Catch the PBS Show on Boomers!

American Masters: The Boomer List explores the story of the influential baby boomer generation (1946-1964) through the lives of 19 iconic boomers--one born each year of the baby boom.

The program starts September 23, 2014 on your local PBS station. Time will vary, I assume.

Here's a link to more details and some video clips.

Looks pretty interesting IMHO!

That looks very interesting!

I wish to point your attention of 2 sites which state: (1) baby boomer definition...are boomers born after WWII in the mid '40's; (2) The Boomers are those born between 1944 - 1964.

This comes up when goggling: Baby Boomer Definition
dictionary.search.yahoo.com

These sites and the fact that Chatty was a couple years older than I, were influential in my decision to join this site.

Well, I've always heard that Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. But whatever, I've always felt that the people who are here self-select themselves, and we don't ask for birth certificates in order to be participants.

I always believe it was the "Boom" in birthrate due to men returning from WW2..and 1946 would be the start date..men returned in stages and would account for increased birthrate late...however 1964 has always seems late to me..but it could count as a generation .indeed 1946 born could have become parents albeit early by 1964...

Well, here's my position. WWII ended in 1945; since my birthday is but 2 1/2 months from '45, I felt that was close enough to give me a little slack. But if y'all don't agree, I'll understand.
God bless...

Jabber, you're a Baby Boomer as far as we are concerned. As I said before, we don't ask our members when they were born.

For example, I absolutely know Chatty was not a Boomer, but as Dotsie told me, she contributed a lot to the mix of the group. Dotsie was right, and no one ever questioned Chatty's age, as far as I am aware.

So let's not worry about when your birthday is. You are a major contributor to the BWS Forum, and we want you to stay and continue to feel welcome.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the age of Baby Boomers. As you read it, you see the dates are a bit fluid. It's more about an attitude: Definition of Baby Boomers

Here's a fun story on 50th high school reunions for the first of the "official" Baby Boomers, those who graduated in 1964. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/busine...260367&_r=0

Thank you. I feel better. Sometimes I think I'm too sensative.
I see even in your 220464 post they mention 1943 as an inclusive baby boomer. I kept seeing 1946-1964 and thought y'all were trying to tell me something. That's what provoked my reaction.
Thanks again for clearing this up. Prayers 'n blessings...

No way was I expressing anything other than what I have always believed..through school is classes of 42/44 scholars we understood the term and why the classes were bigger than those older than us.

No way I thought you were doing anything other than you intended.
Just wanted to make sure I was in tune with site administrators.
It's all good. Everything is cool.

I do remember being in primary school where some classes were in portables. The school simply wasn't big enough. And I remember in kindergarten or maybe gr.1 when the theatre across from our apartment, was showing "The Sound of Music" for many months.

I didn't see that movie until I was in my late 20's or so. We were too poor to see a movie at that time. Besides I think there were certain historical references in Sound of Music that would have been waaaay beyond a child.

I'd forgotten about those portable classrooms, Orchid! Thanks for the fun memory.

So did anyone beside me catch the PBS show? It wasn't quite what I'd thought it would be, but each of the monologues was fascinating and I learned things about the presenters' lives.

Our PBS station has been off the air for over 2 weeks. It's very frustrating. They supposedly are having equipment problems.

Wow Yonuh -- and it seems like it's close to their annual fundraising time...

Anyway, if you missed the show but are interested in the identities of the 19 baby boomers profiled (one for each year) here is a useful link.

Apparently the Newseum in Washington DC, that museum dedicated to the media, has a new related exhibit that lets visitors relive historic 1946-1964 moments via the profile photos used on the NPR program, all of which were shot by photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

The officially profiled Baby Boomers include:
• Tim O’Brien, a Vietnam veteran and author, born in 1946;
• Deepak Chopra, the New Age guru, born in 1947;
• Samuel L. Jackson, actor and pitchman, born in 1948;
• Billy Joel, the singer and songwriter, born in 1949;
• Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, born in 1950;
• Tommy Hilfiger, the fashion designer, born in 1951;
• Amy Tan, author, born in 1952;
• Eve Ensler, playwright, born in 1953;
• Julieanna Richardson, historian, born in 1954;
• Maria Shriver, journalist and former first lady of the State of California, born in 1955;
• Kim Cattrall, actress, born in 1956;
• Virginia Rometty, IBM chief executive, born in 1957;
• Ellen Ochoa, director of the Johnson Space Center, born in 1958;
• Ronnie Lott, athlete, born in 1959;
• Erin Brockovich, environmentalist , born in 1960;
• Peter Staley, AIDS activist, born in 1961;
• Rosie O’Donnell, entertainer, born in 1962;
• David LaChapelle, artist, born in 1963; and
• John Leguizamo, actor, born in 1964.

We can watch it online, but it's not very comfortable watching a TV show on the computer sitting in an office chair! And it seems PBS has more than one fundraiser every year. I don't want to have to pay for cable just to get decent TV reception or to get the channels that don't quite make it out to the part of town where we live. That's a luxury we can't afford.

Post 220482 lists 19 folks for 18 years. Here's a three-year list of precurors' to that boomer paradigm.

Born in 1943: Robert De Niro, Actor; George Harrison, Music Artist; Mick Jagger, Music Artist; Janis Joplin, Singer; Jim Morrison, Singer, Song writer, and Poet; Christopher Walken, actor.

Born in 1944: George Lucas, Director; Diana Ross, Singer; Jimmy Page, Music Artist; Gary Glitter, Music; Danny DeVito, Actor; Shelley Fabares, Actor.

Born in 1945: Bob Marley, Music; Vince McMahon, Wrestling Mogal; Steve Martin, Actor; Jacqueline Wilson, Author; Tom Selleck, Actor; Rod Stewart, Music Artist