01901cam a2200337 4500 556123996 TxAuBib 20220511120000.0 210301s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021007073 9781477324011 acid-free paper 1477324011 acid-free paper (OCoLC)1240829945 TxAuBib Phillips, Bob, 1940- A good long drive : fifty years of Texas country reporter / Bob Phillips. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021. x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Only the beginning -- Achieving the dream. Almost -- The first years of fifty -- A new beginning -- Settling in for the long haul -- Stories from the back roads. "In this memoir, Bob Phillips recounts his own life and, especially, the making of his television show, Texas Country Reporter. TCR focuses on 'ordinary people doing extraordinary things,' and is broadcast every week on stations across Texas. It has spawned several books and an annual festival in Waxahachie, Texas. Next year will mark its 50th season. TCR was conceived as a Texas version of On the Road with Charles Kuralt, and as with Kuralt's program, it was an instant hit"-- Provided by publisher. 20220511. Phillips, Bob, 1951- Texas country reporter History. Television journalists Texas Biography. Nonfiction television programs Texas History. Autobiographies. TXBVM