Great Old Amusement Parks (1999)
July 21, 1999Release Date
Great Old Amusement Parks (1999)
July 21, 1999Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Rick Sebak
Narrator / Writer / Producer / Director
Dave Rhodes
Associate Producer
Nancy Coates Greenwood
Associate Producer
Deborah Acklin
Executive Producer
Buck Brinson
Cinematography
Ryan Schlegel
Sound
Bob Lubomski
Lighting Technician / Sound
Sue McConnell
Graphic Designer
Dickran Manoogian
Editor
Steve Willing
Cinematography
Joe Abeln
Lighting Technician
Steve Ulrich
Editor
Nick Tallo
Lighting Technician
Carolyn Wean
Executive In Charge Of Production
Ed 'Duke' Dukstein
Sound Mixer
Kevin Conrad
Post Production Coordinator
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Great Old Amusement Parks is a 1999 PBS television documentary produced for VHS and DVD produced by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh which aired on PBS, on July 21, 1999.
Traditional amusement parks are presented by discussing their origins. Unique rides for each park are profiled such as the oldest surviving roller coaster, and the only surviving Noah's Ark walk-through attraction. Most parks are family owned and are interviewed along with each park's attendees. Subjects include Connecticut's Lake Compounce, California's Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Whalom Park in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania's Idlewild Park and StoryBook Forest, Kennywood's Thunderbolt, Deno's Wonder Wheel at Coney Island and San Diego's Giant Dipper, where a local radio station held a Roller Coaster Riding Contest.
Not covered here are vintage "traditional" amusement parks no longer with us. Having aired in 1999, the program has not been updated to indicate if the parks are still around, although most are.
Rick Sebak is known for producing local interest documentaries for the Pittsburgh area with a heavy emphasis on food. This is one of four documentaries he produced of that has been shown throughout the PBS network.