Our World Open 1987

Excellent ABC news program hosted by Linda Ellerbee and Ray Gandolf. They examined one year in-depth each week in a documentary style. Unfortunately, it was too intelligent for network television.

The open has excellent animation for its time and theme music written by Bill Conti who also wrote the theme for the movie Rocky.

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News & Politics

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• abc
• our
• world
• ellerbee

[ThePedrosanta]

Bloody goode show,I loved this.To smart for Tv at the time?

[keno8spot]

this was a terrific show and abc loved because it was so cheap to produce so what do they do they pull the plug hopefully it be released on dvd

[tipiman75]

I was probably the only black child in the United States who wasn't watching The Cosby Show, and instead watched with great joy this weekly program. Today, I am archivist. Thanks, Linda. Thanks, Ray.

[tcbluecollarguy]

I know I'll sound like a nerd, but I have everyone of these on VHS tape and have watched them occasionally over the years as they are so well done. Linda Ellerbee and Ray Gandolf were the perfect people to host this program. Damn shame ABC aborted this after 1 year. It was much more entertaining than the The Cosby Show which ran opposite of this.

[jwippel]

That's OK Amethyst, thanks much for trying anyway. If you could post "the winter of 1968", that would be real cool to watch as well. Thanks again!!!

[AmethystWillow]

I looked through my V. H. S. tapes. I thought I had the "Summer of 1969" episode, but it was the "Winter of 1968" episode. I am sorry.

[jwippel]

Thank you VERY much for your kind reply. I will be anxiously anticipating it !!!!

[AmethystWillow]

I'll find it and post it.

[jwippel]

Amethyst,

Could you PLEASE, PLEASE post your

'Summer of '69' episode of "Our World" on here? Or at least the section on the Moon Launch, which was very well done in my opinion, and literally gave me goose-bumps. I too, at one time, had that episode on VHS, but it has long since been lost. Thank you.

[AmethystWillow]

Thanks for posting this. Another favored television show taken away far too soon. I have this episode along with two others on V. H. S. tapes. The other two were about 1969 and the "Gone with the Wind" film. They should put the whole series out on D. V. D.