Berle Adams on secretly replacing scripts written by The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show staff writers with better ones written by Danny Arnold and Roland Kibbee
Berle Adams on his clients Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis breaking up their act before fulfilling a four-episode contract to appear on The Colgate Comedy Hour, and how he convinced them to appear on the show anyway
Berle Adams on how the television special An Evening With Fred Astaire came to be
Berle Adams on the controversy over Fred Astaire winning the Emmy for Best Actor for An Evening With Fred Astaire
Bob Banner on directing and producing The Fred Waring Show
Bob Banner on producing The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Bob Banner on producing Peggy Fleming Visits the Soviet Union
Bob Banner on producing The Colgate Comedy Hour
Bob Banner on working with Frank Sinatra on a number of his television specials
Bob Banner on producing The Jimmy Dean Show
Bob Banner on working with Ethel Merman on the special A Salute to American Imagination
Bob Banner on Carol Burnett's contributions on The Garry Moore Show
Bob Banner on producing The Carol Burnett Show
Bob Banner on Solid Gold's popularity in Israel
Bob Banner on working on various Perry Como Specials
Bob Banner on the decline of variety programming in the '80s and '90s
Bob Banner on working with Jim Henson and Muppets on The Jimmy Dean Show and A Sesame Street Christmas
Bob Banner on producing It's Showtime at the Apollo
Bob Banner on producing Solid Gold
Bob Banner on producing Star Search
Milton Berle on getting approached by Texaco to star in their new TV show, Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on the beginnings of Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on the lore of him stealing jokes for Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on how he contributed to the success of Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on memorable live television mishaps on Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on a memorable live television mishap with Red Buttons on Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on the mishap with the "Barber of Seville" sketch on Texaco Star Theater and how it affected the subsequent sketch
Milton Berle on a typical workweek on Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on memorable guest stars on Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on a memorable flashback scene on Texaco Star Theater
Milton Berle on how he got his start in television with Texaco Star Theater
Steve Binder on Shindig and Hullabaloo
Steve Binder on producing Petula, and the controversy surrounding a segment of it (part 1)
Steve Binder on producing and directing Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special
Steve Binder on producing and directing 1977's The Barry Manilow Special
Steve Binder on directing Diana Ross in Central Park (1985)
Allan Blye on being a writer and producer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Allan Blye on writing for Petula
Allan Blye on writing Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special with Chris Bearde
Allan Blye on the typical production schedule on the variety specials he wrote
Allan Blye on The Andy Williams Show
Allan Blye on the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Allan Blye on Van Dyke and Company
Sam Bobrick on getting a job in the ABC mailroom, and on starting to write jokes for The Ray Bolger Show
Sam Bobrick on writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Sam Bobrick on writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Sam Bobrick on writing for The Kraft Music Hall
Al Borden on being propmaster for The Colgate Comedy Hour
Al Borden on being propmaster on The Colgate Comedy Hour
Al Borden on being propmaster for Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle
Al Borden on being propmaster for The Bob Hope Chevy Show
Al Borden on being propmaster Bob Hope's USO specials
Al Borden on being propmaster on Bob Hope's specials
Kirk Browning on working on NBC Opera Theatre
Kirk Browning on directing NBC Opera Theatre
Kirk Browning on directing NBC Opera Theatre
Kirk Browning on working with Arturo Toscanini on NBC Opera Theatre
Kirk Browning on directing TV Recital Hall
Kirk Browning on working with Frank Sinatra on the first episode of The Frank Sinatra Show
Kirk Browning on directing various musical specials
Kirk Browning on directing the first episode of The Frank Sinatra Show
Kirk Browning on directing various specials including the Miss America Pageant with Bert Parks
Kirk Browning on directing NET Opera Theatre
Carol Burnett on starting to like television when she did musical comedy/variety on The Garry Moore Show
