5.1.1. The NBC 1994 Summer Replacement Series (TV Nation Episode)
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This article is from the Michael Moore FAQ, by Edward Champion edchamp@slip.net with numerous contributions by others.
5.1.1. The NBC 1994 Summer Replacement Series (TV Nation Episode)
Producer: Kathleen Glynn
Supervising Producer: Jerry Kupfer
Executive Producer: Michael Moore
First Show (July 19, 1994)
FREE TRADE IN MEXICO: Michael Moore hears about the North American
Free Trade Agreement and moves the show to Mexico
TAXI: Rusty Cundieff finds out who has an easier time of getting a
cab - Yaphet Kotto, a distinguished black actor or Louis
Bruno, a convicted white felon
APPLETON PRISON: Merrill Markoe visits the quietest prison in
America
LOVE CANAL: We go house hunting in contaminated Love Canal
LOOKING FOR MISSILES: Michael Moore goes in search of the Russian
missile pointed at his home town
(Note: The LOVE CANAL segment featured correspondents Jane Morris
and Jeff Michalski. Shortly after their segment, they immediately
left the show.)
[This episode is available on THE BEST OF TV Nation, Tape One.]
TV Nation POLLS
Source: Widgery & Associates.
Margin of Error +/- 9%
>From a telephone survey of 204 Americans, Spring 1993
- 65% of all Americans believe that frozen pizza will never be any
good and there's nothing science can do about it.
- 10% of the American public would pay $5 to see Senator Orrin
Hatch (R - Utah) fight a big mean dog on Pay TV. 86% of all
viewers would root for the dog. 100% of women viewers would
root for the dog.
- 45% of Americans think rain doesn't feel as good in real life as
it seems to in the movies
- 16% of Perot voters believe "if dolphins were really smart, they
could get out of those nets."
Second Show (July 26, 1994)
CEO CHALLENGE: Michael Moore asks what exactly can the chairmen of
American companies do?
AIDS: Karen Duffy finds out how some people are getting rich off
people with AIDS
THE NEW KKK: Louis Theroux meets the new Ku Klux Klan
KUWAIT: Michael Moore enjoys the fruits of victory with a tour of
free and democratic Kuwait
PETS ON PROZAC: Merrill Markoe meets the happiest animals in
America
TV Nation POLLS
Source: Widgery & Associates.
Margin of Error +/- 9%
>From a telephone survey of 204 Americans, Spring 1993
- 65% of American women believe there is "a lot of difference"
between a campaign contribution and a bribe. Only 35% of men
see a difference
- 70% of American women have never had an emotionally satisfactory
relationship with a Republican
Third Show (August 2, 1994)
LOBBYIST: Michael Moore goes to Washington to see how much
democracy he can buy for $5000
NORTH DAKOTA: Karen Duffy takes a trip to the least visited state
in the country
AMAZON AVON: Louis Theroux goes door to door with Avon ladies in
the Amazon
SLUDGE TRAIN: Roy Sekoff sniffs out what happens after New Yorkers
flush their toilets
A DAY WITH DR. DEATH: Michael Moore spends a day with Dr. Jack
Kevorkian.
TV Nation POLLS
Source: Widgery & Associates.
Margin of Error +/- 9%
>From a telephone survey of 229 Americans, Summer 1994
- In the past year 36% of Americans have chanted "We're Number
One!" Only 22% of Bush voters have chanted "We're Number
One!"
- 62% of Americans believe a trip to a major theme park is more
culturally enriching than a trip to the Reagan Library
Fourth Show (August 9, 1994)
Product Placement Night
OJ: Michael Moore observes how Ford Bronco salesman are tying
into the OJ phenomena
1-800-TOURISM: Merrill Markoe gets advice on where to go on
vacation from some people who aren't going anywhere
HOT SPRINGS: Louis Theroux visits President Clinton's real home
town, Hot Springs, Arkansas
HEALTHCARE OLYMPICS: For the first time on broadcast television,
it's the TV Nation Health Care Olympics, with Bob Costas and
Ahmad Rashad
LORD MIKE: It used to be that royalty in Britain was just for the
few. But now their titles are for sale. Tonight, meet Lord
Mike.
TV Nation POLLS
Source: Widgery & Associates.
Margin of Error +/- 9%
>From a telephone survey of 229 Americans, Summer 1994
- 39% of Americans believe that guns are not "as dangerous as they
say".
- 15% of Americans wish Dennis Hopper would go back on drugs.
Fifth Show (August 16, 1994)
TV Nation Day
MILLENIUM: Louise Theroux visits Americans who are preparing for
the end of the world
PRISON ADVISOR: Have your pencils sharpened -- it's the broadcast
premiere of the TV Nation "Get Ready For Prison Test"
HAULIN': How is TV Nation coping with the end of the Cold War?
Tonight we're hauling Communism in our own 18-wheeler
BOSNIA: Michael Moore conducts his own shuttle diplomacy to end the
war in Bosnia
TV Nation POLLS
Source: Widgery & Associates.
Margin of Error +/- 9%
>From a telephone survey of 229 Americans, Summer 1994
- 29% of Americans believe that Elvis was right to shoot TV sets.
- 29% of Perot voters say "The candidate I vote for usually loses."
Sixth Show (August 21, 1994)
Fifth Week Anniversary Special
This was a "Best of TV Nation" special that aired opposite "60
Minutes" that featured highlights of the past shows and new footage
with Michael Moore on the street.
Seventh Show (August 23, 1994)
Gun Night
TALK SHOWS: Merrill Markoe talks to those "talk show people"
NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY: Michael Moore threatens to move the show to
New Jersey and the mayor of New York is on the spot
NEIGHBORS: After serial killers like John Wayne Gacey and Geoffrey
Dahmer, what if a very strange man moved into the house next
door -- wouldn't the neighbors notice?
GUNS: And be sure to join us for more of Gun Night on TV Nation
TV Nation POLLS
Source: Widgery & Associates.
Margin of Error +/- 9%
>From a telephone survey of 229 Americans, Summer 1994
- 11% of Americans that suffer from indigestion would rather retake
the SAT than watch a Jesse Helms filibuster.
- 12.5% of Americans that voted for Clinton believe that they will
someday be told "just what Victoria's Secret is." 98% of
Bush voters believe they will never know.
Eighth Show (August 30, 1994)
Golf Night
CORPORATE CONSULTANTS: Michael Moore joins American corporations in
the trend towards downsizing and temping
SABOTAGE: Ben Hamper takes a look at a growing phenomenon in the
American workplace - sabotage on the job
DIRECT MAIL: Roy Sekoff finds out: will the American public respond
to any old junk mail?
CANING: Michael Moore returns to the land where caning began -
Great Britain
TV Nation POLLS
Source: Widgery & Associates.
Margin of Error +/- 9%
>From a telephone survey of 229 Americans, Spring 1994
- 88% of Bush voters "have no idea what rappers are talking about."
- 14% of Americans surveyed agreed that Puerto Rico should not be
the 51st state because "that extra star would make the flag
look bad."
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