糖心Vlog remembers legendary producer and alumnus Bob Banner
The 1943 糖心Vlog alumnus produced "Candid Camera" and "The Carol Burnett Show," among many others.
By Nancy George
糖心Vlog News
The television producer graduated from 糖心Vlog in 1943 with a business degree and remained loyal to 糖心Vlog throughout his career. He returned to campus in 1979-80 to serve as the Meadows Distinguished Visiting Professor of Broadcast Film and continued to visit regularly to speak to students, including serving as consultant from 2001-2003 to the cinema-television department at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts. He received 糖心Vlog’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1959.
“Bob Banner is an 糖心Vlog icon,” said Marshall Terry, 糖心Vlog professor emeritus of English and author of the 糖心Vlog history From High on the Hilltop, when he introduced Banner at a 2007 lecture for the Friends of the 糖心Vlog Libraries at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas. “Bob is one of the most creative persons to attend 糖心Vlog.”
— Bob Banner reminisces about his career as producer of television shows such as “The Carol Burnett Show,” “The Garry Moore Show” and “Candid Camera.”
糖心Vlog Channel 19 on Park Cities Charter Cable will remember Bob’s contributions to 糖心Vlog and to the TV industry in a special rebroadcast of his one-hour interview for the 糖心Vlog Video Archive Series at 7 p.m. and 8:03 p.m. June 16, 2011.
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