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You Were On ZOOM! What Happened?
Thomas White
Thu Jan 24, 07-08:30pm, 1-390

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CAES/AMPS/MVP videographer Tom White was an original cast member of Zoom from the initial pilot till the end of the first season when the show won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming".The PBS show Zoom (72-79) was one of the first children's shows hosted entirely by kids and the first to successfully create a genuine significant interaction with the home home audience. The series was second only to "Masterpiece Theater"in its power to attract public-broadcasting viewers. So put on your bell-bottoms and take a stroll to the Seventies as we check out rare video footage from the show with someone who was there from the start. Mr. White has been interviewed in Details magazine, NPR's This American Life and The David Brudnoy show. He is featured in the new book "Zoomers Revisited: Where are they Now?" His post-Zoom career includes playing on the bill with Sting, Wendy O.Williams, GG Allin and Captain Kangaroo.
Contact: Tom White, 9-425, x3-7414, tpwhite@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Advanced Educational Services
Latest update: 14-Nov-2001


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