Tag: 70s Television

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Washington Tap Dancers | Real People | George Schlatter 0 (0)

Washington DC can be a stressful place to work. That’s where tap dance comes in. Every week high level lawyers and senators’ assistants escape to Joe Jeff’s school to shuffle step their problems away. Defying description, Real People went on to become a huge hit for NBC during its five years, giving rise to many imitators and eventually creating the genre, reality television…brought to you by SloppBoxx.Com.

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Spaceship Ruthie | Real People | George Schlatter 0 (0)

Ruth Norman may call a suburb in California home, but she comes from somewhere out of this world. As head of the Unaria Society, a cult that is 65 members strong, she readies her followers for the eventual spacecraft landing of her people. Defying description, Real People went on to become a huge hit for NBC during its five years, giving rise to many imitators and eventually creating the genre, reality television…brought to you by SloppBoxx.Com.

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Terry Fox | Real People | George Schlatter 0 (0)

Athlete Terry Fox confronts cancer and unites Canada by running 26 miles a day in his cross-country Marathon of Hope. While in the midst of the much-publicized effort to raise money for cancer research, Terry receives devastating news. For more on the movement Terry started: http://www.terryfox.org/ Defying description, Real People went on to become a huge hit for NBC during its five years, giving rise to many imitators and eventually creating the genre, reality television…brought to you by SloppBoxx.Com.

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Two Old Miners | Real People | George Schlatter 0 (0)

Host Sarah Purcell visits Pearl and Glen, two old miners digging for gold and not listening to a word the other says out in Death Valley. Defying description, Real People went on to become a huge hit for NBC during its five years, giving rise to many imitators and eventually creating the genre, reality television…brought to you by SloppBoxx.Com.

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Real People Highlights | Real People | George Schlatter 0 (0)

On April 18, 1979 at 8pm a new kind of television series was born. The format was so different no one had a way to describe it yet. The New York Times said it blurred the lines between news and entertainment. Producer George Schlatter agreed and called it “theater of reality.” In the days before the internet and YouTube, everyday people were given a spotlight for the first time. The show brought people around the country closer as it celebrated accomplishments big and small, the quirky, the challenged, and in some of its best moments, paid tribute to real life [See More…]

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Longshorewomen | Real People | George Schlatter 0 (0)

Host Sarah Purcell tries her hand as a dock worker, unloading cargo ships in one of New York’s busy ports. She may not be cut out for it, but she talks to some women breaking new ground in a job traditionally for men only. Defying description, Real People went on to become a huge hit for NBC during its five years, giving rise to many imitators and eventually creating the genre, reality television…brought to you by SloppBoxx.Com.

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Record Breaking Belch | Real People | George Schlatter 0 (0)

This New York teenager has a paper route, works hard in school, and has set quite a lofty goal for himself. He has a talent for burping, or belching to the more refined, and he is trying to set a Guinness Book record of 25 seconds or more. Defying description, Real People went on to become a huge hit for NBC during its five years, giving rise to many imitators and eventually creating the genre, reality television…brought to you by SloppBoxx.Com.