ONE FOR THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT AND MORLEY SAFER (TV)

Summary

In this special, Charles Kuralt talks with Morley Safer about his experiences as a news correspondent for CBS. Highlights of this program include Kuralt's thoughts on the following topics: his use of the term "hero" to describe various problem solvers he met throughout his thirty years in the news industry; his passion for reporting; the appeal of small towns; growing up during the Depression; liberalism; his pet peeves in life; the crafts that no longer exist in the United States; what he accomplished by doing small, human interest features; his feelings about the subjects he reported on; how he was treated by other reporters; the state of education in the United States; the problems people have overcome in the past; his optimism that, despite obstacles, Americans can realize their dreams; his work on CBS News: Sunday Morning; being the "good soldier" for CBS News; the importance of art; his love of writing; the demands young reporters face; changes in the newsroom; and his feelings about being retired. Also included is footage from "On the Road," "CBS News: Sunday Morning," and other news shows with Charles Kuralt. Clips include Charles Kuralt reporting on the following people, events, and places: a farmer who built a yacht out of scrap metal and then sold his farm; a man who took it upon himself to build a highway from Duluth to Chicago; a poor family from Mississippi that managed to send nine children to college; a Russian dentist who sought to thank the Americans who protected him when he was in a Russian prison camp; women in North Platte, Nebraska who fed every soldier who came through their town during World War II; a man who made sure that all the children in his neighborhood would have a bike at their disposal; railroad workers; civil rights marches; the North Pole expedition; the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway; a pioneer woman; a man in Arkansas who built his own library so that his children would be well-educated; a greased-pig contest in Kansas; the work of photographer Ansel Adams; violinist Midori; the art of Vincent Van Gogh; the Bolshoi Ballet; opera in small towns; pianist Vladimir Horowitz's return to Russia; and Little Bighorn. Includes commercials, promos, and PSAs.

Cataloging of this program was made possible by The Marc Haas and Helen Hotze Haas Foundation.

Details

NETWORK: CBS
DATE: May 4, 1994 8:00 PM
RUNNING TIME: 0:57:47
COLOR/B&W: Color
CATALOG ID: T:34341
GENRE: Specials
SUBJECT HEADING: American essays; Americans; Broadcast journalism; Interviewing in television; Interviews; Journalism; News; US - Social life and customs
SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1994
COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Acura automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Benadryl allergy medication/antihistamine
- TV - Commercials - Carnation Coffee-mate non-dairy creamer
- TV - Commercials - Chrysler/Plymouth automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Ford Taurus automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Intel micro-processing chip
- TV - Commercials - Lotus computer service
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's fast food
- TV - Commercials - Mentadent toothpaste
- TV - Commercials - MetLife insurance (Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.)
- TV - Commercials - NASDAQ stock market report
- TV - Commercials - Nissan automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Prudential Securities
- TV - Commercials - Roadway transport service
- TV - Commercials - Sprint phone service
- TV - PSAs - AIDS: Facts for Life
- TV - Promos - "48 Hours"
- TV - Promos - "Artistry on Ice"
- TV - Promos - "Burke's Law"
- TV - Promos - "CBS This Morning"
- TV - Promos - "Christy"
- TV - Promos - "Diagnosis Murder"
- TV - Promos - "Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman"
- TV - Promos - "Eye to Eye"
- TV - Promos - "In the Heat of the Night"
- TV - Promos - "Late Show with David Letterman"

CREDITS

Don Hewitt … Executive Producer
Bernard Birnbaum … Coordinating Producer
Peter Schweitzer … Producer
Virginia Somma … Associate Producer
Morley Safer … Writer
Peter Fish … Music by
Morley Safer … Reporter
Charles Kuralt … Guest