51³Ô¹ÏÍøremembers legendary producer and alumnus Bob Banner
The 1943 51³Ô¹ÏÍøalumnus produced "Candid Camera" and "The Carol Burnett Show," among many others.
By Nancy George
51³Ô¹ÏÍøNews
The television producer graduated from 51³Ô¹ÏÍøin 1943 with a business degree and remained loyal to 51³Ô¹ÏÍøthroughout his career. He returned to campus in 1979-80 to serve as the Meadows Distinguished Visiting Professor of Broadcast Film and continued to visit regularly to speak to students, including serving as consultant from 2001-2003 to the cinema-television department at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts. He received SMU’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1959.
“Bob Banner is an 51³Ô¹ÏÍøicon,” said Marshall Terry, 51³Ô¹ÏÍøprofessor emeritus of English and author of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøhistory From High on the Hilltop, when he introduced Banner at a 2007 lecture for the Friends of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøLibraries at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas. “Bob is one of the most creative persons to attend SMU.”
— Bob Banner reminisces about his career as producer of television shows such as “The Carol Burnett Show,” “The Garry Moore Show” and “Candid Camera.”
51³Ô¹ÏÍøChannel 19 on Park Cities Charter Cable will remember Bob’s contributions to 51³Ô¹ÏÍøand to the TV industry in a special rebroadcast of his one-hour interview for the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøVideo Archive Series at 7 p.m. and 8:03 p.m. June 16, 2011.
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