The Beat Goes On - part 3
Series: The Beat Goes On - "On the Road" at 50
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Length: 00:09:19
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Piece Description
Fifty years after the publication of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," the definitive novel of the Beat Generation still enthralls readers with its call to the road. Charles Sennott of The Boston Globe heard the invitation for the second time in his life, and took it. In this five-part series he retraces the path of "On the Road's" Sal Paradise across America. In part three, Sennott's journey continues in Nebraska, where he savors the "holiness" of pie and the spirituality of life on the road. Each segment is designed as a drop-in to NPR's Morning Edition segment E. Included here are scripts for suggested host intros and tags. The total duration of each piece with intro and tag is ~7:15 and there is plenty of great music to fill under the rest of the segment.
Broadcast History
first broadcast WBUR's Morning Edition 9/19/07
Timing and Cues
PART 3
Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road" spoke to a young generation in the 1950s that, as one reviewer put it, was searching, even if it didn't know what it was searching for. This month the book reaches middle age with the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary.
In part three of our series retracing the author's path across America, a hungry Charles Sennott pulls off the Nebraska highway in search of what Kerouac would call "holiness."
OTR3
*opens with road ambi*
IN: (SENNOTT) "I headed off..."
OUT: (READING) "...s'room for everybody!" Mux post - alto sax entrance - cue tag announce after 6:32. Mux to fill under rest of segment.
OUT TAG: A reading from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road." Tomorrow, in part four of our series, Charles Sennott sticks out his thumb to find out if you can still hitchhike in America.
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