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ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT {DOMINO CHAMP; PAINTED ADVERTISEMENTS; WOODEN BOATS; GARDEN REST STOP} (TV)

Summary

One in this series of television magazines, in which host Charles Kuralt presents clips from his twenty-five years of travel journalism through the back roads of America. In the program's first segment, Kuralt interviews Bob Speca of Walnut Creek, California, who has the world's largest collection of dominos. He also holds the world's record for domino-toppling, and on the air he sets up a display of 8,000 dominos which Kuralt promptly pushes over. Next, Kuralt investigates the old advertisements painted directly on brick walls all over the country. They chronicle the history of advertising, merchandise, prices, and artwork over the decades. The third segment features Ferd Nimphius, one of the last builders of wooden boats in the country. Located in central rural Wisconsin, Nimphius has constructed 111 schooners, square riggers, and frigates using old-fashioned methods and materials over the past sixty years. Finally, Kuralt visits a thirteen-acre roadside rest stop created by Walter Mizenheimer. After retiring as a nurseryman, Mizenheimer planted a garden next to his home for the use of motorists along Route 10 in Surrey County, Virginia. Following his death, he left it to an admirer of his from Boston who still cares for it.

("On the Road with Charles Kuralt" consists of excerpts from Charles Kuralt's segments on the CBS Evening News, beginning in 1967. In the 1970s the show was aired in four special broadcasts, and in 1983 it was developed into a regular ten-week summer series. In addition, the series was reworked for and aired on The Travel Channel in 1993.)

Cataloging of this program was made possible by the CBS Foundation, 1998.

Details

  • NETWORK: Travel Channel
  • DATE: November 30, 1992
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:21:59
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T:54426
  • GENRE: Magazine
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Advertisements; Collectors; Domino toppling; Dominoes; Journalism, travel; Roadside rest areas; Shipbuilding; Television journalism; Travel
  • SERIES RUN: Travel Channel - TV series, 1993
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV - Commercials - "On the Road with Charles Kuralt" (home video of this series)

CREDITS

  • Robert Northshield … Executive Producer
  • Dalton Delan … Executive Producer
  • Meredith Stark … Coordinating Producer
  • Bernard Birnbaum … Senior Producer
  • Phil Frank … Senior Producer
  • Brook Porter … Producer
  • Peter Freundlich … Writer
  • Tom Harris … Writer
  • Charles Kuralt … Writer
  • Charles Kuralt … Host, Interviewer, Narrator
  • Ferd Nimphius
  • Walter Meizenheimer
  • Bob Speca