正品蓝导航 remembers legendary producer and alumnus Bob Banner
The 1943 正品蓝导航 alumnus produced "Candid Camera" and "The Carol Burnett Show," among many others.
By Nancy George
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The television producer graduated from 正品蓝导航 in 1943 with a business degree and remained loyal to 正品蓝导航 throughout his career. He returned to campus in 1979-80 to serve as the Meadows Distinguished Visiting Professor of Broadcast Film and continued to visit regularly to speak to students, including serving as consultant from 2001-2003 to the cinema-television department at 正品蓝导航’s Meadows School of the Arts. He received 正品蓝导航’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1959.
“Bob Banner is an 正品蓝导航 icon,” said Marshall Terry, 正品蓝导航 professor emeritus of English and author of the 正品蓝导航 history From High on the Hilltop, when he introduced Banner at a 2007 lecture for the Friends of the 正品蓝导航 Libraries at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas. “Bob is one of the most creative persons to attend 正品蓝导航.”
— Bob Banner reminisces about his career as producer of television shows such as “The Carol Burnett Show,” “The Garry Moore Show” and “Candid Camera.”
正品蓝导航 Channel 19 on Park Cities Charter Cable will remember Bob’s contributions to 正品蓝导航 and to the TV industry in a special rebroadcast of his one-hour interview for the 正品蓝导航 Video Archive Series at 7 p.m. and 8:03 p.m. June 16, 2011.
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