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Rick Sebak

Rick Sebak

Born: 1953-06-05 • Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rick Sebak is an American public broadcasting television producer, writer and narrator who lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Rick makes unusual television programs. His slightly wacky documentaries celebrate various aspects of modern American life and the unexpected charms of Pittsburgh. Audiences have learned to recognize his friendly narrative style and the unusual topics that he obviously loves.

Sebak is the creator of the "scrapbook documentary" genre, many of which he has created for WQED and PBS. This scrapbook style incorporates lots of old films, home movies, postcards, old photos and memorabilia of all sorts. Rick does not appear on-camera in these programs, but audiences have learned to recognize his voice and distinctive narrative style.

Filmography
no more room in hell poster
no more room in hell
2023 • Broadcast announcer
Miss Springmaid poster
Miss Springmaid
2016 • Narrator
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh poster
Return to Downtown Pittsburgh
2016 • Narrator
A Few Good Pie Places poster
A Few Good Pie Places
2015 • Narrator
A Few Great Bakeries poster
A Few Great Bakeries
2015 • Narrator
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Why Do You Live in Pittsburgh?
2013
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North Side Sandwiches
2013
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Squirrel Hill Tunnels
2013
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The Joys of Millvale
2013
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Gingerbread Lane
2013
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What Makes Rick Tick?
2013
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets poster
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets
2012 • Narrator
Pittsburgh From the Air II poster
Pittsburgh From the Air II
2012 • (Narrator)
Pittsburgh From the Air poster
Pittsburgh From the Air
2011 • (Narrator)
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It's Pittsburgh & A Lot of Other Stuff: Best of Season One
2011
Breakfast Special poster
Breakfast Special
2010 • Narrator
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway poster
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway
2008 • Narrator
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh poster
Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh
2008 • Narrator
To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig poster
To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig
2007 • Narrator
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Underground Pittsburgh
2007 • Narrator
What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh? poster
What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?
2006 • Narrator
South Side poster
South Side
2006 • Rick Sebak
A Cemetery Special poster
A Cemetery Special
2005 • Narrator
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff poster
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
2004 • Narrator
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh poster
Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh
2002 • Narrator
Sandwiches That You Will Like poster
Sandwiches That You Will Like
2002 • Narrator
Pittsburgh A to Z poster
Pittsburgh A to Z
2001 • Narrator
A Flea Market Documentary poster
A Flea Market Documentary
2001 • Narrator
Something About Oakland poster
Something About Oakland
2000 • Narrator
Things That are Still Here poster
Things That are Still Here
1999
A Hot Dog Program poster
A Hot Dog Program
1999 • Narrator
Great Old Amusement Parks poster
Great Old Amusement Parks
1999 • Narrator
North Side Story poster
North Side Story
1997 • Narrator
Shore Things poster
Shore Things
1996 • Narrator
An Ice Cream Show poster
An Ice Cream Show
1996 • Narrator
The Strip Show poster
The Strip Show
1996 • Narrator
It's the Neighborhoods poster
It's the Neighborhoods
1994 • Narrator
Houses Around Here poster
Houses Around Here
1994 • Narrator
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants poster
Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants
1993 • Narrator
The Pennsylvania Road Show poster
The Pennsylvania Road Show
1992 • Narrator
Downtown Pittsburgh poster
Downtown Pittsburgh
1992 • Narrator
Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere poster
Flying Off the Bridge to Nowhere
1990 • Narrator
Things That Aren't There Anymore poster
Things That Aren't There Anymore
1990 • Narrator
Holy Pittsburgh! poster
Holy Pittsburgh!
1989 • Narrator
Kennywood Memories poster
Kennywood Memories
1988 • Narrator
The Mon, The Al & The O poster
The Mon, The Al & The O
1988 • Narrator