Jean Shepherd
Director
Jean Shepherd's America (1971)
Season 2
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.
Released April 11, 1971
Episode 28 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.road-trip, tmdb.americana, tmdb.travelogue
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Creative Television Associates
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Mosquitoes and Moon Pies
Shep assumes the role of Swamp Man, searching for his roots -- and a pickerel "so big you don't dare look it in the eye" -- as he visits the Okefenokee Swamp.
April 16, 1985, midnight
S2E2 - Filthy Rich at Last
Shep enjoys a leisurely cruise on a yacht -- or as the old man would say, "a boat that doesn't do anything."
April 30, 1985, midnight
S2E3 - Bourbon and Major Wilkes' Rocking Chair
Spanish moss...stately mansions...a mint julep, fine cigar and the rocking chair on the veranda...the best of the Old South comes to life when Shep pays a visit.
May 7, 1985, midnight
S2E4 - The Great American Tourist Trap
Shep poses as an American tourist in order to learn more about the more popular vacation spots.
May 21, 1985, midnight
S2E5 - Cha-Cha Lessons on C Deck at 9am
Shep boards the S.S. Emerald Sea in Miami in search of true romance.
May 28, 1985, midnight
S2E6 - Down in Death Valley
Shep and his trusty burro, Flower, wander among mirages and cacti as they follow the trail of the 49ers.
June 4, 1985, midnight
S2E7 - The Devil on the Bayou
Shep -- as the devil -- spends a weekend in New Orleans. You can see him playing chess...slurping oysters...or accompanying the Olympia Brass Marching Band on kazoo.
June 11, 1985, midnight
S2E8 - I Love Cars, So There, Ralph Nader!
Shep supervises the assembly of his own Ford Mustang, then takes a lap around Indianapolis Speedway in a 1924 Dusenberg against racing great "Duke" Nalon.
June 25, 1985, midnight
S2E9 - Chicago, Chicago, That Toddlin' Town
What's Chicago? It's the White Sox; Dave Garroway; the White Sox; Kukla, Fran and Ollie -- and of course, the White Sox. Chicagoan Studs Terkel joins Shep in a celebration of The Windy City.
July 2, 1985, midnight
S2E10 - Here Today, Guam Tomorrow
Shep examines the life of a remittance man living off government stipend on the island of Guam, the island's local legends, its most scenic places, and the importance of family life to its residents.
July 9, 1985, midnight
PBS
28 min/ep
657 min
April 11, 1971
July 9, 1985, midnight
Ended
NR
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