NICK NEWS SPECIAL EDITION: A CONVERSATION WITH MAGIC JOHNSON (TV)
Summary
One in this series of children's news programs which answer the questions who, what, when, where, and why about each topic covered. This program, hosted by Linda Ellerbee, features a conversation with professional basketball star Magic Johnson. Johnson answers questions about HIV and AIDS that are asked by a group of children. Topics discussed include the following: Johnson's first reaction when he found out about his condition; the way that he has been learning to live with HIV; what HIV and AIDS actually are, and how a person's immune system is affected; whether he was nervous about how his peers would react when he announced his retirement because of HIV; the period of time it took for him to decide that his condition needed to be made public; the message he would give to people who think that they could never get AIDS; and what he views as the best protection against HIV and AIDS.
This selection from the Alan Gerry Cable Collection has been made available by the Gerry Foundation, Inc.
Details
- NETWORK: Nickelodeon
- DATE: January 29, 1995 Sunday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:10
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:57038
- GENRE: Children's; News
- SUBJECT HEADING: AIDS (Disease); Children's programs; She Made It Collection (Geraldine Laybourne)
- SERIES RUN: Nickelodeon - TV series, 1992-2015
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Rolfe Tessem … Executive Producer
- Linda Ellerbee … Executive Producer, Writer
- Bob Brienza … Producer
- Cynthia Bernbach … Segment Producer
- Mark Lyons … Segment Producer
- Robert Hersh … Director
- Scar … Music by
- Joe Curiale … Music by, Theme Music by
- Linda Ellerbee … Host
- Magic Johnson … Guest