PBS' "An American Family" Bill Loud's father-son relationsh

[LastTree]

stupid reason to leave the family, be a man and take the challenges that you made.

[THEdowntowndoll]

@bc1969214 I wish I'd seen the Anniversary Edition on PBS!!!! I would soooo LOVE it if someone could post it to YouTube!!!!

[Saraswathi67]

@THEdowntowndoll Have you had any luck with finding the whole series? I can't believe I didn't know about the Marathon they ran on PBS! Did you by any chance record it? I really would love to have the series, plus the Anniversary Edition, especially since I've never seen them! Please let me know. Thanks for this video, by the way!

[bc1969214]

PBS just aired An American Family: Anniversary Edition, a 2-hour compilation of key moments in the series. Check your local PBS channel's schedule.

[Caveman6666x]

Must be tough, your kid turns out to be a fucking faggot like that.

[ed91775]

I love Lance, he was the star of the show. Sorry to hear that he died so young.

[TIPTON340]

The clip you are seeing with Lance riding down a Santa Barbara suburban street is the key scene to Lance's living his life on his own terms.

[anapao89]

From what I could see on the HBO film, is that they separated because of all the mistresses Bill had and also from being away from his home, which I think he did so because of what u said, about coming home to a big family. I think he was trying to escape from it, even though he loved them..Where can I see the series, I missed the PBS special :(

[marklindsayfan1]

ty for sharing this video

[MIKEANDKT]

Do you have the "the big scene" in episode 9? Where Bill comes home and gets blindsided.

[THEdowntowndoll]

@fogbuffy LOL! He was in his swim trunks. It was his day off and he came in from the pool. He spent a lot of time swimming and laying out in the sun by the pool on the original reality show...

[FogBuffy]

I've never seen the original...why is Dad lounging about in just a towel!?

[THEdowntowndoll]

continued...the clip in response to his father's letter.

[THEdowntowndoll]

@digitante Thank you for sharing info about the HBO film. Yes, family and docu-series is truly remarkable. Reminds me of how measured and well-spoken families of my grandfather's generation seemed to be, unlike today, where families and friends and co-workers seem to be more abrasive and rude or shocking in their manner of speech, perhaps never having much of a filter. Bill and Lance loud were very well spoken and Lance was certainly a brilliant and colorful writer from the letter he reads in t

[THEdowntowndoll]

@ellsea1 Wonderful to know you were touched by the Loud family also. This family really sort of attached to my soul in a deep way. I think it is so rare to see a family that communicates to one another in such a respectful way. I would LOOOOVE for PBS to do an update special on the entire family to see what they are up to now...40 years later.

[digitante]

Thanks for posting. I watched the HBO film last night. I think the actors did the Louds justice, though I don't think the film was presented as faithful down to the last detail. In other words, in order to compress the story into less than 2 hours, they had to take liberties. But the marriage deteriorated because of Bill's infidelity to Pat - though, granting one of Lance's dying wishes, they reconciled after his death and continue to live together in Los Angeles. Pretty remarkable family.

[ellsea1]

I loved every second of this and watched it back to back just recently over Easter too.Can't get enough of Lance Loud. I loved his father to son letter too.I was very moved by it.I wish I knew more about what has happened to them all since.We know about Lance I guess.I didn't like the HBO show. It just doesn't capture the characters at all the same I don't feel.But I suppose if I hadn't known about Cinema Verite I then wouldn't have made sure to tape the screenings of the 12 episodes on PBS.

[THEdowntowndoll]

@thetruegladiator I don't think I still have the divorce scene on my DVR. I deleted most all of the shows I already watched. Maybe PBS will run it again. If I have the scene where Pat confides to her sister how she feels worthless as a woman after she hits her limit with the "thousands" of woman he cheated on her with and over past 5 years before divorce...I will post...but the audio mostly picked up crickets and food sizzling on the grill...so it's very hard to hear conversation...

[THEdowntowndoll]

@333happymuffin Your welcome. I didn't see the HBO film. I wonder if they did the family members justice or simply made caricatures out of them.

[thetruegladiator]

Can you post the part where the wife asks for a divorce...

[333Happymuffin]

Thanks for posting this. Im watching the HBO movie right now. To bad I missed the real thing on PBS. I was born in 1973 and I remember my mom telling me about this when I was a teenager.