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Charles Kuralt shows clips and discusses his experiences making the program On the Road

Stories include:
Best with a Slingshot/Bean Shooter - Rufus Hussy of Seagrove, NC;

Best at Inducing Nausea in a Cameraman - Edna Gardner White of Roanoke, TX;

Best at Opening a Beer Can with a Lumberjack's Ax - Bill Musick, Herb Punkin and Dyke Fink of North Fork, CA;

Best String Saver - Francis Johnson of Darwin, MN;

Best Musical Saw Player - Tom Scribner of Santa Cruz, CA;

Fastest Runner at the age of 104 - Larry Lewis of San Francisco, CA;

Best Holder of Hens Eggs - D.W. Kunzie of De Graff, OH;

Best Solution to the High Price of Gasoline - Bill Patch of Minier, IL;

Best Traffic Cop - Vic Cianca of Pittsburgh, PA;

Best Bicycle Messenger - David Leopold of New York, NY;

Birch Canoe Builder - Bill Hafeman of North Woods, MN;

Newspaper tribute to Small Towns - Doug Duncan of Shelton, Nebraska;

North Platte Nebraska Canteen for Troop Trains;

The Bird Lady - Esther Wright of St. Petersburg, FL;

Giver of Pumpkins - Nick and Tony Venetucci of Colorado Springs, CO;

Bike Repairman - Jethro Mann of Belmont, NC;

Gandydancers of Mississippi - Caller Dan McCollum;

Steam Locomotive Engineer - Billy Byrd of Madisonville, KY;

Mule Farmer - Willis Grumbein of Dodge City, KS;

Mail Delivery by Mule - Moses Walters & Julie the Mule in Magoffin county, KY;

Fly Fishing for Trout with the Greatest Man - John Voelker, Michigan Supreme Court Justice and Author;

Thanksgiving Weekend Family Reunion with the Chandler Family of Prairie, Mississippi;

Executive Producer: Perry Wolff;
Produced by: Charles Kuralt & Bernard Birnbaum;
Directed by: Ken Sable;
Associate Producer: Cathy Lewis;
Camera Crew: Isadore Bleckman & Larry Gianneschi, Jr.;
Edited by: Pamela McDonough & Thomas Micklas;
Theme Music by: Charles Kuralt & Loonis McGlohon;
Sung by: Jim Campbell;
Assistant Producer: Carol A. Fleming;
Technical Director: Bruce Cohan;
Video: Louis E. Fernandez;
Audio: Larry Schneider;
Film Recording: Red Steger & Fred Degenhardt;
Graphic Designer: Anne Cadel;
Videotape Editors: Keith DeBetham, Daniel Ferraro, Bob Hoffman, Ted Lewandowski & Allan Segal;
Associate Directors: Ron Flaum & Bernard Rozenberg