LEADER 03499nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910785620003321 005 20230801224038.0 010 $a1-283-55078-4 010 $a9786613863232 010 $a0-8032-4453-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000234138 035 $a(EBL)999192 035 $a(OCoLC)809833158 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711001 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12287811 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711001 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10682121 035 $a(PQKB)10556150 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC999192 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL999192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10590745 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL386323 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000234138 100 $a20120131d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBackstage$b[electronic resource] $estories from my life in public television /$fRon Hull 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-4066-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Where the West Begins in the Middle of . . .; 2 The Mystery in Grandmother's Trunk; 3 The Stranger in the Night; 4 The Hulls and the Kayes; 5 On Becoming a Storyteller; 6 Front and Center; 7 With Thanks to the GI Bill; 8 Our Town; 9 We Had a Dream; 10 Shapers of the Dream; 11 My Two Friends John Neihardt and Mari Sandoz; 12 Bringing Television to Vietnam; 13 Actors, Politicians, and Airplanes; 14 Like Dragons Taketo Maidens; 15 Brief and Memorable Far East Encounters; 16 Programming the Vietnamese Way; 17 Goodbye, Saigon 327 $a18 The House that Jack Built19 Back to Vietnam; 20 David and Goliath; 21 The Big Time; 22 Sandy, Jean, and Phil; 23 The Gang of Seven; 24 The Missed Opportunity; 25 Exciting Times, Stimulating People; 26 Feeling the "Old Washington Squeeze"; 27 The Peace Tree 330 $aBorn in 1930 in "Diddlin' Dora's" establishment on the banks of Rapid Creek and carried by the Madam herself to a social worker at the Alex Johnson Hotel in Rapid City, Ron Hull was destined from the outset to live an interesting life. And interesting it has indeed been, at the very least. A well-known and much-loved figure after six decades in television, Hull sets out in Backstage to tell his story-from playing a bellhop in a junior class play in South Dakota (and meeting his "real" mother backstage) to initiating the American Experience series for the Corporation for Public 606 $aTelevision producers and directors$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aCollege teachers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPublic television$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aTelevision producers and directors 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting 615 0$aCollege teachers 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting$xHistory 615 0$aPublic television$xHistory 676 $a791.4302/32092 676 $aB 700 $aHull$b Ronald Eugene$f1930-$01503207 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785620003321 996 $aBackstage$93731436 997 $aUNINA