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    Episode 19

Documentary
21 
Dec 31, 1986
All-star NBA player Wilt Chamberlain remains the only person in professional basketball history to score 100 points in a single game. Joseph Papp discovered many of today's most cherished actors, and also reintroduced Shakespeare to the American masses.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 19 episodes

Season 1
   
Episode 1,
Dr. Albert Pacifico and his surgical team provide hope to "blue babies" and their worried parents. Gary Steiner and Kenny Polk always cross the finish line together, inspiring others to work together as a team.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 2,
Activist and trailblazer Virginia Allen teaches about AIDS and provides patients with a home.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 3,
Learn how Cus D'Amato helped Mike Tyson make boxing history. Pepper Edmiston created Camp Good Times to allow children with illnesses to continue making happy memories despite their conditions.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 4,
Charlie Sampson rides bulls for a living and is an important member of a team of American contemporary cowboys. Dr. Charlie Clements went from surviving fifty combat missions in Vietnam to tending to those injured during El Salvador's brutal civil war.
20m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 5,
After overcoming his first battle with cancer, wrestler Jeff Blatnick resiliently went on to win an Olympic gold medal in his event. Brave members of the LAPD crash unit wage war on street gangs in order to keep neighborhoods safe.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 6,
Admiral Alan Shepard visits space camp to see which of America's youth have the attributes necessary to follow in his footsteps. Diver Greg Louganis shows off the moves that led him to victory at the Olympic Games.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 7,
Decathlon champion extraordinaire Bruce Jenner tries his hand at professional race car driving. Susan Butcher shows that women, too, can accomplish great feats of endurance, having won the Iditarod for three consecutive years.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 8,
Keith Knudsen not only reassembled The Doobie Brothers, but also holds fundraising events for war vets. Bob Burton brings troubled youth on journeys through remote pockets of the American wilderness, helping them mature and attain stability.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 9,
John Elway is considered one of the best football players in NFL history, but he was once a highly coveted baseball player, too. The 442nd regimental combat unit showcased its fierce loyalty to the United States.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 10,
Despite their modest upbringings, LA Laker Ervin Johnson and film director Luis Valdez are reaching great heights in their respective careers. Gymnasts Kristie Phillips and Phoebe Mills transcend their years and go for Gold in the 1988 Olympic Games.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 11,
The winningest and oldest active stock car driver refuses to retire until he's won one more big race. World championship bull rider Lynn Jankowski subverts the perception that bull riding is a man's sport.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 12,
Atlanta Braves player Dale Murphy's musical abilities stack up admirably to his skills on the field. Illinois state legislator Jesse White teaches marginalized Chicago teens to perform stunning feats of gymnastics.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 13,
Paul 'Red' Adair's heroic contributions to oil well fire containment inspired one of John Wayne's roles. The Blue Angels showcase what it takes to be considered for the Navy's elite group of aerial artists.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 14,
A cameraman captures the horrors that transpire in Afghanistan and its effects on innocent families. Richard Boyle valiantly covers El Salvador's grisly civil war. Documentary filmmaker Jeff Harmon won't let fear get in the way of a perfect shot.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 15,
Muggsy Bogues achieves great heights in the NBA despite his humble stature. Thomas Gist trades in Skid Row for Hollywood after landing a role in the 'Slap Maxwell' pilot episode.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 16,
Doctor Bernie Siegel emphasizes the importance of love and a sense of camaraderie during cancer treatment. Reverend Cecil Williams entertains his audiences at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 17,
John Lugbill and David Hearn establish Whitewater racing as a sport in which Americans can make waves and lead the pack.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 18,
John Wooden leads UCLA to ten NCAA championship basketball wins. Trailblazing swimmer Lynne Cox traversed the Bering Strait and made history. Eleven-year-old John Kevin Hill pilots a historic flight across the United States.
21m Dec 31, 1986
   
Episode 19,
All-star NBA player Wilt Chamberlain remains the only person in professional basketball history to score 100 points in a single game. Joseph Papp discovered many of today's most cherished actors, and also reintroduced Shakespeare to the American masses.
21m Dec 31, 1986
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