Pioneers of television. [Season 1]
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Boettcher, Steven J., director,
Trinklein, Michael J., screenwriter,
Jones, Jack, screenwriter.
Saperstein, Harlan, narrator.
Amsterdam, Morey, interviewee.
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen version.
ISBN
9781608834808, 1608834808
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
On Shelf
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Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
ISBN
9781608834808, 1608834808
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: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language
Closed-captioned in English.

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Subjects

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

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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. Pioneers of television (Widescreen version.).

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

Steven J., Boettcher et al.. Pioneers of Television. .

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

Steven J., Boettcher et al.. Pioneers of Television .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Boettcher, Steven J.,, et al. Pioneers of Television Widescreen version.,

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