Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Saturtainment: The American Adventure (1971)

 The 70's brought an assortment of syndicated programming. Eddie Einhorn, at the time the owner of the Chicago White Sox, had launched a network that produced track & field events and college basketball games.

Meanwhile, MGM landed a deal with an independent producer for a weekly docuseries, The American Adventure, not to be confused with one of the attractions at Disney World. Even with sponsorship from Jeep (then a part of American Motors, now part of Chrysler), the series lasted just 1 season, but would remain available for stations into the mid-80's.

Actor Gary Merrill was host-narrator. I do recall seeing this on a local station, but not enough to merit giving this a rating.

Following is an episode on "Surfing", which was rebroadcast in the 80's on WCBS in New York.

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