Chronicle - Made in New England

DateSeptember 1 1992

Can DescriptionsAircheck Chronicle Sept. 1 1992 Made in New England

AbstractChronicle: Made In New England; vintage video clips from the 1950s, and loading a PEZ dispenser; the history of its development in Austria and then in 1952 to the U.S.A.; shots of the factory, movie clips in which PEZ is mentioned, like Stand By Me and Thirtysomething; collectors are interviewed; the 250 types of dispensers are noted; black screen breaks; weather forecast; Massachusetts cranberry farmers are visited during the harvest season; the Ocean Spray Cooperative, which began in the 1930s, is the focus of the report; Massachusetts harvests 40 percent of the U.S. product; shots of harvesting and processing; stock market report; Peter Mehegan reports on the Eldred Wheeler company and the making of reproduction antique furniture; shots of the factory and interviews with employees; customers are interviewed about why they buy these reproductions; lottery number; upcoming show notes;

OtherIn the studio, Andria Hall, Brian Leary, Judy Greenspan, Gonca Sonmez, Stan Wojcik, Bob Comiskey, Judi Guild, David Skillicorn, Ken Sullivan, Ellen Boyce, Joe Mozdiez, Susan Sloane, Chris Stirling, Mark Mills, Paul LaCamera, closed captioning funded by Dunkin' Donuts;