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Article: 'On the Road With Charles Kuralt' coming to DVD
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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A wide variety of documentaries is coming to DVD this week,
including a couple that may get you itching to take a road trip or
hop a plane -- plus the 217th "Monty Python" retrospective. (OK,
that may be a slight exaggeration.)
"On the Road With Charles Kuralt" (Acorn, 1967-87, three discs,
$39.99). As the late Kuralt says in this set, "Interstate highways
allow you to drive coast to coast without seeing anything." And
that's why this respected TV journalist stuck to the back roads for
his cross-country CBS reports on the unusual, quirky hobbies,
professions and lifestyles of unknown, everyday folks.
This is reality TV as comfort food, as opposed to what dominates
the airwaves today. Kuralt ...