To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       6/10/2007    "Weekend"
*"Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the
telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you." That's according to
Ogden Nash. Saturday night is definitely a special night. In this hour
of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Susan Orlean tells us about some of the
Saturday nights she spent with different people across the United
States...in an effort to discover the magic and mystique of this night.
Also, we'll meet Anne Beatts ("Beets"), one of the original writers of
the long-running TV show, "Saturday Night Live." 


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Weekend"

0:01 - 28:03        SEGMENT 1: (28:04)
            We hear a musical tribute to Saturday night drawn from
            the pop charts of several decades.  Also, journalist
            Susan Orlean's latest book is called "Saturday Night." 
            She set out to discover why this night is so special to
            Americans and tells Steve Paulson about some of her
            Saturday night excursions, including cruising in Elkhart,
            Indiana, and why she always ate alone on Saturday night.
            Also, Canadian Doug Gordon profiles Anne Beatts, one of
            the original writers for the groundbreaking late night
            comedy series "Saturday Night Live," itself the
            brainchild of fellow Canadian Lorne Michaels.  
             
            
            Segment One Outcue: "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

28:04 - 28:33       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

28:34 - 40:13       SEGMENT 2: (11:40)
            Craig Harline is a history professor at Brigham Young
            University and the author of "Sunday: A History of the
            First Day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl."  He tells
            Anne Strainchamps how Sunday has evolved over the past
            several centuries. 
            
            Segment Two Outcue: "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

40:14 - 40:43       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

40:44 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (12:16)
            David Sterritt, long-time film critic for the Christian
            Science Monitor, is the author of many books on film
            including "The Films of Jean-Luc Godard: Seeing the
            Invisible."  Sterritt talks with Jim Fleming about
            Godard's film "Weekend" and we hear clips.
            
            Segment Three Outcue:  PRI Audio Logo


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