Carol Burnett on how she became a regular on The Garry Moore Show
Carol Burnett on the famous "Went with the Wind!" sketch on The Carol Burnett Show
Carol Burnett on her co-stars and how she created characters on The Carol Burnett Show
Carol Burnett on her favorite moment on The Garry Moore Show - on her last day on the show when the cast purposely ruined a scene to see how she'd react
Carol Burnett on the variety format and whether or not she thinks it could make a comeback
Vince Calandra on getting hired to handle cue cards for The Ed Sullivan Show
Vince Calandra on doing cue cards and being production coordinator on The Ed Sullivan Show
Vince Calandra on moving from production into talent coordinating on The Ed Sullivan Show
Vince Calandra on being promoted to talent coordinator for The Ed Sullivan Show; on how he scouted talent; on booking meetings and pay scales for The Ed Sullivan Show; on how he booked the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964
Vince Calandra on first meeting The Beatles; on The Beatles' historic first performance on The E d Sullivan Sh; on controversial performances on The Ed Sullivan Show
Vince Calandra on some of the comics and guests on the show: Alan King, John Byne, Topo Gigio, Senor Wences, Alan King, Fred Astaire, and more; on the cancellation of the show
Vince Calandra on the cancellation of The Ed Sullivan Show
Vince Calandra on becoming a talent executive for The Mike Douglas Show; on some of the show's guests and working with Mike Douglas
Charles Cappleman on working with Judy Garland on Ford Star Jubilee, and on working with big stars
Charles Cappleman on stage managing That's My Boy! and The Jo Stafford Show
Charles Cappleman on celebrating the 33rd Anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show on stage 33 at Television City with the cast of the show
Charles Cappleman on The Ed Sullivan Show
Charles Cappleman on working with Joe Hamilton and Dave Powers on The Carol Burnett Show
Charles Cappleman on Captain & Tennille
Kevin Carlisle on working on The Garry Moore Show
Kevin Carlisle on being a choreographer on The Dean Martin Show, and on the dance styles of the 1960s
Kevin Carlisle on working with Barry Manilow on the Barry Manilow Specials
Kevin Carlisle on choreographing Solid Gold
Kevin Carlisle on choreographing various celebrity specials
Marge Champion on dancing on Admiral Broadway Revue
Marge Champion on dancing on Your Show of Shows
Marge Champion on leaving Admiral Broadway Revue and going on the road with Gower Champion
Marge Champion on working on The Dinah Shore Show and various other television shows in the late '50s
Marge Champion on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show with Gower Champion and touring the Soviet Union with Ed Sullivan
Marge Champion on dancing with Gower Champion on The Perry Como Show
Marge Champion on her and Gower Champion's final television appearance on The Bell Telephone Hour
Cyd Charisse on her first television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
Cyd Charisse on The Hollywood Palace produced by Nick Vanoff
Cyd Charisse on the Cyd Charisse Special and Center Stage: Cyd Charisse and working with various choreographers including Tony Charmoli
Cyd Charisse on appearing on Gene Kelly's American in Pasadena special
Cyd Charisse on appearing on The Kennedy Center Honors to honor Donald O'Connor
Tony Charmoli on choreographing Giselle McKenzie for Your Hit Parade and the challenges of working in live TV
Tony Charmoli on choreographing for an hour long show versus an half hour show while working on The Dinah Shore Show
Tony Charmoli on choreographing for The Danny Kaye Show
Tony Charmoli on Danny Kaye's writing team for The Danny Kaye Show
Tony Charmoli on choreographing for The Julie Andrews Hour
Tony Charmoli on choreographing for the variety-series The Julie Andrews Hour
Tony Charmoli on winning an Emmy for choreographing and directing for a Mitzi Gaynor special
Tony Charmoli on winning and Emmy for directing and choreographing the special Gypsy In My Soul for Shirley MacLaine
Roy Christopher on doing production design for The Richard Pryor Show
Roy Christopher on doing production design for Midnight Special
Roy Christopher on doing production design for The Carol Burnett Show (1991), and on working with Carol and Lucille Ball
Roy Christopher on doing art direction for The Dean Martin Show and The Pat Boone Show
Ron Clark on writing for The Jimmy Dean Show
Ron Clark on writing for The Jackie Gleason Show
Ron Clark on writing for The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
Ron Clark on writing for The Danny Kaye Show
