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American Experience; Tupperware
11/14/2003
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- Series
- American Experience
- Program
- Tupperware
- Program Number
1606B1
- Series Description
Premiered October 1988 As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation. Now in its eighteenth season, the series has produced over 180 programs and garnered every major broadcast award. Series release date: 10/1988
- Program Description
NOTE: Rebroadcast and repackaged for season 24 (2012), with new NOLA Code.
This program charts the origins of the small plastics company that unpredictably became a cultural phenomenon, and reveals the secret behind Tupperware's success: the women of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds who discovered they could move up in the world without leaving the house. Kathy Bates narrates. Rare archival footage of Tupperware parties, annual Tupperware Jubilees, and home movies are interwoven with the thoughtful, often humorous recollections of Tupperware salespeople and executives who experienced firsthand the company's meteoric rise. are archival footage of Tupperware parties, annual Tupperware Jubilees, and home movies are interwoven with the thoughtful, often humorous recollections of Tupperware salespeople and executives who experienced firsthand the company's meteoric rise.
- Duration
00:56:16
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- History
- Citation
- Chicago: “American Experience; Tupperware,” 11/14/2003, GBH Archives, accessed September 25, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_03A571D48D824701AFB321E97CE961EC.
- MLA: “American Experience; Tupperware.” 11/14/2003. GBH Archives. Web. September 25, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_03A571D48D824701AFB321E97CE961EC>.
- APA: American Experience; Tupperware. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_03A571D48D824701AFB321E97CE961EC