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STAYING POWER
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
It's the longest-running prime-time animated series
in TV history...with sixteen seasons and more than 350 episodes.
So far. Not bad for a four-fingered family whose first gig was doing
animated segments on a TV variety show. In this hour of the Peabody
Award Winning Program To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll
look at the staying power of America's favorite nuclear family,
"The Simpsons."
SEGMENT 1:
Chris Turner is the author of "Planet
Simpson: How A Carton Masterpiece Defined A Generation."
He tells Jim Fleming why the longest-running TV show has been
such a hit, and we hear lots of clips. Also, Stephen Hall
is the author of critically-acclaimed histories of contemporary
science, including "Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the
Dream of Human Life Extension." He talks with Anne Strainchamps
about living longer and the possibility of living forever.
SEGMENT 2:
TTBOOK producer Doug Gordon prepared this
profile of the band NRBQ which stands for New Rhythm
and Blues Quartet. They've been called the world's greatest
bar band, but prefer to say they play "omni-pop," and
explain that's why they've lasted for over 35 years.
SEGMENT 3:
Jared Diamond won a Pulitzer Prize for his
book "Guns, Germs and Steel." Now he's written "Collapse:
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed." He discusses a
few case histories - like Easter Island - with Steve Paulson.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 05-07-10-B.
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Books:
- Jared Diamond, Collapse:
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Viking)
- Stephen S. Hall, Merchants of Immortality:
Chasing the Dream
of Human Life Extension (Mariner Books)
- Chris Turner, Planet Simpson:
How A Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation (Da Capo
Press)
Links:
Music:
- -- "The Simpsons" Main Title
from the CD, "Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons:
More Original Music from the Television Series"
(Fox Music/Rhino)
http://tinyurl.com/7qaju
- -- "Rappin' Ronnie Reagan"
from the CD, "Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons:
More Original Music from the Television Series"
(Fox Music/Rhino)
http://tinyurl.com/7qaju
- -- "Hobbies"/NRBQ
from the CD, "Tiddlywinks" (Rounder Records)
http://tinyurl.com/dxlk6
- Music used in NRBQ Mix:
- -- Excerpt from "Tiddlywinks TV Spot"
from the LP, "Lou and the Q"/NRBQ & Captain Lou
Albano (Red Rooster/Rounder Records)
- -- "Spampinato"/NRBQ
from the CD, "Message for the Mess Age"
(Forward/Rhino Records)
- -- "Here Comes Terry"/NRBQ
from the CD, "Peek-A-Boo: The Best of NRBQ
1969 - 1989" (Rhino)
- -- "Imaginary Radio"/NRBQ
from the CD, "Dummy" (Edisun)
http://www.nrbq.com/store/cd_dummy.html
- -- "RC Cola And A Moon Pie" (Alternate
Version)/NRBQ
from the CD, "Peek-A-Boo: The Best of NRBQ
1969 - 1989 (Rhino)
- -- "Yes, Yes, Yes"/NRBQ
from the CD, "At Yankee Stadium" (Mercury)
http://tinyurl.com/9ocey
- -- "It's A Wild Weekend" (Instrumental)
from the Promo LP, "It's A Wild Weekend" (Virgin)
- -- "Crazy Girl"/NRBQ
from the CD, "Tokyo" (Rounder)
http://tinyurl.com/77d7q
- -- "Housekeeping"/NRBQ
from the CD, "NRBQ" (Rounder)
http://tinyurl.com/7k5gc
- -- "Dummy"/NRBQ
from the CD, "Dummy" (Edisun)
http://www.nrbq.com/store/cd_dummy.html
- -- "12-Bar Blues"/NRBQ
from the CD, "God Bless Us All"
http://tinyurl.com/9l63l
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- -- "Tex"/NRBQ
from the CD, "Tapdancin' Bats: The Anniversary
Edition" (Rounder)
http://tinyurl.com/8o34l
- -- "window #3 (Declan's window)"/Steve
Nieve
from the CD, "Windows" (Rapide Epistle)
http://www.stevenieve.com/
Distribution dates:
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