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Jean Shepherd's America; Riding The City of Los Angeles on it’s Last Journey Across the American West

01/15/1972


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Series
Jean Shepherd's America
Program
Riding The City of Los Angeles on it’s Last Journey Across the American West
Program Number

103

Series Description

In these humorous and affectionate television poems, humorist Jean Shepherd celebrates America in all its richness and diversity -- from cars to candy, baseball to beer, motels to money. Each week a different aspect of our national psyche is explored as Shepherd travels to the Okefenokee Swamp, Death Valley, Milwaukee, the Old South, and other far-flung locations -- using the PCP-90 portable camera.

See April and May 1971 Program Guides for cover stories. Series release date: 4/11/1971

Program Description

If you’ve ever heard a train whistle in the night, felt lonely, and wanted to be on that train - if you mourn for the passing of this part of American life - then you’ll know what Jean Shepherd is all about. Jean Shepherd recounts train stories with an express purpose.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Topics
Humor
Creators
Barzyk, Fred (Series Producer)
Citation
Chicago: “Jean Shepherd's America; Riding The City of Los Angeles on it’s Last Journey Across the American West,” 01/15/1972, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed June 27, 2017, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_345FDD1EE5834403AA0FDF70242D1430.
MLA: “Jean Shepherd's America; Riding The City of Los Angeles on it’s Last Journey Across the American West.” 01/15/1972. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. June 27, 2017. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_345FDD1EE5834403AA0FDF70242D1430>.
APA: Jean Shepherd's America; Riding The City of Los Angeles on it’s Last Journey Across the American West. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_345FDD1EE5834403AA0FDF70242D1430
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