MIDDAY LIVE WITH BILL BOGGS {TAPE 1 OF 2} {WARHOL
VINTAGE TELEVISION #WA.00.0449} (TV)

Summary

This program was taped off the air with a camera on a tripod by Andy Warhol for his private research and entertainment. This program is part of the Warhol Foundation's donation to the Museum of the artist's complete television collection. It was taped from WNEW-TV on 13 March 1979 at 11:30 a.m. Tape one of two in this series of talk shows hosted by Bill Boggs. This edition takes the form of a roundtable discussion over lunch with the following guests: "Midday" feature reporter Gil De LaMadrid, columnist Ken Auletta, Interview magazine executive editor Bob Colacello, WKTU radio host Paco Navarro, Nation magazine publisher Hamilton Fish, and Star newspaper entertainment editor Robin Leach. Boggs leads Auletta, Fish, and Colacello in a discussion of Jimmy Carter's efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East, debating whether those efforts will make Carter a viable candidate in the upcoming presidential election. They also look at the liability to the president of his brother Billy and at what some deem the opportunistic tendencies of Senator Edward Kennedy. Leach then talks about the makeshift way in which journalists covered the invasion of Uganda when they were not allowed into the country to witness the event. The guests then explore the role of the United States in world politics today; they discuss the relationship between superpowers and the countries that control the flow of oil, as well as the recent invasion of Vietnam by China. Next they talk about the film release of the musical "Hair," escapism in today's entertainment, and William Paley's published suggestion that the American public should cut back on its prime-time network-television viewing in order to explore other forms of entertainment. Auletta describes his new book "The Streets Were Paved with Gold" as a look at the decline of opportunities in New York City outside of Manhattan, and Boggs comments on his own recent appearance in a local production of "Come Blow Your Horn." Includes commercials. Commercials include Conrad A. Ford for the Police Athletic League. This program contains minor technical problems. This represents the best copy of this program currently available to the Museum. Continues with T:52510.

Cataloging of this program was made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 1999.

Details

• NETWORK: N/A
• DATE:
• RUNNING TIME: 1:02:06
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:52514
• GENRE: Talk/Interviews
• SUBJECT HEADING: Talk/Interviews; Presidential campaigns; U S - Politics and government; U S - Foreign relations; Performing arts
• SERIES RUN: N/A
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - Automobile Club of America
  • TV - Commercials - Police Athletic League
  • TV - Commercials - Starrett City Apartments
  • TV - Commercials - String Art kit
  • TV - Commercials - Ultra Seal auto body finish
  • TV - Commercials - WWRL 1600

CREDITS

• Bill Boggs … Host
• Ken Auletta … Guest
• Bob Colacello … Guest
• De LaMadrid, Gil … Guest
• Hamilton Fish … Guest
• Robin Leach … Guest
• Paco Navarro … Guest
• Conrad A. Ford … Talent, Police Athletic League commercial
• Billy Carter
• Jimmy Carter
• Edward M. Kennedy
• William S. Paley
• Andy Warhol