, West
Indies</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Children's
Party Pageant of the Youth Radio Show is featured in this segment. The Worrell
Children Timmy, Judy, and Valarie are gospel singers. Children of a minister,
the Worrell's began singing in the church choir.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this Segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #127</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Susie Morris is
thirteen years old and the daughter of part owner of the DeWayne Brothers
Circus. She has been traveling and performing as an acrobat in the circus for
two years. In addition to entertaining in the circus, Susie enjoys tending to
the animals and helping to maintain the small circus.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bad Reichenhall,
Germany</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A thirteen year
old German rock star is featured in this segment. Viewers get a clear picture
of how songs are professionally recorded. Nicki sings some of his current hit
songs and talks about the demands of a singing career for a young person. When
considering his future, Nick understands that he may not always be able to
sing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Mr.
Meager" is an original fiction selection about a man who sees his world
with dour pessimism. Gradually, he becomes aware of another way of viewing
life--not all bad, and not all good, but as it is.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">California, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Janet Johnson is
a professional rider who exercises race horses as part of their conditioning
for important races. "Thermal Energy" is the horse Janet works out
with in this segment. The importance of working a thoroughbred is explained.
Janet is allowed to bring "Thermal Energy" to the paddock for
saddling and then to the ring. Part of the race is shown, and "Thermal
Energy" wins.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #128</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roger is
thrilled to learn that his cousin Fridge is coming to his initiation into the
circle of Capoeria. Capoeria is based on a series of movements in self-defense
which has many of the elements of Karate, Ju Jitsu and Tai Chi. Over the years
it has become a stylized ritual performed to music. Underlying Capoeria is the
idea of a circle of friends who gather together with the common goal of
physical conditioning.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If Children
Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World" they would give their parents educational
presents. In this spoof Mom gets The History of Housework.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brongest, Wales</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Janet Jones'
participates in a "talking book" program which brings tape cassettes
of books and songs to blind persons all over the country. The children feel
good about the program because it gives them and their blind friends much
pleasure.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eugene Fields'
famous poem, written in memory of a young neighbor, "Little Boy Blue"
is animated with charm and sensitivity.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Orleans,
Louisiana, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eleven year old
Jerry Anderson is the youngest member of a jazz band. Officially known as the
"The Fairview Baptist Church Boys Christian Marching Band". Jerry
explains his feelings about jazz as part of his black heritage. The feature
ends with a performance of "Saints" a real New Orleans jamboree.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #129</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nepal</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ancient
temple of Swayambhunath in the Valley of Kathmardu is the place where thirteen
year old Cheggi lives as a novice monk. His guru is teaching him prayers and
guiding him through study, meditation, and prayer. Cheggi is given permission
to attend a festival that marks the beginning of planting season.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This original
story "Generous Jen" is performed in folk verse. Jen has a hard time
learning how to share and this verse points out with warmth and humor the
effects of selfishness.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled The World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World" parents would need permission to sleep outside.
This spoof shows a father camping out in the back yard.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Huntsville,
Alabama, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitty Burns is
at the NASA Space and Rocket Center. She takes viewers inside the Skylab module
and shows the Apollo/Saturn rocket. Kitty tries out the Zero-Gravity machine.
Her guide through NASA is Carolyn Griner, one of the four candidates for a
space mission aboard Skylab. Ms. Griner discusses a variety of science careers
with Kitty and talks of the possibility of her being the first woman in space.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #130</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Liberia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Blamadan
Dance Group is about to appear on Liberian National Television. The children
are learning traditional dances of the Bantu Tribes which tell stories through
movement and costumes. Each of the tribal groups has a different style of
dancing and their dances tell different stories. The man who organized the
group did so to preserve the custom of the story telling dances as more people
moved from villages in the bush to the more modern cities.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Borneo</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Oran-Utan
Rehabilitation Center is a special place where orangutans who have been in
captivity are acclimated to their first and natural environment. These bright
and rare apes are sometimes stolen and kept in captivity even though this is
against the law. When found, they must be taught to survive in the jungle. Most
of the things they must learn would have been taught by their mothers. The
orangs show the ravages of being deprived of mother love.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The
Strength of the British Navy" is an original story based on Charles
Darwin's "Origin of the Species."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Richmond,
Virginia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Debbie Nelson
shows Corgis, dogs that originated in Wales where they were used for herding
cattle and sheep. Debbie shows the dogs on weekends when she is not in school. She
cares for the dogs during the week and keeps them in fine physical condition.
In some shows the dogs are evaluated, but in the Junior Championship, the
trainer is judged.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #131</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oklahoma, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roy Don Park
tells us that he was four years old when he caught his first rattlesnake. In
this segment he participates in a rattlesnake hunt for trophies and prizes.
Rattlesnakes are a threat to livestock in Oklahoma and the round up helps the
cattle ranchers. The venom from the snakes that are caught goes to the Houston
Medical Center before the snakes are butchered for meat.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The well-known
fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea" is presented in musical verse.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Switzerland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The National
Crossbow Shooting Target Championships are featured in this segment. Beat
(BAY-UT) Eggenberg, fifteen years old, hopes to become good enough to enter the
competition. William Tell used a crossbow and his legend is told in a pageant.
Beat says that he believes the crossbow to be particularly appropriate to
Switzerland. "We do not need modern weapons, for we have not fought a war
in 600 years."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World" they could try out new recipes on their parents.
This spoof shows a young boy getting the ultimate retaliation on his
parents--peanut-butter soup.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Java, Indonesia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pencak Silat is
a movement in self-defense. Thirteen year old Dewa Ayu is attending the Pencak
Silat school. He explains the mystical martial arts system which blends the
ideas from India and China to achieve harmony of mind and body. Designed to
build inner strength and character, Pencak Silat is supervised by a guru.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #132</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tokyo, Japan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sumo Wrestling,
the national sport of Japan, is explained by fifteen year old Ichiko who is an
apprentice to the sport. Many of the customs of the Sumotori are explained as
the viewers see the ritualistic exercises performed to master the sport. Sumo
wrestlers grow to an enormous size and they eat huge meals to attain their
size. Their diet is designed to produce the proper shape which is as important
as size.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"How the
Rhinoceros Got His Skin" is one of Rudyard Kipling's classic "Just
So" stories This lyric adaptation tells how the Rhino went from having a
smooth sleek coat to a crinkly one.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">How-To</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A six foot hero
sandwich is made in anticipation of a party.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trinidad, West
Indies</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jack Clarke is
the youngest member of the Huggins Pandemonium Steel Drum Band. It is Carnival
time and one of the main events is the finals of the steel band competition.
The composition of a steel drum is explained as the band rehearses. While
Pandemonium did not win the competition they made a good showing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #133</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Edirne, Turkey</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ten year old
Mustafa Basar is an aspiring wrestler, not in Olympic-style wrestling, but in
"Oiled Wrestling." This Turkish sport involves covering the
participants' body in oil so its difficult for an opponent to get a grip on
each other. The wrestlers garb is also designed so that there's nothing to
grab. The sport is surrounded by ceremony which is important to the sport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kentucky, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The coal
industry is important in Kentucky. Eleven year old Valerie and thirteen year old
Marshall are aspiring photographers. They receive permission to photograph a
coal mine. They are introduced to the superintendent who takes them into the
mine in a mine jeep. Their teacher is impressed with the photographs from their
visit.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this spoof on
braces, a father gives his son all the reasons he doesn't want to wear them.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Little Red
Riding Hood" is executed in an unusual visual play on basic shapes,
triangle, square and circle.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Korea</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The gayageum is
a 12 stringed instrument invented 1600 years ago. Traditionally, the gayageum
is played by girls and women and it is the national instrument of Korea. Twelve
year old Tchai Hauna is a member of a musical group called, "The Little
Angels." Her teacher is preparing Tchai for her on camera performance.
Later they visit a famous Gayageum maker.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #134</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manila,
Philippines</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The filming of
Harabas Con Bulitit (which means the tough guy and the clever little kid) is featured
in this segment. The film stars a four year old actor, Nino Mulack, who is seen
rehearsing his part. Nino has a lot of fans who follow him around when he's
filming. Two action scenes are filmed, including one on top of a train car.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Frog
Prince" is presented as a clever take off on the original fairy tale. The
Princess must kiss three frogs to get a handsome prince.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Copenhagen,
Denmark</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Tivoli
Gardens is the most famous park in the world. The opening of the park is one of
the most important days of the year to the Danes. More than 10,000 Spring
flowers are planted every year in Tivoli. The rides are repaired and repainted
in anticipation of the more than 30,000 people who will come on the first day
alone--the day we visit.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Idaho, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Free Style
Skiing is a popular sport in the West. Two young enthusiasts show some of the
more dazzling feats. While on skis, they jump and do flips, twists and other
"Ballet steps". It's a skiing romp which you can hardly believe.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is included
in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #135</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hawaii, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sea Life Park is
a popular spot in Hawaii and people come from allover the world to watch the
show there. Twelve year old Anita Kang's family runs the park and Anita gets to
help out in a variety of ways. In our sequence, one of the dolphins is sick and
Anita prepares a blood test.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vatican City,
Rome</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carlo Santorini
is one of the 40 altar boys at the Vatican in St. Peters in Rome. Every morning
he and his friends come to the church. There are many altar boys because
between 60 and 120 Masses are performed at St. Peter's each day. A special
school has been started at the Vatican so that the altar boys are accessible.
This is the school we visit.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">If children
ruled the world they would be able to tell their parents how to have their hair
cut.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The
Oddities of Human Behavior" is a spoof on mankind from an elephant's point
of view. The Elephant, who is lecturing to an audience of mammals, birds,
reptiles, and amphibians, comments on eating canned food, driving in cars and
other facets of human life which appear strange from an animals eye view.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pakistan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shakil Mubariz
is celebrating his twelfth birthday and his cousins tent-pegging team is
putting on a show just for him. Tent-pegging is a favorite sport of Pakistan
horsemen. Wooden pegs 2 ½ inches wide are put in the ground. Galloping at full
speed the horsemen try to spear the pegs with wooden lances. The team members
are such experts, they make spearing the pegs look easy. Shakil's celebration
ends with an extra surprise--a performance by a dancing horse and camel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #136</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dublin, Ireland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fourteen year
old Stephen Gleason loves to help his father with he greyhound dogs his father
raises. The Irish export 7,000 greyhounds each year. Thorough training, good
diet, and regular exercise are integral parts of the dogs' program which is
overseen by the Gleasons. The segment ends with the semifinals of the Grand
National trials where the Gleasons have a dog entered.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Giant
Me" gives a perspective on a young girl from her body to cells, to atoms,
to electrons and back again. A trip through "innerspace."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hong Kong</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Young Kwong is
fourteen and suffers from bad headaches. Belle Chan is the doctor's assistant
who is taking Kwong for acupuncture treatments. The theory and practice of
acupuncture is explained.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York City</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The fourth of
July Bicentennial birthday celebration of the United States of America was the
extravaganza of OP Sail. Whereas in 1776, warships filled New York harbor, two
hundred years later, ships from allover the world came to this country for the
celebration.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #137</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rumania</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lunella Orajann
is a member of the Rumanian junior tennis team. When she was fourteen, the
government sent her to Bucharest to train and attend a special school. She is
preparing to play the number one junior in the country. In a close match
Lunella wins, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Wolf in
Sheep's clothing" is performed in musical verse.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">They could
change their name as the mood suited them.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yazoo City,
Mississippi</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fourteen year
old Kelly Ables is a contestant in a Mud Derby car race through the sloppiest
mud imaginable. This humorous event uses old beat up cars that become more beat
up as the race progresses.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Napal</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">White Rhinos are
quite rare in the jungles of Nepal, so spotting one is important news. Nine
year old Sita Ravi was hard a work sharpening knives when Shanti came to tell
about the arrival of a new rhino. They go with their father by canoe. His
father is tracking the animals to learn how they need to live in order to
survive longer. They successfully mark the rhino for naturalists to study.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #138</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Rio, any
holiday is an excuse for a parade. Thirteen year old Daisey is in her first
parade competition and her school is dancing to a song her mother wrote for the
Samba School. They are called "schools" but are really a group of
people from the same neighborhood and the children have all been preparing for
more than three months. They do not win the competition, but enjoy the
competition very much.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Afghanistan</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the village
of Istalif everyone makes pottery. Twelve year old Mullah is a skilled potter.
They begin with a ray clay pot and bake it in a kiln. The entire process of
potting is shown from the time the clay is collected until the article is
finished. A band of troubadours come and Mullah decides to give a bowl as a
gift.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The classic poem
about the ancient warrior "Lochinvar" is animated in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wilston, Vermont</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Young Peter
English started to play the piano when he was only four years old. He does not
read any music, yet he writes his own compositions and has written more than
100 musical pieces. Peter's life is not limited to music. He is a fine skier
and a generally accomplished athlete.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #139</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ohio, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The National
Stock Outboard Championship gives ten year old Debbie Laws the opportunity to
race her boat. Nine hundred and fifty boats are entered in the race. The boats
in Debbie's class go about 35 miles per hour, but appear to race faster. Debbie
lost her chance to win when she stopped to help her friend who fell out of his
boat on a turn.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Lion
and the Mouse" is a fractured version of the classic Aesop Fable. When the
mouse helps save the king of beasts, he does not completely return the favor.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Children would
be able to give reports on teacher's moods.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Zealand</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twelve year old
Rowen's family own a sheep station. They maintain 8,000 sheep. The importance
of good sheep dogs is explained by Rowen's father. They keep track of the sheep
to be sure none are lost or hurt. They are also used to round the sheep for
shearing time.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #140</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New Delhi, India</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amarjeet Singh
is fifteen years old and he is learning yoga from an expert Yogi, Ram Pal
Sharma. The spiritual and physical are intertwined in yoga, so each lesson or
exercise begins with a prayer. There are many separate branches of yoga. The
goal of the particular branch explained here, called Hatha Yoga, seeks a
perfect balance between the physical and mental.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The classic
"Jack and the Beanstalk" is animated. Silly Jack, who traded his
family's last few coins for magic beans is surprised by the results.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Getting caught
reading under the bedcovers is satirized here.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ten year old
Cindy Schneider participates in the Zoo Action Program as a volunteer. Each
volunteer gets a different assignment when they arrive at the zoo. Cindy sets
up a stand to sell animal food to visitors. She also helps regulate the crowd
so that the children feed the right animals. A pelican escapes and is found in
the parking lot, and Cindy finds a lost child. All in all, a busy and helpful
day.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #141</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wyoming, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the National
Outdoor Leadership School of Lander, Wyoming, high school students are learning
how to survive the night in the Tetons at 35 below zero. The winter survival
trips are usually one week up in the mountains at an altitude of 11,000 feet.
They travel on skis, a kind of cross-country skiing. They carry packs that
weigh 60 to 80 pounds. They dig caves to sleep and cook in.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World" they'd give pedestrian traffic reports on heavy
kid traffic areas.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sicily</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the city of
Acrireale, nine year old Gabriella Allepo practices her flute in preparation
for a very important day. She is to play for a wedding reception for the very
first time. The bride is a family friend which makes the event even more important
to Gabriella.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"How the
Elephant Got His Trunk."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brisbane,
Australia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Surfer's
Paradise Beach is one of the most famous--and most dangerous--in all of
Australia. Volunteers from a life-saving club patrol the beach. They are
training to be junior life savers and hope to become members of the beach
patrol one day. They wear special caps so that swimmers in trouble can identify
them. The equipment necessary for life saving in dangerous surf is explained.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #142</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">London, England</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chris Harris
runs a clown workshop for a group of children in London. He teaches them mime,
makeup, falls and all the things that go into making a clown. The children
enjoy what they are learning and perform throughout the day.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the classic
Aesop's Fable, "The Fox and the Ugly Bird," we learn a lesson about
false flattery.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Papua, New
Guinea</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Asarh tribesmen
who live high up in the jungles of Papua, New Guinea perform "the dance of
the dead man's skin." The story tells of a battle in which Asarh Warriors
are defeated by a powerful enemy. How the Asarh's outwit their enemy is the
subject of this exciting story.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Idaho, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Junior high
school students are taught how to play the fiddle. They are all anxious to play
at a dance to show off all their hard work. Their teacher is quite expert and
shares his craft with warmth and humor.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #143</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Frankfurt,
Germany</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Frankfurt
Ruder Gesellschaft is a rowing club which was started nearly 100 years ago.
Fourteen year old Steurmann Heyne is coxswain of a boat with four oarsmen. The
coxswain sits in the stern of the boat. He steers when necessary and sets the
pace of the rowers by counting. The team looks forward to the Mulheim regatta
which they win.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Liza Lippincott
is the story of a girl who gets out of difficulty by telling tales. In a dream
Liza meets up with two characters, Fib and White Lie, who show her the pitfalls
of telling fibs.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Australia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Koala bears are
marsupials (a mammal that has a pouch for carrying its young) from Australia.
In this segment we see a Koala's eye view of the world. The other animals,
indigenous to Australia, the Kangaroo and the Platypus.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Children could
assign household jobs to their parents if they ruled the world.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Washington, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Championship
cowboys come from all over the U.S. to ride in the Omak Stampede. Seventeen
year old Casey Nissen lives on the Colville Indian Reservation near Omak,
Washington, and he will participate in the "Suicide Race." In this
event the rider and horse go over a steep bank, down the hill, across the
Okanagen River, and up another hill to the finish line.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #144</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Washington, DC</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lori Minor,
twelve, is one of the key television reporters on "youth news"a
weekly TV news report, telecast over Channel 4 in Washington, DC. We observe
the interviewing techniques of Lori and a co-reporter named Bradley on
assignment at the Kennedy Center and the Washington Monument. The excitement of
TV journalism is quite apparent as we watch the interviews develop from the
taping to broadcast. Only problem: some days start out at 7:00 am!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The
Fisherman and his Wife" is the story of what might happen if you catch a
magic fish. The moral has to do with greed and why to avoid it.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Facatitiva,
Columbia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Soccer is the
national sport of most of the countries in South America, but when you live in
a city that 9000 feet above sea level, it takes special kinds of training,
exercise and practice. William Telero, 13 tells us about the game, as we watch
his team practice high in the Andes Mountains. The sequence ends with the big
game against players from another city and William's team wins the championship
of their area.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #145</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">La Serena, Chile</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this little
town in the mountains of Chile watching the stars is the most popular pastime
of the young people because of the telescope and the astronomers who live
there. Roberto Olivares, thirteen, explains the way his 6' telescope works and
then takes us to Cerro Tololo where with astronomers from many lands, they
explore the secrets of the universe on a 158' telescope. We see a photo of the
galaxy in Centaurus which Roberto helped to take.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">At last! A
telephone for the young people which cannot be tapped by the parents. The kids
are pleased, naturally; the parents have their doubts.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Elves
and the Shoemaker" is a pleasant tale of a shoemaker who just couldn't
make shoes that would sell. The elves, feeling sorry for the old fellow,
decided to help, and made many pairs overnight. The shoemaker was so pleased
with the result, and the sales, he just had to peek at what was really going on
at his cobbler's bench during the night. Elves don't like to be observed doing
favors, this the shoemaker finally learned the hard way.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seattle,
Washington</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Douglas Both at
thirteen is the youngest licensed private detective in the world. We meet Doug
on a stake out, watch him trail a suspect, report the location to the police
all in the first minute of this sequence. Doug tells us about his job and many
of the things he's learning about finger printing, lie detectors, shop lifters
during the course of his work and studies. It's an interesting story.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #146</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Western Samoa</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mike, 10, along
with his brother, Hani, pick up ripe coconuts that have fallen from the trees
to the ground to make copra. Copra is the dried meat of the coconut, which is
used to make margarine, soap, candles, etc. In the opening of this episode, we
watch the children dance the soke - the stick dance - a real ankle-buster,
unless you know how.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The
Turnip" is the tale of a poor but industrious farmer who grows a huge
turnip which is described as "being fit for a King." The farmer gives
it to his King who rewards him richly. His fat, lazy neighbor witnesses this
success story and tries to top it. The rest of the tale relates the consequences
of the lazy man's unbelievable efforts.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gouwzee, near
Volendam, the Netherlands</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the
experience of Hans Peter Verdeijen, fourteen, who enters the European
wind-surfing championship race. In this segment we learn all about these new
boards, how to mount them and how to control them. Then we witness the race,
which Hans wins. Next stop: the Bahamas for the World Championship Race.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arizona, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">An interesting
report on Tami McFadden, sixteen, who helps her father when school's out with
his veterinary medicine practice in Sedona, Arizona. What's most appealing in
this segment is that Tami helps with small, pet animals and flies with her
father to tend larger farm animals. Tami's aim: to be a nurse or a veterinary
medical technician.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #147</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whoever heard of
a twelve year old girl playing tackle football? That's what Cindy Tucker does.
