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Ten O'Clock News; Al Capp interview
11/04/1977
Interview with Li'l Abner cartoonist and political satirist Al Capp in his Cambridge home. He talks about evading his father's creditors, and scheming to take semesters at various arts schools around the city. He says he likes the Boston view of the world, and talks about the influence Boston has had on his work. He talks about turning conservative. He criticizes American presidents, calling Gerald Ford ‘clumsy’ and Jimmy Carter ‘weak.’ He talks about working on Li'l Abner with a team of men.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Al Capp interview
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:21:07
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Politics, Practical
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
- Artists
- Mass media
- Capp, Al, 1909-1979
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Locations
- Cambridge (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Capp, Al, 1909-1979 (Interviewee)
- Lydon, Christopher (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Al Capp interview,” 11/04/1977, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed December 13, 2018, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_133B6FE11F5C45FA9383AC5D37289A56.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Al Capp interview.” 11/04/1977. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. December 13, 2018. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_133B6FE11F5C45FA9383AC5D37289A56>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Al Capp interview. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_133B6FE11F5C45FA9383AC5D37289A56