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Episode 1902Original air date: 11/3/2008
A Trip to Remember
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | By his own admission, producer Aric Hartvig says he "likes to play the fool" on camera. But this story is a little different – and it wasn't even his idea. His father, Jim, is a Vietnam veteran who has never seen the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. As part of a group of motorcycle enthusiasts called "Rolling Thunder," Aric, his brother and his dad, with mom in a chase vehicle, set out from Indianapolis to Washington D.C. on their two-wheelers. It's a trip that Aric and his dad will never forget, as memories of combat return fresh in Jim's mind – as if they had happened yesterday. | | Credits: | Aric Hartvig | | Location: | Indianapolis |
Reflection of Yesteryear
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | The 1950s produced a lot of icons that, thankfully, ended up on the pop-culture refuse heap: the pompadour, the bee-hive, poodle skirts and "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman." Still, no decade is without its redeeming qualities, for as any devotee of history knows, it's a wise man who can appreciate the excellent along with the not-so-much. For the 1950s was also the decade of the street hot rod, and while many a young person from the era tossed aside its hair, fashions and movies, the love affair with a fast and curvy car is something that can never die . . . as you'll see when we head to Evansville and the 4,000-plus street rods on display at the "Frog Follies," where all roads lead to a James Dean kind of day. | | Credits: | Twila Snyder | | Location: | Evansville | | Contact: | E’ville Iron Street Rod Club - http://www.frogfollies.org/ |
Life in the Slow Lane
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | One hundred years ago, Henry Ford got it into his head that America would be a better place to live if everyone who wanted to drive a car could afford to. His brainchild? The lovable Model-T! Now, we all know that Henry wasn’t the kindest and gentlest of men to work with, and he sure had some funny ideas of who belonged in this country and who didn't. But all controversy aside, there is no denying that anyone who loves the feeling of getting behind the wheel owes a debt of gratitude of the man who taught American how to drive . . . as you'll see when we head to Richmond to join a celebration a century in the making. | | Credits: | Jim Simmons | | Location: | Richmond | | Contact: | Model T Museum, Centerville, Indiana - Model T Ford Club of America |
Porch Talk: Two-Wheeled Wisdom
| Watch This Segment Online. | | Description: | Leave it to Danville minister and author Philip Gulley to wrap up our trip on tires with this profound statement . . . man's eternal search for technical triumphs should have stopped when he invented the perfection of the bicycle. | | Credits: | Aric Hartvig | | Location: | Danville |
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