Ron Clark on writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Ron Clark on writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Ron Clark on writing for Kraft Music Hall
Ron Clark on writing for The Tim Conway Comedy Hour
Roy Clark on his first television appearance, on the local series The Hayloft Conservatory of Musical Interpretation
Roy Clark on appearing on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
Roy Clark on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, and on performing with Sullivan
Roy Clark on guest-starring on The Jonathan Winters Show, which led to Hee Haw
Roy Clark on hosting Hee Haw on CBS
Roy Clark on Hee Haw (Part 2)
Norman Lear on spreading messages in the television he's done and on not speaking up about something on The Colgate Comedy Hour
Norman Lear on the writing teams on early television and early writing staffs
Norman Lear on he and Ed Simmons beginning their career writing for Ford Star Revue
Norman Lear on controversial moments on The Martha Raye Show and why the show got canceled
Norman Lear on originally being unhappy when Jerry Lewis broke the fourth wall on The Colgate Comedy Hour
Tim Conway on his 10 year guest appearance on The Carol Burnett Show
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on their first appearances on The Carol Burnett Show
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the end of The Carol Burnett Show
Billy Crystal on his early comedy troupe's act, and appearing on the special That Was the Year that Was
Billy Crystal on being bumped by Lorne Michaels from the first episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975
Billy Crystal on being a regular on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
Billy Crystal on The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour and his HBO special A Comic's Line
Billy Crystal on his stint as a cast member on Saturday Night Live
Billy Crystal on his involvement, along with Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg, in HBO's Comic Relief specials
Billy Crystal on his HBO special Don't Get Me Started
Billy Crystal on his HBO special Midnight Train to Moscow, for which he won an Emmy
Bill Davis on how he came to work in New York on The Jimmy Dean Show
Bill Davis on directing Hullabaloo
Bill Davis on directing The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour
Bill Davis on directing Hee Haw (Part 2)
Milton Delugg on working on The Morey Amsterdam Show
Milton Delugg on working on The Doodles Weaver Show
Milton Delugg on working on Dagmar's Canteen
Milton Delugg on working on The Bill Cullen Show
Milton Delugg on working on the music for many Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcasts
Milton Delugg on working on Bill Cosby's variety show Cos
Charles S. Dubin on directing "Judy and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet," the 1963 special that served as the pilot for The Judy Garland Show
Charles S. Dubin on directing The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Virginian, The Meanest Man in the West, Tarzan, and The Big Valley
Rod Erickson on going to work for the advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding as executive director of the radio version of "Your Hit Parade" on behalf of American Tobacco
Rod Erickson on how early advertising on television worked and on broadcasting We, The People
Rod Erickson on the Gulf sponsored programs We, The People and The Gulf Road Show
Rod Erickson on how Holiday Hotel, sponsored by Packard, got on the air produced by Felix Jackson
Rod Erickson on working on The Fred Waring Show, sponsored by General Electric
Rod Erickson on working on The Arrow Show, sponsored by Arrow Shirts
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show
Nanette Fabray on appearing on Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Arthur Murray Party
Nanette Fabray on appearing on Caesar's Hour
Nanette Fabray on co-starring on Caesar's Hour
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Dinah Shore Show
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Danny Kaye Show
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Andy Williams Show
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and Art Linkletter's House Party
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Carol Burnett Show
Nanette Fabray on appearing on Ford Startime
Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Bell Telephone Hour
Nanette Fabray on appearing in the special Alice Through the Looking Glass
Bob Finkel on The Perry Como Show
Bob Finkel on troubleshooting The Eddie Fisher Show
Bob Finkel on The Dinah Shore Chevy Shore
Bob Finkel on The Andy Williams Show
Bob Finkel on the disappearance of music/variety shows
