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Original Air Date:
13 April 1982
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A musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book celebrating the lives of everyday working-class people. | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy.
Another 2 nominations
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Wish they had done a better job...
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Studs Terkel | ... | Himself - Host |
| Barry Bostwick | ... | Steelworker |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Parking Attendant |
| Barbara Browning | ... | Editor |
| Vernee Watson-Johnson | ... | Secretary (as Vernée Watson) |
| Jay Garner | ... | Corporate Executive |
 | Billy Jayne | ... | Newsboy (as Billy Jacoby) |
| Barbara Barrie | ... | Schoolteacher |
| Carole Schwartz | ... | Supermarket Checker |
| Bill Beyers | ... | Boxboy |
| Fausto Barajas | ... | Migrant Worker |
| Charles Haid | ... | Gas Man |
| Beth Howland | ... | Housewife |
 | Barbara Hershey | ... | Call Girl |
 | Eileen Brennan | ... | Millworker |
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90 min
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In a seminar with the Dramatist's Guild of North America in December 2003, Stephen Schwartz said that directing this television production was the lowest point in his career. He believed at the time he would never write another musical and that he was in a position where he did not know what he was doing.
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Song Lyric:
Hey somebody, do you wanna hear the story of my life?
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Something to Point To
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This was produced by PBS/WGBH/Great Performances/American Playhouse. But I wish they had cast some of the roles better. People like Barry Bostwick, Charles Haid, Rita Moreno & Barbara Hershey were very good, but I had to wince at Beth Howland's (from the "Alice" CBS sitcom) attempt at "Just a Housewife." Ugh. Didi Conn was annoying as the secretary, and Barbara Barrie was boring as The Schoolteacher, a song she did not sing well. Studs Terkel introduces the show, and in back of him are matted on the wall HUGE portraits of the actors in the show. Ick. Ploddingly directed - too bad for a wonderful musical that is not performed enough...