Your own mind. Brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. A million mornings, forgotten by the mind of man. Dawn remembers again the magic circle, stonehenge. Magic circle, observatory, temple aligned with the rising of the sun and the turning of the heavens. Stones from afar brought by man to this place where no stones were before more than 3,000 years ago. Apollo 11, 15 july, 1969, cape kennedy, florida. The night before the great day. Were going to the moon together pack your bags and jump into the car going to take a trip to tell you where you are goodbye mother so long mother so long mother goodbye mother so long mother so long mother so long mother goodbye mother goodbye mother earth six Million Pounds of machine. 36 stories tall. Nearly ten years worth of half a Million People. Through the night it was checklisted, doublechecked, electronically monitored, computerized, televised, dehumanized of human error. While the night of celebration was ending,
Randy roberts has written so many, hes written more than half of our total number, i think. So, we have a lot of experience in the genre and weve been drawn to it and we have an affinity for it in some way or another. Let me introduce the panelists, i will introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about this genre. We have larry who is a professor of the graduate acting program at school of the arts in new york in the musical writing program. Hes particularly interested in the music of broadway and has written biographies of Richard Rogers and playwrights and in addition to several other books. His most recent biographical work is the documentary film, sammy davis junior, i gotta be me. So, larry, tell us what drew you to this. Hi. I may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So, obviously, in entertainment you are dealing with a public person
Choice hanging out with us to biographiesedia and in political history. Between the four of us we have written at least 17 biographies, it might be more than that, i was losing count because Randy Roberts had written so many, more than half of our total number. We have a lot of experience in this genre, we have been drawn to it and have an affinity for it in some way or another. Panelists. Oduce the as i introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience, what was it that drew you to biography . What is it that you love about the genre . First we have larry, professor and in the graduate acting program in the New York University of the arts with an affiliate in the graduate musical theater writing program. He particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy, and has written the biography of Richard Roberts Richard Rogers and several other books. His most recent is a documentary film, Sammy Davis Jr. i gotta be me. What has drawn you to biography
Magic circle, observatory, Temple Temple aligned with the rising of the sun and the turning of the heavens. Stones from afar, brought by man to this place, where no stones were before, more than 3000 years ago. Apollo 11, 15 july, 19 69, cape kennedy, florida. The night before the great day. Pack your bags and chuck them to the car. Going to take a trip to tell you where you are goodbye, mother earth goodbye, mother, so long, mother, so long, mother earth [sudden cut to silence] noises]adio narrator 6 Million Pounds of machine, 36 stories tall, nearly 10 years work of half a Million People. Through the night, it was check listed, double checked, electronically monitored, computerized, televised, dehumanized of human error. While the night of celebration was ending, the day began for the astronauts. Breakfast, medical examination, suiting up. Neil armstrong, commander, apollo 11. Edwin buzz aldrin, lunar module pilot. Michael collins, command module pilot. [beeping] [indiscernible voice
Magic circle, observatory, temple aligned with the rising of the sun and the turning of the heavens, stones from afar, brought by man to this place, where no stones were before, more than 3000 years ago. Narrator apollo 11, 15 july, 19 69, cape kennedy, florida. The night before the great day. Pack your bags and chuck them to the car. Going to take a trip to tell you where you are goodbye, mother earth goodbye, mother, so long, mother, so long, mother earth narrator 6 Million Pounds of machine, 36 stories tall, nearly 10 years work of half a Million People. Through the night, it was check listed, double checked, electronically monitored, computerized, televised, dehumanized of human error. While the night of celebration was ending, the day began for the astronauts. Breakfast, medical examination, suiting up. Neil armstrong, commander, apollo 11. Edwin buzz aldrin, lunar module pilot. Michael collins, command module pilot. [beeping] [indiscernible voices] [foreign languages spoken] [bee