In these humorous and affectionate television poems, humorist Jean Shepherd celebrates America in all its richness and diversity -- from cars to candy, baseball to beer, motels to money. Each week a different aspect of our national psyche is explored as Shepherd travels to the Okefenokee Swamp, Death Valley, Milwaukee, the Old South, and other far-flung locations -- using the PCP-90 portable camera.
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The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
Tim, Thom and Trevor had five weeks to travel from River Cottage to Land's End without any money. To survive they had to hunt for food for themselves and renewable electricity for their converted milkfloat - a three-ton, 1980’s electric milk float - top speed of 17 miles an hour. Get it right, and they’d eat like kings as they trundle through some of the most beautiful places in Britain. Get it wrong and they'd be starving, and going nowhere fast!
Following the success of his previous two expeditions across Canada and South Africa, Charley is back on his bike and this time he is taking on one of the most spectacular countries in the world, The United States of America. Travelling alongside fellow adventurer and director Russ Malkin, this series follows the pair from the volcanic infernos of Hawaii to the icy peaks of Alaska, and then from east to west as they venture off the beaten track to go in search of extreme adventures in the wilderness. This is a journey that tests Charley to the max as he is confronted with some of the most spine tingling challenges he has ever faced. The high risks and low margins for error bring out Charley s humour and the camaraderie he has with those who often hold his life in their hands.
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Michael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel around the world (without flying) in 80 days.
Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, traveling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air travel, all on a tight deadline.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. The sites include Spain, Chicago, Paris, Italy, Africa, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho. After the trip was over Michael Palin wrote a book about the journey and his experiences. This book contains both Palin's text and many pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team.
In the '90s, TV's stunt-filled "American Gladiators" thrilled fans. This docuseries explores the show's success — and how it almost ended before it began.
"A man went looking for America.... And couldn't find it anywhere!" proclaimed the original Easy Rider poster. Four decades later filmmakers Simon Witter and Hannes Rossacher set out to see if they could find America, retracing the film's original route across the country with Easy Rider super fans Jim Leonard and Mike Kittrell, on a quest to find out how the many issues that resonated through the film had developed, for better or worse, in the interim. Along the way they met musicians, journalists, academics, seasteading idealists, drug policy experts and healers, and heard from the film's makers and extras about the dramatic genesis of the cult film that blew like a wind of change through the stilted kitsch of mainstream cinema in 1969, re-writing the rulebook on genre, drugs, music, cinematography and even the use of non-actors, holding a mirror up to the values of a changing America.
Have you ever wished you could follow (carefully) in the footsteps of the wiseguys in "The Sopranos?" Run through the glorious hills from "The Sound of Music?" Take a dip in the waters from one of the all-time great movies, "Jaws?" Visit the Big Apple's celebrated sites made famous worldwide from such TV series as "Friends," "Seinfeld" and "The Honeymooners"? Now you can in a memorable, globe-hopping series of tours tailored especially for TV fans, movie buffs, sports enthusiasts, magic mavens, ghostbusters and more!
Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp are back for another mad-cap road trip, this time beginning in Dingle, Ireland, and making their way over to the white cliffs of Dover. Along the way, the pair will be joined by a variety of special guests who will challenge them to audacious challenges they have never done before. With their celebrity guests, the two compete against each other to see who must take on the ultimate forfeit - dangling terrifyingly from a helicopter with a bungee rope.
Robbie Coltrane has set himself a challenge to take a road trip across a Britain that we don't normally see. The route is from Scotland to the tip of Cornwall, stopping off at various locations - all on the scenic 'B' roads.
Coco and Marín, best friends, embark on a caravan trip to celebrate Blanca's bachelorette party, but their adventure becomes a time bomb as secrets unravel.
Vincent and Norman hit the road in Ontario. Still on the lookout for local specialties, they set up their mobile kitchen in picturesque settings and prepare dishes they’ve discovered through their contacts with farmers, breeders, fishermen and craftspeople.
Travelogue of England, Ireland and Wales, presented by Billy Connolly, including clips from his stand-up performances.
Two strangers meet by chance on the side of the road: Oli wants to go to Rouyn-Noranda, Camille wants to go - anywhere but here. Driven by mysterious signs from the universe, they agree to share the road together.
The Wild Atlantic Way, the magnificent West Coast of Ireland - was once described by William Butler Yeats as ' the land of your heart's desire". John Creedon is about to explore it's landscape, seascapes and culture in this new 3 part RTÉ One series, 'Creedon's Wild Atlantic Way'. He begins his road trip in Kinsale in Cork and travels right to the very top of our island - Donegal's Malin Head. The Wild Atlantic Way is the longest defined coastal drive in the world, coming in at two and a half thousand kilometres and John Creedon is determined to travel it by whatever means required.
Backpacking around New Zealand, filled with epic scenery, unique cultural experiences and amazing outdoor activities everywhere will be an eye opener. Fadhlur and Syarif are to go behind the wheels on a road trip where they will drive from one point to the next destination and they make new friends along the way. Getting closer to nature where camping in the wild and hunting for food source will be a challenge for them in order to understand how the aborigines live. In order to receive instructions and for them to send their mission replies, tablets and social networking sites will be used in order to obtain the budget to the next destination.
Stephen Fry journeys across America, hoping to visit all 50 states of the country which has always fascinated him.
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13 episodes • 1971
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Phantom of the Open Hearth Lives -- Somewhere in Indiana | Apr 11, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 2 | ...One Man's Version of Heaven Is a Super Howard Johnson's with 28 Flavors and No Lines for the Rest Room | Apr 18, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 3 | ...The End of an Era -- Riding the 'City of Los Angeles' on Its Last Journey Across the American West | Apr 25, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 4 | A Bunch of the Boys Were Whooping It Up at the Malamute Saloon | May 2, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 5 | There's More to Life Than a Hostess Twinkie | May 9, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 6 | And the Bad Guys Are Back on the Shore, Shaking Their Fists | May 16, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Perpetual Swish of Windshield Wipers Is the Soundtrack of Our Lives | May 23, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 8 | It Won't Always Be This Way | May 30, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 9 | ...From Its Golden, Ice-cold Depths Come the Echos of Lost Battles, the Sound of Ancient Victories, the Noise of a Million Ball Games | Jun 6, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 10 | I Might Even Snag One for Old Ahab Himself | Jun 13, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 11 | When There's No Place to Go But Up | Jun 20, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Like All Great Inner-Tube Specialists, He Finally Made the Classic Mistake | Jun 27, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Make School or Die | Jul 4, 1971 | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 1985
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mosquitoes and Moon Pies | Apr 16, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Filthy Rich at Last | Apr 30, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Bourbon and Major Wilkes' Rocking Chair | May 7, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Great American Tourist Trap | May 21, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Cha-Cha Lessons on C Deck at 9am | May 28, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Down in Death Valley | Jun 4, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Devil on the Bayou | Jun 11, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 8 | I Love Cars, So There, Ralph Nader! | Jun 25, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Chicago, Chicago, That Toddlin' Town | Jul 2, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Here Today, Guam Tomorrow | Jul 9, 1985 | 0.0 |