She plays in the line for the New Rochelle Colts in the Youth Tackle League. At
125 lbs., Cindy is as big as most boys her age and since she has the desire and
drive to want to play, she's a second string regular. This sequence tells about
Cindy's training, the coach, the practice and the big game.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">No reason why a
child in a hospital can't have his pet puppy share the bed is there? No
according to the hero of this comic episode.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This story tells
of the "The Straw, The Coal and The Bean" and how at first they
missed the kettle, but eventually fell into the soup because of pride and
conceit. A tale with a moral worth heeding.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gold Coast,
Australia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">An animated and
live-action report in which we learn about the boomerangits history and
manufacture. Then, we watch how boomerangs are tested and tossed. Even after
you learn how to throw a boomerang, you won't believe it.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lake Titicaca,
Venezuela</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The little town
of Chimo on Lake Titicaca, 12,000 feet above sea level depends almost
completely on boats for its existence. Juan Aswara, fourteen, is learning to
make boats. In this segment we watch his family build the special boat for the
Festival of the Incas, which the mythological King and Queen use to celebrate
the founding of the Inca Empire.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #148</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">West Virginia,
USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you imagine
a model airplane that flies almost 200 miles non-stop? That's what this unusual
sequence is about. Rich Myerly, sixteen, of Charleston, West Virginia tells us
about these radio-controlled models that can travel at 100 mph, perform
acrobatics, and fly cross country. We fly in the control plane while an attempt
is made to set a new world record for model planes. We end up in a cornfield
less than a mile short. As Rich says, "better luck next time."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Adapted from an
Aesop fable, "The Bullfrog and the Cow" provides a good example of
the dangers of boastfulness, pomposity and other ego trips. The message: don't
kid yourself.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Caracas,
Venezuela</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pantomime is
acting without words and that's what Jose Salvador Marin, thirteen, is learning
to do in a special study class in Caracas, Venezuela. His instructor is
Guillermo Davila, a mime of considerable fame in that country. Jose and the
other members of his group are invited to perform at a luxurious hotel in their
city and in this episode we watch as they prepare their act. We learn that
pantomimes create the illusions of doing things, handling things, even saying
things by using face, hands, arms, legsall parts of their bodiesin their
interpretations, because when you're on stage the audience sees all of you, so
every movement helps the audience to understand what is meant by the performer.
Jose and his instructor provide some very real demonstrations, and the sequence
ends with the performance at the hotel.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #149</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alabama, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eleven year old
David Fawcett gives us the inside on preparing and grooming a cow for showing
at the Alabama State Fair. David is a 4-H member and his leader provides many
helpful hints. David's grandfather has a lot of faith in Etta, the cow entered
in the competition. All hands work together, we go to the Fair, see the
competition and Etta wins the blue ribbon.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The Wolf
and the Crane" is a risky tale about good deeds, greed and being thankful
for what you have.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prague,
Czechoslovakia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Staying in good
physical condition is a key to being a good figure skater, says Monika
Sessinova, twelve. We follow her through several of her exercise routines, like
jogging, school figures, etc. Monika is chosen to skate the lead role, Snow
White in the Detska Review, a show performed completely by children. We share
Monika's nervousness before the show, and watch her master it as she performs.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If
Children Ruled the World"</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The subject of
hand-me-downs is comically portrayed when the father must use old socks to
replace his worn-out golf club covers.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nutae, Tahiti</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the beautiful
South Sea Islands, outrigger canoe racing is one of the favorite sports. Tani,
fourteen, a member of a boy's racing club, tells us about this competition as
well as how outriggers are made. These canoes are made from the wood of the
breadfruit tree. Then, we see Tani's club win their race and qualify for the
all-Tahiti competition.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #150</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vancouver, BC,
Canada</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Total
Education" is what they call the school that Tina Fierro, fifteen,
attends. She works full time in Theodor's Restaurant in Vancouver and goes to
classes at other times, earning full school credits for all her activities.
Some of her school subjects are drama, astronomy, English. Her restaurant
chores teach her to learn to be cooperative and to deal with people.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pendleton,
Oregon</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's a lot of
effort required by all the members of the family, when the assignment is a
2000-acre wheat farm. That's what we learn in this episode from Janet (16) and
Kathy (10) Bowman of Pendleton, Oregon. We see how two critical situations are
handled: 1) a fire in the field; and 2) the rush to harvest the crop before a
rain storm hits. There's much information too, on the kinds of equipment used
on today's modern farm.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Mother
Holle," a Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale, points out the rewards of ambition
over laziness, as we follow the experiences of two sisters who are visited by
Mother Holle. The moral: make sure you want what you deserve, because that's
probably what you'll get.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oruro, Bolivia</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's called
"Diablada" in Oruro, and it's the "Devil Dance" which is
the annual fiesta for all the residents of this mining town. Rosa Alavarez,
ten, is a participant in the pageant. In this sequence we follow the event from
preparation, costuming, mask-making, rehearsal through performance. Great
music, great dancing, great show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this show.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">PROGRAM #151</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Animation</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A remarkable
sequence, titled "The Hungry Man and the Hiding Horse" in which all
the animation is in Chinese ideographs. The story is that of a Chinese farmer
who is helped by a horse which was looked on by the man as a suitable dinner. A
delightful tale, all told in moving calligraphy.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gordonstoun,
Scotland</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Three students,
Rob, Tim and Pamela, attend this unusual school. These mid-teenagers dedicate
themselves to 1) the pride of achievement; 2) the pride of belonging, which is
part of the school code. At Gordonstoun, each student joins in local community
service of their own choice. Rob tells us about their considerations in making
the selections. Pamela chose Mountain Rescue Team, Tim selected Surf Life
Saving Service and Rob picked Coast Guard. Ambitious services, but much needed
on the coast of northern Scotland.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">New York, USA</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this segment
we learn how animated feature films are drawn and recorded. "Raggedy Ann
& Andy" is the full-length movie used as the example. Clare Williams,
five, plays the voice part of Raggedy Ann and we follow her through the
animation and recording studios, where people on the job tell us about how this
magic comes about. Then we see part of the finished product in a song from the
movie entitled "The Camel with Wrinkled Knees."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dear Pen Pal is
included in this segment.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">___________________________________________________</div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: 32px;"><span style="font-size: large;">For more information about this wonderful series on Aeolus 13 Umbra, please visit:</span></div><div style="line-height: 32px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: 32px;"></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-generations.html" style="font-size: medium;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Big Blue Marble<span style="font-style: normal;">: A Generation’s Introduction to the World</span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/12/big-blue-marble-tv-soundtrack-album-1974.html" target="_blank">Big Blue Marble<span style="font-style: normal;"> TV Soundtrack Album</span></a></li></ul></div></span></span></i></div></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-15887709382242057452023-11-19T12:39:00.040-05:002024-02-11T15:08:02.091-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich — Off-Stage with Cast Member Saundra McClain<p><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In <i>Hot Hero
Sandwich</i>, Saundra McClain reliably delivered a wide variety of striking comic
character performances that are a hallmark of the show. Considering that she
started off working in the United States Post Office, it is little wonder that
McClain knows how to deliver the goods.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saundra McClain,
along with Claudette Sutherland, Andrew Duncan, Frankie Faison, and Adam Ross,
form the supporting cast for <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>. While the main cast gets the
bulk of our attention, as my dear old dad, who was something of a frustrated
actor himself, would tell me — keep your eyes on the supporting players. The
faces you recognize, but the names you can’t place. Often overlooked, the
supporting cast is the backbone of any large ensemble comedy. It’s a tradition
that <i>Saturday Night Live</i>, which shared both the studio and stage crew with <i>Hot
Hero Sandwich</i>, maintains to this day with its “Featured Players” cast,
separately billed from the main repertory cast.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: right;"><span><div style="text-align: left;"><i>McClain, circa 1980.</i></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqurohopUYKOXdtTHs-5rIQRsr3aSjcaQu84nGs3oGvpq6iy0qSbUAGcX87XbFYfxcFLxmH3_FsrGKbhIQXsOZusde4UYL_rh7ba1jku0XPERWaokeVw5YQSLtfUy5v5J9r9owmRolxad6kChr2W9DZPdY026-ojrOKAw5d7wJpx1USqqCXuwfcIP/s686/Saundra-McClain.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="450" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqurohopUYKOXdtTHs-5rIQRsr3aSjcaQu84nGs3oGvpq6iy0qSbUAGcX87XbFYfxcFLxmH3_FsrGKbhIQXsOZusde4UYL_rh7ba1jku0XPERWaokeVw5YQSLtfUy5v5J9r9owmRolxad6kChr2W9DZPdY026-ojrOKAw5d7wJpx1USqqCXuwfcIP/w131-h200/Saundra-McClain.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>McClain’s
training as an actor is extensive, including stints studied acting at HB
Studios with Bill Hickey, the New Heritage Workshop, Voices Inc., and the Henry
Street Settlement. Her acting credits in film and TV include <i>Mr. and Mrs.
Bridge</i>, with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward; <i>The Last Tycoon</i>, with Kelsey Grammer;
<i>See You in the Morning</i>, with Jeff Bridges; <i>Free of Eden</i>, with Sidney Poitier;
<i>Maid in Manhattan</i>, with Jennifer Lopez, and appearances in <i>Third Watch</i>, <i>Law and
Order</i>, <i>L.A. Law</i>, <i>As the World Turns</i>, <i>Ryan’s Hope</i>, and many more.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Though she
started out in a Philadelphia post office, Saundra, like many of the cast and
writing staff, gave her dreams a shot by moving to New York City, where the
industry and the opportunities lay, or, as Saundra, quoting the late, great
actor Al Freeman Jr. who told her, “<i>Get the
hell out of Philadelphia</i>.” </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">And she did,
starting out as a tour guide, moving on as a talent coordinator for <i>The Tonight
Show with Johnny Carson </i>while it was still in New York, then into theater, onto
Broadway, and paying the bills with an extensive commercial resume, many of
which Baby Boomers and Gen Xers grew up watching — including a classic
Peppermint Pattie spot we discuss in the interview.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">She has learned
under and acted with legends on stage and screen, and it is that very
experience that made her such an invaluable part of <i>Hot Hero Sandwich.</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A “supporting
cast” moniker suggests a lower level in the casting hierarchy, and while it is
something of a disservice to Saundra McClain to focus on this one small part of
her career, she brought a depth of experience vital to the energy of the series.
The Hot Hero supporting cast played a wide variety of character types and, as
busy working professionals, they could be relied on to show up on time, know
their lines, and hit their marks. A rising young talent might get trust into
the limelight, but the steady hands of the supporting cast keep the backbone
of the show together and allows the production to fly. Even, as with <i>Hot
Hero Sandwich</i>, that flight might be short, it’s still a chance to leave your mark.
As Stanislavski himself said, “There are no small parts.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="313" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GkJnRjy_lGE" width="376" youtube-src-id="GkJnRjy_lGE"></iframe></div><i>Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 7: Nightmare High Excuse of the Week.</i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">And who knows?
Maybe four decades later they’ll still be talking about it — and here we are,
still talking about it.</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, let’s start
talking with Saundra McClain.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bread
and Butter and Peppermint Patties</span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Thank you Saundra for your time
today. First of all, where did you grow
up? Are you from the Northeast?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>Yes, from
Philadelphia.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Most actors have that “light bulb”
moment, usually when they’re very young, when they discover acting is their
calling. When was that point for you?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>Oh, goodness. It's
kind of a mixed bag. I was in high school and I was in the orchestra and on the
side I was in the drama club. So things started happening in college. I was a
chem major and theater was like a hobby and it wasn't until I was on campus and
I was hired to be a stand-in in a movie that I began to sort of take it
serious. I remember asking the actor, Al Freeman Jr., what did I need to do to,
you know, to get into this business? And he said, “The first thing you need to
do is get the hell out of Philadelphia!”</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, a few weeks
later I packed up my bags and I left school, actually in my senior year, and
went to New York and pursued an acting career.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Al Freeman Jr.! Wow, what a great
early contact to make! My dad turned me onto him in <i>Hot l Batlimore</i> [a short-lived 1975 Norman Lear sitcom].</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxC3gYqoiGwChYRFpQ1hZrXACuqmVL_roCVtj2h3Dl4prHP5xB77RhAmp6QqdoZlmcKD798MjbjfQ5yNLEW1rLYwnqcKLO88EbuSl1Sb5FpwvqjTF0GivZ0H2UQroxJrX6SBjMq8AdKb15yw0PI1KUowyRuKxbksEsgwiH1BAWvmayhVHKqsvxeKaE/s921/Al_Freeman,_Jr._1975%20ABC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="687" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxC3gYqoiGwChYRFpQ1hZrXACuqmVL_roCVtj2h3Dl4prHP5xB77RhAmp6QqdoZlmcKD798MjbjfQ5yNLEW1rLYwnqcKLO88EbuSl1Sb5FpwvqjTF0GivZ0H2UQroxJrX6SBjMq8AdKb15yw0PI1KUowyRuKxbksEsgwiH1BAWvmayhVHKqsvxeKaE/w271-h363/Al_Freeman,_Jr._1975%20ABC.jpg" width="271" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Al Freeman Jr. in a scene from the 1975 ABC TV
series, Hot l Baltimore.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: I want to shift now to your
commercial work, which I understand is extensive. First, I am a huge fan of
commercials, I have several articles and a couple hours of commercials posted
on my blog and <i>YouTube</i> channel, so
when I said earlier I recalled your Peppermint Pattie commercial, I really did!
It must have had a long run because I certainly remembered it.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>Everybody seems to. It
ran for ten years.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="319" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DH90DZv7DXg" width="384" youtube-src-id="DH90DZv7DXg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><i>Saundra McClain’s Peppermint Pattie spot.</i></p></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Wow! That is a long time for a spot
to run. No wonder so many remember it. About how many commercials did you do
throughout that period in the 70s and 80s?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>Oh gosh, probably at
least one hundred if not more. I mean, I that was that was how I made pretty
much made my bread and butter. Theater [only] paid a living wage when I was in
a Broadway show, so commercials is really what I did, and voice-overs.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Other than Peppermint Pattie, can you share some of the brands
you may have represented?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;">Saundra McClain: </b><span style="text-align: left;">Oh, McDonald's Burger King, Virgin Airlines,
Anacin . . .</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">I did several McDonald’s
commercials now that I think of it. Several detergents . . . what was the lady
that used to do your fingernails?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Oh, Madge and Palmolive. “You're soaking in it!” You did one of
those. That's great! </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">[</span><i style="text-align: left;">Note: Baby Boomers may be the only ones that get that reference.</i><span style="text-align: left;">]</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL8W65dPa3Rd8kzt2o5bEa31cJfQxopecb1g2DU84Ehz20lhAB18OBFwHfYN4xIblkBrOyrASxFZ4ktsAWtPnju-oOXy53t8K_cpk7S5uRFoZZDyK5E3i3IRKzaP7PBz5Y85lIm-bOucnAOtPeCzxojsVq2vXh4IUJ9qk7T8x1MKvmdM8SJt9BOD4/s868/385852967_620201290323073_1209112447263759314_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="640" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL8W65dPa3Rd8kzt2o5bEa31cJfQxopecb1g2DU84Ehz20lhAB18OBFwHfYN4xIblkBrOyrASxFZ4ktsAWtPnju-oOXy53t8K_cpk7S5uRFoZZDyK5E3i3IRKzaP7PBz5Y85lIm-bOucnAOtPeCzxojsVq2vXh4IUJ9qk7T8x1MKvmdM8SJt9BOD4/w313-h424/385852967_620201290323073_1209112447263759314_n.jpg" width="313" /></a></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;">Saundra McClain: </b><span style="text-align: left;">I remember
doing Wendy’s.</span><b style="text-align: left;"> </b><span style="text-align: left;">Oh, I mean it's so
many.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: You were definitely representing all the big major brands in the commercials back then.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;">Saundra McClain:</b><span style="text-align: left;"> Joy, Tide, Solo, which had short life, I just
remember the slogan . . . [</span><i style="text-align: left;">Note: Solo was
sold from 1979 to 1990. Its slogan was, "You can't forget the softener
with Solo.”</i><span style="text-align: left;">]</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Fantastic. Well, I'm the commercial
guy, so that that is just a point of great interest to me. The thing about
commercials is that national brand commercials get played a lot. It makes you a
familiar presence to those kids who do watch TV. It’s a similar situation with
Vicky Dawson, who also has a very extensive commercial resume. While it may not
make you a household name as such, it does make you a familiar face, and in a
large ensemble comedy, that can make it more inviting to young viewers.</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Theater,
The Tonight Show, and Tiny Tim</span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: OK, speaking of large ensemble shows,
looking through your credits, but it seems that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i> may have been your first series on which you were
a regular recurring cast member, would that be correct?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;">Saundra McClain: </b><span style="text-align: left;">Yes.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: And about that time, getting back to
your theater work, I know you did a Broadway play — <i>Comin’ Uptown</i> from December 1979 through January 1980 [<i>Note: Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens</i>], so I'm wondering if you recall if you were rehearsing
for that show at that time. I know it's
going back a long way . . .</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>Yeah, we pretty much
at the same time. I know I was in the show and probably doing the TV series [<i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>] at the same time, but
<i>Comin’ Uptown</i> wasn't my first
Broadway show, no. [<i>Note: That would have
been the show</i>,<i> The River Niger</i>,<i> in 1973.</i>]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ae13U: Nan-Lynn Nelson was also doing a
Broadway play about the same time as <i>Hot
Hero Sandwich</i> [see </b><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/06/hot-hero-sandwich-off-stage-with-cast.html" target="_blank"><b>Nan’s interview</b></a><b> for more information.]</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>We were down the
street from each other. She was doing <i>Runaways</i>
and I was doing <i>Colored Girls </i>[<i>For Colored girls Who Have Considered
Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf, Sep. 15, 1976 – Jul. 16, 1978.</i>]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: So, that was about the same time?
I’m fascinated by how busy everyone was between the theater and the show.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Backtracking a bit, what I love about you
on the show are your characterizations. Not only the unique accents and vocal
characterizations, but the full body language and mannerisms you put into the
performances in wherever you do. Whether it’s the crusty plumber in a Captain
Hero segment, a Jamaican school teacher, or a Stone Age or a Space Age school
teacher, you seem to be able to create and inhabit a wide variety of character
types. While the other cast members also did that to various degrees, that
really seemed to be your forte.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0BoCjq58IoY" width="361" youtube-src-id="0BoCjq58IoY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 9 Stone Age Nightmare High.</i></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I've got a couple scripts from series
writer Marianne Meyer and while there's stage direction there’s not really much
direction on characterization. Of course, I don't know what went on at
rehearsals, but I'm wondering if you had the freedom to create these characters
or were they more prescribed?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>You know, we just all
pretty much did our thing. I mean everybody that was in the show, we were
pretty much established actors and brought their own characterizations to the
fore . . . Matt [McCoy] was really good at that sort of thing of various
characterizations. I've worked with Frankie [Faison] several times. He played
my husband God knows how many times! You should ask him.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mWO3WZWtQIY" width="386" youtube-src-id="mWO3WZWtQIY"></iframe></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 5: What's New Talk Show
Parody Segment with</span></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Matt McCoy as the host and Saundra McClain, Frankie
Faison, Andrew Duncan,</span></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Claudette Sutherland, Jarett Smithwrick, and L. Michael Craig.</span></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Oh, I plan too someday if I get the
chance! Some of the other actors remember whose <i>Saturday Night Live’s</i> actor’s dressing room they were assigned to.