Bob Finkel on creating/producing The Jerry Lewis Show
Bob Finkel on the difficulties of residuals for variety shows
Greg Garrison on directing The Kate Smith Hour
Greg Garrison on directing Texaco Star Theater
Greg Garrison on directing The Standard Oil Anniversary Show for NBC
Greg Garrison on working with Hubbell Robinson and Jim Aubrey, and on making a deal to direct The Judy Garland Show and The Keefe Brasselle Show
Greg Garrison on directing a Danny Kaye Special
Greg Garrison on directing specials for Jack Paar, including Jack Paar Presents and on working with Jonathan Winters on those shows
Greg Garrison on directing specials for Jonathan Winters
Greg Garrison on why the variety show dropped out of favor with audiences
Greg Garrison on directing and producing The Dean Martin Show
Greg Garrison on producing and directing The Dean Martin Show and The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts >
Dwight Hemion on directing Timex All-Star Jazz Show
Dwight Hemion on producing and directing Kraft Music Hall
Dwight Hemion on directing the Barbra Streisand Specials
Dwight Hemion on directing the Frank Sinatra Specials
Dwight Hemion on directing The Kraft Music Hall
Dwight Hemion and Gary Smith on the highlights of their partnership, including the special Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Dwight Hemion and Gary Smith on the highlights of their partnership, including the special Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Seaman Jacobs on the format of The Ed Wynn Show, and on various bits that Ed Wynn did on his show
Seaman Jacobs on writing for George Burns' specials
Seaman Jacobs on writing for The Bob Hope Specials
Seaman Jacobs on writing for The Tim Conway Show
Lucille Kallen on writing for Admiral Broadway Revue
Lucille Kallen on writing for Admiral Broadway Revue
Lucille Kallen on writing for Your Show of Shows
Lucille Kallen on writing for Your Show of Shows
Lucille Kallen on writing for Your Show of Shows and The Imogene Coca Show
Lucille Kallen on writing for Your Show of Shows and The Imogene Coca Show
Lucille Kallen on writing for Max Liebman Presents and The United States Steel Hour
Lucille Kallen on writing for The Bell Telephone Hour
Lucille Kallen on her decision to retire from writing for television and focus on writing novels and on Your Show of Shows having been a training ground for comedy writers
Hal Kanter on his first television writing job on The Ed Wynn Show
Hal Kanter on writing for The Ed Wynn Show
Hal Kanter on The George Gobel Show winning Emmy Awards
Hal Kanter on writing for Kraft Music Hall featuring Milton Berle
Arnie Kogen on his involvement with MADtv
Arnie Kogen on writing for The Dean Martin Show
Arnie Kogen on going to write for The Carol Burnett Show
Arnie Kogen on writing for The Carol Burnett Show
Arnie Kogen on writing for Donny & Marie
Arnie Kogen on writing for The Jacksons
Buz Kohan on writing for Perry Como Specials and why he was a good fit for the task
Buz Kohan on working on The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
Buz Kohan on writing for The Carol Burnett Show
Buz Kohan on writing particular sketches for The Carol Burnett Show, the musical guests on the show, and leaving and returning to the show and leaving again
Buz Kohan on working on The Beatles at Shea Stadium
Buz Kohan on working with Bette Midler on her TV special Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Buz Kohan on working on Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, featuring the famous "Little Drummer Boy" duet with Bing Crosby and David Bowie
Buz Kohan on meeting Michael Jackson and working with The Jackson 5; on working on their first act when they played the MGM Grand
Buz Kohan on writing for Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Buz Kohan on consulting for Dolly Parton's variety series Dolly
Buz Kohan on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. on his Sammy Davis, Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration
Buz Kohan on working with Frank Sinatra on the TV special Sinatra: 80 Years My Way and other specials
Buz Kohan on working with Julie Andrews on TV specials and other performances
Buz Kohan on working on the pilot for The Wayne Brady Show
Harvey Korman on joining The Danny Kaye Show
Harvey Korman on being a "second banana" to Danny Kaye
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on their first appearances on The Carol Burnett Show
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the end of The Carol Burnett Show
Perry Lafferty on directing Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge along with Buzz Kulik
Perry Lafferty on directing The Victor Borge Show and Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge
