The World's Largest: A Tape About Texas, 1979
"Beer Cans" and "Peanut", excerpt 03:47; original running time 26:08
Is everything larger in Texas? Everyone knows that Texans like to show off "big-ly" and they like to perpetuate the myth in a big way, too. The World's Largest features larger-than-life-size monuments built primarily in small Texas towns, including: the World's Largest Jackrabbit, Peanut, Shrimp, and Beer Cans, among others. The old-timers who were instrumental in realizing the monuments appear in the video, helping illuminate the era in which the monuments were built, post-World War II to the mid-sixties. Today the remaining monuments are an important record, and a symbol of, the pride of people in their local resources and their distinctly Texan sense of humor.
"Beer Cans" and "Peanut", excerpt 03:47; original running time 26:08
Is everything larger in Texas? Everyone knows that Texans like to show off "big-ly" and they like to perpetuate the myth in a big way, too. The World's Largest features larger-than-life-size monuments built primarily in small Texas towns, including: the World's Largest Jackrabbit, Peanut, Shrimp, and Beer Cans, among others. The old-timers who were instrumental in realizing the monuments appear in the video, helping illuminate the era in which the monuments were built, post-World War II to the mid-sixties. Today the remaining monuments are an important record, and a symbol of, the pride of people in their local resources and their distinctly Texan sense of humor.
Exhibitions/Awards
Broadcast on Houston, Texas, PBS, KUHT-TV, "The Territory" 1979.
25th Anniversary broadcast on Dallas PBS, KERA, "Frame of Mind", 2004.
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