Remember When
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Remember When

1981
1 season
8 episodes
Documentary

HBO's eight-part monthly series recalls the places, the people and the events relevant to eight major strands in America's cultural and social fabric -- cowboys, radio, transportation, sex, journalism, sports, inventions and advertising -- via newsreel clips, period music, theatrical movie sequences, and on-location shootings. Host Dick Cavett steps in and out of historic scenes in this follow-up to his earlier HBO series entitled Time Was.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Way Out West

    11-05-198158m

    Dick Cavett narrates and steps into a vivid panorama of legendary figures, events and locations which made up the history of the Old West.

  • Ep 2

    2.On the Air

    08-06-198158m

    Dick Cavett traces the history of American radio, from the first signals sent by Marconi to the days when audio comedy and adventure shows were in their prime.

  • Ep 3

    3.Wheels, Wings and Whistles

    06-07-198159m

    Dick Cavett traces the history of American transportation from the covered wagon of the Old West to the newly developed space shuttle.

  • Ep 4

    4.It'll Never Fly

    03-08-198159m

    The determination of American inventors, whose concepts and ideas changed the face of the entire nation as they went into widespread use, is examined by Dick Cavett.

  • Ep 5

    5.Page One

    07-09-198159m

    Dick Cavett unfolds the story of the American free press, its printers and publishers, headlines and by-lines, scandals and scoops.

  • Ep 6

    6.Go Team, Go!

    05-10-198159m

    Host/narrator Dick Cavett cheers America's love of sports with a close look at the superstars and great teams, grand goofs, big brawls and the unique dedication of fans and players...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Birds and the Bees

    02-11-198158m

    Dick Cavett looks at the traditions and revolutions, the rigidities and liberties that make up America's always-changing sexual standards.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Image Makers

    07-12-198159m

    Dick Cavett reviews 200 years of American commercialism -- the posters and propaganda, hyping and huckstering, commercials and come-ons -- from the early colonial period through to...

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