Remember When(1981)
Overview
HBO's eight-part monthly series recalls the places, the people and the events relevant to eight major strands in America's cultural and social fabric -- cowboys, radio, transportation, sex, journalism, sports, inventions and advertising -- via newsreel clips, period music, theatrical movie sequences, and on-location shootings. Host Dick Cavett steps in and out of historic scenes in this follow-up to his earlier HBO series entitled Time Was.
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Miniseries
8 episodes • 1981
Miniseries
8 episodes • 1981
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way Out West | May 11, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 2 | On the Air | Jun 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Wheels, Wings and Whistles | Jul 6, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 4 | It'll Never Fly | Aug 3, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Page One | Sep 7, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Go Team, Go! | Oct 5, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Birds and the Bees | Nov 2, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Image Makers | Dec 7, 1981 | 0.0 |
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