ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT {NORTH WOODS GUIDE; TOMBSTONES; STEAM CALLIOPE; HUCK FINN; UTAH} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of television magazines, in which host Charles Kuralt presents clips from his twenty-five years of travel journalism through the backroads of America. In the first segment, Kuralt visits Bill McGee, a self-appointed guide in the North Woods of Minnesota, who has devoted his life to the northern wilderness and has many wild tales to tell. Next is a survey of graveyards throughout the country in which Kuralt looks at the inscriptions on old tombstones as a way to understand American culture. In Ohio at local fairs and festivals, Clovis Watkins proudly displays the steam calliope that he spent three years building. Next, Kuralt reads an excerpt from Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," accompanied by scenes of the Mississippi River; he goes on to explain what makes Twain the voice of -- and the character Huck Finn a symbol of -- America. The final segment presents a brief history of the Mormons' struggles to establish a homeland, and Brigham Young's role in settling Salt Lake City, Utah. Commercials deleted.
("On the Road with Charles Kuralt" consists of excerpts from Charles Kuralt's segments on the CBS Evening News, beginning in 1967. In the 1970s the show was aired in four special broadcasts, and in 1983 it was developed into a regular ten-week summer series. This program represents one of a series that was reworked for and aired on the Travel Channel in 1993.)
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the CBS Foundation, 1998.
Details
- NETWORK: Travel Channel
- DATE: 1993
- RUNNING TIME: 0:22:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:54671
- GENRE: Magazine
- SUBJECT HEADING: Callipoe; Mormons; Sepulchral monuments; Wilderness areas
- SERIES RUN: Travel Channel - TV series, 1993
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "On the Road with Charles Kuralt" (home video of this series)
CREDITS
- Robert Northshield … Executive Producer
- Dalton Delan … Executive Producer
- Meredith Stark … Coordinating Producer
- Bernard Birnbaum … Senior Producer
- Phil Frank … Senior Producer
- Brook Porter … Producer
- Peter Freundlich … Writer
- Tom Harris … Writer
- Charles Kuralt … Writer, Host
- Bill McGee
- Twain, Mark (See also: Clemens, Samuel)
- Clovis Watkins
- Brigham Young