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One on One with Larry Bird

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One on One with Larry Bird  
Producer: Chris Myers;
Photographer: Tom Sisler & Mike Jensen
Video (13:25)  
(Notes by Ally Melnik, J450 History of Journalism, Fall 2021 )

One of Caldwell’s One on One segments this time interviewing Larry Bird. In it, they go through a brief history of Bird’s time growing up and playing basketball in French Lick, Indiana, as well as playing in college and professionally, and how his back injuries have affected him.  

00:01 intro credits over B roll 

00:11 cut to black 

00:12 B roll and voiceover 

00:31 cut to black 

00:33 Bird talking about the way he played 

00:52 B roll and voice over 

01:38 Bird talking about living in French Lick and why he likes coming home 

01:56 B roll and voice over 

02:16 some man (has a poster of Bird in the background ???? family member? Colleague?) talking about Bird practicing in high school 

02:28 Bird talking about motivation toward basketball v. school 

02:58 someone else talking about Bird in school (interview’s in a school ???? old teacher?) 

03:09 B roll and voice over 

03:33 high school teammate talking about Bird playing in high school 

03:47 man (another teammate? Old coach?) talking about Bird playing in high school 

03:58 B roll and voice over 

04:02 Bird talking about college 

04:08 B roll and voice over 

04:22 cut to black 

04:27 credits over B roll 

04:36 cut to black 

04:38 B roll and voiceover 

04:58 old coach talking about Bird’s humbleness in high school 

05:09 B roll and voice over 

05:13 Bird talking about going to college 

05:26 B roll and voice over 

05:39 Bird talking about being at college, playing at IU briefly 

06:01 Bob Knight talking about Bird being at IU for three weeks 

06:31 B roll and voice over 

06:46 Bird talking about his father killing himself, effect on family  

07:03 B roll and voice over 

07:36 Bird talking about being benched at practice at ISU-Terre Haute 

07:56 B roll and voice over 

08:27 Bird talking about going to college classes 

08:41 B roll and voice over 

08:55 cut to black 

08:57 intro credits over B roll 

09:07 cut to black 

09:09 B roll and voice over 

09:13 IC “You have to learn how to adjust your game…” 

09:32 OC “From that day on…” 

09:50 high school coach talking about what they used to tell Bird at practice 

10:00 Bird talking about his practice routine, trash talking on the court 

10:41 B roll and voice over 

10:47 Bird talking about his family 

11:04 B roll and voice over 

11:14 Bird talking about his daughter playing basketball 

11:25 B roll and voice over 

11:31 Bird talking about being bored due to his back injuries 

12:00 B roll and voice over 

12:11 high school coach? Talking about Bird’s success 

12:30 old teacher/coach? Talking about Bird in high school 

12:39 man with Bird poster talking about Bird in high school 

12:48 old teammate talking about Bird as a friend 

12:58 Bird talking about his friends 

13:08 B roll 

13:25 cut to black