A day-in-the-life documentary with Garry Marshall. Marshall was an executive producer for ABC and was responsible for such hit shows as Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days, and Mork and Mindy. This tape features several behind the scenes segments from these shows’ productions. Marshall is also interviewed about the nature of television production and comedy.
An extended on-stage interview with Bill McCarter, the President and General Manager of WTTW, Chicago’s public TV station, and a man described by Broadcasting magazine as “Public television’s visionary architect.” McCarter looks back on his life and career, including his early TV days in Philadelphia with Dick Clark and Ed McMahon. A highlight comes near the end of the discussion when McCar ter talks about the future of TV (including VOD, HD, and programming via the internet), and the many technical innovations made by WTTW. Hosted and moderated by Bruce Dumont.
![[Media Burn on Nightwatch]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/media-burn-on-nightwatch-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
A partial episode of the show Nightwatch, a show where Gene Siskel presents samples of independent film and video and discusses them with callers. Tom Weinberg is a guest on the show, presenting Media Burn.
Episode 302 of the award winning series, The 90’s. This episode is called “IT’S ONLY TV” and features the following segments:
![[Eye Contact sampler]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/eye-contact-sampler-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
![[Interview with Studs Terkel about Chicago TV in the ’50s]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/645662883_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage of an interview with Studs Terkel about Chicago television in the 1950s. He mainly discusses the show Studs’ Place, which aired from 1949-1951. The live, improvised show took place in a neighborhood restaurant (called Studs’ Place).
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Ellen and Lynda Kahn, Max Almy, Norman Magdon and Tom Erickson, Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman, Jane Veeder, and Bart Friedman and Nancy Cain.
![[The 90’s raw: Matt York]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/635057863_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Matt York, founder, publisher and editor of Videomaker magazine, talks about the power of video and television.