Jean Shepherd's America
★★★★★4.5
DocumentaryComedy
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.
Episodes
S01 · E01
The Phantom of the Open Hearth Lives -- Somewhere in IndianaApril 11, 1971
S01 · E02
...One Man's Version of Heaven Is a Super Howard Johnson's with 28 Flavors and No Lines for the Rest RoomApril 18, 1971
S01 · E03
...The End of an Era -- Riding the 'City of Los Angeles' on Its Last Journey Across the American WestApril 25, 1971
S01 · E04
A Bunch of the Boys Were Whooping It Up at the Malamute SaloonMay 2, 1971
S01 · E05
There's More to Life Than a Hostess TwinkieMay 9, 1971
S01 · E06
And the Bad Guys Are Back on the Shore, Shaking Their FistsMay 16, 1971
S01 · E07
The Perpetual Swish of Windshield Wipers Is the Soundtrack of Our LivesMay 23, 1971
S01 · E08
It Won't Always Be This WayMay 30, 1971
S01 · E09
...From Its Golden, Ice-cold Depths Come the Echos of Lost Battles, the Sound of Ancient Victories, the Noise of a Million Ball GamesJune 6, 1971
S01 · E10
I Might Even Snag One for Old Ahab HimselfJune 13, 1971
S01 · E11
When There's No Place to Go But UpJune 20, 1971
S01 · E12
Like All Great Inner-Tube Specialists, He Finally Made the Classic MistakeJune 27, 1971
S01 · E13
Make School or DieJuly 4, 1971
