Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters

Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters is a 100-minute-long documentary that was released on DVD by MPI Home Video. It features interviews by Richard Carpenter, John Bettis (co-writer), Gary Sims (part-time member), Petula Clark, et al.

The documentary itself runs for approximately 60 minutes, with a 12-minute encore after the end credits featuring a performance of "(A Place To) Hideaway", the Carpenters' commercial for Morton's Potato Chips, and their performance of "Ave Maria" for the 1978 A Christmas Portrait special. The rest of the 100-minute total running time includes the special features (listed below).

The documentary originally aired as a special on PBS and continues to be made available to PBS stations for rerunning during pledge drives.

Chapters

 * 1) Introduction ("Superstar", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "We've Only Just Begun", "(They Long to Be) Close to You")
 * 2) "Yesterday Once More" – Thank You Rock 'n' Roll, 1978
 * 3) "Dancing in the Street" – Your All American College Show, 1968
 * 4) "Ticket to Ride" – Something Else, 1970
 * 5) "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
 * 6) "We've Only Just Begun" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
 * 7) "For All We Know" – The Andy Williams Show, 1971
 * 8) "Bless the Beasts and Children" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
 * 9) "Rainy Days and Mondays" – Desert Inn, then fades into Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
 * 10) "Superstar" – 1971
 * 11) "Hurting Each Other" – 1972
 * 12) "Goodbye to Love" – 1972
 * 13) "Top of the World" – Carpenters' Very First Television Special, 1976
 * 14) And the Story Continues...
 * 15) "Only Yesterday" – 1975
 * 16) "Merry Christmas Darling" – A Christmas Portrait, 1978
 * 17) "This Masquerade" – Music, Music, Music!, 1980
 * 18) "Touch Me When We're Dancing" – 1981
 * 19) Finale
 * 20) "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – Carpenters' Very First Television Special, 1976
 * 21) End Credits
 * 22) Encore Program
 * 23) "(A Place To) Hideaway" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
 * 24) Potato Chip Commercial – Morton's Potato Chip Company, 1971
 * 25) "Ave Maria" – A Christmas Portrait, 1978
 * 26) TV Special Promo – 1980

Bonus material:
 * Photo gallery (1991 remix, Richard Carpenter's Pianist • Arranger • Composer • Conductor version, and reprise of "Yesterday Once More")
 * At the White House (Rare footage of Nixon and the Carpenters; "Top of the World") – 1972
 * Radio Jingle – KFRC Radio
 * Chocolate Commercial – Morinaga Hi-Crown Milk Chocolates, 1974
 * Soda Pop Commercials – Suntory Pop, 1977