Underplayed Gems

NBC Experiment in Television (1967)

NBC Experiment in Television poster
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Length
4 seasons, 30 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is an anthology series from the late 1960s that aired on Sunday afternoons. It offered dramatic plays, documentaries, and experimental content, including episodes on philosophy and music.

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What happens

NBC Experiment in Television is an American experimental television show broadcast on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The format of the show was an anthology series and it usually aired on Sunday afternoons. Many of the episodes were either dramatic pieces or documentaries. The program was nominated for an Emmy in 1968 for editing. The first episode in February 1967, Losers Weepers, was an original play by Harry Dolan about African-American life in an urban ghetto. In March, philosopher Marshall McLuhan explained his theory that "the medium is the message". In the season 4 premiere, "Music", the show documented the Beatles' recording of "Hey Jude". In 1969 the program screened an episode produced and directed by Jim Henson and written by Henson and Jerry Juhl entitled The Cube and starring Richard Schaal. Henson also produced a documentary episode "Youth '68" the previous year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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