SHORTS
A selection from the Sound Portraits archives.

Jim Bishop, Castle Builder (1994)
A profile of a man who has spent the past 25 years building a medieval castle in the Colorado Rockies. [3:42]

Robert Shields, World's Longest Diary (1994)
A profile of a man with a 35-million-word diary. [6:14]

Woolworth's Lunch-Counter Waitress (1993)
Geneva Tisdale, a waitress at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, was also the first African-American to be served there. [4:58]

Hula Ville (1993)
A visit to this roadside desert park and its enormous billboard of a girl in a hula skirt. [5:46]

Dinosaur Gardens (1993)
A profile of the founder of a theme park that features "prehistoric animals in their natural habitat." [6:23]

Kipperman's Pawnshop (1993)
A profile of the country's only pawnshop/wedding chapel. [7:56]

Foxhunters (1993)
A night of foxhunting on the Texas-Louisiana border. [7:10]

High-School Moms (1992)
A visit to a high school for teenage mothers by the real-life hero of the movie Riding in Cars with Boys. [12:41]

Hunan Chef (1992)
The closing day at producer David Isay's favorite Chinese restaurant in New York City. [4:09]

Mississippi Jews (1991)
The story of the last orthodox temple in Mississippi. [12:14]

Joe Franklin (1991)
A profile of the legendary talk-show host and spiritual guide to Sound Portraits Productions. [8:06]

Cynical Santa (1990)
Meet Eddie Surwinski, a sidewalk Santa who prefers to be known as Cynical Santa. [5:56]

Coney Island (1990)
The story of Coney Island, its characters, and its amusements. [17:40]

Dan Field, Marriage Broker (1990)
The story of one of the country's last "old-school" matchmakers. [3:22]

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