Summary

04:34 Show id with Joe Cummings 04:46 Marc Canter from Macromind Inc discusses the future of computer technology and makes some predictions for that technology in the 1990's His predictions include how computer technology will change the entertainment industry (streaming TV shows as an example), and the merger between video games and other forms of entertainment 15:50 Brazilian TV by Wendy Appel and Alan Barker Brazilian actress Christine Nazareth gives us the inside scoop on Brazilian TV: the stars, the most popular programs, and the politics 20:14 Ian Mitroff Professor/author Ian Mitroff talks about TV: TV has become a self-sealing universe a culture There's too much garbage on TV but you can't turn it off how do you turn off a culture? 25:23 1989 CLIO Award-Winning Commercial A PSA that urges people to watch television sensibly 26:21 Maureen Moore, an advertising executive, talks about TV advertising: The commercial industry is moving away from salesmanship to entertainment we have to make people want to watch commercials 27:43 1989 CLIO Award-Winning Commercial for Nike shoes 40:39 Microphone Technique by Richard D Rosen A humorous look at a seasoned TV reporter's relationship with his microphone He knows it's a valuable prop an implement of journalistic power 43:19 Attack of the Flying Logos by Gregory MacNicol A parody of television's overuse of its bells and whistles It will dazzle, blind and astound you with millions and millions of pixels 48:32 Albert Einstein graphic gives statistics on home video viewing in the '80s 49:01 Kim Long, a forecaster, is concerned with the recent popularity of camcorders, citing the fact that a Denver man was arrested for taking pictures up women's dresses You wonder how much of this is going on and when it will stop 49:53 Motor Sports Unlimited: Part 127 A clip from an actual cable TV program featuring scantily-clad shapely women interviewing fully clad men about their radio-controlled miniature racing boats 50:53 ASTN Sales Meeting A satellite-delivered series broadcast to car dealers across the country, complete with a news anchor and co-hosts, dealing with issues such as how to conduct interpersonal relationships within a sale 51:46 Deep Dish TV by Dee Dee Halleck While preparing a pie, Halleck states that public access TV is a real way to exercise our First Amendment rights 52:29 More from Marc Canter More prophetic words on the future of TV and how it will change because of computer and digital technology 53:30 1989 CLIO Award-Winning Commercial for the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, GB 56:19 Tom Palazzolo, a Chicago-based filmmaker, believes that video is ugly the color is flat Film is better He smashes some TVs