I think I would like to have a
wake and funeral. In the seat Doug,
one more time and Linda Billman.
Steve and everybody. Right?
I guess I'll just write about it.
That is a clip from a zoom interview
we did a few weeks ago with Bill
Landry of the Heartland series.
He was promoting his appearance at the
Dogwood Arts House and Garden Show.
After we were finished,
we started to wonder what it would
take to have a mini reunion for
Bill and the Heartland staff.
So led by Leanne Bowman,
our producer extraordinaire,
made some calls and invited all to
the Museum of Appalachia earlier
this month for the reunion.
We didn't know we all needed.
It's hard to pull one over on a man
who's made a living out of telling tales
he saw. Obit river gorge.
But on a chilly Thursday at the
Museum of Appalachia, Bill Landry was
surprised by a blast from his past.
Oh my God. Oh no, Amy God,
look at this. How are you doing
countless years of experience filled
this reunion? I'm doing good.
Oh my goodness.
Wow.
This is a program about time,
staying constantly changing everything
while Bill was the recognizable face and
voice of the Heartland series, this crew
made sure he had the stories to tell
people loved you.
Loved us, they loved what we did.
One of the top storytellers
was producer Linda Billman.
It was a.
Kind of a magic time to
have that pass, and that's all we know.
The hard way. Tell stories that
weren't getting cold about people
who were just ordinary folks.
Like Bill said living, living their lives,
a lot of memorable characters,
the fish swam, the streams, the
forest of thick with gain. If you ever
wondered who captured the beautiful
scenery in each of the episodes,
it's this guy. Doug mills.
People appreciated the stories and.
You know? Spent all their lives
doing their doing their living.
And had the opportunity maybe
sometime at church somebody would
say I saw you on TV, you know.
And and it meant something to those people.
It meant a lot to get recognition.
Did brave the man who oversaw
the Heartland series work?
Steve Dean join them via zoom.
He always had that bigger view in mind,
and you know that was his talent.
His gift was to bring bring
it whole and and make it true.
I think most people don't
realize how physically hard.
Also it was to do the Heartland series.
I mean it was a shooting on location.
Nearly every episode.
In situations where you
don't have electricity,
you don't have any support it.
It was just a physical challenge
for everybody involved.
Producer Amy Anderson and editors
Ernie Engel and Amy Palmer each
have special memories of working
on the Heartland series well.
We were all. Multidimensional I guess.
We didn't just produce or
write or edit or host.
We all have acted at some point
as a background character in the show.
Our friends and family
have acted in the show.
I grew up watching the show when
I went off to college. I took.
I took some of the episodes with
me to remind me of home so it was.
It was the coolest job I'll ever have,
like hands down,
I would get all of the tapes, the refuse.
She would get whatever was left.
Go through all of the video and just get
completely immersed in Doug's beautiful work.
Bills on camera audio Linda's writing
and with all of the collaborative
of getting what's how the show
is going to be then I would be
in this dark space for hours.
3 Minute Show took an all day,
sometimes for the longer shows.
We pulled all nighters.
There were no typical days at work when
you're working on the Heartland series.
Rather once filled with creativity,
you know it made ordinary people
extraordinary in a way. Laughter.
I never understood the joke.
And mutual respect. I mean, we
could probably we could probably go to
work tomorrow and figure something out.
God, how special is that?
The group says some of their
favorite shows center around Halloween
and April Fools and they also wanted to
give former general manager Jim Hart,
who was an incredible individual
incredible man. Incredible leader.
Credit for making it all possible.
The Heartland Series runs on
Channel 10's YouTube channel.
Hard not to get a little teary
eyed seen all those folks. Todd
Oh my gosh, Jim Hart Steve Dean Steve.
Check behind the Heartland series
the straight from the heart logo
and many in all things. Channel 10
straight from the heart brand Steve
Steve Dean behind all that.
So just a wonderful group of
folks and that's what I think.
It's incredible privilege
to be a part of. Channel 10.
A lot of people coming together
to make so it takes a lot of
people to make a great product
and they certainly did that.