Do you recall whose dressing room you were assigned?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain:</b> Well, I don't remember
. . . and the reason I feel is because, before becoming an actor, I worked for
Johnny Carson — I worked at NBC — So, I knew the studios, but I never paid
attention. There were so many people that that went by me during the time that
I worked at the Carson show, <i>The Tonight Show</i> rather, that I don’t recall. When you’ve worked with Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jack
Benny . . . [laughter].</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Really? You worked on <i>The Tonight Show</i> when it was in New
York? What was your job?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>I was the talent
coordinator. We worked in the same studio I think as <i>Saturday Night Live</i>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
was broadcast from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, which was also home to
Saturday Night Live and Hot Hero Sandwich on Studio 8H.</i>]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ae13U: </b>So, that was your old stomping
grounds anyways. Well, that does put your performance on <i>Hot Hero</i> in a larger context. That was an epic era for <i>The Tonight </i>Show. You're really
entrenched in TV history!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>I’m so entrenched that
I actually helped plan Tiny Tim’s wedding!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note: That legendary moment in TV history
took place Dec. 17, 1969</i>.]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="362" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8ypcn-YxqF0" width="435" youtube-src-id="8ypcn-YxqF0"></iframe></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i>Tiny Tim's Entire Wedding to Miss Vicky | Carson Tonight Show.<o:p></o:p></i></p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Wow, you really are entrenched! That
is definitely an iconic moment in TV history. I actually got to meet him once
when he played at the annual Tulip Festival here in Albany, NY. Was that your
only role at Rockefeller Center?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>I [previously] worked
as a “guidette” and<b> </b>I took people on
tours of the NBC studios and facilities, so asking me whose dressing room . . .
Good Lord! [laughter]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: [laughter] Yeah, I guess that would
be a bit of a lost detail considering the work you had been doing there before <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>. So, that’s actually what
they called tour guides back then, “guidettes?”</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXShw2dnJ1KpUMdXQnw_Ni2w1JxaGp0UJsuaoeAIbjy2H-l3DBuQAts74mLlAwg4wx-4moiyNklVxqCInD9c74BkgXI9F9AoLfQMANBcF2ypGQZg7xR5KvD44WW7P5kaVHcirXW8bpIsva3HpsxDDBg4jutAdbhtl6AKO4GDXXKXKxIEGb4R26vFOE/s300/REGIS%20PHILBIN%20and%20NBC%20Guidettes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="290" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXShw2dnJ1KpUMdXQnw_Ni2w1JxaGp0UJsuaoeAIbjy2H-l3DBuQAts74mLlAwg4wx-4moiyNklVxqCInD9c74BkgXI9F9AoLfQMANBcF2ypGQZg7xR5KvD44WW7P5kaVHcirXW8bpIsva3HpsxDDBg4jutAdbhtl6AKO4GDXXKXKxIEGb4R26vFOE/w393-h407/REGIS%20PHILBIN%20and%20NBC%20Guidettes.jpg" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Regis Philbin with late 1960s-era NBC Guidettes in Los Angeles.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saundra McClain: The guys were “guides,” I
was a page, and the females were “guidettes.”</span></b></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: So, you really kind of worked your
way up.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain:</b> I did it for three weeks! [laughter]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Well, you were there and then
returned as a talent coordinator for one of the most iconic shows ever. That
does give a lot of context for your later career. In whatever capacity you
could find, you worked as close to the industry you could.</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Get
the Hell Out of Philadelphia</span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ae13U: Regarding the end of Hot Hero
Sandwich and what the cast knew of its future . . . I’ve gotten a mix of different answers on
this question. Some hoped there would be a second season, some assumed there
wouldn’t be a second season, for some it was just another gig, and </b><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/10/hot-hero-sandwich-off-stage-with-cast.html" target="_blank"><b>Vicky Dawson reports</b></a><b> being told by Fred Silverman’s office
there would be a second season, and her character in <i>Another World</i> killed off because of it.</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">So, given this mix of answers I have to
ask, and I know it’s been a while, do you remember any rumors or stories going
on back then about a possible second season or not?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;">Saundra McClain:</b><span style="text-align: left;"> Yeah, I heard rumors about it, but nothing was
said to me. I do remember we </span><span style="text-align: left;">were nominated for something . . .</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: There were two Emmy award wins and five nominations for the
show.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;">Saundra McClain: </b><span style="text-align: left;">Right, so we thought that the show was going to
get picked up because we were sort of like the </span><i style="text-align: left;">Saturday Night Live</i><span style="text-align: left;"> for kids.</span><b> </b>And the kids [younger
cast members] were really cute. I do remember that. So, they did a nice job.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="298" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Y2_rx_6wYs" width="359" youtube-src-id="8Y2_rx_6wYs"></iframe></div></b><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 7: Captain Hero Segment. Saundra McClain plays
a wisecracking plumber to Claudette Sutherland and Adam Ross as Captain Hero!</i></p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Are there any other tales from those
times you remember? I understand, as Claudette Sutherland noted, the supporting
cast wasn’t in the studio as often as the main cast, and if an actor wasn’t in
a sketch, chances are they weren’t aware of it.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain:</b> I think the reason why
we don't remember some of the other skits is because we only got the skits that
we were in, and I never saw the show, so we never knew what was going to air
and when.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Right, and VCRs were very expensive
back then, and a busy, young, New York City actor usually has other things
going on Saturday mornings, such as rehearsals, work, or sleep after a late
Friday night performance!</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">One last question I usually ask is what
advice you might have for young performers, but I can’t help but think about
what Al Freeman Jr. told you, “Get out of Philadelphia.” Go to where the
industry is. I guess that would be a big major piece of advice you might give.
Would that be a safe assumption?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>Yes, but I don't want
people to think that I didn't complete my education. I have an MFA! [laughter] But
I did drop out my senior year and then I didn't go back to school until
sometime later.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: As college faculty, I'm glad to hear
that! Though that one bit of advice, “Get out of Philadelphia,” sounds like the
title of a motivational book for actors. [laughter]</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain: </b>It was “Get the HELL
out of Philadelphia!” Not just “get out,” but “Get the hell out of Philadelphia,”
and when I mentioned it to him years later, he said, “Don't blame it on me!” [laughter]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: That's a great Hollywood story, and
I’m such a big fan of Al Freeman Jr., that was a kick to hear. Well, Sandra,
that kind of wraps up my questions. I’ve learned a lot about the show, your
career, and a bit of TV history, I can’t thank you enough for your time today.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saundra McClain:</b> Thank you. Bye!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="312" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2GyWSUslkuo" width="375" youtube-src-id="2GyWSUslkuo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 6: Running Away. Some
sketches have a dramatic component, as in this piece with Denny Dillon’s
character who decides she wants to run away.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Saundra makes her entrance at 4:45.</span></i></div></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Concluding
Thoughts</span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfCxWgH98ERAlQ8VPciMotrO-k-YrMzRpC7pDkDfbA7_W6jTh26ytCtyoSJuiTEtZkP5IvSfUnKu0zKdsaHb-WuPGpAtDJ5DYDFy7JxWJGES16ISGvicooQgcJKKdN-O0g3icvRnxajAPeWd56p8Vp_cOjZtLV4MEQeLgEWdgJjFbDxflY6pMTZOw/s482/D000D279-FFBE-404F-B472-10291FEBB5A4-2_j.webp" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="365" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfCxWgH98ERAlQ8VPciMotrO-k-YrMzRpC7pDkDfbA7_W6jTh26ytCtyoSJuiTEtZkP5IvSfUnKu0zKdsaHb-WuPGpAtDJ5DYDFy7JxWJGES16ISGvicooQgcJKKdN-O0g3icvRnxajAPeWd56p8Vp_cOjZtLV4MEQeLgEWdgJjFbDxflY6pMTZOw/w151-h200/D000D279-FFBE-404F-B472-10291FEBB5A4-2_j.webp" width="151" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">After <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>, Saundra McClain
continued her career in acting, accruing nominations for NAACP Theatre Awards,
Ovation Awards, and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her roles in
<i>A Raisin in the Sun</i>, and her performance
in <i>Wedding Band</i>. She later earned her
MFA is in Directing from CSU-Fullerton, and moved into directing and teaching
at such institutions as Queens College, California Lutheran University, AMDA — The
College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts, The Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA),
Pomona College, and California State University- Fullerton, passing along her
experience to new generations. Along the way, she also found the time to author
<i>Peepo & the Magic Talisman</i>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite
those considerable and significant credits, it is often the smallest
discoveries about the <i>Hot Hero</i> cast
that connects me with their work. As it turned out, I watched Bruce and Carole
Hart’s work on <i>Sesame Street</i> as a
five-year-old during its very first few seasons. I grew up listening to
Claudette Sutherland on my dad’s copy of the Broadway cast recording of <i>How to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying</i>. Saundra McClain’s Peppermint Pattie commercial was played so often
that as a budding young, and notably untalented, mimic, I would repeat her
short spot imitating her as best I could — and often to my mother’s irritation.
My delight in discovering Saundra was the actor in that commercial was like
finding an old childhood friend.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="329" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IYOl9PEpRBg" width="396" youtube-src-id="IYOl9PEpRBg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Saundra McClain — One-minute demo video.</span></i></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet, that is
magic of television. Even short commercial spots can create an intimacy and
familiarity between the actor and the audience, and that safe space can turn a
cast of strange faces in an ensemble into something a bit more inviting, even
if only at a subconscious level.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">McClain started
off in the post office before transitioning to acting. This recalls a line in
Robert Townsend’s 1987 film, <i>Hollywood
Shuffle</i> about a Black actor’s struggles. Rather than compromise your
dreams, the film’s mantra was, “There’s always work at the post office.” [<i>Hot Hero Factoid: Townsend auditioned for
Hot Hero Sandwich with the role going to Jarett Smithwrick</i>.]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe, but not
for Saundra McClain. Sometimes, when you want your dreams to come true you have
to get out and deliver them yourself.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Hj4r8_nXOhb8OR-l27yjwtLbMuobG9CwV7LEQYb1w8Cw1ErnfMUPwhxqndmYmp83zjjl-YBHeXgxIZrlNVaYgz1__b-_nYU4RhnMAiw52DzoeDDdrb9ZTeShYoT3nQ72TTD-IDKolXOwiGgyprhuPGNXAscq8vzSDdYGit2JDVEzuurR2RRv-TVL/s300/Saundra%20McClain%20-%20Squared..jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Hj4r8_nXOhb8OR-l27yjwtLbMuobG9CwV7LEQYb1w8Cw1ErnfMUPwhxqndmYmp83zjjl-YBHeXgxIZrlNVaYgz1__b-_nYU4RhnMAiw52DzoeDDdrb9ZTeShYoT3nQ72TTD-IDKolXOwiGgyprhuPGNXAscq8vzSDdYGit2JDVEzuurR2RRv-TVL/w345-h345/Saundra%20McClain%20-%20Squared..jpeg" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Saundra McClain — Today (saundramcclain.com).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-50477170578900482742023-10-31T05:57:00.013-04:002024-03-18T18:34:14.483-04:00The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1966)<p><span style="font-size: large;"> by G. Jack Urso</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="366" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R8KqEcri5H0" width="440" youtube-src-id="R8KqEcri5H0"></iframe></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the Aeolus 13 Umbra YouTube channel.</span></i></div></i><p></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A period documentary on the making of the classic sci-fi
movie. Interviews with the film makers during the production,
including production designers, actor Keir Dullea, and author Arthur C. Clarke. Produced by the Thomas Craven Film Corporation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at the original theatrical trailer, also hosted on the Aeolus 13 Umbra <i>YouTube</i> channel:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9e6GtHlGe4w" width="367" youtube-src-id="9e6GtHlGe4w"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">●</span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">●</span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">●</span></span></div>
<br />G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-87596509383205130102023-10-12T23:40:00.045-04:002024-02-27T06:17:06.731-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich — Off-Stage with Cast Member Vicky Dawson<p></p><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wcyKxn1P-FvwjotFEuSrEmxlbVOtB8tFu6neYIbxh9dZ1vKkxCZNYPp9FIbRGr_if-sSO25tFSl9NRfXx3Y428frd4pyEwn9ZDtNr4v-5yoV9836zR4WieCIkqkLPNBaZ8eY6STuUEBoYcGjmJkWn8I-u40-ueadzs4iYiupZnLhZeKqdYzgty_o/s699/Snapshot_7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="699" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wcyKxn1P-FvwjotFEuSrEmxlbVOtB8tFu6neYIbxh9dZ1vKkxCZNYPp9FIbRGr_if-sSO25tFSl9NRfXx3Y428frd4pyEwn9ZDtNr4v-5yoV9836zR4WieCIkqkLPNBaZ8eY6STuUEBoYcGjmJkWn8I-u40-ueadzs4iYiupZnLhZeKqdYzgty_o/w389-h298/Snapshot_7.JPG" width="389" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2023,
Vicky Dawson, celebrates the 50th anniversary of her first on-screen credit, an
<i>ABC Afterschool Special</i> “Rookie of
the Year,” starring Jodie Foster. What better way for a Hot Hero cast member to
get started than in a series which dovetails nicely into Bruce and Carole Hart’s vision to produce programming that models positive behaviors for
adolescents. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">But wait, there’s more!</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">That
common clarion call from commercials highlights Dawson extensive
commercial experience dating back to 1971 (nearly 150, most as a child actor),
as well as let you know that there is more to Dawson than what first meets the
eye. In the cast, Dawson represented the stereotypical pretty and popular girl
in school. No, she didn’t wear a bag over head like Stanley Dipstick or have
purple make up and bald caps like Ym and Ur; however, Dawson could go
toe-to-toe with a Broadway veteran like Claudette Sutherland and had the
“give-it-all-you-got” actor’s credo that is essential to every production and indispensable to comedy. Sure, she looked wonderful in dresses and jeans, but make her up as a Stone Age high school student or a giant dreidel and she’s
still all go.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the
same age when I was barely able to drag myself out of bed and my existence stood
as a monument to underachievement, Dawson had two jobs on network shows at the
same time. While, yes, luck plays a large part in the entertainment world, it
only gets you a seat at the table — talent and hard work keeps you there and
Dawson has been there for five decades.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every
interview uncovers more pieces of the <i>Hot
Hero</i> puzzle. Here, we learn more about just how close <i>Hot Hero Sandwich </i>got to a second season — or at least how close
NBC President Fred Silverman wanted people to think, we dive into some after
school children’s programming, review some clips, find out Jane Fonda has an
aversion to baboon costumes, and just exactly what John Belushi kept in his
closet in his dressing room at <i>Saturday
Night Live</i>.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">______________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">An
Early Start</span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8Kst-nDjbLEnOK-qIqQHr-xdNgZ4yYD5vTWt64vFywtwL8DvvYUJXFrmem8DVvtLFA-nmNQ5rGhQofFDnBxymiAB4Vfl81ZUpQmrPxWx8d8IYioAn9_L3ddW5csg7b4dj6xbnuK_MT2tiUWcd5PVRi1lVpbJsXB2LL89o98kZfiZ3epnCS8V27aE/s615/Snapshot_19.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="615" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8Kst-nDjbLEnOK-qIqQHr-xdNgZ4yYD5vTWt64vFywtwL8DvvYUJXFrmem8DVvtLFA-nmNQ5rGhQofFDnBxymiAB4Vfl81ZUpQmrPxWx8d8IYioAn9_L3ddW5csg7b4dj6xbnuK_MT2tiUWcd5PVRi1lVpbJsXB2LL89o98kZfiZ3epnCS8V27aE/w368-h288/Snapshot_19.JPG" width="368" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot
Hero Sandwich <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0eORCbx5vw" target="_blank">Episode 9: Space Age Nightmare High</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vicky reports on the first
woman president, Donna Summer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div></i></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: To start off, just to get some basic
information, you were the youngest main cast member. I was told you were 18,
but given your birthday of July 5, 1961, you were actually 17 when you began
filming the series, correct?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Correct. It was during my time when I was on <i>Another World</i> [an NBC daytime soap opera]
and I did graduate from high school that year and moved right into New York.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: At 17? Where you living with family
members? I know you also attended New York University. Was that about the same
time?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>That was a little later.
I grew up in New Jersey. My family was always commuting into the city and then
when I was on <i>Another World</i>, it was just the commuting was a lot and so my
parents were like-minded in that they thought I should just live in the city . . . set me up and there I moved in and then from basically right at the end of
my 17th year I was doing <i>Another World</i>.
I started <i>Hot Hero</i> and I think we
shot it all through that summer.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ae13U: According to your </b><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206290/" target="_blank"><b>Internet Movie Database profile</b></a><b>, starting at age 10, you did a lot of commercial work, about 150 in
all. How many commercials do you think you did before <i>Hot Hero</i>?</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Before <i>Hot Hero</i>? Let's see, I would say
probably two-thirds of them because I just was doing a lot of commercials as a
kid. I did do more commercials as an adult, but not so much. I kind of moved
away from that and wanted to work on other kinds of things.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: You were doing those commercials in New York City, correct?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>New York or on locations.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ae13U:</b> <b>What brands did you represent in the commercials as a child actor?</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Oh, my gosh. I'm pretty
much across the board. AT&T, Cracker Jack, Pepsi, Hallmark . . . I mean, you name it.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: What inspired you at such an early
age to pursue acting?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson:</b> I honestly just think
it's a passion and I just loved it. Obviously, with anything that you do,
there's sacrifice. And so despite sacrifices, I continue to want to pursue it
and my folks were very good and balanced about it. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ae13U: </b><b>Speaking of sacrifices, were you
able to do the school play, go to the prom, things like that despite your
schedule?</b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Yeah, but most part I was
able to find the balance. I think there were a couple of instances where I
think there was a bigger project involved.