Perry Lafferty on producing The Imogene Coca Show, and on directing The Arthur Murray Party
Perry Lafferty on producing Your Hit Parade, directed by Norman Jewison
Perry Lafferty on producing The Big Show
Perry Lafferty on producing The Mary Tyler Moore Comedy Hour
Norman Lear on writing for Ford Star Review and The Colgate Comedy Hour
Norman Lear on writing for The Colgate Comedy Hour
Norman Lear on writing for The Martha Raye Show
Norman Lear on writing for The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
Norman Lear on writing for The Andy Williams Show
Norman Lear on writing for The George Gobel Show
Sam Lovullo on producing Hee Haw and The Jonathan Winters Show
Sam Lovullo on producing Hee Haw
Sam Lovullo on producing Hee Haw
San Lovullo on producing Hee Haw
Sam Lovullo on producing Hee Haw
Sam Lovullo on producing Hee Haw
Sam Lovullo on producing Hee Haw
Sam Lovullo on producing Hee Haw
Sam Lovullo on producing Swing Out, Sweet Land
Bob Mackie on Judy Garland and The Judy Garland Show
Bob Mackie on the famous curtain-rod dress he made for Carol Burnett in "Went With the Wind," a spoof of Gone With the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show
Bob Mackie on costume design for The Carol Burnett Show
Bob Mackie on working with Cher on Cher and The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Anita Mann on appearing as a dancer on "The T.A.M.I. Show"
Anita Mann on dancing on Shindig!
Anita Mann on appearing on Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special
Anita Mann on choreographing Cher, and on working with Cher and Bob Mackie
Anita Mann on choreographing The Jacksons and on working with the Jackson family, including Michael Jackson
Anita Mann on working with Jim Henson on various Muppet projects including The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Anita Mann on choreographing Solid Gold
Anita Mann on choreographing the Miss America Pageant for which she won an Emmy
Kent McCray on the experience of working as a stagehand for NBC on shows like The Colgate Comedy Hour and All Star Revue
Kent McCray on being unit manager for Bob Hope on a show from Alaska, also featuring Ginger Rogers
Kent McCray on being unit manager for a Bob Hope USO show that also featured Mickey Mantle
Kent McCray on traveling around the country as an associate producer on Bob Hope's USO Shows
Kent McCray on traveling to South Korea to associate produce Bob Hope's USO shows
Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for The Ed Wynn Show
Barney McNulty on a typical workweek writing cue cards for The Ed Wynn Show and working on The George Gobel Show
Barry McNulty on doing cue cards for The Frank Sinatra Show and on working with a teleprompter
Barry McNulty on working with Bob Hope on his TV specials
Barney McNulty on doing cue cards and other duties for Bob Hope's USO Specials
Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for Milton Berle on The Milton Berle Show
Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for Let's Make a Deal, Ralph Edwards, and The Carol Burnett Show
Barney McNulty on doing cue cards for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Walter C. Miller on directing Sing Along with Mitch
Walter C. Miller on leaving NBC to direct the Barbra Streisand special The Belle of 14th Street with choreographer Joe Layton
Walter C. Miller on directing ...And Debbie Makes Six starring Debbie Reynolds
Walter C. Miller on directing Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man starring Anne Bancroft
Walter C. Miller on directing 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin starring Jack Lemmon and Fred Astaire for which he won an Emmy Award
Walter C. Miller on directing Doug Henning's World of Magic, and on the challenges of doing magic on television
Walter C. Miller on directing Sha Na Na
Walter C. Miller on directing Liberty Weekend
Walter C. Miller on directing Liberty Weekend, with Whitney Houston
Walter C. Miller on directing Sinatra: Concert for the Americas and his friendship with Frank Sinatra
Walter C. Miller on directing the 1989 Presidential Inaugural Gala
Walter C. Miller on directing Dolly Parton's Christmas at Home
Walter C. Miller on directing A Capital Fourth
Don Mischer on the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Special that made his production company well known - where Michael Jackson first does the moonwalk
Don Mischer on working with Dolly Parton
Don Mischer on producing Barbara Walters Specials
John Moffitt on joining The Ed Sullivan Show as a PA
John Moffitt on The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
John Moffitt on The Beatles' appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show (cont.)
