Omnibus - Season 3 Episode 9 The Contrast

Name: Omnibus
Genre: Talk
Released: 16 Apr 1961
Rating: 6.00
Cast: Alistair Cooke

1961-04-16 United States of America, Italy, Spain 30 minutes.

6.00 2 votes

Talk educational

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Season - Episode

8 Season 8 Nov 13, 1960

8 - 1

He Shall Have Power Nov 13, 1960
8 - 2

A Midwinter Night's Dream Jan 01, 1961
8 - 3

Robert Altman in England Jan 08, 1961
8 - 4

Suburban Revue Jan 15, 1961
8 - 5

S. J. Perelman's Paean to Burlesque Jan 22, 1961
8 - 6

Arthur Miller Plays Jan 29, 1961
8 - 7

Western Hemisphere 1971 Apr 16, 1961

7 Season 7 Oct 26, 1958

7 - 1

Capital Punishment Oct 26, 1958
7 - 2

The Submariners Nov 09, 1958
7 - 3

The So-Called Human Race Nov 23, 1958
7 - 4

The Empty Chair Dec 07, 1958
7 - 5

Dancing, a Man's Game Dec 21, 1958
7 - 6

Prince Orestes Jan 04, 1959
7 - 7

Malice in Wonderland Jan 18, 1959
7 - 8

Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years Feb 01, 1959
7 - 9

The Medium Feb 15, 1959
7 - 10

Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy Mar 01, 1959
7 - 11

Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway Mar 15, 1959
7 - 12

Power Among Men Mar 29, 1959
7 - 13

The Strange Ordeal of Normandier Apr 12, 1959
7 - 14

Professor Tim Apr 26, 1959
7 - 15

H.M.S. Pinafore (II) May 03, 1959

6 Season 6 Nov 10, 1957

6 - 1

School for Wives Nov 10, 1957
6 - 2

American Trial by Jury Nov 17, 1957
6 - 3

Life of Samuel Johnson Dec 15, 1957
6 - 4

The Suburban Review Jan 12, 1958
6 - 5

The Young People's Concert Jan 19, 1958
6 - 6

La Perichole Jan 26, 1958
6 - 7

Moment of Truth Feb 23, 1958
6 - 8

Mrs. McThing Mar 09, 1958
6 - 9

Bernstein Looks at Opera Mar 23, 1958
6 - 10

The Lady's Not for Burning Apr 06, 1958
6 - 11

The Reindeer Men Apr 20, 1958
6 - 12

Bernstein in Israel Apr 27, 1958

5 Season 5 Oct 07, 1956

5 - 1

The American Musical Comedy Oct 07, 1956
5 - 2

Androcles and the Lion Oct 14, 1956
5 - 3

The Last Day of Manolete Oct 21, 1956
5 - 4

My Heart's in the Highlands Oct 28, 1956
5 - 5

Let There Be Farce Nov 04, 1956
5 - 6

Moliere's School for Wives Nov 11, 1956
5 - 7

Plays of the Irish Renaissance Nov 18, 1956
5 - 8

The Blue Hotel Nov 25, 1956
5 - 9

A Man Without a Country Dec 02, 1956
5 - 10

The Fine Art of Murder Dec 09, 1956
5 - 11

The Christmas Tie Dec 16, 1956
5 - 12

Madeline Visits Omnibus Dec 23, 1956
5 - 13

The Art of Choreography Dec 30, 1956
5 - 14

Oedipus, the King Jan 06, 1957
5 - 15

Introduction to Modern Music Jan 13, 1957
5 - 16

Lee at Gettysburg Jan 20, 1957
5 - 17

The Big Wheel: the Burlesque Entertainment of Yesterday Jan 27, 1957
5 - 18

The Theatre Breaks Loose Mar 03, 1957
5 - 19

The Trial of Captain Kidd Mar 10, 1957
5 - 20

How the F-100 Got Its Tail Mar 17, 1957
5 - 21

The Fall River Legend: the Trial of Lizzie Borden Mar 24, 1957
5 - 22

The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach Mar 31, 1957

4 Season 4 Oct 09, 1955

4 - 1

The Birth of Modern Times Oct 09, 1955
4 - 2

The Jazz World Oct 16, 1955
4 - 3

The Adams House Oct 23, 1955
4 - 4

Toby and the Tall Corn Nov 06, 1955
4 - 5

American Boyhoods, Captain John M. Ellicott Nov 13, 1955
4 - 6

She Stoops to Conquer Nov 20, 1955
4 - 7

The Art of Conducting. Dec 04, 1955
4 - 8

The Royal Game Dec 11, 1955
4 - 9

The Royal Game Dec 11, 1955
4 - 10

Salome Dec 18, 1955
4 - 11

Messiah Dec 25, 1955
4 - 12

The Best Year in the History of the Whole World Jan 01, 1956
4 - 13

Dear Brutus Jan 08, 1956
4 - 14

The Great Forgery Jan 15, 1956
4 - 15

Episode 15 Jan 22, 1956
4 - 16

Minds over Manners Jan 29, 1956
4 - 17

One Nation Feb 05, 1956
4 - 18

Mr Lincoln Feb 12, 1956
4 - 19

One Nation Indivisible Feb 19, 1956
4 - 20

The Art of Ballet Feb 26, 1956
4 - 21

With Liberty and Justice for All Mar 04, 1956
4 - 22

The Better Half Mar 11, 1956
4 - 23

Harvard University Remote Mar 25, 1956
4 - 24

