Pioneers of television Season 1
(DVD Video) 

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Contributors
Boettcher, Steven J., director,
Trinklein, Michael J., screenwriter,
Jones, Jack, Jr., screenwriter.
Saperstein, Harlan, narrator.
Amsterdam, Morey, interviewee.
Published
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2011].
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
Available from another library
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Published
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2011].
Format
DVD Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
UPC
841887014830

Notes

General Note
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).
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Stephanie Theisen.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language
Closed-captioned in English.

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LC Subjects
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television actors and actresses -- United States -- History.
Television comedies -- United States.
Television programs -- United States -- History.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Boettcher, S. J., Trinklein, M. J., Jones, J., Saperstein, H., Amsterdam, M., Barker, B., Berle, M., Boone, P., Cavett, D., Caesar, S., Conway, T., Davis, S., Jr., Diller, P., Dobkowitz, R. K., Downs, H., Ebsen, B., Eden, B., Eubanks, B., Griffith, A., Griffin, M., Hall, A., Hall, M., Harrington, P., Jr., Henderson, F., Hope, B., Lawrence, V., Leno, J., Linkletter, A., Narz, J., Rose Marie, 1., Martindale, W., Marshall, P., McMahon, E., Moore, M. T., Nabors, J., O'Connor, D., Orlando, T., Philbin, R., Randolph, J., Schlatter, G., Skelton, R., Stewart, B., Stiller, J., Thomas, M., Severinsen, D., Uecker, B., Smothers, T., Van Dyke, D., Weaver, S., Woolery, C., White, B., Williams, A., & Winters, J. (2011). Pioneers of television: Season 1 (Widescreen version.). PBS Distribution.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Steven J., Boettcher et al.. 2011. Pioneers of Television: Season 1. PBS Distribution.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Steven J., Boettcher et al.. Pioneers of Television: Season 1 PBS Distribution, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Boettcher, Steven J.,, et al. Pioneers of Television: Season 1 Widescreen version., PBS Distribution, 2011.

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