My mom, who invested a lot in terms of her time with me, was kind of like, “You
should do this,” and I wanted to go to the PEP rally! A 14-year-old would think
so. There were a couple of times that happened, but for the most part I pretty much always
wanted to do what was coming my way. On the East Coast, they don't have the
same Jackie Coogan Laws like out here [Dawson is located in Southern
California] where they need a tutor on the set. I mean, it's kind of the wild,
wild, West and so I missed a lot of school.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: How about acting, dancing, singing
lessons? Did you do anything like that?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>I took dance and I took
voice, but I'm not really much of a singer, but I did love dance but no, I
never did because I was working so much. It was all I could do. I had
opportunities with amazing people who taught me on set, some of these people
that are just icons, so I appreciated that.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="325" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DLQ4UUxJr2g" width="391" youtube-src-id="DLQ4UUxJr2g"></iframe></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot Hero Sandwich <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLQ4UUxJr2g" target="_blank">Episode 11: Nightmare High Grease Musical Parody</a>.</span></i><br /><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">In
Character</span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: I’d like to shift gears a bit and
discuss the <i>After School </i>specials you
did. You did three <i>ABC After School
Specials</i>, including “Rookie of the Year” (1973) with Jodie Foster, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMlhpnn1F5Y" target="_blank">It Must Be Love ‘Cause I Feel So Dumb</a>” (1975), “Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother”<i> </i>(1982), and one <i>NBC Special Treat</i>, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01WL-T4Ycvg" target="_blank">Snowbound</a>” (1978). I’d like to focus on two of
them, “Snowbound” and “It Must Be Love ‘Cause I Feel So Dumb,” both short,
30-minute programs.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I love both these wonderful coming-of-age
films. In “Snowbound” you appear in just the opening exposition and the resolution,
but you have this </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01WL-T4Ycvg&t=30m14s" target="_blank"><b>nice scene at the end</b></a><b> where you realize your boyfriend is
falling in love with the other girl, and there’s a mix of a sudden realization
and disappointment on your face that I thought was remarkably true to the
moment. </b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">My favorite though, and one in which you
have a bit more to do, “It Must Be Love ‘Cause I Feel So Dumb,” really
fits into the <i>Hot Hero</i> theme of
modeling positive behaviors in awkward situations. It also stars Alfred Lutter
as the young boy whose affections for you create the conflict in the story.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wMlhpnn1F5Y" width="379" youtube-src-id="wMlhpnn1F5Y"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">ABC
After School Special “It Must Be Love ‘Cause I Feel So Dumb” (1975).</span></i></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note: Lutter originated the role of Tommy in
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974) and in the subsequent TV pilot; as Young
Boris, the younger version of Woody Allen’s character, in Love and Death
(1975); and the brainy baseball statistician, Ogilvie, in Bad News Bears (1976)</i>]</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">Ae13U: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In both, however, I see a trend. You play
the pretty, popular, and slightly entitled girl. Was this a trend in your early
career as a child actor?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>You know, you're
right. It seems like I would either get
cast as the nice pretty girl, the girl-next-door person, or the absolutely
horrible cheerleader type, which is very typical but just the way it goes. You
know, it's funny because for this project I was originally cast as the quiet
girl.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Really? The girl that Alfred
Lutter’s character eventually hooks up with at the end?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Yeah.<b> </b>I was cast in that role and I think ABC thought the gal that was
cast as the real, glamorous, sexy cheerleader, was, I think, was a bit too
glamorous and too sexy. I guess they
liked me, thankfully, and they just moved me over to the other role and recast
the other part.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Interesting how you got pushed into
that roll, though the girl who did eventually get cast for that part [Denby
Olcott] did bear a slight resemblance to you, except for the pigtails.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>I got that part because
she [Olcott’s character] plays the flute here. I play the flute. That's why I
got that part.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Were you aware at the time of this growing sense that, you know,
another cheerleader, another pretty girlfriend of the popular boy. Did you have
a sense of this trend back then?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>You know, you always have
to like the person you are, even if it's a terrible person because that's not the only thing they are, there's a lot of different levels to a person, so I always found
if it was well-written, then there’s always different things that you can touch
on and work on and make those characters interesting and actually hope to win
the audiences, either their approval for you or they’re rooting for you that
you stop being such a jerk.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">But no, but as
an actor you shouldn't approach any role like, “I hate this person,” because
that's not the way people think. So, I never really found it boring and if the
writing is good I could find something to work on for me to make it worthwhile.
Plus, I always did a lot of theater so that's where you really have an
opportunity to grow and be more challenged than whatever you’re branded as for
TV or film.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdaO_D4Y3s3GZZ2X9Jbo4RTi-D4WjgN8jS5k0P6J6q0VKhXuARYJ0xX7uka3bA9kV5ZnSxEIh_Q10-ZO9kxL732bgATYCmkZSZvAOnkm1xQ-9HzWdjr7EJHLdD6ooyNnZkhorVEycSGqhzz6q-CDnX8xbyP-w7HijS0oew7OIJ3KirVyPPyzRFL-E/s1920/thumbnail_image7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdaO_D4Y3s3GZZ2X9Jbo4RTi-D4WjgN8jS5k0P6J6q0VKhXuARYJ0xX7uka3bA9kV5ZnSxEIh_Q10-ZO9kxL732bgATYCmkZSZvAOnkm1xQ-9HzWdjr7EJHLdD6ooyNnZkhorVEycSGqhzz6q-CDnX8xbyP-w7HijS0oew7OIJ3KirVyPPyzRFL-E/w302-h402/thumbnail_image7.jpg" width="302" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vicky Dawson caricature by Hot Hero series
writer Sherry Coben, <br />drawn during the time of the series (1979).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Character Development</span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Turning back to <i>Hot Hero</i>,
there were some regular characters like The Puberty Fairy [Andy Breckman],
Stanley Dipstyck [Paul O’Keefe], Tapedeck [L. Michael Craig], or Ym and Ur
(Denny Dillon and O’Keefe]. You, along with some of the other actors, didn’t
have those type of recurring characters. I’m not suggesting that they should
have put a bag over your head, but I’m wondering if you felt at the time this
was something you maybe were missing out on? It’s a bit of a small point, but
I’m a bit curious about that.</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5bnWNqLOf8GQxPRy7AOTS2ApzbTvETIhnR1xkcOtF6yZ2IblXm188qKsMmlgY2KMYHkyTMydKvmnz256qk_L0bbkR6TaH7g-MV_8LA4p1t_CTIeSzzubboY08CrWpsOqQ_iQWI8lKFg1IKtVABcFv1cxNn4d4yYg7UqKO3WWYydkfxrMloRo9Ges/s1089/JD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1089" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5bnWNqLOf8GQxPRy7AOTS2ApzbTvETIhnR1xkcOtF6yZ2IblXm188qKsMmlgY2KMYHkyTMydKvmnz256qk_L0bbkR6TaH7g-MV_8LA4p1t_CTIeSzzubboY08CrWpsOqQ_iQWI8lKFg1IKtVABcFv1cxNn4d4yYg7UqKO3WWYydkfxrMloRo9Ges/w459-h257/JD.jpg" width="459" /></a></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vicky Dawson in Hot Hero Sandwich <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P28FOHJarOE" target="_blank">Episode 6: The Holiday Play.</a> </span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sometimes, an actor just has to dreidel.</span></i><br /><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>No, it's a good question.
I think that Denny was more of the seasoned comedienne . . . so I think a
lot of it just naturally went to her because and she was wonderful. I think I
did do more of the straight kind of roles. I think I had a “Vidal Baboon”
character, I was a Jewish dreidel . . . two little things, but I think a lot of
what I was fighting was my schedule because, you know, I would have to be in
Brooklyn at seven in the morning, so leaving Manhattan at five. At that time, <i>Another World</i> was a 90-minute show . . .
and I always had a very big story on <i>Another
World</i>, so if I only worked at the quote “morning shift” I would be done by
one or two and then they would have a car for me and they would take me to
Rockefeller Center and then I basically work at Hot Hero Sandwich till – oh, my
gosh — those were some late nights.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And into the early mornings by some accounts. You must have been working
close to 19-20 hours a day some days.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>I'm not in as many things
as the other actors because I literally was there maybe half the time they were.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
There was one episode, episode 7, were you were only in two scenes and
in non-speaking roles, so I see that. Still, you managed to have a lot of
scenes, including one I have cued up I’d like to take a look at where you do
some interesting character work. Your Hot Hero Café character, Susan, rebels
against the “dumb girl” stereotype she has, so decides on a change. It’s one of
my favorites, so, let’s take a look at it.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="312" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yUXcs3rpsEs" width="375" youtube-src-id="yUXcs3rpsEs"></iframe></div></b><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 9: Hare Susan.</span></i><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
I like that sketch. It gives you a chance for some broad
characterization. While it may be lost on viewers today, Hare Krishnas and
cults like the Moonies [the Unification
Church] were ubiquitous in urban areas, even up in Albany [where this author
lives] but they were kind of like everywhere back then and even as a teenager I
could see a lot of young people, some of whom seemed to be just being
exploited.</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vicky Dawson: </b>Yeah, I think that's why
they wrote that, because it was a thing then.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: It’s just a short sketch, but you
show a range of emotions from joy to disappoint, rejection, pathos, and then
back to joy at the end. Still, as I’m watching it, I see a young woman trying
to break free of the role others created for her and I’m wondering if you
didn’t perhaps see an analog with the roles you were getting and wanting to
break free from that?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>I honestly don't remember
being bothered by that. I think I had a few fun things to do. Honestly, I
was up at five and probably going to bed at midnight, one. You know, I was
happy to be working and grateful for both jobs and just trying to keep it all
together and show up on time everywhere.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: And you were doing all at ages 17
and 18. Incredible. OK. Let’s take a look at a sketch I watch with Claudette
Sutherland, the “Name Jeans” sketch from episode 8 where you and Claudette are
mother and daughter debating whether or not to buy an expensive pair of
designer jeans. Let’s watch and get your response.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="323" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4u_mCsbMmg" width="389" youtube-src-id="J4u_mCsbMmg"></iframe></div></span><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 8: Name Jeans.</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: When I spoke to Claudette, I got a
clear understanding you guys didn't do extensive rehearsals on this, nor on
most sketches.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: [laughter] </b>No, we didn’t!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: What impressed me about this sketch
is knowing this and seeing the timing is sharp, the responses snappy and
believable mother/daughter chemistry, despite the fact you didn't have much
rehearsal. Claudette is a Broadway vet with nearly two decades of experience at
this point and here is 18-year-old Vicky Dawson going toe-to-toe with her.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Thanks. That's nice. You know, it's
funny. Watching these clips, I've forgotten that it appears to me that they
would shoot it like a like a master shot like for film where it was a
one-take thing. I don't remember how many cameras we had, but it was probably
like a three-camera show so that they weren't editing later and you just had to
get everything right. You know, it wasn't like they could fix it in the editing
room because so yeah, it was it was fun and challenging.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: OK. One more clip I love because
it’s a short 30-second film with no dialog. From episode 1, the “Dating
T-Shirts” short.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="316" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qHaLsMGS2mw" width="380" youtube-src-id="qHaLsMGS2mw"></iframe></div></b><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 1 Short Film: Dating Shirts.</span></i><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: [laughter] I played that for a few
friends and it seemed to us a very “70s-era” clip. I don’t have any children,
but not sure that I would let my 15-year-old daughter stay out to midnight. Dating is, of course, a recurring theme on the series, like in the </span><span style="font-size: large;">"Name Jeans" sketch where your character wants to attract a boy with the right pair of jeans.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>In the scene with Claudette, I think they
told me you can say any guy’s name [as the name of her character’s boyfriend],
so I said, “Greg Irvine” because he was my boyfriend then, but now he's my husband.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Oh, my gosh, I never realized that!
Of course, your name is Vicky Dawson Irvine. I must have seen that clip a dozen
times and never made the connection. That is fantastic! You’ve been together 43
years. That is an impressive feat inside or outside Hollywood. It’s always
wonderful to hear that, and there it was all along right in front of us.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcASPGNv46Q4bC-YAQWGg8YKyGsRQ2hOpelTlYgXnrEDNVRRJT_6u75ZNOslmgBYdhZix9oScDab7u2bKpqbLn7EUXN6S-B-9cbppXDUNGOjmkQm-7YoYsq8HUUROw_YWQnSYGlLl97EK3fEamfiInv2117jq-loGmlsx2q19HKgthvDdxK9calWua/s934/394198871_341905928216028_8240446869084426663_n.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="934" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcASPGNv46Q4bC-YAQWGg8YKyGsRQ2hOpelTlYgXnrEDNVRRJT_6u75ZNOslmgBYdhZix9oScDab7u2bKpqbLn7EUXN6S-B-9cbppXDUNGOjmkQm-7YoYsq8HUUROw_YWQnSYGlLl97EK3fEamfiInv2117jq-loGmlsx2q19HKgthvDdxK9calWua/w407-h307/394198871_341905928216028_8240446869084426663_n.jpg" width="407" /></a></div></b><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vicky Dawson and Greg Irvine, not long after the show (photo courtesy
Vicky Dawson).</span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Behind the
Scenes</span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z7tF4FA3XzU" width="386" youtube-src-id="z7tF4FA3XzU"></iframe></div></i></b></span><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot
Hero Sandwich Episode 1 Opening Credits.</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></i></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: OK, small point I’ve wanted to ask.
In the opening credits, who was the man in car acting as the driving
instructor? I know it’s been 43 years, but just one of those things the Hot
Hero Historian likes to check up on. Was he a crew member or something like
that?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vicky Dawson: </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm sure he's a hired actor. I don't think
they pulled him off the street or anything. I believe we shot that in Yonkers.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">[</span><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; text-align: left;">Note: I reached out to series writer Sherry Coben
and film editor Patrick McMahon after this interview and they revealed
the name of that driving instructor, and it surprised me so much, it deserved
its own article: <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/10/hot-hero-sandwich-short-take-on-john_8.html" target="_blank">Hot Hero Sandwich — Short Take on John Nicolella, Consultant/Location Producer</a>.</i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;">]</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: I would love to get some street
names used in the opening sequence and go down there and take photos of the
locations as they are now. Something for the future to do</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">How did you land the audition for the show?
Did you get it through an agent? Word of mouth? Trade ads? Based on what the
other actors said, I’m guessing perhaps it was probably your agent.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Yeah, I had an agent and
a manager and that was back in the day when you could freelance agents, so I
had a manager and it was basically whichever agent contacted her first to have
me read for something they were the ones that had dibs. Now, you just have one
agent and they don't have to compete. I don't really remember who it was and I
don't remember much about the audition to be honest . . .</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Well, nobody does of those I
interviewed so far. It was so long ago. Any other memories?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Well, first of all,
everybody was so nice. It was so fun, and even though we were always busy and
working to put so much material together. There were bands coming in and the
interviews that they were doing, and so it was just a really fun environment to
be in. I remember tap dancing with Sandra [McClain, a supporting cast member]
to pass the time in the hallways. I remember that it was the studio where <i>Saturday Night Live</i> shot.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ae13U: </b>Do you recall which <i>SNL</i> cast member’s dressing room you got?</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>Yes, I was in John
Belushi's dressing room! [laughter] and I opened his closet — just because it
was unlocked and I think I was going in there to put something
in there and all of this like knitting or crocheting or something came out like
single chain. Not a sweater or anything. It was just a one long single chain
all coiled up. I guess it was a wardrobe mistress or somebody who also works at
<i>Saturday Night Live</i>,<i> </i>she goes, yeah, he would just do that
to calm his nerves before the show. He would just do it put it in the closet,
just stuff it in there and it comes tumbling out at you.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: [laughter] That is a classic bit of
TV history and gives some insight into Belushi. Thank you for sharing that!
Anything else stands out in your mind after all these years?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzZdo6AOhCESDSW-ifRCGIzCGihT64CE7KlYYS9DaF20Qaydqhqj3AKJfKT_DyFoPsAJbiFCIZGC2f0rSPp7Ez3IYaopv2FdVE5oXXM3_SvnoHvuKUoRGryg0YYsnvF2r39B3c5-wpR0Oh2diVg2zHWIbOJ7UFrCThxS7eTjAlbtpyGqnM2G2vJ00/s1332/sa.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="1332" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzZdo6AOhCESDSW-ifRCGIzCGihT64CE7KlYYS9DaF20Qaydqhqj3AKJfKT_DyFoPsAJbiFCIZGC2f0rSPp7Ez3IYaopv2FdVE5oXXM3_SvnoHvuKUoRGryg0YYsnvF2r39B3c5-wpR0Oh2diVg2zHWIbOJ7UFrCThxS7eTjAlbtpyGqnM2G2vJ00/w491-h126/sa.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vicky Dawson in character on Hot Hero Sandwich
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BoCjq58IoY" target="_blank">Episode 9: Stone Age Nightmare High</a>. Not her “Vidal Baboon” character, but
probably not far apart on the evolutionary scale.</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>I do remember meeting Jane Fonda. I think that she was doing <i>Meet the Press</i> and so they used the same studio and makeup room
right there. I think there was would have been a
Sunday morning and I was doing my “Vidal Baboon” character and I had a fur
onesie on, these pink high heels, and my Vidal Baboon sash. I think they did
end up using those scenes in the shows, but I might be in doubt. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note: Those scenes, however intriguing, were one of several sketches that did not make it on air. Although material for twelve episodes were planned and sketches filmed, the high costs of production resulted in only eleven on-air episodes and the extra footage not used.</i>]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were taking
me into makeup to get the final, finishing touches which was my underarm hair,
attached to my underarms, and Jane Fonda is in there getting touched up for <i>Meet the Press</i>, and ,you know, she
doesn't like people to talk to her, but I understand she's getting ready to
go do a very serious show and basically I looked like Barbarella, her worst nightmare . . . not one of her favorite memories.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note: Jane Fonda and her then-husband Tom
Hayden appeared on </i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akvu-H921PA"><i>Meet the Press, Sep. 29, 1979</i></a><i>, to discuss McCarthyism.</i>]</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">She looks at me
— like, to the side — when I sit in the chair next to her and, you know, I
followed what they told me. I didn't say anything, but then they lifted my arms
and they started gluing the hair. And I think it was just too much for her to
take, and I just like kind of looked at her and I was like, “Hi!” Someone came
in and said, Vicky, "We're going to, we're going to work on your costume out here." She [Fonda] had asked that I be removed. She’s a really lovely person and I don't
blame her on a Sunday morning trying to put together very serious thoughts.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Right. I watch <i>Meet the Press</i>
and<i> </i>I can just imagine some of the
questions she was about to face. Understandable, but with the Belushi story,
those are two classic Hollywood tales. Thank you so much for sharing.</span></b></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">One
More Thing . . .</span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One last question I like to ask everyone is whether you thought there
might have been a second season for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot
Hero Sandwich</i>. Some thought there might have been a chance. Others
suspected that the network was sabotaging the show because it was so expensive.
What were your thoughts?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>One thing that’s
interesting, after working 20 hours a day for like seven months, whatever it was
. . . <i>Hot Hero </i>was picked up and they
were going to move it to LA down here [where Dawson is now located]. I don't
know why, but they made that decision. It was better for them. So, we were all
going to move to shoot it.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
That’s a new twist I had not heard!</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vicky Dawson: </b>Of course, it was
problematic for me because I was on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Another
World</i>. So, at the time, Fred Silverman, because they were both NBC shows,
just said we need her [Dawson] to go to LA with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero</i>. So literally, in one day on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Another World</i>, I had my wedding [<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Note: Dawson’s on-screen husband was Ray Liotta</i>], I had my
honeymoon night, and I got a headache, and then I died of a brain tumor in my negligee. All of this was to get me off the show fast. I packed my bags. I was leaving that Friday. It was like
Wednesday and NBC pulled the plug on the show. I went from two jobs for months
on end to no jobs.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Wow. That is heartbreaking. Welcome
to Hollywood, huh? Just when I think I’ve heard all the <i>Hot Hero</i> secrets, another one pops up. One thing I have learned
though, Fred Silverman doesn’t have many fans among the Hot Hero alumni.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Well, Vicky, I see we’ve come to the end of
my questions and I think I’ve taken up enough of your time. We’ve learned some
really interesting things today that really helps put the <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> picture together. Thank you!</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vicky Dawson: </b>It was very nice to meet you, a pleasure
to chat, and thanks for the trip down memory lane.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Concluding
Thoughts</span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span>If you wanna be a star of stage and screen </span></i><i style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 27.6px;">— </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span>Look out, it's rough and mean.</span></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">— </span></i><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">AC/DC, It's a Long Way
to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><i style="font-size: x-large; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></i></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One thing I have
learned regarding <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i>
is that NBC President Fred Silverman told the cast and crew and the media
different things about the future of the show. When it came down to the end,
Silverman seems to have played people along — telling them different stories — in
order to hide his true agenda to end the show. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: right;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dawson today. </span></i><i> </i></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIEht5a76baTYTXgnJYLeAzMqwLlJchHegFI059VkIS2SjUWvJUhQL0EjSqJ_i47AE0jvh3hqN86LdxzopzFKeIKtV1GEe6Q-WhUjOoI-wEZ3yPys1SGwLUoodam3W6H5Kd5ypth1yq0GuvzLMh9rHmfJwE-PnHVbo68eyKeDbXxZ8uBcRNGTVjs8/s508/New%20Picture%20(1).bmp" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="340" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIEht5a76baTYTXgnJYLeAzMqwLlJchHegFI059VkIS2SjUWvJUhQL0EjSqJ_i47AE0jvh3hqN86LdxzopzFKeIKtV1GEe6Q-WhUjOoI-wEZ3yPys1SGwLUoodam3W6H5Kd5ypth1yq0GuvzLMh9rHmfJwE-PnHVbo68eyKeDbXxZ8uBcRNGTVjs8/w151-h226/New%20Picture%20(1).bmp" width="151" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">The episode
where Dawson’s character dies on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Another
World </i>(Episode #1.3916) aired on Dec. 11, 1979. In a Jan. 18, 1980, article
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New York Times</i>, Fred
Silverman, then president of NBC, cited <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot
Hero Sandwich</i>, as one of several shows that demonstrated the network’s
commitment to “informational children’s programming.” Then, a week later, the
show was cancelled. I can give Silverman the benefit of the doubt he had not
made the decision by Dec. 11, but he clearly was hedging his bets with Dawson
and keeping others in the dark by telling conflicting stories. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It will be interesting to find out what Silverman told
Matt McCoy and Paul O’Keefe someday. I almost expect two completely different
stories I haven’t heard before.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I watched Vicky
Dawson recount the story about the various challenges and disappointments over
her career, there was a certain sense of serenity to her. An acceptance as she
acknowledged the realities of the business.
