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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, GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, 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. GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <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: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_345FDD1EE5834403AA0FDF70242D1430