1967 Episode 5 - The First Live Global TV Event - June 25th’s Our World Special

Television and satellite broadcasting took a giant leap for mankind, and It Happened One Year is there! Sarah & Joe delve into the segments bizarre, fascinating, and deadly dull that comprise the intercontinental TV production Our World, airing June 25th, 1967! At the time (supposedly) the most viewed program in history, this BBC-led production featured live events from across the globe - most notably Japan, Australia, Mexico, Sweden, France, Germany, Canada, and the U.S. of A. From half-baked athletic competitions to behind-the-scenes filmmaking, from pedantic traffic reports to Saturn V rocket tests, from Leonard Bernstein to The Beatles, this slice of '67 documentary is equal parts technical achievement and slow-motion entertainment catastrophe. Discussion ranges through Russia's 11th hour bailing on the program to camera difficulties in Tunisia to Sarah getting songs stuck in her head to Joe's Andrew Cuomo impression. This is Our World!