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