John Moffitt on directing The Richard Pryor Show
Howard Morris on co-starring on Admiral Broadway Revue
Howard Morris on co-starring on Your Show of Shows
Howard Morris on co-starring on Caesar's Hour
Howard Morris on The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
Howard Morris on directing Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat, and The Beatrice Arthur Special
Robert Mott on a sound effects blooper on The Jackie Gleason Show
Robert Mott on doing sound effects for The Arthur Godfrey Show
Robert Mott on doing sound effects for The Ed Sullivan Show
Robert Mott on working on The Garry Moore Show
Robert Mott on moving to Los Angeles and working on The Red Skelton Show
Alan Neuman on directing The Three Flames Show
Alan Neuman on directing the Kate Smith Hour
Alan Neuman on working with Kate Smith on Kate Smith Hour
Alan Neuman on directing Broadway Open House
Alan Neuman on directing various variety shows on location and outdoors
Bill Persky on writing for The Julie Andrews Show and The Andy Williams Show
Bill Persky on writing, with Sam Denoff, The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
Carroll Pratt on providing a laugh track for The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, My Favorite Martian, Happy Days, and The Andy Griffith Show
Carroll Pratt on providing a laugh track for The Carol Burnett Show, The Jeffersons, Mama's Family, and The Bob Newhart Show, and on not getting screen credit for his work
Carroll Pratt on providing a laugh track for Hee Haw, on dealing with regional and ethnic audiences when creating a laugh track, and on creating a laugh track for American shows that have been dubbed into another language
Arthur Rankin Jr. on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing The Cricket on the Hearth and The Ballad of Smokey the Bear with James Cagney
Arthur Rankin Jr. on The Wacky World of Mother Goose with Margaret Rutherford
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing The Little Drummer Boy
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing Frosty the Snowman with Jimmy Durante
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing Santa Claus is Coming to Town with Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail and The Mouse on the Mayflower
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing The Year without a Santa Claus starring Shirley Booth
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing First Christmas, and on getting the rights to White Christmas from Irving Berlin
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing The First Easter Rabbit
Arthur Rankin Jr. on adapting The Hobbit for television
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing Jack Frost with Buddy Hackett
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing Leprechaun's Christmas Gold
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing The Coneheads
Arthur Rankin Jr. on producing The Wind in the Willows
Keith Raywood on working on Lorne Michaels' The New Show, and Saturday Night Live
Keith Raywood on working on various MTV and VH1 productions including the MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Unplugged, and VH1 Storytellers
Keith Raywood on ways in which he presents music on television, including the Eagles Hell Freezes Over special on MTV
Keith Raywood on production designing The Concert for New York City after 9/11
Keith Raywood on production designing for Lip Sync Battle
Rob Reiner on writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour featuring Tom and Dick Smothers
Rob Reiner on writing for The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Rob Reiner on writing Romp!!!
