Storyline
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
Released
1/1/1999
Runtime
2h 0min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Passport International Productions
Cast
Walter Cronkite
Self
Carol Burnett
Self (archive footage)
Jay Leno
Self
Phyllis McGuire
Self
Doc Severinsen
Self
Dick Van Patten
Self
Ed McMahon
Self (archive footage)
Alan Young
Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
Dick Powell
Self (archive footage)
Sheree North
Self
Patrick Macnee
Self / John Steed (archive footage)
Ron Howard
Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
Frank Gorshin
The Riddler (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Sid Caesar
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
John Lennon
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
George Harrison
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Linda Ellerbee
Self
Eddie Albert
Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
David Hasselhoff
Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)
Ethel Merman
Self (archive footage)
Betsy Palmer
Self
Desi Arnaz
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
Imogene Coca
Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Marchand
Self (archive footage)
Edward R. Murrow
Self (archive footage)
Victoria Principal
Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
David Nelson
Self (archive footage)
Tony Randall
Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel
Self
Roger Ebert
Self
Ray Walston
Self
Adam West
Self / Batman (archive footage)
Burt Ward
Self / Robin (archive footage)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Stuart Bailey (archive footage)
George Burns
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
David McCallum
Illya Kuryakin (archive footage)
Kay Kyser
Self (archive footage)
Linda Gray
Self / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage)
Dick Elliott
Bartender (archive footage)
Buddy Ebsen
Jed Clampett (archive footage)
Jerry Mathers
Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage)
Diana Douglas
Elly May Clampett (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Jed Allan
Self
Tom Arnold
Self
Billy Barty
Self
Milton Berle
Self
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
William Demarest
Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage)
Joyce Brothers
Self
Wally Cox
Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
John Wayne
Self (archive footage)
Bob Crosby
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Self
Arte Johnson
Self / Wolfgang (archive footage)
Allan Lane
Mister Ed (archive audio)
Dick Martin
Self (archive footage)
Barry Morse
Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage)
Hugh O'Brian
Self (archive footage)
Donna Reed
Donna Stone (archive footage)
George Reeves
Superman (archive footage)
Red Skelton
Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
Vivian Vance
Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
Henry Winkler
Self