The Icons That Built America

Released: 2024-06-23

Runtime: 42 minutes

Episode Overview

In 1965, a struggling motorcycle salesman desperate to juice sales at his small-town dealership comes up with a dangerous publicity stunt that not only launches him into a new career, but changes entertainment forever. As his star rises, he'll bet it all on a stunt that could propel him to new heights or cost him his life. And a generation later, a young boy who grew up idolizing the motorcycle daredevil will take his own dangerous path to television and film success... by daring to fail.

Series Overview

Highlights the talented, often provocative entertainers whose brilliance and rise to stardom transformed American popular culture.