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