American Playhouse Imagining America (Season 8, Episode 14)
TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

American Playhouse

Imagining America (Season 8, Episode 14)

TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directors

Ralph Bakshi (episode "This Ain't Bebop") | Mustapha Khan (episode "Reflections of a Native Son") (as Mustapha Kahn) | Edward Lachman (episode "Get Your Kicks on Route 66") | Matt Mahurin (episode "Tribe")

Writer

Ralph Bakshi (segments: This Ain't Bebop)

Producers

Mark Bakshi (segments: This Ain't Bebop) | Alex Papas (segments: This Ain't Bebop) | Richard Singer

Composers

Clyde Criner | Jaco Pastorius

Casting Director

Dori Zuckerman

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 7, 1989

Release date

Jun 7, 1989 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 8 wins & 31 nominations

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Marianne Bergonzi (segment "This Ain't Bebop") (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Howard Deere Jazz bassist (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Jazz bassist (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
Christopher Fleming (segment "This Ain't Bebop") (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	Quantum Leap (1989)
Mary Pat Gleason (segment "This Ain't Bebop") (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Sean Heyman Hipster (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Hipster (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	9-1-1 (2018)
Dean Hill Neal Cassidy (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Neal Cassidy (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Margaret Howell Beat Poetess (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Beat Poetess (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Ray Johnson Jazz pianist (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Jazz pianist (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
Harvey Keitel (segment "This Ain't Bebop") (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Maurice Miller Jazz drummer (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Jazz drummer (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
Dennis Nanney Actor Actor See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
John Nesci Narrator Narrator See fewer	RoboCop 3 (1993)
Curtis Peagler Jazz saxophonist (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Jazz saxophonist (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
Kara Sachs Street Walker Street Walker See fewer	Pure: La Purisima
Rick Singer Neal Cassady (as Richard Singer) Neal Cassady (as Richard Singer) See fewer	Eva: The Eva Cassidy Story
Craig Stark Young Harvey Keitel (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Young Harvey Keitel (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
Ron Thompson Beatnik Poet (segment "This Ain't Bebop") Beatnik Poet (segment "This Ain't Bebop") See fewer	American Pop (1981)