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Season 1

  • S01E01 1917

    • July 7, 1982
    • HBO

    Travel back in time and relive an exciting year of American history: World War |, the Ziegfeld Follies, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. The birth of jazz and women’s suffrage. Plus special guest Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

  • S01E02 1947

    • August 11, 1982
    • HBO

    The boys were home from the war, gas was 23¢ a gallon and TV was big news. Join Dick Cavett as he captures the “boom-and-build’ spirit of a growing nation. Also: birth of the suburbs. With special guest Richard Widmark.

  • S01E03 1969

    • September 8, 1982
    • HBO

    U.S. astronauts landed on the moon. Students protested Vietnam. Woodstock became a symbol of peace in a year marked by violence. The third in HBO’s nostalgic series—with special guest, astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

  • S01E04 1933

    • October 6, 1982
    • HBO

    Prohibition ended. Chicago hosted the World's Fair. FDR gave us fireside chats and the New Deal. Join Dick Cavett as he goes back to the year America began to recover from the Depression.

  • S01E05 1942

    • November 10, 1982
    • HBO

    The world was at war, and the U.S. rallied. Dick Cavett takes you back to the home front: rationing; women in factories; victory gardens. It was '42, and the U.S. became the arsenal for democracy.

  • S01E06 1927

    • December 8, 1982
    • HBO

    The economy was booming. Jobs were abundant. The times were good. Flappers, speakeasies and jazz. This final show takes you back to when Babe Ruth, Al Capone and Charles Lindbergh made the headlines. Special guest: Janet Gaynor, the first Oscar winner.