Rob Reiner on guest hosting Saturday Night Live
Rob Reiner on directing The T.V. Show, which spawned Spinal Tap
Heino Ripp on acting as technical director for Admiral Broadway Revue and Your Show of Shows
Heino Ripp on being technical director for The Perry Como Show
Heino Ripp on The Perry Como Show traveling to other countries, including London and Cuba
Heino Ripp on acting as technical director for the Barbra Streisand Specials
Heino Ripp on being technical director for Saturday Night Live
Fred Rogers on working as floor manager at NBC on NBC Opera Theatre
Fred Rogers on working as floor manager at NBC on The Kate Smith Hour
Fred Rogers on Kate Smith as a performer on Kate Smith Hour
Fred Rogers on stage managing The Gabby Hayes Show
Fred Rogers on imitations of him on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live
Herbert S. Schlosser on the genesis of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
Herbert S. Schlosser on programming Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and on the show being a huge hit for NBC
Herbert S. Schlosser on programming The Flip Wilson Show, and on other NBC variety shows
Herbert S. Schlosser on Saturday Night Live
Arthur Schneider on editing The Colgate Comedy Hour
Arthur Schneider on editing The Dinah Shore Chevy Show and This Is Your Life
Arthur Schneider on editing Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater
Arthur Schneider on editing The Perry Como Show
Arthur Schneider on editing Your Show of Shows
Arthur Schneider on editing the Bob Hope Specials
Arthur Schneider on editing the Bob Hope Specials
Arthur Schneider on editing for The Julie Andrews Show, with guest-star Gene Kelly
Arthur Schneider on editing for The Dean Martin Show
Arthur Schneider on editing his final Bob Hope Special, and on those being his favorites
Garry Simpson on directing Macbeth for NBC- considered NBC's first "spectacular"
Garry Simpson on directing Four Star Revue
Garry Simpson on directing Jimmy Durante, Ed Wynn, and Jackie Gleason on Four Star Revue
Garry Simpson on directing the Ford Festival
Sid Smith on the format, setup, and surveys on Your Hit Parade
Sid Smith on the studio and music setup, musical guests, and favorite memories of Eddie Condon's Floor Show
Sid Smith on directing Your Hit Parade
Sid Smith on directing Jimmy Durante on All Star Revue
Sid Smith on directing Jimmy Durante on The Jimmy Durante Show
Sid Smith on the writing, format, guests and audience response to The Jimmy Durante Show
Sid Smith on becoming one of the main directors of The Bell Telephone Hour
Sid Smith on the staging of and memorable performances on The Bell Telephone Hour
Sid Smith on his seventeen year association with Bob Hope, directing Bob Hope Specials
On directing and producing the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants
Sid Smith on directing Bob Hope Specials
Sid Smith on directing Circus of the Stars
Gary Smith on doing art direction for Perry Como's The Kraft Music Hall
Gary Smith on his duties as a set designer and on working with Harry Belafonte on "Tonight with Belafonte" on The Revlon Revue
Gary Smith on working with Perry Como on The Kraft Music Hall
Gary Smith on producing The Judy Garland Show
Gary Smith on producing The Bell Telephone Hour and Ford Presents the New Christy Minstrels, and on how he came to produce Hullabaloo
Gary Smith on producing the special Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Gary Smith producing Hullabaloo
Gary Smith producing The Kraft Music Hall
Gary Smith on producing various shows in London for Lew Grade including James Paul McCartney and Peter Pan, starring Mia Farrow
Gary Smith on producing Singer Presents Tony Bennett, directed by Dwight Hemion, and on producing Sammy for Sammy Davis, Jr.
