The Great American Dream Machine
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📺 Series

The Great American Dream Machine

📅 1971 🕐 1h 18m US US

The Great American Dream Machine was a weekly satirical variety television series, produced in New York City by WNET and broadcast on PBS from 1971 to 1973. The program was hosted by humorist and commentator Marshall Efron. The show centered around skits and satirical political commentary. The hour and a half long show usually contained at least seven different current event topics. In the second season, the show was trimmed down to an hour. Other notable cast members included Chevy Chase. Contributors included Albert Brooks and Andy Rooney. Some of the skits would later be revamped for the movie The Groove Tube. There were also occasional short films presented on the show, most of them "experimental" or documentaries about artistic endeavours. Some of these were subtitled.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 14 episodes
E1
Episode 1 1971-01-06
E2
Episode 2 1971-01-13
E3
Episode 3 1971-01-20
E4
Episode 4 1971-01-27
E5
Episode 5 1971-02-03
E6
Episode 6 1971-02-10
E7
Episode 7 1971-02-17
E8
Episode 8 1971-02-24
E9
Episode 9 1971-03-03
E10
Episode 10 1971-03-10
E11
Episode 11 1971-03-17
E12
Episode 12 1971-03-24
E13
Episode 13 1971-03-31
E14
Episode 14 1971-04-07
Season 2 20 episodes
E1
Episode 15 1971-09-29
E2
Episode 16 1971-10-06
E3
Episode 17 1971-10-13
E4
Episode 18 1971-10-20
E5
Episode 19 1971-10-27
E6
Episode 20 1971-11-03
E7
Episode 21 1971-11-10
E8
Episode 22 1971-11-17
E9
Episode 23 1971-11-24
E10
Episode 24 1971-12-01
E11
Episode 25 1971-12-08
E12
Episode 26 1971-12-15
E13
Episode 27 1971-12-22
E14
Episode 28 1971-12-29
E15
Episode 29 1972-01-05
E16
Episode 30 1972-01-12
E17
Episode 31 1972-01-19
E18
Episode 32 1972-01-26
E19
Episode 33 1972-02-02
E20
Episode 34 1972-02-09
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