Each week, the series featured experimental short films by a mixture of up-and-coming and established directors. Notable episodes included "As Seen on TV," starring comic actor Bill Irwin as an auditioning dancer who becomes trapped in a television, wandering among daytime dramas, MTV, and PBS's own Sesame Street and the atmospheric puppet melodrama "Street of Crocodiles," adapted by the Brothers Quay from the Bruno Schulz story.
Other installments included "Dances in Exile" directed by Howard Silver, a recorded dance piece with text by David Henry Hwang and choreography by Ruby Shang and another directed by Jonathan Demme.[citation needed]
Arguably the series' best-known episode was What You Mean We? a short film written by, directed by, and starring Laurie Anderson, which aired in 1986.[5] Anderson later came back to host the 1987 season of the series, assisted by the Clone (who was eventually renamed Fenway Bergamot with a slightly different body shape), a masculine version of Anderson created by digitally altering her image and obscuring her voice that had been introduced in What You Mean We? Most episodes of the 1987 season opened with a brief skit by Anderson and the clone by way of introducing that week's piece.
Actress Ann Magnuson subsequently co-hosted the 1988 season, after which the series had no regular hosts.[citation needed]
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^O'Connor, John J. (June 26, 1992) "Winning His Heart, Not to Mention His Gallbladder" The New York Times
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alive, from, center, renamed, alive, 1992, american, arts, anthology, television, series, aired, between, 1985, 1996, also, known, asalive, tvpresented, bysusan, stamberg, 1985, 1986, laurie, anderson, 1987, magnuson, 1988, william, wegman, 1988, country, orig. Alive from Off Center renamed Alive TV in 1992 1 was an American arts anthology television series aired by PBS between 1985 and 1996 2 3 4 Alive from Off CenterAlso known asAlive TVPresented bySusan Stamberg 1985 1986 Laurie Anderson 1987 Ann Magnuson 1988 William Wegman 1988 Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons12ProductionRunning time28 minutesProduction companyTwin Cities Public TelevisionOriginal releaseNetworkPBSRelease1985 1985 1996 1996 Each week the series featured experimental short films by a mixture of up and coming and established directors Notable episodes included As Seen on TV starring comic actor Bill Irwin as an auditioning dancer who becomes trapped in a television wandering among daytime dramas MTV and PBS s own Sesame Street and the atmospheric puppet melodrama Street of Crocodiles adapted by the Brothers Quay from the Bruno Schulz story Other installments included Dances in Exile directed by Howard Silver a recorded dance piece with text by David Henry Hwang and choreography by Ruby Shang and another directed by Jonathan Demme citation needed Arguably the series best known episode was What You Mean We a short film written by directed by and starring Laurie Anderson which aired in 1986 5 Anderson later came back to host the 1987 season of the series assisted by the Clone who was eventually renamed Fenway Bergamot with a slightly different body shape a masculine version of Anderson created by digitally altering her image and obscuring her voice that had been introduced in What You Mean We Most episodes of the 1987 season opened with a brief skit by Anderson and the clone by way of introducing that week s piece Actress Ann Magnuson subsequently co hosted the 1988 season after which the series had no regular hosts citation needed References edit O Connor John J June 26 1992 Winning His Heart Not to Mention His Gallbladder The New York Times PBS PBS Archived from the original on December 26 1996 Retrieved 2017 07 01 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Inbaseline com permanent dead link Film com Goodman Walter September 6 1986 TV LAURIE ANDERSON PERFORMS The New York Times External links editAlive from Off Center at IMDb Alive from Off Center at GBH OpenVault Alive from Off Center at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Alive TV at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting nbsp This PBS article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alive from Off Center amp oldid 1175291168, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