I’m sure the scars still linger, but so do the victories. Another aspect
of long-time actors I’ve interviewed is their resilience born of their love for
the trade. They know they swim with the sharks. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s a tough business, but
there comes the moment when you’re the one on the stage, when you’re the one
who has the spotlight, and when 43 years later you’re the one being interviewed
— YOU, not the sharks.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">You have to be
brilliant to stand out in an industry whose darkness can diminish your light, but t</span><span style="font-size: large;">hat’s why we
call them stars.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because only stars shine in the night</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div><br /><p></p>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-62198373289128041422023-10-08T13:04:00.027-04:002023-12-28T07:29:56.304-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich — Short Take on John Nicolella, Consultant/Location Producer<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">by G. Jack Urso</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSSa1mUC0qO2_gARjUeFfoh5hkxb0MIwMpsDcW8Rtswy5-tCQX9uNhTvVw2j1djdinC3bxoHztDeld8Hd-K0FkR3S6AAuJ3nq00x6euH0DRKIqAwzanJYo7rrXAY9ZXSHlSGAYOmCy82vYLXa7itxTb5eq47cCAMPwhTX9Z5PI9sm_Uvh_edcOi3l/s1492/Publication1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="1492" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSSa1mUC0qO2_gARjUeFfoh5hkxb0MIwMpsDcW8Rtswy5-tCQX9uNhTvVw2j1djdinC3bxoHztDeld8Hd-K0FkR3S6AAuJ3nq00x6euH0DRKIqAwzanJYo7rrXAY9ZXSHlSGAYOmCy82vYLXa7itxTb5eq47cCAMPwhTX9Z5PI9sm_Uvh_edcOi3l/w548-h96/Publication1.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Scene from the opening credits.</span></i></div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hey,
who is that guy?</span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In interviewing
the cast for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i>, I
sometimes ask questions on a very small point. What kind of equipment did they
use, do they remember the audition process, where did they live, etc. At times,
I’m almost embarrassed to ask some of these questions, but the historian in me
hates to leave no stone unturned.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh10EodNNpbSLoLAOLJ7WwS9n3OBjP2PtYjSvKiAiTYwblnkWMfF8gLqM88i2OJDMUqjEeS-_lFSlZ3a0ScKyQ8L1-WTdOcUcIFKv6N0LxljbWRnftt2hxnuPNW0Va4DgCFiQGirZjl8RSntJaHmXIgbpN2MOAgfYMoUDIPStdY_RbAQsiQgkNN8CY/s699/Snapshot_16.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="699" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh10EodNNpbSLoLAOLJ7WwS9n3OBjP2PtYjSvKiAiTYwblnkWMfF8gLqM88i2OJDMUqjEeS-_lFSlZ3a0ScKyQ8L1-WTdOcUcIFKv6N0LxljbWRnftt2hxnuPNW0Va4DgCFiQGirZjl8RSntJaHmXIgbpN2MOAgfYMoUDIPStdY_RbAQsiQgkNN8CY/w184-h143/Snapshot_16.JPG" width="184" /></a></div>Having watched
the opening credits an umpteenth number of times, I noticed that besides the
main cast, there is just one other individual (not including the dog) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7tF4FA3XzU&t=58s" target="_blank">who appears in the opening credits</a> — the driving instructor in the car with Vicky Dawson as
she gets picked up by the gang in the Hot Hero van.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It is o</span>nly a few quick seconds, but I was curious. Was
it maybe an actual driving instructor and his car hired for the shoot? An
extra? I had a chance to ask Vicky Dawson about it and naturally after all
these years she wasn’t sure, but thought it was a local actor.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was curious, so
I reached out to series writer Sherry Coben and her husband series film editor
and associate producer Patrick McMahon, and their response proves that some of
the most interesting stories can be found in the unlikeliest of places — right
in front of you along.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coben noted that
the driving instructor was their friend and colleague John Nicolella who served
as free occasional consultant to Bruce and Carole Hart. He was a producer and
director (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Saturday Night Fever</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Miami Vice</i>) who started as an assistant
director in NYC. The NYC film/TV community was close and collegial and such
favors were common. Nicolella helped the Harts put together the crew for the
film shoot of the opening credits, and since he was there on location with him,
they put him in the car.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In reviewing <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630372/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_john%2520nicolella)" target="_blank">Nicolella’s credits</a> in the <i>Internet Movie Database</i>, I was surprised to find out that in
addition to production/producer credits on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Saturday
Night Fever</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Miami Vice</i>, he
also directed some of my favorites shows, including the four excellent martial
arts <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vanishing Son </i>TV movies
featuring my local hometown hero actor Russell Wong and an episode of one of my
favorite, if short-lived, superhero series, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">M.AN.T.I.S.</i>
starring Carl Lumbly. Nicolella’s last credits were as executive producer for
Don Johnson’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nash Bridges</i> TV series
(he also directed Johnson’s music video for his song “Heartbeat”) before
passing away far too early in 1998.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazingly, I had
been a fan of Nicolella’s work all this time.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to
Patrick McMahon, John Nicolella was an experienced and successful assistant director turned film producer. He met Bruce and Carole Hart in New York when the Harts asked
him to produce their TV movie <i>Sooner or
Later . . . </i>(1979). Nicolella was busy as he was producing a movie for
Robert Stigwood at the time, but he worked up the budget for the Harts’ film in
pre-production and, according to McMahon, “was quite taken with them . . . with
their <i>Sesame Street</i> and <i>Free to Be . . . You and Me</i> (1974) background."</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">About a year
later, while working on <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>,
the Harts called Nicolella for advice on the film shoot of the title sequence. Nicolella
hired the crew for them and supervised the one-day shoot. In gratitude, the
Harts made him the driving instructor in the Vicky Dawson clip.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYKGGSmwT72RSgsAcNuKYpkq0SiNvM9bOzRpQwnKgLOy8IOqKSiGvIbZMEsnkEMbHdHLhgdJzmVD-WiyXlUjk4ejrVDiv22pM21mQ_zMkIMgPSK0U3PnYNPYCibjqNoCqgpT04P1PizzW75sC6LufHA2e6e0FOJKO1UcBW1LBr_XXsBTduRUHSiiE/s591/large.267534202_JohnNicollela.png.435d62f503e28241d6936a846f83722d.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="591" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYKGGSmwT72RSgsAcNuKYpkq0SiNvM9bOzRpQwnKgLOy8IOqKSiGvIbZMEsnkEMbHdHLhgdJzmVD-WiyXlUjk4ejrVDiv22pM21mQ_zMkIMgPSK0U3PnYNPYCibjqNoCqgpT04P1PizzW75sC6LufHA2e6e0FOJKO1UcBW1LBr_XXsBTduRUHSiiE/w392-h254/large.267534202_JohnNicollela.png.435d62f503e28241d6936a846f83722d.png" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">John Nicolella setting up a shot for Miami Vice (MiamiViceOnline.com).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few years
after that, when Nicolella was producing and sometimes directing the hit show
<i>Miami Vice</i>, the Harts called him again. They were doing a TV movie called <i>Leap of Faith</i> (1988) and they wanted to
use the Eagles song “Desperado” in their film but didn't have the budget for
it. Glenn Frey, who wrote the song, was working as an actor on <i>Miami Vice</i> at the time and had become
friends with Nicolella and, without a problem, the song was approved for that
movie.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">While members of
the crew sometimes turn up in a scene on a film they’re working on, I’ve found
no such mention for Nicolella and it may be that this one brief scene may be
among his few, and perhaps his only, appearance on film in a career he devoted
his life too.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone
deserves the spotlight sometimes, including the ones operating it.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="336" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z7tF4FA3XzU" width="405" youtube-src-id="z7tF4FA3XzU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 1 Opening Credits.</i></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[<i>Note:
According to Jarett Smithwrick in his <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/03/hot-hero-sandwich-off-stage-with-cast.html" target="_blank">interview</a>:
“The opening was shot in Westchester, a van sequence was shot in a park. I remember it was in a recreation area we
used to take kids to, when I worked as a camp counselor in High School. Yonkers
was the location for the remaining scenes if memory serves me right.”</i>]</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-44503605347745288102023-09-08T15:19:00.040-04:002024-02-11T15:10:57.253-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich — Off-Stage with Cast Member Claudette Sutherland <div style="text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6cnIKAf1a5Fj7gLM1U7Owf5mb6VtovfGhfiCY1UIM5u_KKNddKxnPmf5L1mwWnH5Qd5YoxYwUWq7GAF2hPPwdXIEXgKsdJ_V9mG9-eRRlbGrZmv68lqUgzi3st8EH7atjqFSulQIodJ3NdVyulzb6Gzr-Xyv8pNIhLvaBpKlhk2YjO52g7U-jYCq/s678/Snapshot_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="678" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6cnIKAf1a5Fj7gLM1U7Owf5mb6VtovfGhfiCY1UIM5u_KKNddKxnPmf5L1mwWnH5Qd5YoxYwUWq7GAF2hPPwdXIEXgKsdJ_V9mG9-eRRlbGrZmv68lqUgzi3st8EH7atjqFSulQIodJ3NdVyulzb6Gzr-Xyv8pNIhLvaBpKlhk2YjO52g7U-jYCq/w454-h216/Snapshot_1.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">When the opportunity to interview <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> cast member Claudette
Sutherland I immediately leapt at the opportunity. Not just because she is <i>Hot Hero</i> alumni, but she actually was,
unknowingly, a part of my childhood. Sutherland’s first role on Broadway was as
part of the original Broadway cast for <i>How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying</i> with Robert Morse in the lead
as J. Pierrepont Finch. My father — a repressed actor — loved the show. In
addition to having the soundtrack of the original Broadway cast (with
Sutherland), and seeing the film, we even had the board game!</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A quirky tale of ladder-climbing that
parodies and satirizes the post-war obsession with corporate success, the story
starts off with the hero working in a mailroom, echoing Bruce and Carole Hart’s
personal manager <a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/07/hot-hero-sandwich-in-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Larry Weiss’ tale</a> on how the legendary William Morris Agency started off their
agents-in-training in the mailroom. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9rPhRNMod9SJrcG7FWYli7G6HmuQpTKWOirp0mwMfKaA93wKv-wNSx4bR89RM7U7SmSWtkzcxFqG7PerSnvofT9mq43AROIgRA545PCxcdcckmYHbZGhJg0xh0fSSC8yyHRUbbWV0m_henPnOx5m_VPMOKq8XNVtJzU5azHa52_efet5rs_qsIwo/s1239/Publication1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="1239" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9rPhRNMod9SJrcG7FWYli7G6HmuQpTKWOirp0mwMfKaA93wKv-wNSx4bR89RM7U7SmSWtkzcxFqG7PerSnvofT9mq43AROIgRA545PCxcdcckmYHbZGhJg0xh0fSSC8yyHRUbbWV0m_henPnOx5m_VPMOKq8XNVtJzU5azHa52_efet5rs_qsIwo/w513-h197/Publication1.jpg" width="513" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>Left to
Right: Frankie Faison, L. Michael Craig, Saundra McClain, Claudette Sutherland,
Jarret Smithwrick, and Andrew Duncan. From the episode 5 sketch, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9J7e9O7qkc" target="_blank">What’s New</a>.”</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sutherland, along with Andrew Duncan,
Frankie Faison, Saundra McClain, and Adam Ross, form the supporting cast for <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>, performing the adult/parent
or child roles (the latter in the case for Ross), as needed. The steady,
experienced hand of the veteran older actors brought an efficiency and
stability to filming. As has been noted in several of the series’ actor
interviews, there were no extensive read-throughs or rehearsals in prep for the
sketches. Show up, know your lines, hit your marks, a couple of practice runs,
and then ACTION! Those cameras are rolling. You HAVE to be good. </span></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">These veteran actors brought a sharp
sense of timing in addition to portraying the wide variety of character types
needed. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sutherland was working in theater
during the time of <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>,
but later moved to television, racking up an impressive number of parts, before
transitioning to teaching creative writing (please visit her website <a href="http://www.gotoclaudette.com/" target="_blank">GotoClaudette.com</a>). In our
conversation, we discuss the long arc of her career, her involvement with the
show, and the dynamics of being a supporting cast member. We also take look together
at a few sketches she hasn’t seen since broadcast to get her reaction and
analysis as a veteran stage actor and writer. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">From Stage to Screen<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Did you intend acting for a career? It’s a perilous journey at best. Nothing is
guaranteed. There’s a lot of rejection, yet it attracts millions to pursue it —
willingly. What brought to decide that you had to try this? </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> Well, I did intend it. I was at Yale for Yale School of Drama for
a while. When I got out of school, I went directly to New York and <i>How to Succeed</i> was the first audition I
had and I booked it. I mean, I just went, “Oh, that's easy.” You just go and
you sing and then you get the thing and then you do it! I was all sort of,
“Well, yeah, isn't that the way it's supposed to be?” But it wasn't for most
people and for me that was just really a piece of luck. Good luck. So, I was
grateful for that. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
How long were you with <i>How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying</i>? </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> It ran for 2 1/2, three years, and I was in it the whole
time. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Jumping ahead a few years, just prior to <i>Hot
Hero Sandwich</i>, you were mainly just doing theater at the time,
correct? </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> That’s right</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Do you recall how you got involved with <i>Hot
Hero Sandwich</i>? Did your agent hook you, word-of-mouth, ads in the
trades? </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> [laughter] I have no idea! I have no memory of that at all. Maybe
Bruce and Carole knew of me, they may have. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note
from series writer Sherry Coben: “Everyone involved in NY theatre knew of
Claudette, and everyone knew Andrew Duncan too from his work in improv and
comedy. There were a series of auditions for all the cast members, but it is
within the realm of possibility that Claudette and Andrew may have gotten
offers without auditioning. I think Frankie and Saundra probably auditioned
though since we weren’t that familiar with their work.”</i>]</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Did you audition directly for Bruce and Carole? </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> [laughter] That's so funny,
I don't even remember an audition. Sorry! </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Well, it was a while ago, though that seems to be fairly consistent with the
cast’s recollections. In the course of their careers, everyone must have gone
on hundreds of auditions, at least. </span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">_________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Name Jeans — Episode 8<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
I’d like to draw on your theater experience and take a closer look at some
sketches from <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>,
which range from broad comedy to a more serious, realistic, “true-life”
situation. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>One
sketch that comes to mind is the “Name Jeans” sketch from episode 8. Rather
than the broad comedy of, say, a Nightmare High sketch, this is a small scene
between you, as the mother, and Vicky Dawson, as the daughter. Playing out an
almost timeless theme — teens and the latest fashions. In this sketch, Vicky
wants to buy a pair of designer jeans for $40 (approx. $160 in 2023). </b> </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note:
This sketch was timely as 1979 was the height of Jordache Jeans’ well-funded PR
campaign and just preceded Calvin Klein’s infamous 1980 jeans ads with Brooke
Shields</i>]. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I
know you haven’t seen this since it was filmed, but I’d like to take a look at
that sketch with you now and get your thoughts. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="342" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J4u_mCsbMmg" width="411" youtube-src-id="J4u_mCsbMmg"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 8: "Name Jeans.”</i></span></div></span><p></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note:
Series writer Sherry Coben appears as the store clerk. The sketch itself may
have been written by Marianne Meyer.</i>]</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Claudette
Sutherland:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> [laughter] Oh, my God . .
. I have long hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was about a size
10, and I looked a little bit like Mary Tyler Moore, but other than that . . .
how funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
[laughter] Well, what like about this scene is . . . first, just to note for
our readers, the line about the mother’s t-shirt lasting longer than Elvis
comes just two years after he had passed away, so still a bit timely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">There
are a couple things about this sketch I like. First, it models a real-life
scenario for both parents and teens to watch together, which was part of the
vision I think the Harts had for the show, but also the acting in the scene is
pretty tight. The rapport between you both is believable. The dialog is snappy.
The timing is spot on. It’s a testament to you both, and Vicky is just 18
here. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> Yes, that’s right. I
remember. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Yet, she keeps up with you, a Broadway vet. I’m wondering if you could share
some thoughts about this scene. To achieve that timing seems like it would take
a lot of rehearsal, but just the opposite is true here. You both got your
script, were expected to show up and know your lines, a couple run-throughs and
you’re filming, right? </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> Well, you know, it
depends on the production, but in this case, and I must confess, to not being
able to remember a tremendous amount from that time because it was so long ago
because I’m so old [laughter], but sometimes the things that are done on the
fly are the ones that stay the freshest. So, you know, if you've got a time problem
with the scene or with the show or whatever, you know, it's not such a bad idea
to kind of step up to the plate and wing
it in a in a way. I don't remember that we had tremendous rehearsal time . . .
I don't remember a lot about that time. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
In my mind, knowing the long days that were put in, I’m thinking you’re all
standing around, doing read-throughs, exploring the characters, rehearsals, but
now I realize I realize you guys didn't have time for that. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> No, there's not. You just
go. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fitting In — Episode 5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
OK. I have another scene cued up, from episode 5, “Fitting In,” with Denny
Dillon. Now, this is a much broader kind of comedy, so the question I’d like to
explore afterwards regards the strategies for doing this kind of broad comedy
built on stereotypes rather than the more character-driven and conversational
humor in the “Name Jeans” sketch. Let’s take a look and get your thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="335" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o52LgGQGrpo" width="403" youtube-src-id="o52LgGQGrpo"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 5: "Fitting In."</i></span></span></div><p></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Note:
Sherry Coben and an associate producer also appear in this sketch as customer
extras.</i>]</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
I love that sketch, it still is pretty spot-on in that some teen themes, like
our appearance, are pretty timeless. While like “Name Jeans” it deals with the
teen obsession with appearances, the approach is much broader. Is there a
danger of “overacting” in such sketches, or can one really “overact” in these
pieces because they’re “over-the-top” to begin with?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> No, you don't have to
overact, but, you see, in all of these situations you simply trust the text.
