TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phillips,Bob
TI  - A Good Long Drive: Fifty Years of Texas Country Reporter 
SN  - 9781477324028
AV  - PN4874.P479 A3 2021
U1  - 070.92B 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Austin : 
PB  - University of Texas Press, 
KW  - Nonfiction television programs
KW  - Texas
KW  - History
KW  - Television journalists
KW  - Biography
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Prologue --; Part One: Only the Beginning --; Part Two: Achieving the Dream. Almost --; Part Three: The First Years of Fifty --; Part Four: A New Beginning 93 --; Part Five: Settling in for the Long Haul --; Part Six: Stories from the Back Roads --; Acknowledgments; restricted access
N2  - In 2021, Texas Country Reporter celebrates its fiftieth season on the air. Broadcast every week on stations across Texas, it focuses on “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” And at the center of it is Bob Phillips, the show’s creator and host—an erstwhile poor kid from Dallas who ended up with a job that allowed him to rub elbows with sports figures, entertainers, and politicians but who preferred to spend his time on the back roads, listening to less-famous Texans tell their stories. In this memoir, Phillips tells his own story, from his early days as a reporter and his initial pitch for the show while a student at SMU to his ongoing work at the longest-running independently produced TV show in American television history. As we travel with Phillips on his journey, we meet Willie Nelson and former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry; reflect on memorable, unusual, and challenging show segments; experience the behind-the-scenes drama that goes on in local television; witness the launching of an annual festival; and discover the unbelievable allure of Texas, its culture, and, especially, its people. Spanning generations, A Good Long Drive is proof that life’s journey really is a destination unto itself
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7560/324011
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477324028
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781477324028/original
ER  -