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Remember When
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Mitchell Barry
Director: Bruce Cohn
Producer: Bruce Cohn
Top Cast
Dick Cavett
Self - Host
Seasons
Season 1 (1981)
No overview available.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Way Out West
1981-05-11Dick Cavett narrates and steps into a vivid panorama of legendary figures, events and locations which made up the history of the Old West.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 2: On the Air
1981-06-08Dick Cavett traces the history of American radio, from the first signals sent by Marconi to the days when audio comedy and adventure shows were in their prime.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 3: Wheels, Wings and Whistles
1981-07-06Dick Cavett traces the history of American transportation from the covered wagon of the Old West to the newly developed space shuttle.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 4: It'll Never Fly
1981-08-03The determination of American inventors, whose concepts and ideas changed the face of the entire nation as they went into widespread use, is examined by Dick Cavett.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 5: Page One
1981-09-07Dick Cavett unfolds the story of the American free press, its printers and publishers, headlines and by-lines, scandals and scoops.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 6: Go Team, Go!
1981-10-05Host/narrator Dick Cavett cheers America's love of sports with a close look at the superstars and great teams, grand goofs, big brawls and the unique dedication of fans and players.
Runtime: 59 minEpisode 7: The Birds and the Bees
1981-11-02Dick Cavett looks at the traditions and revolutions, the rigidities and liberties that make up America's always-changing sexual standards.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 8: The Image Makers
1981-12-07Dick Cavett reviews 200 years of American commercialism -- the posters and propaganda, hyping and huckstering, commercials and come-ons -- from the early colonial period through today's $54 billion advertising industry.
Runtime: 59 min