And that's, you know, the text is what you have to work with and when the text
is good and well done, in my opinion, you just say it. I know that that sounds
simplistic, but for me that has always worked when the text is good, when the
script is good. If it doesn't then it shows like overacting or it shows as
underacting, whatever it shows, but when the script is good then you’re in fine
hands and you just have to trust it . . . and that makes you trust yourself and trust your first impulses. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Since we’re discussing “fitting in,” <i>Hot
Hero Sandwich</i> had a large cast. It's a 50-minute show with seven main cast
members, five supporting cast members, you, Andrew Duncan, Saundra McClain,
Frankie Faison, and Adam Ross. I also
count Dr. Tom Cottle as a cast member because his segments took up time on the
show and set up the sketches. So, in a way, I look at him as a cast member as
week, so there's fourteen people all demanding attention to a degree. I wonder,
was the cast too big for the show? </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> Gee, I never gave that
much thought. I guess I would have to sit and look through a hole through a
whole production to decide that, but at the time, I didn't. I didn't feel that
way at all. I thought it was very well produced and very well-written and I
think it really served its purposes. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Having watched the entire series, I think that for such a large cast that they
made the effort to respect the actors enough to provide a balance of work for
everybody. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> Seemed to me, yes. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
I think they tried to give everyone the spotlight as much they could in a short
eleven-episode run. I thought Jarret Smithwrick and Vicky Dawson could have
done a bit more. They didn’t have characters like The Puberty Fairy, Tapedeck,
Stanley Dipstyck, Captain Hero, or Ym and Ur to have fun with, but perhaps a
small point given the abbreviated run. </span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
recall talking with cast member Michael Longfield (L. Michael Craig) about his
experiences on film, specifically the film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Taps</i>,
where he noted there was a hierarchy, or at least a separation between the main
and supporting cast members. I’m sure there’s a big difference between a
Hollywood film and a TV production, but I’m curious if there any similar sort
of hierarchal dynamic on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sandwich</i>, or were you just a bunch of
actors together working on your scenes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> I would say that it's the
last because number one, there was no reason for us to be all together when we
were taping or anything of that sort. It was pieced together and then in
editing. That was what pulled it together and made it a whole show. So, I don't
have a memory of it being hierarchical. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7--ADJMcckr-9fDVn_HTZp3EAufaog1lxY0zYNWv5V86_pHm9YNAh3Zxick8ri-yNb73D_3MCr6QaUTRT-r5BpLSNS_L9PHaXcTIYZNio8W8JhfaEocQ3NwatY8CYFocZ3ZGbdw0v9hJcHnGG-5NqO6N3yTtU2DRZmAlBENvGeg-rP0oORigYA5wB/s615/Snapshot_5.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="615" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7--ADJMcckr-9fDVn_HTZp3EAufaog1lxY0zYNWv5V86_pHm9YNAh3Zxick8ri-yNb73D_3MCr6QaUTRT-r5BpLSNS_L9PHaXcTIYZNio8W8JhfaEocQ3NwatY8CYFocZ3ZGbdw0v9hJcHnGG-5NqO6N3yTtU2DRZmAlBENvGeg-rP0oORigYA5wB/w378-h295/Snapshot_5.JPG" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Left to Right: Claudette Sutherland, Adam Ross, and Saundra McClain.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
On the perimeter of all this is the lone child actor, Adam Ross. I always have
had mixed feelings about the use of child actors. In the late 1980s, I spent
two summers as a tape operator for a PBS uplink facility in upstate New York
and probably saw every episode then in syndication of <i>Sesame Street</i>, <i>Mr. Roger’s
Neighborhood</i>, <i>Reading Rainbow</i>, <i>Zoobilee Zoo</i>, among many others, and, of
course, I grew up also watching <i>The
Electric Company</i> and <i>Zoom</i>.
Commercial children’s productions, such as those from Disney and Nickelodeon,
seem, frankly, a bit exploitive to me. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Then,
on <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i>, we have Adam
Ross, who was maybe 13 years old at the time. The only child actor in cast of
11 adult actors, not to mention the crew and staff, Adam is there all alone —
one child in a sea of adults. He’s a
novelist now, and editor of <i>The Sewanee
Review</i>, a literary journal, so he’s done well for himself, but still I
can’t help but have some concerns about what the experience must have been for
the lone child actor. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> He [Ross] . . . had to have a tutor. That relationship, which most kid actors had,
was often with their tutor as much as it was with the show. So, that's another
way to look at that and to see how kids fared with their tutors. I mean, they
could have had bad tutors or they could have had really tutors that changed
their lives. It's an interesting question to ask. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
I also should add Adam really holds his own in a lot of his scenes, all of
which were with older, more experienced actors. He’s pretty assertive and
something of a scene-stealer, so he was well-chosen by the Harts. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> I’m sure that’s the
case. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Transition to Writing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Turning to your writing career a bit, I read you transitioned to writing and
teaching creative writing, even in Singapore for a couple of stints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At what point did you decide to transition from acting to writing and teaching?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> What was happening was,
most of my time was in New York for thirty years. When I came here [California]
was in 1990 and I was done with New York, I was just done with it, and it was
getting kind of staggy around about in the ‘80s. So, I left and they came out
here and I'm glad I did because when I came out here. There was television out
here and there wasn't that much television, only soap operas, shooting in New
York. I came out here and I started to work in television — about which I sort
of have mixed feelings because I'm a theater person, right? And I, you know, I
realize there's money in television, so I wanted some of that money and so
that's what I began to do. But then when I reached my middle 50s, the roles
that were that were available for character women like myself were beginning to
disappear or be taken by very established character actresses. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not saying that I didn't work. I
did quite a lot of work out here but, finally, I began to feel that it wasn't
enough, and for me it wasn't about money as much as it was feeling creative. So
that's when I began to teach creative writing, because I have a really good eye
for it and I'm a good writer and I like that relationship. I very, very much
like teaching people how it works. So that became the thing that has it has
occupied me for the past few years and I'm glad it has because it's got a
longer shelf life than anything else does. So, that's good, because you know,
I'm 84 years old, so what am I going to do? I can't turn back the clock
[laughter]. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Do you recall if you had any expectation for a second season or did you see it
as just a summer gig? Was there any anticipation that the show might go on for
a second season? </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> For me, there wasn't, necessarily.
There may have been other cast members who felt differently about that, but I
I'm not sure. I just felt it was kind of a one-off for me. I guess had it been
picked up . . . for another season that would have been OK, but I wasn't really
a principal player. I mean, I was a player, a really good player, but so for me
it was fine. So, it was like a one-off. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Did you have much contact at all with Bruce and Carole Hart? I know they
weren't there for the entire filming in New York. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> I remember staying in
touch with them . . . seeing them from
time to time and I always respected their work a lot. So, I was very pleased
for them [winning the Emmy]. They were really good at what they do. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
It was a long time ago, so a lot of these casual details are hard to
recall. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> You jolted my memory in
some places! Then when I have to see myself [in the clips] all those years ago,
I go, “My Lord. Where did that hair come from? When was I ever a size ten?”
[laughter] </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Well, watching the clips has been a trip down memory lane for everyone. I don’t
think any of the actors had seen the show since it was broadcast, so I’ve heard
some similar reactions. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Well,
talking about clips from the show, let’s take a look at one final scene you’re
in. Here, as Miss Pinch the librarian in the Nightmare High series of recurring
sketches, helping some students to check out books, or does she? Let’s watch. </span></b><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="312" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D6hFsqNF0iQ" width="375" youtube-src-id="D6hFsqNF0iQ"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 8: "The One
about the Whale.”</i></span></div></span><p></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> [laughter] </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
Poor Miss Pinch! Between Pooh and Moby Dick, she really had her work cut out
for her that day. With only slight variation, that sketch is still relevant
today as it regards the censorship of books in public schools. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> It’s true. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
That, along with other scenes, such as Jarret Smithwrick’s “n-word” monologue
in episode 5 or Denny Dillon’s scene on running away in episode 6, and even the
“Name Jeans” sketch with Vicky, deals with classic themes of growing up and
helps make the show a bit timeless in that respect. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Well,
Claudette, I can’t thank you enough for adding another chapter to the Hot Hero
book. Being able to speak with someone who unknowingly was a part of my
childhood has been great. Thank you. </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Claudette
Sutherland:</b> It’s been fun! </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Note: Other sketches Claudette Sutherland appears in include episode
3's, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrBRjRw6EoE" target="_blank">High School Job Counselor</a>," episode 4’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cb0VqOMSN0" target="_blank">Hippie Parents</a>” and "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGL1xqzg_1k" target="_blank">Sex Ed.</a>," and
episode 5’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9J7e9O7qkc" target="_blank">What’s New</a>," where Matt McCoy does a funny, satirical impersonation of talk show host </i><i>Tom Snyder</i><i>.</i></p></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">____________________________________________________</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Concluding Thoughts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span><i>Sutherland today. </i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Povo4qtX8gi1zADN1BOg17MqkeXjCVk5YDV5TGoY_j3vbRlTK9bq0hQH868XSkNCdveCh5F-fH6wmK63ornAEx1ta6k_sBiHjQTfPDacRzZfSgt-YVKMrWZOh352y4DGx621VOUIgRYI0u5bAbNHOhLlQJxZ1hfgHste5hSQXuJQ5dWI_sPz9ntY/s275/Claudette_headshot.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="173" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Povo4qtX8gi1zADN1BOg17MqkeXjCVk5YDV5TGoY_j3vbRlTK9bq0hQH868XSkNCdveCh5F-fH6wmK63ornAEx1ta6k_sBiHjQTfPDacRzZfSgt-YVKMrWZOh352y4DGx621VOUIgRYI0u5bAbNHOhLlQJxZ1hfgHste5hSQXuJQ5dWI_sPz9ntY/s1600/Claudette_headshot.jpg" width="173" /></a></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">The old trope of actors waiting around
in the dressing rooms waiting to be called on stage didn’t apply to the supporting
cast on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hot Hero Sandwich</i>. Series
writer Sherry Coben noted to me that unlike the main cast and the staff and
crew, if the supporting cast were not on the call sheet, they weren’t in the
studio. While the show had a five-day-a-week shooting schedule, all the actors
were rarely, if ever, called at the same time.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Claudette Sutherland’s experience as a
supporting cast member underscores the importance of having the steady hand of
experienced professional actors on board. <i>Hot
Hero’s</i> adult supporting cast members were veteran actors of varied
experience — working professionals who could rise up to the challenges of long
days, brief rehearsals, knowing your lines, hitting your marks, and needing few
takes. For producers, these are the people who help keep the shooting schedule
on time. John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and even Jack Webb had their own
supporting cast companies integral to their productions’ success. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sutherland also echoes a common theme
among the actors and writers I’ve interviewed for the<b><i> </i></b><i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> Project — the importance of luck and being
mindful of its fickle nature. In Sutherland’s case, she notes that she landed
her very first audition, which also just happened to turn out to be the first
run of an absolutely legendary Broadway show, <i>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying</i>. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet, in all cases, everyone also put
in the work on their craft. Before Broadway, Sutherland attended the Yale
School of Drama, not too shabby a place to learn. She recognized her worth as a
character actor, knew when to move from East Coast to West Coast, and knew when
to transition to a writing career. Spending decades looking at scripts prepared
her well to recognize good writing, and bad, so she took an element from acting
she connected with and evolved that into another career. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe it is just good luck that gets
an actor or writer their first break, but it takes hard work to get that bit of
luck in the first place, hard work to stay in the business, and then hard work to
make some luck of your own. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Though I somewhat suspect J.
Pierrepont Finch, the hero of <i>How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying</i>, might disagree. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-23460624983058896462023-08-09T07:43:00.074-04:002024-03-17T08:35:35.989-04:00The Futurists: CBS News — McGraw Hill Educational Film (1967)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="313" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jeb1BbSQb5E" width="377" youtube-src-id="Jeb1BbSQb5E"></iframe></span></i></div><p></p>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i>From the Aeolus 13 Umbra YouTube channel.<o:p></o:p></i></p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Futurists,</i> produced by CBS News and distributed by </span>McGraw Hill Educational Films, explores how prominent academics,
researchers, and authors of the 1960s saw the future unfolding. With interviews and narration
by Walter Cronkite, the documentary is a generally positive, if guarded view of the
21st century imbued with Space Age-era optimism. As an artifact of
the past, it fits in with the mission of Aeolus 13 Umbra to explore influences and trends.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clocking in at
25 minutes, Cronkite includes one breakaway, so the program seems designed for
a half-hour block on commercial television, but it’s hard to imagine this wonky
look at the future getting much airtime on network television except perhaps to
fill an early-hour Sunday morning public affairs network programming hole. Also,
the absence of any graphics and headshots-only betrays a low-budget
approach. No stock footage of space launches or computers and no images of the technological references made in the interviews grinds the
energy of the show to a near–complete halt.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>With distribution by the McGraw
Hill Educational Film division, it seems that the program was also meant to do
double-duty in schools, perhaps for a senior-level high school science class or </span>college students. </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The panel is comprised
entirely of White men in high-profile academic, publication, and/or research positions. While fewer in number, there were, of course, also female academics and scholars of other races and creeds the program
could have turned to for a broader perspective. In this respect, it reflects
the times but demonstrates how these high-profile academic and research
positions were still largely segregated in 1967. Nevertheless, one will be
hard-pressed to find bias among the individuals interviewed, who, being
futurists, have a generally progressive view of society and politics.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Featured in the
program in order of appearance:</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Olaf Helmer,
researcher, Rand Corp.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Theodore Gorman,
researcher, Rand Corp.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">R. Buckminster
Fuller, architect. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Sir Peter Bryan
Betteware, biologist. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Dennis Gabor,
author of <i>Inventing the Future</i>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Daniel Bell, Sociology
Dept. Chair, Columbia University.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Gerard Piel, editor,
<i>Scientific American</i>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Lord Ritchie
Calder, Edinburgh University.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Herman Kahn, director
of The Hudson Institute and author of <i>On Thermonuclear
War</i>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Sir Peter Bryan
Medewar, Nobel Laureate. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Isaac Asimov, author
and academic, Boston University.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Harrison Brown,
author of <i>The Challenge of Man’s Future</i>.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Bertrand De
Jouvenel, philosopher, political economist, and futurist.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">Walter Sullivan, science editor, <i>New York Times</i>.</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cronkite sets
the stage in the opening which features Helmer and Gordon from the Rand
corporation throwing dice to predict the likelihood of possible future
outcomes.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">A panel of experts has studied a list of
possible 21st century developments, from personality-controlled drugs to
household robots. They have estimated the numerical probability of each, from
zero to 100 percent. The twenty-sided dice are then rolled to simulate these
probabilities. A use of random numbers known as the Monte Carlo technique,
often used in think tank games. All of this is highly speculative.</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQu_4FAPenFeJ7EeRcZDeMy3YjdGAqEYMMmYCAHLWcziRCENc9alTEUr3ctD6UJkIAYFmkTHUvRPjQvnHC3lmbby6toq3L115jhqercpLGfXaw4PORdxjE8cWaTbolvIrLbYf2kbY6wlaW4bZqZBEZv6o2XlKUMLrOc-2TuxZou7hSkOCeAMhzYpT7/s480/The%20Futurists.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="480" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQu_4FAPenFeJ7EeRcZDeMy3YjdGAqEYMMmYCAHLWcziRCENc9alTEUr3ctD6UJkIAYFmkTHUvRPjQvnHC3lmbby6toq3L115jhqercpLGfXaw4PORdxjE8cWaTbolvIrLbYf2kbY6wlaW4bZqZBEZv6o2XlKUMLrOc-2TuxZou7hSkOCeAMhzYpT7/w400-h291/The%20Futurists.gif" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gif created by G. Jack Urso from screen shots
from the film.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The program
displays a decidedly First-World perspective on the future; however, to pass it off as irrelevant is to miss some buried treasure. Some predictions are spot-on,
others much less so, but altogether they provide an insight into then-current
academic views as well as the era itself.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">R. Buckminster Fuller discusses the
technological challenges, and solutions, of human settlement on the Moon. He
also predicts automation will results in humans becoming mostly consumers
rather than hands-on producers. This was not an unusual concern in the 1960s
as criticism of our conspicuous consumer culture rose in the post-war era. Fuller accurately notes that the Chinese, African, and South American markets are crucial
and those who can dominate those markets will dominate the future economy. More
interestingly, Muller opines on the possibility of teleportation, a burgeoning
sci-fi trope more widely used by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Star
Trek</i> which premiered in 1966.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Isaac Asimov, despite writing on computers
and robots in his stories, instead focuses on “the human heart” and our collective
desire for improvement. He cautions that the future of humanity needs to be
based on global cooperation and that by 2067 we will either have conquered our problems
through that cooperation or be destroyed by our inability to work together.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Herman Kahn
makes some spot-on predictions about the rise of Japan as an economic power, but
misses the mark on China, suggesting it would be unable to emerge as a strong
world economic power due to competition from Japan.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Walter Sullivan predicts
some of the scientific advances in the next 35-40 years (2002-2007) to involve
resolving the question of whether the universe is expanding or static, a
greater understanding of the nature of matter, producing clean energy via
nuclear fission, fuel cells, and improved batteries for electric vehicles,
which could dominate the transportation networks of the future.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sir Peter Bryan
Medewar suggests over-population and population control will become greater
concerns as medical advances extend the human lifespan.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lord Ritchie
Calder posits, “Freedom begins with breakfast. You can have all the freedom in
the world, but if you’re not fed or taken care of — if society is not taking
care of your needs — then you’re not free.” While exemplative
of Calder’s socialist beliefs, in all modern Capitalist
nations forms of socialist programs like food assistance, disability assistance, and unemployment assistance now exist, and the need growing due to overpopulation and the effects of
global pandemics on the economy.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrANQ3ZIMO6ig9opGuKVPgqWk8-ecVoe2S1ciLh2UbS5q_q0Gjn6oCVKJDos_6XO4MQ5HY69HAxX2SeTZxm9tzqAGAGTfsBAn4lnmleOWtYw86gaf_0UEzay29suIZY2xzcRiJTYiMH8Ju7WmBTxFkc4umye2csFi47ssgHlSqK0wRzF5VGseYeiz/s884/Photo%20by%20Donald%20Silverstein,%201966.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="670" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrANQ3ZIMO6ig9opGuKVPgqWk8-ecVoe2S1ciLh2UbS5q_q0Gjn6oCVKJDos_6XO4MQ5HY69HAxX2SeTZxm9tzqAGAGTfsBAn4lnmleOWtYw86gaf_0UEzay29suIZY2xzcRiJTYiMH8Ju7WmBTxFkc4umye2csFi47ssgHlSqK0wRzF5VGseYeiz/w304-h400/Photo%20by%20Donald%20Silverstein,%201966.jpg" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pop culture’s concerns in the
mid-1960s about the future were a bit more mundane <br />(photo by Donald
Silverstein, 1966).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Olaf Helmer,
at the beginning of the program, sums up the conclusions of the Rand Corp. think
tank’s experiment:</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">We wind up with a world which has the
following features: fertility control, 100-year lifespan, controlled thermal
nuclear power, continued automation, genetic control, man-machine symbiosis,
household robots, wideband communications, opinion control, and continued
organization.</span></i></div><div style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Does any of that
sound familiar? While one can get bogged down with a cynical view of the future
based on these scholar’s predictions, there is an underlying optimism, a faith
that the inventive ingenuity that has carried civilization thus far will
continue to meet its challenges.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One can only
wonder what these futurists in 1967 would have thought of 2023 had they been able to see this far into the future.</span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-20707908518442871292023-07-29T19:15:00.022-04:002024-01-28T18:36:50.393-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich Clip Job! All Opening Credits<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KodzfxUdpK7U9N6U8-gEMlgqoodQ4zRGXWabzj12MXIkhPTRA6_P1DxhsyAAXJ6Izq7RHt8tv_ANysfvU8iynZikLvLxCxNvgFJmVlYF8hymx_hAjUMkrBTuOn5aKxPHZC8gGu7lWqujim5R4EbBt6-TQS5xpr6S-_61mKGFshELXq8bKIz1x_fa/s4032/Sign%20Lite%20Up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KodzfxUdpK7U9N6U8-gEMlgqoodQ4zRGXWabzj12MXIkhPTRA6_P1DxhsyAAXJ6Izq7RHt8tv_ANysfvU8iynZikLvLxCxNvgFJmVlYF8hymx_hAjUMkrBTuOn5aKxPHZC8gGu7lWqujim5R4EbBt6-TQS5xpr6S-_61mKGFshELXq8bKIz1x_fa/w452-h339/Sign%20Lite%20Up.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The original Hot Hero Sandwich sign seen in the
opening credits still lighting up in 2023!</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></o:p></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The opening
credits to <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> features not only the awesome theme song, but also
had Casey Kasem introducing that week’s celebrity and musical guests. Kassem,
well known to its audience not only for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American
Top 40</i>, but also for voicing Shaggy for the various incarnations of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Scooby Do</i>, Robin for the various
incarnations of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Super Friends</i>, and
the G-Force leader Mark on the ground-breaking <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2017/10/battle-of-planets-complete-series.html" target="_blank">Battle of the Planets</a></i> (see link for the Aeolus 13 Umbra article). So, hearing
his voice created an immediate “Hey, I know that guy” vibe. A minor touch, but
by using elements familiar to audience, from celebrities to musical groups to
voiceover artists, an inviting environment is created which draws the young audience further into the show. We should also mention the absolutely wonderful emotive voice work Barbra Feldon (Agent 99
on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Get Smart</i>) did on the bumpers (see below).</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="198" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z7tF4FA3XzU" width="236" youtube-src-id="z7tF4FA3XzU"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="198" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/86Mtm1YUQxk" width="243" youtube-src-id="86Mtm1YUQxk"></iframe></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Episode 1 </i><i>Opening </i><i>Credits. Episode 2 </i><i>Opening</i><i> Credits.</i></p><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="204" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/em4KAZujKWY" width="240" youtube-src-id="em4KAZujKWY"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="203" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nyqDiiWHReg" width="244" youtube-src-id="nyqDiiWHReg"></iframe></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Episode 3 </i><i>Opening </i><i>Credits. Episode 4 </i><i>Opening</i><i> Credits.</i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="200" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dVDIsOuJ_lE" width="240" youtube-src-id="dVDIsOuJ_lE"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="200" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VdsiSqFNbOw" width="241" youtube-src-id="VdsiSqFNbOw"></iframe></div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Episode 5 </i><i>Opening </i><i>Credits. Episode 6 Opening Credits.</i></p></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="201" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/82GLoqZSTWM" width="244" youtube-src-id="82GLoqZSTWM"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="200" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LNkqAYF6lqk" width="241" youtube-src-id="LNkqAYF6lqk"></iframe></div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Episode 6 Opening Credits. Episode 7 Opening Credits.<o:p></o:p></i></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="207" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CI0JBgGkXq4" width="248" youtube-src-id="CI0JBgGkXq4"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="208" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cS22s_iWYEA" width="240" youtube-src-id="cS22s_iWYEA"></iframe></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i>Episode 9 Opening Credits. Episode 10 Opening Credits.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="208" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xEOaO0a3VP4" width="247" youtube-src-id="xEOaO0a3VP4"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="207" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zr1PPtFjk5k" width="245" youtube-src-id="Zr1PPtFjk5k"></iframe></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i> Episode 11 Opening Credits. Barbra Feldon Bumper Voiceover Samples.<o:p></o:p></i></p><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">●<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>●<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>●</span></span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>G. Jack Ursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16721118287476523638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552243203583049477.post-59043481195913215792023-07-24T11:27:00.075-04:002024-01-02T08:47:58.840-05:00Hot Hero Sandwich — In Conversation with Talent Agent and Personal Manager Larry Weiss <p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by G. Jack Urso</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrLsoeATZfdCka7TFL-aQ9Rx3S4IK85Aq6c1g7xFk5p1bffcAfHnhUsIoexFxYXKEC_kRfhNL8udg7B4Et_O6CFO6q9OP9kclHp9aQYvX1NJDA335CWMUR8hYOD0sA3ECnVuIufKnIIq0RkptI-oxICDPyzVtZfHVYU3zM4TgRcyVal36X-0cvYrk/s664/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="664" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrLsoeATZfdCka7TFL-aQ9Rx3S4IK85Aq6c1g7xFk5p1bffcAfHnhUsIoexFxYXKEC_kRfhNL8udg7B4Et_O6CFO6q9OP9kclHp9aQYvX1NJDA335CWMUR8hYOD0sA3ECnVuIufKnIIq0RkptI-oxICDPyzVtZfHVYU3zM4TgRcyVal36X-0cvYrk/w407-h314/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Logo.jpg" width="407" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Hot Hero Sandwich logo from original series
stationery,</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> creators and executive
producers Bruce and Carole Hart’s personal manager Larry Weiss had a front row,
ring-side seat to the creation and production of the series. While deeply
involved with Harts, and representing other Hot Heroes like Dr. Tom Cottle and
writer Sherry Coben (who helped arrange this interview), Larry was also
something of an objective observer to the events and in this interview he helps
us answers some questions about the show and what went on behind the scenes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Probably like
many outside the entertainment industry, what we know of a talent
agent/personal manager comes mainly from what we see on film and TV — an
aggressive, usually ingratiating, business shark with a bombastic personality.