Gary Smith on producing Burt Bacharach: Opus No. 3 and Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Gary Smith on working with Barbra Streisand on her various specials
Gary Smith on working with Neil Diamond
Gary Smith on the end of the variety format
Gale Storm on appearing on Milton Berle's variety show
Gale Storm on her appearances on The Perry Como Show
Gale Storm on hosting the NBC Comedy Hour nine times
Gale Storm on her memories of filming scenes for a special with Bob Hope
Gale Strom on the producer of The Colgate Comedy Hour Ernie Glucksman
June Taylor on the June Taylor Dancers appearing on Toast of the Town (later The Ed Sullivan Show)
June Taylor on expanding the number of June Taylor Dancers when they appeared on The Jackie Gleason Show, and on working with Jackie Gleason
June Taylor on the kinds of numbers the June Taylor Dancers performed on Toast of the Town (later The Ed Sullivan Show), and on rehearsal and budget for that show
June Taylor on the June Taylor Dancers performing on Cavalcade of Stars
June Taylor on the June Taylor Dancers on Cavalcade of Stars
June Taylor on the June Taylor Dancers on The Jackie Gleason Show
June Taylor on doing choreography for The Jackie Gleason Show
June Taylor on choreographing The Jackie Gleason Show
June Taylor on choreographing Stage Show
June Taylor on choreographing American Scene Magazine
June Taylor on choreographing the 1966 version of The Jackie Gleason Show
June Taylor on the potential for variety shows to make a come back
Mel Tolkin on writing for Admiral Broadway Revue
Mel Tolkin on writing for Your Show of Shows
Mel Tolkin on writing for Your Show of Shows
Mel Tolkin on writing for Your Show of Shows
Mel Tolkin on writing for Caesar's Hour
Mel Tolkin on writing for Caesar's Hour
Mel Tolkin on writing for The Danny Thomas Show
Mel Tolkin on writing for I'm Dickens ... He's Fenster and for The Danny Kaye Show with Larry Gelbart
Mel Tolkin on writing The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special, and on his deal with Universal Television
Saul Turteltaub on writing The Super Comedy Bowl with writing partner Bernie Orenstein
Saul Turteltaub on writing for The Carol Burnett Show
Saul Turteltaub on leaving The Carol Burnett Show to be a producer for The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Saul Turteltaub on producing The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show and decisions he regrets making on the show
Saul Turteltaub on writing a special for Cass Elliot and how that led to Marlo Thomas asking he and his partner Bernie Orenstein to produce That Girl
Leslie Uggams on getting her start in television as a child on The Milton Berle Show and other variety shows
Leslie Uggams on appearing Your Show of Shows and The Milton Berle Show as a child and her interactions with the performers and writers
Leslie Uggams on her work on Sing Along with Mitch
Leslie Uggams on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show
Leslie Uggams on The Leslie Uggams Show
Bruce Vilanch on working with Florence Henderson on The Brady Bunch Hour
Bruce Vilanch on writing for Donny & Marie
Bruce Vilanch on writing for The Paul Lynde Show
Bruce Vilanch on writing for The Star Wars Holiday Special
Bruce Vilanch on writing for The Star Wars Holiday Special which featured Beatrice Arthur and Harvey Korman
Bruce Vilanch on writing for The Barry Manilow Special and for Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
Bruce Vilanch on writing for Dolly
Bruce Vilanch on writing for Cher and The Sonny Comedy Review
Andy Williams on the genesis of The Andy Williams Show
Andy Williams on his Christmas specials and songs
Andy Williams on new talent he debuted on The Andy Williams Show, regular guests, rehearsal process, scripts, and how he welcomed guests onto the show
Andy Williams on guests, "Cookie Bear," the crew of The Andy Williams Show and changes to the show during its last two years, and his show's theme song, "Moon River"
Andy Williams on why The Andy Williams Show went off the air in 1971 and on continuing to do Christmas specials even though he and his wife were separated by that time
Bud Yorkin on associate directing The Dinah Shore Show
Bud Yorkin on associate directing The Tony Martin Show
Bud Yorkin on producing The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
Bud Yorkin on directing Light's Diamond Jubilee for David O. Selznick
Bud Yorkin on writing, producing, and directing An Evening with Fred Astaire
Bud Yorkin on producing The Andy Williams Show
Alan Zweibel on meeting Lorne Michaels and being hired to write for Saturday Night Live
Alan Zweibel on writing for Saturday Night Live
Alan Zweibel on writing for Saturday Night Live
Alan Zweibel on writing for the Lorne Michaels-produced The New Show
Alan Zweibel on writing for Saturday Night Live
