Night Shift - On the Streets

DateDecember 11 1992

Can DescriptionsNight Shift X1956

AbstractNight Shift; On the Streets; theme music and visuals; the recording clock is visible across the bottom of the screen; Magen Banwart introduces the show outside the studio; the scene shifts to a restaurant, the Middle East Café, where food is being served during a voiceover by the owner talking about the restaurant; patrons talk about the restaurant and why they frequent it; Jessie Putnam is interviewed about his interest in photography; still photos as a slide show; "Table for Two" opens with a couple seated at a table, as seen from the sidewalk through the restaurant window; they are talking but the viewer only hears music; they flirt; she signs a check and they leave the restaurant; on the street they separate, each going their own way; she gets into a parked car and drives to another location where a young man meets her at the door and brings her to a fully-set table with candles and sparking drinks; he flirts but she turns away; they eat dinner; credits run; "In the Square" begins with street musicians interviewed about why they play music; performances are recorded with street scene reactions; a jester tries to give away dollar bills to strangers on the street; A burrito vendor cart owner is interviewed about why he is doing business in this way; a gallery owner is interviewed about the gallery and the current show; an artist of "inconvenient furniture" is interviewed; an artist of sculpture is interviewed; Magen closes the show; theme music and visuals during the credits; "Show is short by 3:54. Promo?"

OtherIn the studio Zivit Davidovitch, Dan Reiner, Ute Wolf, Marina Fuller, Nancy Danion, Gloria Harrison, Pamela Picard, Jam Hakim, Susan Krieger, David Gardiner, Jim Watson, Frank Firnschild, B.G. Lans, Tom Nielson, Larry McCarthy, Bob Marsocci, Elizabeth Cheng;