1979 NCAA Championship: Bird vs. Magic

Former professional skateboarder and filmmaker Monihan Monihan goes on a 48-hour journey from Seattle to Kathmandu to find and interview someone who was at the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championship game featuring Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

This episode features interview with:

• Joan Mills
• Aimee "LeeLee" Monihan
• Judy Monihan
• Dan Cherry III
• Wez Wezenheimer
• Dr. Ryan Ernst
• Mark Perry
• Mike Clark Sr.
• Tom Steel

CREDITS

You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr production.

Created by Hi Barr.

“1979 NCAA Championship: Bird vs. Magic” was written and hosted by Monihan Monihan.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Story Produced by Julia Thompson.

Edit, Sound Mix, and Engineering by Teeny Lieberson.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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