Good Day - 1776 4th of July

DateJune 28 1988

Can DescriptionsGood Day; 1776, 4th of July; X2545; Red. Date 6-28-88; Air date 7-4-88

AbstractGood Day; Tongue-in-check programming in 1776 to celebrate July 4th; Eileen Prose and Tom Cottle report on the news of the day with an interview of Oliver Northbridge; black screen breaks with countdowns; Benjamin Franklin is interviewed by Eileen Prose about his life as ambassador and book publisher; the Minute Man syndrome is described and those suffering are interviewed; preparation of a Bunker Hill box lunch is demonstrated; Betsy Ross is interviewed about current fashions;

OtherIn the studio Patrick Shea, Ralph Archibold, Ellen Colton, Jay Alan Ginsburg, Michael Fennimore, Marina Re, Linda Robinson, Calvin Holt, Alison Martin, Josh Tane, Mark Gentile, Tisi Aylward, Crystal Johns, Rob Stegman, Tom Yaroschuk, Linda Adler, Peggy Allen, Crystal Johns, Rob Stegman, Mary Ellen Hayes, J. Isaac Laughinghouse, Bruce Goldman, Frank Firnschild, B. Geoffrey Lans, Kif Williams, Nancy Moloney, Joe Mozdiez, Juliet Charney, Mary Newsham, Kevin Yarr, Geoff Sullivan, Chris O'Hare, Bill Frewald, Kathy McKenna, Sumner Shain, Chris Finn, Mike Field, Ted Talanians, Bayard W. Peabody, Jr., Giles Baker, Peter Walent, John Boyle III, Al Giglio, Carolyn Stirling, Leona McCarthy, Elizabeth Cheng, Paul LaCamera, Paddock Stables, Milton, Kingston Carriage & Sleigh Museum, Kingston, N.H., Anne Darling, Acton, George G. Whitehouse;