John Cerney, Michael Nesmith, and Giant Marfa

TVC 579.1: A conversation recorded in February 2020 with John Cerney, a commercial artist who specializes in creating 16-foot-high, billboard-size cut-out art murals that dot the landscape of some twenty-eight states across the U.S. (and, particularly, the highways of California and the Midwest). John’s pieces include a portrait of James Dean that welcomes visitors to the SPCA in Monterey County, California; a mural of George Harrison in Benton, Illinois; a mural of Amelia Earhart in her hometown of Atchison, Kansas; flying saucers in Roswell, New Mexico; and, arguably his most famous mural, “Giant Marfa,” the multimedia tribute to George Stevens’ epic motion picture Giant that appears on Highway 90 in Marfa, Texas. Topics this segment include how out former Monkee Michael Nesmith became involved in Giant Marfa, and including helping John turn the mural into a multimedia experience. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices