John Savage, Kirk Wolfinger & Alan Shepard - Moon Shot - 1994 Peabody Award Acceptance Speech — Transcript

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1. 0:01the race to the moon became a symbol of
2. 0:04the Cold War and the heroism of
3. 0:07America's astronauts in venturing into
4. 0:09that board is too often forgotten this
5. 0:13program reminds us of their bravery the
6. 0:19mission had been a success but I wasn't
7. 0:21quite done there was one parting
8. 0:24moonshot he wanted to make rice to be
9. 0:38out maybe Alan Shepard will tell us for
10. 0:43the first time what what the brand of
11. 0:45that golf ball was hit on the mood nice
12. 0:47nice try job I think the real thing is
13. 0:50the truth of how far it went we could
14. 0:53get all different story I've got a great
15. 1:00job and with this close out our Shepherd
16. 1:04not a chore to score and seven years
17. 1:06becomes the undisputed leader in time
18. 1:08spent walking working on the moon three
19. 1:12two one
20. 1:18Roger edgy when we left the moon and
21. 1:22that's such a beautiful sight where
22. 1:24you're coming up off the moon and you're
23. 1:26going so fast I mean it is so beautiful
24. 1:28and I said al if you got something
25. 1:31prophetic to say and he looked over at
26. 1:34me and he said Stu you know me better
27. 1:36than that and that's typical out one of
28. 1:43the moments which I shall never forget
29. 1:45occurred three weeks after the return
30. 1:48from the moon and my father and I were
31. 1:50just having a little brandy in the
32. 1:52living room and out of the blue he said
33. 1:56do you remember when you first called us
34. 1:59back in nineteen fifty-nine and said you
35. 2:03were going to become an astronaut I said
36. 2:05yes sir and he said do you remember what
37. 2:08I said I said yes sir I certainly do you
38. 2:12were not in favor of it and he raised
39. 2:15his last and said I was wrong
40. 2:21it's all he had to say here to accept
41. 2:32from moonshot are supervising producer
42. 2:35John Savage director Kurt wolfinger and
43. 2:37the first American in space Alan Shepard
44. 3:08the right before we came up al said he
45. 3:11needed a few minutes to visit the men's
46. 3:13room and I said no way there's so many
47. 3:19people to thank and if so many people
48. 3:22have before me thank members of their
49. 3:24team I'd like to thank mine and if you
50. 3:25please stand rushden lawyer donna ray
51. 3:28Warren Sarah Kerr uche Amy young anup of
52. 3:33Lucas and my friend and partner david
53. 3:36hoffman
54. 3:43I'd like to thank the folks at Turner as
55. 3:46well first and foremost Michael Regan
56. 3:49the president of Turner publishing for
57. 3:51having the vision to know a good story
58. 3:53when he saw one and get the book
59. 3:55moonshot pat mitchell and vivian
60. 3:59schiller my friend and colleague John
61. 4:02Savage who who said he didn't really
62. 4:04have a lot to say which is a first but
63. 4:07most of all it's an honor to share the
64. 4:10stage not only with the other winners
65. 4:12but with Alan Shepard
66. 4:23thank you Kirk thank you ladies and
67. 4:26gentlemen I am happy that John Savage
68. 4:28from Turner is here today as well as
69. 4:31Kirk because it proves that with a
70. 4:34dedicated producer and a talented
71. 4:38director and a little bit of makeup that
72. 4:42even a broken-down fighter pilot can
73. 4:45look good on behalf of my colleagues who
74. 4:50participated in one of man's greatest
75. 4:53adventures landing on the moon I want to
76. 4:58thank the Peabody committee for
77. 4:59recognizing moonshot here today thank
78. 5:02you