Pioneers of television. [Season 1] [videorecording] / PBS ; produced by Boettcher/Trinklein Inc. ; a film by Steven J. Boettcher and Michael J. Trinklein.
Publisher number: PITV601 | PBSPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2011]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (220 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:- 9781608834808
- 1608834808
- Title on container: Pioneers of television. Late night--sitcoms--game shows--variety
- Late night--sitcoms--game shows--variety
- Pioneers of television (Television program). Season 1.
- 791.45 22
- PN1992.75 .P56 2011
- Editor, Stephanie Theisen.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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DVD | Main Library DVD | DVD 791.45 PIONEERS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 31744003796360 |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Closed-captioned in English.
Narrator, Harlan Saperstein ; interviewees, Morey Amsterdam, Bob Barker, Milton Berle, Pat Boone, Dick Cavett, Sid Caesar, Tim Conway, Sammy Davis, Jr., Phyllis Diller, Roger Dobkowitz, Hugh Downs, Buddy Ebsen, Barbara Eden, Bob Eubanks, Rich Fields, Andy Griffith, Merv Griffin, Arsenio Hall, Monty Hall, Pat Harrington, Florence Henderson, Bob Hope, Tom Kennedy, Vicky Lawrence, Jay Leno, Art Linkletter, Jack Narz, Rose Marie, Wink Martindale, Peter Marshall, Ed McMahon, Mary Tyler Moore, Jim Nabors, Donald O'Connor, Tony Orlando, Regis Philbin, Joyce Randolph, George Schlatter, Red Skelton, Bob Stewart, Jerry Stiller, Marlo Thomas, Doc Severinsen, Bob Uecker, Tom Smothers, Dick Van Dyke, Sigourney Weaver, Chuck Woolery, Betty White, Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters.
Editor, Stephanie Theisen.
MPAA: Not rated.
This four part series champions the entertainers who launched an industry. Pioneers of television takes us back to TV's classic days, and chronicles the icons who still keep us laughing, generation after generation. Packed with hilarious clips and nearly 100 new interviews, this series offers television at it's finest.
Late night / director/producer, Steven J. Boettcher ; writer/producer, Michael J. Trinklein (c2007) -- Sitcoms / director/producer, Steven J. Boettcher ; writer/producer, Michael J. Trinklein (c2007) -- Variety / director/producer, Steven J. Boettcher ; writer/producer, Michael J. Trinklein -- Game shows / director/producer, Steven J. Boettcher ; writer/producer, Michael J. Trinklein ; co-writer, Jack Jones (c2007).
Special feature: Extended interviews with the "Pioneers" (Betty White 1st sitcom; Phyllis Diller on the final Ed Sullivan Show; Cavett meets Carson; Florence Henderson's painful experience; Merv's big break; Jonathan Winters jokes with Orville Wright; Tim Conway on pies, feathers and paint).