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Revisiting the First Television Spectacular

As a child, classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz was delighted by the live broadcast of the Ford 50th Anniversary Show, which featured a lively--and unprecedented--duet between Mary Martin and Ethel Merman. The program has recently been released on video.

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Other segments from the episode on September 7, 1988

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 7, 1988: Interview with Paul Schrader; Review of the home video release of "The Ford 50th Anniversary"; Interview with Clarence Major; Commentary on Italian…

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