So, when I had the opportunity to interview a veteran talent agent and personal
manager like Larry Weiss, who worked in the industry for decades, I has
half-expecting to speak to a gravely-voice, jaded, cigar-smoking, Hollywood
vet who would tell me where all the skeletons are buried and preface his
comments with, “Listen kid, let me tell you how it really is . . . ”</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least that’s
what I was hoping.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, I couldn’t
have been more wrong. When I called Larry, the voice of a pleasant-sounding
young man picked up the phone. I thought it was perhaps his personal assistant, but, to
my surprise, it was Larry himself <span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: center;">—</span> and he did
tell me how it really is.</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Just back from a
jaunt to Europe, Larry is retired, but still active. His career dates back well
before <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> and in
addition to the Harts, Dr. Cottle and Sherry Coben, he has also represented
such stars like <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001058/" target="_blank">Joan Collins</a>,
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000237/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_John%2520Travolta" target="_blank">John Travolta</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579678/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Alan Menken</a>, and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891098/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_Sarah%2520Vaughan" target="_blank">Sarah Vaughan</a> (links to IMDb profiles], among many others too numerous to
mention. Along the way he also discovered a quirky club performer named Andy
Breckman who would go on to write for <i>Hot
Hero Sandwich</i>, David Letterman, <i>Saturday
Night Live</i>, and create a little show called <i>Monk</i>.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Larry took the
time to share with me some background on how the Harts got involved with <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> and why it came to an
end. We also discuss Andy Breckman and Dr. Tom Cottle, learn about what a
personal manager actually does, hear about who of some of his clients were and discover
that NBC’s Standards and Practices had problems with rocker Rex Smith’s bulge.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">There’s always a
story behind the story in Hollywood, and those stories often begin in the
office of a talent agent or personal manager. You may not have heard of Larry
Weiss before, but his work has been on screen for decades. Larry gives us a
peek behind the <i>Hot Hero</i> curtain, so
let’s get the tour started!</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">[<i>Editorial Note: Hot Hero Sandwich was a keystone project part of NBC's 1979 Year of the Child public service campaign, an effort in response to the U.S. Government request for more positive children-oriented programming. Articles and promotional material from that campaign appear throughout this article.</i>]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMA_eoIwnh08trRrQzAYLenmknh2iXPcf7vukMevInQLojdF9bm2zJBaPnDKY0PnROuZSzDMuzg_yXV1O3EHHaArxQ0cZ7qauvmVktMfnX2QaP3VyQt22wxxowUgFL15PeF23myrxua_PZpDFSDSvudctAXKMhGlu4HBuZr9-FOkRkY2BZiLsAZzxs/s2228/NBC%20Year%20of%20the%20Child%20Inside%20pg%206%20EDIT.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2223" data-original-width="2228" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMA_eoIwnh08trRrQzAYLenmknh2iXPcf7vukMevInQLojdF9bm2zJBaPnDKY0PnROuZSzDMuzg_yXV1O3EHHaArxQ0cZ7qauvmVktMfnX2QaP3VyQt22wxxowUgFL15PeF23myrxua_PZpDFSDSvudctAXKMhGlu4HBuZr9-FOkRkY2BZiLsAZzxs/w421-h420/NBC%20Year%20of%20the%20Child%20Inside%20pg%206%20EDIT.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">Hot Hero Sandwich publicity photo from the NBC Year of the Child </span></i></div><div><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">promotional booklet (1979, pg. 6).<b> </b></span></i></div></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________<span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div></span><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Bruce
and Carole and Tom and Larry</span></i></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: First, I was doing some research and
I have to ask. Are you any relation to Lou Weiss, chairman emeritus of the
William Morris Agency who passed away in 2019 at 101?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>I'm not, although when we
were both at William Morris, because I was an agent at William Morris as well,
we used to get each other's mail, but that’s about it.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: It was quite the coincidence, so I
had to ask. To set the stage, so to speak, can you explain for us the roll of
talent agent and what they do?</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>First of all, when I
represented the Harts, I wasn't a talent agent. I was a personal manager but
prior to that, I was a talent agent at William Morris, or what used to be
William Morris . . . now it's William
Morris Endeavor. Basically, what a talent agent does is seek employment for
their clients.</div> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">[<i>Note: The William Morris Agency merged with
the Endeavor Talent Agency in 2013 to become William Morris Endeavor, then just
Endeavor in 2017.</i>]</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: So, you're really proactive. It's
almost like you're an employment counselor. You're going out and keeping these
people working.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Exactly, yes. A talent agent’s job is to
find deals for their clients and also to guide their careers and help them make
decisions, etc. So, you become a real confidant.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U:
It's really a business of relationships, it sounds like.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>It is . . . It is.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: OK, because the curiosity is killing
me, can you share a few names of some other people you've represented over the
course of your career?</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Sure, Academy Award winner
Alan Menken I represented when I was an agent. I represented John Travolta,
Sarah Vaughan . . . Do you remember
Rupert Holmes?</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: Oh, my gosh, yes. “The Pina Colada Song!”
It’s actually on my playlist. [<i>laughter</i>
<i>– author’s true confession, I’m a Yacht
Rock fan</i></b>]</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: . . . </b>Joan Collins . . .
the Harts, Sherry [Coben, <i>Hot Hero</i>
series writer] . . . but when I represented them, I was a personal manager.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: So, what is the difference between
what a talent agent does and what a personal manager does?</span></b></div></b><span><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>A personal manager is involved in all aspects
of the life of the client. It works with an agent to seek employment for their
clients, but an agent will represent fifty, 100 people or more [clients]. A
personal manager will represent much less and has a closer personal
relationship with the client. They will help them select an attorney or a
finance person . . . it's a much more intimate relationship. The client will
much more confide in you and, like the name says, it's very personal . . . sometimes
being a shrink because, you know, a lot of artists are very insecure.</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: center;">[</span><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; text-align: center;">Note from series writer Sherry Coben: </i><i style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span></i><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; text-align: center;">The
insecurity we artists have is the same most people have . . . only our self-doubts
get a real workout from the unique vagaries of this casually cruel business.
Rejection feels pretty personal for actors and writers; we put ourselves out
there in a very vulnerable way. We audition and submit material for many jobs
and are rarely hired, and when we do get a job, our work (even our looks) gets
publicly criticized. We have precious little control over what happens to our
work once we hand it over to a studio/editor/network. It’s very important to
have someone in your corner who believes in you and your talent regardless of
what the suits and various winds of fortune have on offer at any given time.
That’s what managers and agents can do over the long haul of a career with all
its ups and downs.</i><i style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">”</span></i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: center;">]</span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: It sounds like a very diverse skill
set you need, but primarily it's a business of relationships and having those
relationship skills is clearly important.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Yes, an agent will have those kinds of
relationships, but they're much more superficial.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaKvRMqswnnAN273IXGIoweI33kCgs45ET3zrDTJR9m5g2PmfDQz_eTlG5qQmUpS_VKaDKLVFMIc3VCksawXg84wCfL4gCWxoDUcLq2AoLBtfvO_KXLB3ptinIVFM_4anjxuke2bAiV6naGruUe_IoBt-aUKbMbSO55HJIn-NemdDQXq4I1XgiQIK/s1206/NBC%20Year%20of%20the%20Child%20Press%20Release%20EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1206" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaKvRMqswnnAN273IXGIoweI33kCgs45ET3zrDTJR9m5g2PmfDQz_eTlG5qQmUpS_VKaDKLVFMIc3VCksawXg84wCfL4gCWxoDUcLq2AoLBtfvO_KXLB3ptinIVFM_4anjxuke2bAiV6naGruUe_IoBt-aUKbMbSO55HJIn-NemdDQXq4I1XgiQIK/w488-h321/NBC%20Year%20of%20the%20Child%20Press%20Release%20EDIT.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">June 23, 1979, NBC Year of the Child press
release promoting Hot Hero Sandwich and the original start date of Oct. 20,
1979 (later moved up to Nov. 10).</span></i><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: </b>At what point did you get
involved with the Harts? Was it before <i>Sesame
Street</i> or afterwards?</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>It was after Sesame Street. . . I knew the Harts beforehand, but I really got
to know them when I became a personal manager because they were clients of the
company I was in partnership with.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Was it around the time they were working on a documentary or news report
on the Boston Desegregation Crisis [circa 1974-1976]?</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>No, I didn't know them at that point.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: I see, just trying to get the
timeline straight. I understand Carole was a bit more hard-nosed when it came
to business than Bruce.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Right, but she was also, you know, very
creative as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZvRjvjIpfOOpqkrRzw3v_JnfGjBFzhtAkWpqnBIopOB3Lt_6tohlkJgXWjEPBP61MSUmEcR7r1NKpygqPBL4y_EumMpaxc76lgwztknzU3Qi95M0Cz1YvmXoIGf5ocgxxjW9_6UJmGn5qPvvWtXqxKPEcqG8_qAhzL_PO1qwoDJh_qnUaFefcgbP/s2550/NBC%20Year%20of%20the%20Child%20Inside%20pg%205.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2544" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZvRjvjIpfOOpqkrRzw3v_JnfGjBFzhtAkWpqnBIopOB3Lt_6tohlkJgXWjEPBP61MSUmEcR7r1NKpygqPBL4y_EumMpaxc76lgwztknzU3Qi95M0Cz1YvmXoIGf5ocgxxjW9_6UJmGn5qPvvWtXqxKPEcqG8_qAhzL_PO1qwoDJh_qnUaFefcgbP/w377-h378/NBC%20Year%20of%20the%20Child%20Inside%20pg%205.jpg" width="377" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Hot Hero Sandwich publicity article from the NBC
Year of the Child<br />promotional booklet (1979, pg. 5).</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: One story that Dr. Tom Cottle told
me about Bruce . . .</span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>That's a name I haven't heard in a long
time . . . great guy.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: He is! I had a nice long
conversation with Dr. Cottle and he tells one story when he was in New York with
Bruce Hart at a meeting with some of the NBC executives showing them footage
from the show, and one of the executives asked Bruce “Don't you think that a
lot of this stuff is over the heads of these children? Bruce responded, “Yeah,
it may.” The suits said, “Well, how are you going to deal with this?” Bruce
Hart responded, telling the NBC executives paying his salary, “Well, we’ll just
have the kids stand up and then it won't be over their heads.”</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss:</b> [laughter] That sounds
just like Bruce!</div> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: What a remarkable moment in
entertainment history . . . I wonder, frankly speaking, considering their very
principled, and sometimes stubborn, positions, did you ever get exasperated and
say to them “Just sign the contract already” or not make so much a fuss about
things sometimes?</span></b></div></b><span><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>No . . . no, that was not
the case with them. They had their principles and they would walk away from
something if it wasn't what they wanted to do.</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">[<i>Note from Sherry Coben: </i><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span></i><i>That’s another huge
difference between agents and managers. Agents don’t consider the long game as
carefully as managers. Agents often apply subtle (and not so subtle) pressure
to their clients to accept deals and packaging situations that might not be all
that suited to them. In my experience, managers truly represent the client in a
more straightforward way. Obviously, they want to keep their relationships with
production companies and networks, but the client comes first. That’s not
always the case with agents.</i><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">”</span></i>]</span></div></div></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Dr. Cottle was able to give some
good insight into who they were as individuals.</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdo_UllB1tt5UQqPHjrvkKnViiqpkMWaXaOEQem5ZOHxh9r9GUZ0L8uzb8jOi9Xk6p-_Rkn7HPJi6s8MTwKN0ewAFV0QGoxqLkcSd-_iyLs7XmV-aVu-PdbPP87yJa_ItNAatcNNiKlyP27yVT2KUu7Ukyw9TgmaCEEeGX22pQeg9wRYRGxNuOPB3/s2546/Noel%20Holston%20Article%20EDIT.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2546" data-original-width="1932" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdo_UllB1tt5UQqPHjrvkKnViiqpkMWaXaOEQem5ZOHxh9r9GUZ0L8uzb8jOi9Xk6p-_Rkn7HPJi6s8MTwKN0ewAFV0QGoxqLkcSd-_iyLs7XmV-aVu-PdbPP87yJa_ItNAatcNNiKlyP27yVT2KUu7Ukyw9TgmaCEEeGX22pQeg9wRYRGxNuOPB3/w304-h400/Noel%20Holston%20Article%20EDIT.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">Article by Noel Holston in his “In Hollywood” column (1979). Early copy indicated Carl Bernstein, Penny Marshell, Kurt Vonnegut, and Rev, Jesse Jackson were slated to be interviewed by Dr. Tom Cottle, but did not appear.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>As an aside, Tom Cottle
was a great interviewer. He really knew, being a psychologist, he really knew
how to get answers out of people that they normally wouldn't say.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Yes. I mean, he was talking about
sex, first loves, not fitting in, being abandoned by a parent . . .</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>All that kind of stuff.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: And he wasn’t exploitative about it,
like the TV talk show “psychologists” today.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>No, no. He wouldn't do something like
that.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: He asked just a few guiding
questions, he often wasn’t even seen on screen, and his segments were probably
maybe eight minutes of the entire show, spaced throughout the episode in short
segments.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>They were edited because
his sessions were much longer. I sat in in a number of those sessions . . . we
also represented Tom.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Oh, really?</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Yes, as a matter of fact,
he did the <i>Today Show</i> a number of
times — I'm trying
to remember if it was before or after <i>Hot
Hero</i> — on a number of different topics. Very interesting in-depth reporting
on a number of different topics. I used to get up early in the morning and I'd
pick them up and we'd go over to the <i>Today
Show</i>, you know, together cause you know it was done very early [in the
day].</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Tom’s approach was the exact
approach that one should take, but somehow doing TV left him a bit ostracized
professionally from some of his colleagues. He was very transparent and open
and honest about it, which was wonderful, but also disheartening to hear.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Yes, that was crazy.</div></span><span><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ae13U:</b> <b>I guess the Hart’s legacy is evident in how those who worked with him
have been so accommodating. </b><b style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">Dr. Cottle responded within I think twenty
minutes to the email I sent him. Andy Breckman also responded just a few hours
after I reached out,</span></b><b> and they didn’t respond because of my pitch, it was because of
the love and respect they continue to have for the Harts. All the Hot Hero
alumni have been like that. It's a remarkable testament to the kind of people
they were.</b></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oa9C0ktIGIk" width="393" youtube-src-id="oa9C0ktIGIk"></iframe></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">NBC Year of the Child Public Service
Announcement (1979).</span></i><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">__________________________________________</div><o:p style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Mr.
Breckman and the Case of the New Talent</span></i></b></div></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Ok, let’s shift gears to Andy
Breckman.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>I discovered Andy Breckman.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Yes, Andy mentioned that. Did
you just happen to walk into Folk City, where he was performing one night, or
did somebody tell you to check him out?</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>I read a very small review
of him in a weekly <i>Variety</i>. It was a small little blurb and then I went
to see him . . . and I introduced him to Bruce and Carol.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXi2YcG9zowMarpwdKhc3X3QKSSyqtss4X790qD7RbYe9FezbokRamJLowHvvdukUNqX2-8AzB95uPPeVXdH7ughSZYe4rEO7aCwWwEP7Z7MB8NBetzJ1UGxyFN0rRSkCN2KXjO7Vpy6beOLDdAve0zXTU0w5hw9c9fkrCj1zhFWHLNgtP3VPsc1b/s1465/Andy%20Breckman%20at%20Folk%20City.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="929" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXi2YcG9zowMarpwdKhc3X3QKSSyqtss4X790qD7RbYe9FezbokRamJLowHvvdukUNqX2-8AzB95uPPeVXdH7ughSZYe4rEO7aCwWwEP7Z7MB8NBetzJ1UGxyFN0rRSkCN2KXjO7Vpy6beOLDdAve0zXTU0w5hw9c9fkrCj1zhFWHLNgtP3VPsc1b/w265-h418/Andy%20Breckman%20at%20Folk%20City.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Andy Breckman at Folk City promo poster, circa
1979 or 1980, according to Breckman.</span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: 400;"><i><br /></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: It’s a classic Hollywood story of
getting discovered, and Andy acknowledges how important that moment was in his
career.</span></b></div></span></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>He was just an amazing
talent. It's a shame that he didn't pursue his live career, but he was very
good.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: In our interview, Andy diminishes
his performance abilities a little bit.</span></b></div></b><span><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>I'm sure he does.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>Circa 1980.</i></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe8drBgGmWfeNK0JmKr22XMq9bCfX4KOXzehWKcCg1cyIvo2HHI4lys5AkevVnFPi0coxMlonOEqlOAitsCzsxA69akhvsr5lIbykeD71ReKm807-G9u25I1FuxALf-Za8T3ufSxg1n3ZbvxUQy98KA0XmNFyi6I60hd0ZAhFgIcnbe6Jo79xsxc6/s1093/Breckman%20Songwriters%20Comcert%20Series%20Close%20Up.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="670" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTe8drBgGmWfeNK0JmKr22XMq9bCfX4KOXzehWKcCg1cyIvo2HHI4lys5AkevVnFPi0coxMlonOEqlOAitsCzsxA69akhvsr5lIbykeD71ReKm807-G9u25I1FuxALf-Za8T3ufSxg1n3ZbvxUQy98KA0XmNFyi6I60hd0ZAhFgIcnbe6Jo79xsxc6/w139-h225/Breckman%20Songwriters%20Comcert%20Series%20Close%20Up.jpg" width="139" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: His performances are just so wonderful.
They’re so sincere and not just only capture the energy of adolescence but the
songs have layers of meaning. “</b><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/02/hot-hero-sandwich-nov-24-1979-andy.html" target="_blank"><b>Tommy Two</b></a><b>” and “</b><a href="http://www.aeolus13umbra.com/2023/06/hot-hero-sandwich-episode-6-andy.html" target="_blank"><b>My Friend Bernie</b></a><b>” seem at first just funny songs about a
boy who builds a robot friend and the other about a game of hide and seek that
never ends, but there’s really a sadder tone underneath them. They’re songs
about loneliness [in the former] and how friends move apart [in the latter].</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b>I would love to hear him write some sequels
to those songs or some new stuff, but I think those days are behind him. [<i>Note: See the above links for articles and videos for the songs.</i>]</b></div> <o:p><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Larry Weiss:</b> Yeah, I can't see him
doing that.</div></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: It just feels like he left
unfinished business in terms of not going on with his performance career.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>I agree with you.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Well, hope springs eternal.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SoHPIe7EpYo" width="419" youtube-src-id="SoHPIe7EpYo"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 11: Andy Breckman and the Hot Hero Band performing</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">"Here We Come and There We Go," the last performance in the last episode of the series.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>You left out one very, very important thing . . . the Puberty
Fairy!</div></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Oh, how could I forget! The Puberty
Fairy is one of the most surreal elements of the show, and a fan-favorite of
course. I don't want to get too psychological, but the Puberty Fairy is like a
manifestation of a teenage Id. Sherry Coben created the character specifically
for Andy, and there really is no one who could have done the character justice
like he did.</span></b></div></span><span><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>How they got this hairy,
bearded guy into a tutu . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: center;">[</span><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; text-align: center;">Note from Sherry Coben: </i><i style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span></i><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; text-align: center;">I would never have
written the character had Andy not been there to play it. No one else had all
that facial hair not to mention all that body hair. And that voice. I mean,
come on. He’s a natural comic force. And he never balked at all at the costume.
Not once. He knew it was perfect.</i><i style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">”</span></i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: center;">]</span></span></div> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: [laughter] Well, it was the 70s! And
Andy is kind of a tall guy.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Yeah, he is.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: You're not going to miss him in a
pink tutu.</b></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>But it was just so
unlikely . . .</div> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: Yet that is what made the character
so memorable after so many years and no video releases. It underscores just how
important it is to match the right person with the right part, and in this case the right pink tutu!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="331" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/luZt1F1NZBA" width="398" youtube-src-id="luZt1F1NZBA"></iframe></div><i style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 7: The Puberty Fairy Strikes!</span></i></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Cancellation
Insights and Rex Smith’s Bulge</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvypa1qXwudrfFYW1lgO5DtfEyKcJWqNVwiD3s1oBttKEIx5cwR0wfO2ZWKMJE6zDUfgkG65rX34Iqanz5JN4_AOXxnM0zxjuIRE_EkDP0nUnJwuFyFAJ4-PBkf9pDDGSCwIuIoViyso40UerxmSiAS4wy_Hcy-zg1j-0bKOhejtZ-4ifsH2qaRne/s2317/NBC%20Year%20of%20the%20Child%20Cover%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2317" data-original-width="694" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvypa1qXwudrfFYW1lgO5DtfEyKcJWqNVwiD3s1oBttKEIx5cwR0wfO2ZWKMJE6zDUfgkG65rX34Iqanz5JN4_AOXxnM0zxjuIRE_EkDP0nUnJwuFyFAJ4-PBkf9pDDGSCwIuIoViyso40UerxmSiAS4wy_Hcy-zg1j-0bKOhejtZ-4ifsH2qaRne/w113-h377/NBC%20Year%20of%20the%20Child%20Cover%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="113" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Alright, to pick your mind a little
bit. You’ve kicked around the industry for a long time. You knew the Harts,
knew people on both sides of the table. In your opinion, why do you think the
show didn’t get a second season? On one hand, NBC spent a lot of money on the
show, which would lead one to think they wanted it to succeed.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>On the other hand, however, they seemed to
do what they could to kill it off. They scheduled it at 11 AM Saturday mornings, and was also broadcast at 12 Noon in some markets, when it would be pre-empted by sporting events, sold ads for children’s toys
much younger than the actual demographic, no merchandising at all, and when
they gave the Harts two and half minutes on air for Andy Breckman to perform at
the 1979 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, they failed to even mention the name
of the show. NBC seemed to have little interest in the show once it got on the
air. Maybe I’m projecting a little, but what do you think are some of the
factors that led to the show not getting a second season?</b></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0g0PzDZO6Lk2xeJQWaT2xU9gXniohPiM31tEAMIAMnuk7VYvMmsoPAav7mq3K3xdsz8j4jsjoEKTZVjdbdfXJj3YesbwpZd7hbGCujlBz3lL_3w7DbffuU5RsPKswG04qQxGuD-th1aine5IDxdPEKHHZuzE7A8u6Pj2yzH2iOc1F4JxoXqVwHPoc/s2218/TV%20Guide%203.29.80%20pg%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2218" data-original-width="1480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0g0PzDZO6Lk2xeJQWaT2xU9gXniohPiM31tEAMIAMnuk7VYvMmsoPAav7mq3K3xdsz8j4jsjoEKTZVjdbdfXJj3YesbwpZd7hbGCujlBz3lL_3w7DbffuU5RsPKswG04qQxGuD-th1aine5IDxdPEKHHZuzE7A8u6Pj2yzH2iOc1F4JxoXqVwHPoc/s320/TV%20Guide%203.29.80%20pg%201.jpg" width="214" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedygThXLMGu-46_HDWz8swUk3zLsPFici7pEOG9yv7CBPISpAXRWhinK2G_MPrNUy3vZIxSY39myCUrhKnIy5Re6RMK7WUN4aZvaSh1GPWSfZntDkw9FWE89kJ6SEZ8rqZt04I5Vb7FQhMKKRDV8kVpKuVSeSJ8eefqkC7ScXY6RPAYbbndLZYDjI/s2218/TV%20Guide%203.29.80%20pg%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2218" data-original-width="1480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedygThXLMGu-46_HDWz8swUk3zLsPFici7pEOG9yv7CBPISpAXRWhinK2G_MPrNUy3vZIxSY39myCUrhKnIy5Re6RMK7WUN4aZvaSh1GPWSfZntDkw9FWE89kJ6SEZ8rqZt04I5Vb7FQhMKKRDV8kVpKuVSeSJ8eefqkC7ScXY6RPAYbbndLZYDjI/s320/TV%20Guide%203.29.80%20pg%202.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">TV Guide post-mortem of Hot Hero Sandwich, March,
29, 1980.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Well, I think that first
of all . . . look at the time slot. I
mean, it was ridiculous. What teenagers are home watching television at that
time? Maybe you don't know this, the
reason that <i>Hot Hero Sandwich</i> existed
was because NBC had made a commitment to the government that they would do a
show geared towards that age group. If
I'm not mistaken, NBC went to the Harts</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: Really?</b></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>I think so. I mean, this was
one hundred years ago, so who remembers? I'm pretty sure I know that was the
reason — who came to who, I'm not sure. The best recollection is that they [NBC]
came to the Harts, but I could be wrong.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: If NBC was willing to spend over
$1,000,000 in 1979 dollars on the show [$4,202,603.31 in 2023], it does seem that
someone lit a fire under them to get the show on the air, so I can believe that.</b></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Oh, that I'm sure of. NBC
made a commitment to the government they would put on an educational show like
this.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Despite all that, the show managed
remarkable moments on television. I’m thinking of Jarett Smithwrick’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhvUeqC_CRg" target="_blank">n-word</a>”
monologue in Episode 5 [written by Richard Camp]. That must have aired about
11:30 AM on a Saturday morning. Do you recall the Harts having to fight NBC to
get that on the air?</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>No, I honestly don't. The
only thing I remember with Standards and Practices . . . was when Rex Smith was
on. They made him change pants because his bulge was showing.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: [laughter] I am definitely going to
include that in the article!</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>I was there . . . I saw it.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: That is a classic Rock and Roll
story!</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>And believe me . . . only Standards
and Practices would notice anything like that because I was there with other people
and no one thought anything of it. I'm not putting down Rex Smith’s “manhood,”
but it wasn’t anything, you know, major. The guy put on his pants and this is
what he looks like.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">[<i>Note: Sherry Coben notes the incident was a bit more obvious than Weiss reports and that she has to
take full credit for getting Standards and Practices involved in that little adventure. During rehearsal, Coben was in the
control room next to Jane Crowley, the show representative from Standards and
Practices. Coben saw that Rex Smith’s skin-tight shiny white leggings (which
he originally wore) were VERY revealing and not appropriate for a quality
children’s television show. Consequently, there was no conflict with Crowley on
that point when she asked for a costume change. However, Coben noted that
Crowley may not have noticed it had Coben not mentioned it, however very obvious it was.</i>]</p></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: Well, Rex still has his fans. I have
a lot of clips from the series posted on the </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGrBJ3IxKLHyJKkO_oaEmA"><b>Hot Hero Sandwich Central YouTube channel</b></a><b>, and all of the music performances, but
once I put up both of Rex Smith’s performances they quickly shot up to the top two
spots in the most frequently watched videos. Though, I have to remind myself,
those teenagers are grandparents now.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KzNl4kLr6gg" width="406" youtube-src-id="KzNl4kLr6gg"></iframe></div><div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rocker Rex Smith and the Hot Hero Band performing “Tonight.”</span></i></div></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________</div><o:p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">A
Word from the Weiss</span></i></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div></o:p></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: I like to wrap up the interviews
with some advice for the next generation. We’ve gotten some great advice from
actors and writers, but from the perspective of a talent agent and personal
manger, — and particularly those interested in that side of the industry — what
advice or words of wisdom could you pass on?</b></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Start at the bottom and
work your way up. It's the best education.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: It's interesting you say that because Louis Weiss, the chairman emeritus
of the William Morris Agency who I mentioned at the beginning of our interview,
as I was reading his obituary it also mentioned that very thing. He started at
the bottom.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss:</b> Yes, he did. I saw him a
few years before he died. He was a classy gentleman agent that does not exist
anymore.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: His obituary mentioned that he
started off as a $12 a week office boy and worked his way up.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss:</b> So did I . . . so did almost
everybody else.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: I have to wonder, who does, or wants
to do, that anymore? But it must give one the broadest exposure to the business
and gives an intimate insight into how things get done behind the scenes.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>The William Morris model
was you start in the mail room. You delivered the mail. You do a lot of grunt
work, but in doing all that you get to read memos. You get to absorb some
information by doing that. That was back in the day . . . and I think there may
not be mail room personnel anymore, but they start on someone’s desk.
Everything was . . . I don't know how old you are, but ditto and mimeo . . .</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Oh, I’m old enough to remember the
sweet smell and warm touch of fresh mimeograph paper!</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Yes . . . and ditto was
the purple one . . . it printed things purple on white [<i>Note: Mimeographs
printed with black ink, dittos used purple ink</i>] to send things out worldwide
because remember, William Morris was all over the world at that time. And you
got to read these memos and Telexes, and all that kind of stuff, which you know
now with email, you may not have access to. It was how you learned or . . . being
a messenger and going to different people’s houses.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An old friend of
mine who was a very successful agent, he would pick up clothes from Joan
Crawford's closet, I mean one of the few people I know that was ever in Joan
Crawford's closet!<b> </b>[laughter]</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: [laughter] And lived to tell the
tale!</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss:</b> So, you got a<b> </b>vast overview of the business. Then
you went on someone’s desk [an agent a new employee would work for] and at that
time there was a listening device on every telephone, so when the agent was on
the phone, you could hear the conversation. It was only the hearing part. It
wasn't a full telephone and so that's how you learned. Then while you're on
that person's desk, you start to look at contracts. You hear them negotiate.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: It really is a long-term
apprenticeship.</b></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>It is. I always say that I
got my master’s degree at William Morris — because they wouldn't hire you
unless you were a college graduate.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: And then they start you on the bottom.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>And they start you on the bottom
because it was a tried and true way of learning.</div></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ae13U: Well, that is, I think, one of the
most important lessons I think we can share with the readers, so I'm really
happy to hear that perspective, and I quite agree with it. Start at the bottom
and you learn where all the skeletons are buried, I guess.</span></b></div></b><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Larry Weiss: </b>Well, it's not only that,
but let's say you want to be in production. you ultimately want to be a
producer, you start, as you know, an AP [associate producer], you learn as much
as you can and then hopefully after that, you know, from being an assistant to
somebody on the next project you move up the ranks and then you go from there.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ae13U: Words for the wise indeed. Thank you
for your time Larry. I think we learned a lot today and filled in more of the <i>Hot Hero</i> picture.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aS-g_pI_MA_k0TjFxXJKM4P5-SkFYMtmShjFSDqo24cSk0IKs4ss6fAjlEP1xXMIVdb-xZdqjahywuFStMCpbvs9ttEBtFhutY5HeqikHGZNfqQ9yWB8eQ4twPtIZpm1QR5fTzVxPDpKfNojDt8z0LPFvkum1tT-IulYw_OjqL6Ruo8NA3r_F1n4/s2139/Les%20Brown%20NYT%20article%201.18.80%20EDIT.jpg" style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2139" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aS-g_pI_MA_k0TjFxXJKM4P5-SkFYMtmShjFSDqo24cSk0IKs4ss6fAjlEP1xXMIVdb-xZdqjahywuFStMCpbvs9ttEBtFhutY5HeqikHGZNfqQ9yWB8eQ4twPtIZpm1QR5fTzVxPDpKfNojDt8z0LPFvkum1tT-IulYw_OjqL6Ruo8NA3r_F1n4/w484-h321/Les%20Brown%20NYT%20article%201.18.80%20EDIT.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">NBC President Fred Silverman in a Jan. 18, 1980, NY Times article defends NBC’s record of children’s programming against FCC criticism, even touting Hot Hero Sandwich, which would air its last episode one week later on Jan. 26, 1980. The show had already been cancelled.</span></i></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">__________________________________________________</div></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Concluding
Thoughts</span></i></b></div></span><span><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“If you want to be star of stage and screen,
look out! It’s rough and mean.” </i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: center;">—</span> <i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">AC/DC, “It’s a
Long Way to the Top if You Want to Rock and Roll.”</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Larry notes how
insecure actors are. Being an actor must one of the most ego-busting exercises
a person can willingly put themselves through. The old saying that actors must
learn to deal with rejection is no toss-away comment. It’s a fact of life and
they have to go through that with every single audition and it applies to musicians
and writers as well.</span></div></div> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When actors get
turned down for a roll, they are often told, “they're just not right for the part,” yet the truth can be much more personal. They’re told they're too tall, too
short, too fat, too skinny, not skinny enough, their voice is wrong, they have
the wrong “look,” or, worse, they just don’t like your acting. Then, if you do get the part, you have to survive the critics and commentators saying pretty much the same things about you all over again. It can be
soul-crushing, and into all of this enters the personal manager.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am reminded of
the 1983 film, <i>The Dresser, </i>with
Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay, about a vaunted, but egotistical, British
stage actor whose career and fading talents are propped up by the efforts of
his long-time dresser, who effectively serves as the actor’s personal manager.
Without the dresser’s efforts, the actor would not be able to give his stirring
performances in <i>King Lear</i>. Those
performances are as much the Dresser’s as they are the actor’s. It is a
symbiotic relationship.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Consequently, personal
managers are valuable human infrastructure in the entertainment
industry. Part agent, part confidant, part psychologist, and often one of the
few people the actor can trust, personal managers help the actor focus on their
art by managing everything from the minutia to the massive egos. In that
respect, being a personal manager is not simply a matter of business, it is
also as much a creative effort as any artist.</div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not a lot of
people can do that, and do it well, and Larry Weiss did it for a long time. So, while you may not have heard his name before, just turn on the television, the radio, or look at the silver screen. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He's been there all along. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyj3RfGDD4XsgSLYcaHSmgDfOl-I3lmtVwFHBzkj-KQBEOyWw8IsW2c_b-oV9UlFYRaQcpU0JLEj7Dkt3CNUTm8JtqXbTJexrS2WQi0cDbr8ATXKTwhUeU810qLckzQmctD6t5liARz0IE6C-HUMw8TPs4sSbGNHzP3RdokSqJToQuu9JOLiJ-BlJ/s2048/Larry%20Weiss%20Bruce%20Hart%20courtesy%20Sherry%20Coben.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyj3RfGDD4XsgSLYcaHSmgDfOl-I3lmtVwFHBzkj-KQBEOyWw8IsW2c_b-oV9UlFYRaQcpU0JLEj7Dkt3CNUTm8JtqXbTJexrS2WQi0cDbr8ATXKTwhUeU810qLckzQmctD6t5liARz0IE6C-HUMw8TPs4sSbGNHzP3RdokSqJToQuu9JOLiJ-BlJ/w417-h313/Larry%20Weiss%20Bruce%20Hart%20courtesy%20Sherry%20Coben.jpeg" width="417" /></a></div><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Larry Weiss (left) and Bruce Hart (right), circa early 1990s (courtesy Sherry Coben).</span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SKcFZ7vs5YCOFWfn7imCrqhYLm7KCF9q36UipDCoGSF5OPzsXM1K6DM5C56Egxc7T2rk0SI4azt5x_y3rZUMZzw8qXjZrsGdQKrA_uBRO17k3jl7jjT-5T2UKOj_cSS4Iq-I1cpagAaZtkLbXK4kYrKP2upTI7qfxLFPpZAS9q5rnkdgz9wk_hba/s2168/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="2168" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SKcFZ7vs5YCOFWfn7imCrqhYLm7KCF9q36UipDCoGSF5OPzsXM1K6DM5C56Egxc7T2rk0SI4azt5x_y3rZUMZzw8qXjZrsGdQKrA_uBRO17k3jl7jjT-5T2UKOj_cSS4Iq-I1cpagAaZtkLbXK4kYrKP2upTI7qfxLFPpZAS9q5rnkdgz9wk_hba/w400-h40/Hot%20Hero%20Sandwich%20Banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">● ● ●</span></div></div>
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