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Michael Shamberg (center)in 1972
Michael Shamberg (center)in 1972

TVTV (short for Top Value Television) was a San Francisco-based pioneering video collective founded in 1972 by Allen Rucker, Michael Shamberg, Tom Weinberg, and Megan Williams. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Shamberg was author of the 1971 "do-it-yourself" video production manual Guerrilla Television. In the 1960s and 1970s counter-culture video collectives extended the role of the underground press to new communication technologies Over the years, more than thirty "guerrilla video" makers were participants in TVTV productions. They included members of the Ant Farm: Chip Lord, Doug Michels, Hudson Marquez and Curtis Schreier; the Videofreex, Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, Chuck Kennedy, and Parry Teasdale. TVTV pioneered the use of independent video based on wanting to change society and have a good time inventing new and then-revolutionary media, ½" Sony Portapak video equipment, and later embracing the ¾" video format. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The Portapak introduced in 1967 was the first portable video recording device

The group made a series of unique socially significant historical documentaries such as:

Other participants in TVTV included artist Hudson Marquez, designer Elan Soltes, producer David Axelrod, actor-comedian Bill Murray and his brother Brian Doyle Murray, cinematographer Paul Goldsmith, actor and director Harold Ramis and producer Wendy Appel (aka Wendy Apple). The 1972 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held from August 21 to August 23, 1972 at the Miami The 1972 National Convention of the United States Democratic Party was held at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach Florida from July Lord of the Universe is a 1974 Documentary film about Prem Rawat (at the time known as Guru Maharaj Ji at an event in November 1973 at the Houston Prem Pal Singh Rawat (born December 10 1957 in Haridwar, India) also known as Balyogeshwar, Guru Maharaj Ji, and "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the David Axelrod may refer to David Axelrod (musician (born 1936 David Axelrod (political consultant David B For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American Comedian, Screenwriter and Character actor. Paul Goldsmith (born October 2, 1925 in Parkersburg West Virginia) is a Motorcycle Hall of Famer and former USAC and NASCAR driver Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy

In 1976 -1977, experimental filmmaker Wheeler Winston Dixon briefly joined the collective, editing most of the Supervision series, as well as portions of the Hard Rain Special and the entirety of The TVTV Show. Wheeler Winston Dixon (born March 12, 1950) is best known as a writer of film history theory and criticism

TVTV's many alumni went onto careers of their own with the disbanding of the group in 1979, after a move to Los Angeles that brought many in the group more into the orbit of conventional filmmaking. Bill Murray went on to become an international film star; Michael Shamberg a film producer, most notably with his company Jersey Films, in collaboration with Stacey Sher and Danny DeVito; Allen Rucker became a writer and author; Wheeler Winston Dixon became an author and university professor; Harold Ramis went on to a long career as a mainstream film director, writer and actor. For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Michael Shamberg (born 1945 is an American former Time-Life correspondent and current Film producer. Stacey Sher is a Film producer. Her credits include Along Came Polly, Erin Brockovich, Pulp Fiction, Daniel Michael DeVito Jr (born November 17 1944 is an American Actor, director and producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal Allen Rucker (born September 26, 1945) is an American Writer and Author. Wheeler Winston Dixon (born March 12, 1950) is best known as a writer of film history theory and criticism Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy

Other TVTV members Skip Blumberg became a well known videographer and producer; Tom Weinberg produced more than 500 nonfiction broadcasts, local and national based in his hometown, Chicago; Elan Soltes emerged as a video graphic designer in Hollywood. One of the world's most influential video "communes," TVTV's influence is felt to this day on the many "guerrilla videos" on YouTube and other websites, as people now routinely use videography to get their message out to larger audiences. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees

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