Visions; Dancing Bear; Part 2

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Series
Visions
Episode
Dancing Bear
Segment
Part 2
Producing Organization
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-057cr5p92b
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Description
Episode Description
This program follows a man named Charles Doucette who goes by the nickname Cubby. Cubby is divorced and would like to have his daughter live with him, but she lives with her alcoholic mother. Cubby is a struggling actor who needs to pay off a large amount of money he has borrowed. In order to do this, he wishes to get cast in a movie in which he dances the kazotsky. He practices most every day. Eventually he meets a woman named Ann and they begin a romantic relationship. Cubby starts an argument with her when she claims to support guerilla warfare. Cubby also works as a realtor. At one house showing, he is recognized by his clients as an actor and they ask for his autograph. This boosts Cubby's ego. Cubby has his audition for the kazotsky role. He does a decent job, but it's alluded to that the director does not want him to have the part. The second part of this episode follows Cubby as he struggles with the possibility of not landing the kazotsky role. It follows him with his friend Anne as they go to a local restaurant/ bar and discuss everything that Cubby is struggling with. The directors Mr. Stone and Mr. Siegel happen to also be at the local restaurant and Cubby decides to go talk to them. This leads to Cubby yelling at Mr. Stone, and the rest of the restaurant about what a sad town they all live in. Finally, Mr. Stone tells Cubby if he can do more than 49 of the 'dancing bear' then he can have the role. Cubby successfully does this and the episode ends.
Series Description
"Five representative shows of the Visions series. Each one is an original drama by an American contemporary writer. DANCING BEAR' [deals] with an actor out of work..."--excerpt from 1977 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1977
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:31:00.092
Credits
Actor: Bloom, Verna
Actor: Bryant, Joshua
Actor: Durning, Charles
Actor: Rains, Jessica
Actor: Brinckerhoff, Burt
Actor: Gibbons, Robert
Actor: Wills, Lou
Actor: Alldredge, Michael
Actor: Cummings, Quinn
Actor: McDonald, William
Actor: Woods, Lesley
Actor: Bartold, Norman
Actor: Daly, Tyne
Actor: McMurray, Richard
Actor: Torres, Donald
Executive Producer: Schultz, Barbara
Producing Organization: KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Writer: Bromberg, Conrad
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-24d7b3507c2 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 01:30:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Visions; Dancing Bear; Part 2,” 1977, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 25, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-057cr5p92b.
MLA: “Visions; Dancing Bear; Part 2.” 1977. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 25, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-057cr5p92b>.
APA: Visions; Dancing Bear; Part 2. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-057cr5p92b