Charles Cappleman

On his early life and influences; on the first time he saw television, and on his early experience with it

On his experiences as a disc jockey; on attending Northwestern University, and on witness the birth of television while interning at the NBC affiliate in Chicago; on the technology at the dawn of television

On playing "race records" as a disc jockey; on working with Kukla, Fran & Ollie creator Burr Tillstrom at NBC in Chicago; on working with Studs Terkel on Studs' Place, and on Chicago in the 1950s

On his experiences during the Korean War; on becoming a stage manager at CBS; on stage managing for My Friend Irma and The Red Skelton Show

On how CBS in Los Angeles was structured in the 1950s; on working for William S. Paley and Frank Stanton; on his involvement with NASA and covering the space program

On his duties as a stage manager, and on working on Climax! and Playhouse 90; on working with Judy Garland on Ford Star Jubilee, and on working with big stars; on stage managing for the series Meet Millie and My Favorite Husband

On stage managing That's My Boy! and The Jo Stafford Show; on the stages at CBS Television City; on celebrating the 33rd Anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show on stage 33 at Television City with the cast of the show

On various people he worked with as a stage manager, including Judy Garland and Jack Benny

On becoming manager of stage operations at CBS; on working on Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person; on the production challenges of Playhouse 90, and on working with John Frankenheimer and Fred Coe

On casting director Ethel Winant and producer David Susskind; on the directors and writers of Playhouse 90; on Studio One, and on Herbert Brodkin and Worthington Miner

On The Ed Sullivan Show; on the Hollywood Blacklist; on his duties as assistant director of design and production operations at CBS in the 1960s

On managing the production electronics department at CBS; on the technological innovation he oversaw at CBS as manager of production electronics; on attending the Don Martin School of Broadcasting

On the role CBS executives like Frank Stanton played in technological innovation while he was manager of production electronic, and on its impact on news gathering; on how new technology impacted the CBS coverage of political conventions

On his duties as director of special projects at CBS; on his duties as director of program production services at CBS; on The Carol Burnett Show

On working with Joe Hamilton and Dave Powers on The Carol Burnett Show; on All in the Family produced by Norman Lear, and on director Paul Bogart; on the cast of All in the Family, including Jean Stapleton, Carroll O'Connor, and Rob Reiner

On Captain & Tennille ; on CBS Playhouse; on being hired by Bob Daly to become general manager of Television City

On the various stages at CBS Television City; on the technological innovations that emanated from CBS Television City; on the advent of video tape, and the impact it had on production

On where CBS produced their shows before Television City; on the advent and development of video tape, and how it impacted production; on CBS Television City converting to color broadcasting

On attending a yearly CBS affiliates conference; on how the distribution of shows to the CBS affiliates changed over time

On William S. Paley and Frank Stanton; on James T. Aburey and Robert D. Wood; on how Frank Stanton leaving CBS impacted the network

On William S. Paley's management style; on Laurence A. Tisch

On the consolidation of Viacom, CBS, and Infinity, and on Mel Karmazin and Leslie Moonves; on how Television City has changed over the years; on implementing HDTV at CBS

On the emergence of new media; on his advice to aspiring television executives; on his involvement in various charities

On his mentors and career achievements and regrets; on how he would like to be remembered; on various people he worked with in his career

On various people with whom he worked in his career