The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell Apr 01, 1956

3 Season 3 Oct 17, 1954

3 - 1

Treadmill to Oblivion Oct 17, 1954
3 - 2

The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife Oct 24, 1954
3 - 3

Young Man in Politics Oct 31, 1954
3 - 4

Brewsie and Willie Nov 07, 1954
3 - 5

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Nov 14, 1954
3 - 6

Antigone Nov 21, 1954
3 - 7

The Virtuous Island Nov 28, 1954
3 - 8

A Maine Lobsterman Dec 05, 1954
3 - 9

The Contrast Dec 12, 1954
3 - 10

The Second Shepherds' Play Dec 19, 1954
3 - 11

The Merry Widow Dec 26, 1954
3 - 12

The Trial of St. Joan Jan 02, 1955
3 - 13

The Adams Family Jan 09, 1955
3 - 14

H.M.S. Pinafore (I) Jan 16, 1955
3 - 15

John Quincy Adams Jan 23, 1955
3 - 16

Hamlet Jan 30, 1955
3 - 17

Mr. Lincoln Feb 06, 1955
3 - 18

The Turn of the Screw Feb 13, 1955
3 - 19

The New World Feb 20, 1955
3 - 20

The Life and Times of Henry Adams and Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Feb 27, 1955
3 - 21

The Mighty Casey Mar 06, 1955
3 - 22

A Different Drummer Mar 13, 1955
3 - 23

Henry Adams Mar 20, 1955
3 - 24

The Four Flags of the Confederacy Mar 27, 1955
3 - 25

Iliad Apr 03, 1955
3 - 26

Uncle Tom's Cabin Apr 10, 1955

2 Season 2 Oct 04, 1953

2 - 1

Glory in the Flower Oct 04, 1953
2 - 2

The Battler Oct 11, 1953
2 - 3

King Lear Oct 18, 1953
2 - 4

The Golden Dress Oct 25, 1953
2 - 6

Billy the Kid Nov 08, 1953
2 - 7

The Raspberry Queen Nov 15, 1953
2 - 8

Toine Nov 22, 1953
2 - 9

The Horn Blows at Midnight Nov 29, 1953
2 - 10

Capital of the World Dec 06, 1953
2 - 11

The Nature of the Beast Dec 13, 1953
2 - 12

Mom and Leo Dec 20, 1953
2 - 13

The Sojourner Dec 27, 1953
2 - 14

Nobody's Fool Jan 03, 1954
2 - 15

The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl Jan 10, 1954
2 - 16

The Duchess and the Smugs Jan 17, 1954
2 - 17

Nothing So Monstrous Jan 24, 1954
2 - 18

Sleeping Beauty in the Woods Jan 31, 1954
2 - 19

The Confidential Clerk Feb 14, 1954
2 - 20

A Time Out of War Feb 21, 1954
2 - 21

Hilde and the Turnpike Feb 28, 1954
2 - 22

The House Mar 07, 1954
2 - 23

Three Sketches Mar 14, 1954
2 - 24

Tell Me If It Hurts Mar 21, 1954
2 - 25

The Apollo of Bellac Mar 28, 1954

1 Season 1 Nov 09, 1952

1 - 1

The Trial of Anne Boleyn Nov 09, 1952
1 - 2

Mr. Lincoln: Part 1 Nov 16, 1952
1 - 3

The Twelve Pound Look Nov 23, 1952
1 - 4

Mr. Lincoln: Part 2 Nov 30, 1952
1 - 5

The Trial of Ben Jonson Dec 07, 1952
1 - 6

Mr. Lincoln: Part 3 Dec 14, 1952
1 - 7

The Trial of Mr. Pickwick Dec 21, 1952
1 - 8

My Brother Henry Dec 28, 1952
1 - 9

Man in the Cool Jan 04, 1953
1 - 10

Mr. Lincoln: Part 4 Jan 11, 1953
1 - 11

Vive! Jan 18, 1953
1 - 12

While the Tide was Rising Jan 25, 1953
1 - 13

Die Fledermaus Feb 01, 1953
1 - 14

Mr. Lincoln: Part 5 Feb 08, 1953
1 - 15

The Oyster and the Pearl Feb 15, 1953
1 - 16

La Boheme Feb 22, 1953
1 - 17

The Happy Journey Mar 01, 1953
1 - 18

A Lodging for the Night Mar 08, 1953
1 - 19

The Last Night of Don Juan Mar 15, 1953
1 - 20

Three Maidens and the Devil Mar 22, 1953
1 - 21

Lord Byron's Love Letter Mar 29, 1953
1 - 22

Grandma Moses Apr 05, 1953
1 - 23

Toy Symphone with Stokowski Apr 12, 1953
1 - 24

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Apr 19, 1953
1 - 25

A Tale of Two Cities Apr 26, 1953
1 - 26

Arms and the Man May 03, 1953
1 - 27

The Figgerin' of Aunt Wilma May 10, 1953
1 - 28

This Little Kitty Stayed Cool May 17, 1953

0 Season 0 Oct 05, 2009

0 - 1

Life, The Universe, and Douglas Adams Oct 05, 2009

Overview

The program has four segments: (1) "The Contrast" (1787 comedy of manners), (2) (presentation of the historical background to this comedy), (3) "The Figurehead" (showing of a 1953 short puppet film about unrequited love), and (4) "Balloons" (featuring the history of hot-air ballooning).

Year 1961

Studio CBS, ABC, NBC

Director Robert Saudek

Crew Robert Saudek (Producer)

Popularity 9.8517

Language English, Italian