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EGG, the arts show is an American nonfiction television program that aired on PBS from January 13, 2000 to April 8, 2005. EGG documented both the famous and the unusual aspects and projects of classical and modern arts; its narrator was Elaine Stritch. Produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, served as Executive Producer. was series producer. EGG won a Peabody Award in 2002. Trio (owned by NBC/Vivendi Universal Entertainment), the pop culture/popular arts entertainment cable network has aired the series in reruns. Pat Rabdau worked as a producer and cameraman.

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  • EGG, the arts show is an American nonfiction television program that aired on PBS from January 13, 2000 to April 8, 2005. EGG documented both the famous and the unusual aspects and projects of classical and modern arts; its narrator was Elaine Stritch. Produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, served as Executive Producer. was series producer. EGG won a Peabody Award in 2002. Trio (owned by NBC/Vivendi Universal Entertainment), the pop culture/popular arts entertainment cable network has aired the series in reruns. Pat Rabdau worked as a producer and cameraman. (en)
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  • The first episode visits some of the most inspirational collectors and collections in America. (en)
  • This episode looks at the ways artists have explored deep space while staying within Earth's atmosphere. (en)
  • The first episode examines art that is about ideas, questioning what art is and what it can be. (en)
  • This episode looks at the experiences and expectations of women through the eyes of today's artists. (en)
  • Highlights from past episodes are featured. Included: pinhole cameras; polka music from Pulaski, Wis.; Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist; sacred music played on Hawaiian steel guitar. (en)
  • This episode explores what it means to be a working dancer. (en)
  • This program demonstrates how the arts can enrich lives and change the way people think - and how art can be fun. Gene Pool's "can" suit is powerful enough to make even the grumpiest New Yorkers stop in their tracks, ponder and ...smile. Cornerstone Theater Company of Los Angeles takes theater to communities across the country - without a cast; community members become the performers. Four artists place their works on the streets. And Hawaiian steel guitar players, like the Campbell Brothers, move congregations with their sound and take their highly spirited and emotional music to secular audiences all over the country. (en)
  • The first episode combs America for four stories inspired by hair and delivers a full-bodied, manageable show. (en)
  • EGG profiles Jeanine Pohlhaus, Chris Verene, Gregory Crewdson and Joe Rodriguez - photographers who take intimacy as their muse and pictures that hit close to home. Is the camera friend or foe? Are they violating the privacy of their subjects or communicating human stories that need to be told? (en)
  • This episode features the work of four photographers with vastly different approaches to demonstrate the unusual capacity of the lens to reveal identity. (en)
  • This episode puts the spotlight on theater with stories about playwrights at different "stages" of their careers. (en)
  • Showcasing the best of previous episodes, this program examines the human body as the subject of art, body adornment and butoh, Japan's dance of darkness. (en)
  • The first episode explores our fascination with flight and how it has inspired works of arts and music throughout the ages. (en)
  • This episode examines giant roadside sculpture, car design, the art of Ed Ruscha and grass-roots radio. (en)
  • “Scrambled Eggs 4,” a compilation of highlights from past episodes. Featured: bonsai; the New York Fringe Festival; artist Nancy Berson's “Human Race Machine” ; choreographer Ron Brown; violin-bow making; and filmmaker Craig Baldwin's collages. (en)
  • This episode explores the questions of how much money and power is enough, and why both are so addictive. (en)
  • This episode explore the micro-cinema movement -- showing small, independent films in alternative non-theatre venues -- and the unique vision of the filmmakers behind it. (en)
  • “Let's Get Physical” explores the role of body parts in art. Included: a pianist's hands; the Alvin Ailey Dancers. (en)
  • Included: the Smithsonian's Folkways archive; Nepalese Tuva singers; Swiss composer Christian Marclay; and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” composer Tan Dun. (en)
  • This program looks at the body as art's most classic and enduring subject. (en)
  • This episode explores what it means to be a macho man today. (en)
  • The first episode examines how the desert can be fertile ground for human expression. (en)
  • This episode celebrates the extraordinary Metropolitan Museum of Art and the importance and power of art. (en)
  • Where do plays come from? How are they made? EGG asks an actor, a theater company and a playwright to explore the journey words take from the page to the stage. Bill Irwin creates a theater piece from Samuel Beckett's Texts for Nothing, a series of plotless ruminations on existence; the Tectonic Theater Company crafts interviews with residents of Laramie, Wyoming, into a play about the murder of Matthew Shepard; and August Wilson adds to his cycle of 10 plays that chronicle the African-American experience in the 20th century. (en)
  • The first episode looks at how art and science can miraculously converge. (en)
  • Joy. Pain. Discipline. Sweat. EGG looks at the life of the working dancer, from the tenderfeet, new to the professional world, to company veterans; from classic ballerinas to modern dancers who push dance to a new level. The episode features a 72-person performance staged in New York's Grand Central station; Pilobolus, a modern dance company; the Oregon Ballet; and 62-year-old dancer Dudley Williams, a 35-year veteran of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. (en)
  • EGG combs America for four stories inspired by hair and delivers a full-bodied, manageable show. The episode covers "hair artist" Wenda Gu, elaborate African hairstyles, a performance of the musical Hair by a community theater troupe in Apple Valley, Minnesota, and the crafting of violin bows from Chinese horsehair. (en)
  • This episode follows three actors at different stages of their careers, each trying to tackle very different material. (en)
  • This episode explores what happens when artists share their private lives with the public. (en)
  • This episode explores how anyone can make art by setting the artist inside you free. (en)
  • Launching its first national season, this series presents new episodes that take viewers off the beaten path to focus on the excitement, diversity and raw energy of the arts nationwide. The first episode covers works by visual artist Jeff Koons, the ancient practice of bonsai, the poetry of 85-year-old retired dry cleaner Isidore Elfman and the art of yodeling, while the second offers an immersion course in three forms of body language (en)
  • “Scrambled Eggs 5,” a program featuring highlights from past episodes, features West Texas's Chianti Foundation, where large installations are on display; Los Angeles's Museum of Jurassic Technology ; and Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poet Project. (en)
  • This episode looks at music by gifted musicians who play for the thrill of it and to keep the music they love alive. (en)
  • This episode features various male artists attempting to explain why men act tough and have difficulty communicating their feelings. (en)
  • The first episode celebrates the ingenuity of homegrown American artists. (en)
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