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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Air date: 05-21-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2365014026/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false After 60 years in show business, Mel Brooks has earned more major awards than any other living entertainer; he is one of 14 EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winners. Yet, the comedy giant has energetically avoided a documentary profile being made, even issuing an informal gag order on his... /episodes/get/8780 /episode/8780 American Masters: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise /episode-player/8780
Philip Roth: Unmasked
Philip Roth: Unmasked
Air date: 03-30-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2359116301/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false American Masters explores the life and career of Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning novelist Philip Roth, often referred to as the greatest living American writer. Reclusive and diffident, Roth grants very few interviews, but for the first time, allowed a journalist to spend 10 days... /episodes/get/8365 /episode/8365 American Masters: Philip Roth: Unmasked /episode-player/8365
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
Air date: 02-23-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2337391461/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Discover the life, music and influence of African-American gospel singer and guitar virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe /episodes/get/8067 /episode/8067 American Masters: Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll /episode-player/8067
Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
Air date: 12-28-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2320387369/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false It's the life and times of The Joffrey Ballet -- the first quintessentially American dance company -- on American Masters. /episodes/get/6530 /episode/6530 American Masters: Film: Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance /episode-player/6530
Inventing David Geffen
Inventing David Geffen
Air date: 11-20-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2305433189/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Notoriously press and camera-shy, David Geffen reveals himself for the first time in this unflinching portrait of a complex and compelling man. His far-reaching influence — as agent and manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and billionaire philanthropist — has helped... /episodes/get/6262 /episode/6262 American Masters: Inventing David Geffen /episode-player/6262
The Day Carl Sandburg Died
The Day Carl Sandburg Died
Air date: 09-25-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2280767465/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Carl Sandburg's life was like a tall tale. Yes, Sandburg was only a man. But, his words were Paul Bunyan; his words were John Henry: impossibly real. For much of the 20th century, Sandburg was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman and writer on behalf of the people. The Day Carl... /episodes/get/729 /episode/729 American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died /episode-player/729
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Cab Calloway: Sketches
Cab Calloway: Sketches
Explore the life of this pioneering jazz legend who charmed audiences with his bravado and showmanship. Cab led one of the most popular African American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s-40s, with Harlem's famous Cotton Club as his home stage, best known for his "Hi de hi de hi...
Air date: 02/27/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2223857692/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Explore the life of this pioneering jazz legend who charmed audiences with his bravado and showmanship. Cab led one of the most popular African American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s-40s, with Harlem's famous Cotton Club as his home stage, best known for his "Hi de hi de hi... /episodes/get/719 /episode/719 American Masters: Cab Calloway: Sketches /episode-player/719
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Margaret Mitchell was no ordinary writer. The one book she published in her lifetime - Gone With the Wind - sold millions of copies during the Great Depression in America and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, 75 years ago. Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel engages leading authors, historians,...
Air date: 04/02/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2218395311/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Margaret Mitchell was no ordinary writer. The one book she published in her lifetime - Gone With the Wind - sold millions of copies during the Great Depression in America and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, 75 years ago. Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel engages leading authors, historians,... /episodes/get/725 /episode/725 American Masters: Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel /episode-player/725
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests, he became a fixture of national life. Johnny Carson: King of Late Night explores his life, career, and complexities.
Air date: 05/14/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2230341415/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests, he became a fixture of national life. Johnny Carson: King of Late Night explores his life, career, and complexities. /episodes/get/724 /episode/724 American Masters: Johnny Carson: King of Late Night /episode-player/724
The Day Carl Sandburg Died
The Day Carl Sandburg Died
Carl Sandburg's life was like a tall tale. Yes, Sandburg was only a man. But, his words were Paul Bunyan; his words were John Henry: impossibly real. For much of the 20th century, Sandburg was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman and writer on behalf of the people. The Day Carl...
Air date: 09/25/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2280767465/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Carl Sandburg's life was like a tall tale. Yes, Sandburg was only a man. But, his words were Paul Bunyan; his words were John Henry: impossibly real. For much of the 20th century, Sandburg was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman and writer on behalf of the people. The Day Carl... /episodes/get/729 /episode/729 American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died /episode-player/729
Inventing David Geffen
Inventing David Geffen
Notoriously press and camera-shy, David Geffen reveals himself for the first time in this unflinching portrait of a complex and compelling man. His far-reaching influence ? as agent and manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and billionaire philanthropist ? has helped...
Air date: 11/20/2012
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2305433189/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Notoriously press and camera-shy, David Geffen reveals himself for the first time in this unflinching portrait of a complex and compelling man. His far-reaching influence ? as agent and manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and billionaire philanthropist ? has helped... /episodes/get/6262 /episode/6262 American Masters: Inventing David Geffen /episode-player/6262
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