20 Years On The Road with Charles Kuralt

Published 2017-09-10
In 1967, television journalist Charles Kuralt went on the road and began a 20-year nomadic trek to discover the lifeblood of small-town America.

This program records those people whose unusual talents and avocations Kuralt remembers best.

0:00 - Introduction
1:29 - Good Americans
1:39 - Best with a Slingshot/Bean Shooter - Rufus Hussy of Seagrove, NC
2:08 - Best at Inducing Nausea in a Cameraman - Edna Gardner White of Roanoke, TX
2:47 - Best at Opening a Beer Can with a Lumberjack's Ax - Bill Musick, Herb Punkin and Dyke Fink of North Fork, CA
3:10 - Best String Saver - Francis Johnson of Darwin, MN
3:31 - Best Musical Saw Player - Tom Scribner of Santa Cruz, CA
4:10 - Fastest Runner at the age of 104 - Larry Lewis of San Francisco, CA
4:39 - Best Holder of Hens Eggs - D.W. Kunzie of De Graff, OH
5:07 - Best Solution to the High Price of Gasoline - Bill Patch of Minier, IL
5:57 - Best Traffic Cop - Vic Cianca of Pittsburgh, PA
6:20 - Best Bicycle Messenger - David Leopold of New York, NY
7:03 - Birch Canoe Builder - Bill Hafeman of North Woods, MN
10:50 - Newspaper tribute to Small Towns - Doug Duncan of Shelton, Nebraska -
13:50 - North Platte Nebraska Canteen for Troop Trains
20:21 - The Bird Lady - Esther Wright of St. Petersburg, FL
22:58 - Giver of Pumpkins - Nick and Tony Venetucci of Colorado Springs, CO
25:57 - Bike Repairman - Jethro Mann of Belmont, NC
30:26 - Gandydancers of Mississippi - Caller Dan McCollum
33:05 - Steam Locomotive Engineer - Billy Byrd of Madisonville, KY
35:15 - Mule Farmer - Willis Grumbein of Dodge City, KS
36:51 - Mail Delivery by Mule - Moses Walters & Julie the Mule in Magoffin county, KY
38:34 - Fly Fishing for Trout with the Greatest Man - John Voelker, Michigan Supreme Court Justice and Author
42:34 - Thanksgiving Weekend Family Reunion with the Chandler Family of Prairie, Mississippi
47:45 - Closing