What's New? (American TV series)
What's New? is a half-hour American daily science and entertainment television program for children,[1][2] that was broadcast on the National Educational Television (NET) network and its 1970 successor, the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), from 1962 to 1973.[3] The program aired in black-and-white and, then as of October 1967, in color.[4][5]
The show began with a marching theme, with the narrator saying: "In, Out, and Round About. Here, There, and Everywhere. What's New?"
The target audience was upper elementary school and junior high school grades. The show was hosted by Al Binford,[3] with daily segments presented by science teacher George Fischbeck,[6][7][4] naturalist Murl Deusing and others, including deaf mime actor Bernard Bragg whose silent semi-comical educational adventure sketches were based on the artistry of his teacher, Marcel Marceau.[8] Ron Finley created the opening credits. Each program would deal with three different topics, such as baseball or space science.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Wolters, Larry. "What's New? Show Called What's New" (Chicago Tribune, August 25, 1963, TV Section 5, p.14)
- ^ What's New? programming schedule {with daily mention of George Fischbeck and Murl Deusing} for Monday, February 20 through Friday, February 24, 1967 on Pennsylvania educational station WITF, channel 33 in Reading (Reading Eagle, February 19, 1967, TV section, p.4)
- ^ a b "J. Allison (Al) Binford Jr." (Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame)
- ^ a b c "How well do you remember August 1967?". Wqln.org. WQLN (TV). Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ a b Mary Ann Watson,"The expanding vista: American television in the Kennedy years," Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 1994, p. 186
- ^ Fischbeck, George. Dr. George: My Life in Weather {Chapter 3: "My Classroom Expands" is devoted to his work at NET} UNM Press, 2013
- ^ "'Dr. George' Fischbeck dies at 92; popular weatherman at KABC–TV (Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2015)
- ^ Bragg, Bernard as signed to Bergman, Eugene. Lessons in Laughter / The Autobiography of a Deaf Actor. Gallaudet University Press, 2002
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