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Jean Shepherd's America
Documentary
Comedy
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.
Top Cast
Jean Shepherd
Self - Host
Episodes
1
The Phantom of the Open Hearth Lives -- Somewhere in Indiana
Apr 11, 1971
2
...One Man's Version of Heaven Is a Super Howard Johnson's with 28 Flavors and No Lines for the Rest Room
Apr 18, 1971
3
...The End of an Era -- Riding the 'City of Los Angeles' on Its Last Journey Across the American West
Apr 25, 1971
4
A Bunch of the Boys Were Whooping It Up at the Malamute Saloon
May 02, 1971
5
There's More to Life Than a Hostess Twinkie
May 09, 1971
6
And the Bad Guys Are Back on the Shore, Shaking Their Fists
May 16, 1971
7
The Perpetual Swish of Windshield Wipers Is the Soundtrack of Our Lives
May 23, 1971
8
It Won't Always Be This Way
May 30, 1971
9
...From Its Golden, Ice-cold Depths Come the Echos of Lost Battles, the Sound of Ancient Victories, the Noise of a Million Ball Games
Jun 06, 1971
10
I Might Even Snag One for Old Ahab Himself
Jun 13, 1971
11
When There's No Place to Go But Up
Jun 20, 1971
12
Like All Great Inner-Tube Specialists, He Finally Made the Classic Mistake
Jun 27, 1971
13
Make School or Die
Jul 04, 1971
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