12 Days of Giving, Day 10 :: Win a copy of The Great American Dream Machine on DVD

S’more Entertainment

From December 7 thru December 18, HOTCHKA will be giving away a different prize every day during the 12 Days of Giving contest. Read the post below and follow the instructions to enter. A new contest will start and end each day at Midnight (ET). Winners will be selected at random for each contest, and may not win more than once every four days.

HOTCHKA and S’more Entertainment want to give three lucky readers a chance to win The Great American Dream Machine on DVD!

Before Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show, before the spoof-tastic films The Groove Tube and Kentucky Fried Movie came THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE, an irreverent, satirical weekly variety show that aired on PBS for two seasons from 1971-1972. Unlike anything ever seen on public television, the eclectic, often controversial series – an early proving ground for many top comedic talents including Chevy Chase, Albert Brooks and Charles Grodin — combined humorous skits, drama, musical performances and political commentary in an “experimental” format and was considered Channel Thirteen’s first prime-time hit, setting new records for attracting younger adult viewers to public broadcasting.

Produced by public broadcaster WNET IN New York, THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE was dubbed “the intellectual Laugh-In” and immediately struck a countercultural chord in the ’70s, poking fun at politics, commercialized mass culture, advertising, and television with eclectic vignettes and uproarious sketches. With no host, no narration and no set format, the imaginative, thought-provoking series gave free, creative reign to an astounding cast of actors, comedians and contributors who’d go on to far greater fame, including Chevy Chase (making his TV debut), Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin, Penny Marshall, Henry Winkler, Marshall Efron, Andy Rooney, writer Studs Terkel, David Steinberg, Carly Simon, Tiny Tim and many others. And though it drew the ire of conservative critics who had it cancelled after two seasons, THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE is a heralded cultural time capsule ready to be unveiled after a 40+ year absence to discover a new generation of fans.

THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE set includes nearly every hilarious, unforgettable and trenchant moment from the show’s two season run – nearly 13 hours of peerless and thoughtful comedy and opinion, including Marshall Efron’s memorable “Lemon Pie from Scratch” sketch, Albert Brooks’ famous “School for Comedians,” Andy Rooney’s pre-“60 Minutes” opinion segments including his very first “In Defense of Politicians,” Chevy Chase’s “Singing Faces” mime, “Great American Weather Days,” a Dream Machine style weather forecast with a glance back at some of the greatest days in U.S Weather history, a “Great American Hero” profile of daredevil Evel Knievel, Elaine Stritch performing the Broadway classic “Here’s to the Ladies Who Lunch” from her role as Joanne in Stephen Sondheim’s Company and much, much more.

To be eligible for this contest, please follow the instructions below …

• Leave a comment on this post.
• Include your FIRST AND LAST NAME in the space provided, not in the comment box.
• Include your correct email address in the space provided, not in the comment box.
• ONE entry per person and email address will be accepted. Duplicate entries will be discarded. HOTCHKA reserves the right to discard all duplicates and suspected duplicate entries.

Commenting period ends at 11:59 PM, Wednesday, December 16. Winners must have a residential US address. Prizes cannot be shipped overseas or to P.O. Boxes. Winners will be selected at random and contacted by email. Be sure to set your email spam filters to accept mail from @hotchka.com.

Good luck!