PBS's 'Wall $treet Week' with Louis Rukeyser, "TWX in 12 Bars" (( Stereo ))

For better sound quality, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHc4Ge_HZLc&fmt=18

This video collage that I made is from the long running program, "Wall $treet Week" that aired on PBS from November 20, 1970 to June 24, 2005.

The host was Louis Rukeyser (the original host from November 20, 1970 to March 22, 2002).

The theme song is called "TWX in 12 Bars" by Donald Swartz.

There are no pictures from this program except for the first picture. Three pictures are related to Wall Street and the other three are of Louis Rukeyser (B. January 30, 1933, D. May 2, 2006).

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[KutWrite]

I always liked this song - and the show.

PBS blew it by firing this guy.

Great pix of Rukeyser, BTW - I wonder about the topless pool shot.

[Stratman78]

@KutWrite That was a picture that I stumbled on the internet which I think was from Playboy magazine. I was looking for pictures of Louis Rukeyser that had good resolutions when I found that one and I though "Oh wow! That's an unusual picture of him! That's going in!"

[keithlaney]

Sorry for the two star rating. I accidently tapped my mouse pad on the stars rather than the play icon. This video deserves five stars.

[Stratman78]

Hey, that's alright. No big deal. We all make mistakes.

[Davidt33]

There's a mistake on the date. Louis Rukeyser's last show of Wall Street Week was March 22, 2002 not May 22.

[Stratman78]

Thank you for the correction on the Information blog. Thought I made a mistake in the video.

[MrAaronLadner]

Good Evening, I'm Louis Rukeyser.

This is Wall Street Week...

Welcome Back.

[AaronBruceLadner]

Did Aynone Else get Mad when Louis Rukeyser left Wall Street Week?

[ogservice]

If Rukeyser were alive today, the market the past two years would have killed him!

[Kodos13]

Giving this video thumbs up is a definite *BUY* signal.

[helmantoler]

My father would come home from work on a Friday evening and he and I would watch this show together (I was about 5, it was 1980). This song had brought out an involuntary reaction in me to get up and dance around in paroxysms that used to make my Dad laugh. Then he explained what a share of stock was, and what terms like "volume" and "dilution" meant to me. I lost my father this year, but this song really brought back some long-untapped memories. I would love to make it my ringtone - any ideas

[lostintracy]

when i was a kid for some reason i liked watching this in my room on friday nights. i would sit there, play with my toys & it would be on for background noise. i liked the theme song. (i was a weird kid)

[AaronBruceLadner]

When I First Saw "Wall Street Week with Fortune", I got Mad and Said, "BRING BACK LOUIS RUKEYSER!!".

[Similie]

I loved the elves!

[johnwoa]

It has been many years now, but Friday nights at 8:30 p.m. will never be the same without Mr. Rukeyser. I lived for Friday nights and Lou's program. I even got my mother hooked on the show. She initially told me way back then that she probably wouldn't be interested in it. But, within a few weeks, she was hooked! I wonder whatever happened to Mary Farrell and Marty Zweig?

[jellyfishattack]

@adrianplaut MPT did fire him. He was forced to start a new show, Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street, on CNBC. Many PBS stations (although, not all), took his new show and dumped WSW w/Fortune. Unfortunately, he had to quit his new show after only 2 years (I'm not exactly sure) because he became sick (cancer, I think), and eventually succumbed to his illness.

I'm 35 and I love hearing TWX in 12 Bars, it brings back so many happy memories of Lou and my grandparents too.

[jellyfishattack]

@KutWrite I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the song was as great as the show!

MPT really blew it when they fired Lou, he was WSW.