What People Have Said About Rick Sebak & His Programs

New York Daily News: Sebak produces, writes and narrates some of the most clever and lighthearted documentaries around.

USA Today: Serving as his own narrator, Sebak is an enthusiastic, affectionate collector of American eccentricities.

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: As usual, it's virtually impossible to find fault with Sebak's work, which has his signature stamps of warmth and enthusiastic discovery.

Washington Post: Sebak hasn't got as much attention as "Civil War" and "Baseball" filmmaker Ken Burns, but he has produced an impressive array of "scrapbook documentaries"...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (front page): Sebak's work is low-key yet stylish, understated but on point. His shows are like easing into a favorite pair of warm, worn slippers, yet can be so revealing about the human spirit that it's actually enlightening filmmaking.

New York Daily News: Like a one-man national chamber of commerce, Rick Sebak takes PBS viewers on feel-good tours of various American wellsprings of joy.

About AN ICE CREAM SHOW:
TV Guide: "An Ice Cream Show" is the perfect pick-me-up. It's a tasty documentary ... hand-packed with chunks of fun facts about the dessert we all scream for.

USA Today: It's a delightful travelogue, light in touch and flavorful in detail, delectable for all but the most lactose intolerant.

About SHORE THINGS:
USA Today: Rick Sebak, the whimsical documentarian, returns with a travelogue traipsing along colorful and sometimes eccentric seashores from Cape Cod to Venice Beach. Whatever the frolic, it's a great escape.

San Diego Union-Tribune: “Shore Things" could also be called Beach 101, a survey course in what there is to do at the beach. It's nearly as entertaining as the real thing, but without the sand or anybody on the blanket next to you playing their stereo too loud.

About A HOT DOG PROGRAM:
Seattle News Tribune: At last we have a television show for people who eat hot dogs for breakfast. A spectacularly special show.

TV Guide: I don't expect to come across a tastier special all summer than A Hot Dog Program, the new cultural and culinary travelogue from writer-narrator Rick Sebak. This serving of Americana never fails to amuse and surprise.

 

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