Edie Adams

    Edie Adams on her thoughts on people with whom she's worked over the years - Steve Allen

    00:37

    Alan Alda

    Alan Alda on his adoration for comedian Steve Allen and the spontaneity of the "Man in the Street" routines on Steve Allen's Tonight

    04:19

    Charlie Andrews

    Charlie Andrews on leaving Arthur Godfrey to work for Steve Allen

    00:50

    Shelley Berman

    Shelley Berman on writing for Steve Allen's Tonight show; on his first appearance on the show and realizing he was a comedian

    33:27

    Lewis Black with Emerson College

    Lewis Black on The Steve Allen Show's influence, and on Henry Morgan

    03:02

    Al Borden

    Al Borden on working with Steve Allen and Jack Paar

    02:01

    George Carlin

    George Carlin on how his dramatically changed act from mainstream to counterculture voice happened on television on such shows as Steve Allen's Tonight Show, and how Steve encouraged him

    42:49

    Dick Cavett with Emerson College

    Dick Cavett on how TV show hosts balance public and private lives

    03:05

    Tony Charmoli

    Tony Charmoli on appearing on The Tonight Show with Steve Allen

    03:55

    David Chase

    David Chase on a memorable encounter with Steve Allen on the picket line for the Writers Guild of America strike in 1974 - Milton Berle had been Allen's babysitter

    27:41

    Ron Clark

    Ron Clark on writing for The Steve Allen Comedy Hour

    01:01

    Tim Conway

    Tim Conway on Rose Marie liking his first television effort and showing Conway's work to Steve Allen

    02:21

    Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on The Steve Allen Show

    00:40

    Richard Coogan

    Richard Coogan on missing out on his big break with Steve Allen, while friends Don Knotts and Louis Nye got hired

    23:45

    Warren Cowan

    Publicist Warren Cowan on representing Steve Allen, who was hosting a late-night radio show, and bringing him more celebrity interviews

    01:13

    Bill Daily

    Bill Daily on "The puppet that wouldn't talk" sketch and impressing Steve Allen

    02:32

    Bill Daily on writing promos for Steve Allen and one of the greatest moments of his life

    02:04

    Bill Daily on working for Steve Allen

    00:51

    Bill Dana

    Bill Dana on working with Steve Allen

    05:44

    Bill Dana with Emerson College

    Bill Dana on writing and performing on The Steve Allen Show

    20:01

    Elias Davis

    Elias Davis and David Pollock on going to write for The Steve Allen Show

    06:53

    Elias Davis and David Pollock on becoming showrunners for The Steve Allen Show

    05:22

    Milton Delugg

    Milton Delugg on the genesis of Tonight with host Steve Allen, and on getting called to be the conductor on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    02:39

    Sam Denoff

    Sam Denoff on writing for The Steve Allen Show on ABC in 1961

    06:44

    Sam Denoff on a photo of him with Bill Persky and Steve Allen on the set of The Steve Allen Show

    00:13

    Phyllis Diller

    Phyllis Diller on Steve Allen

    01:05

    Hugh Downs

    Hugh Downs on differences between Steve Allen and Jack Paar on The Tonight Show

    00:44

    June Foray

    June Foray on working on Smile Time with Steve Allen on radio

    02:14

    Herb Granath

    Herb Granath on working during the beginnings of television on The Tonight Show with Steve Allen

    01:25

    Pat Harrington, Jr. with Emerson College

    Pat Harrington, Jr. on working with Steve Allen

    01:51

    Dwight Hemion

    Dwight Hemion on his early impressions of Steve Allen as host of Tonight and on directing Tonight

    04:02

    Skitch Henderson

    Lyle "Skitch" Henderson on becoming the musical director of Tonight, and on working with Steve Allen on Tonight

    06:35

    Lyle "Skitch" Henderson on a typical day putting together Tonight in the '50s when Steve Allen was host

    04:40

    Lyle "Skitch" Henderson on the popularity of Steve Allen's Tonight, and on network interference or censorship with the show

    05:28

    Lyle "Skitch" Henderson on Steve Allen's man on the street segments on Tonight

    03:38

    Don Herbert

    Don Herbert on appearing on Tonight with Steve Allen

    03:00

    Rocky Kalish with Emerson College

    Rocky and Irma Kalish on Steve Allen

    00:49

    Don Knotts

    Don Knotts on Steve Allen

    01:34

    Bernie Kopell

    Bernie Kopell on appearing on The Steve Allen Show

    10:37

    Harvey Korman

    Harvey Korman on working on The Steve Allen Comedy Hour

    02:01

    Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on The Steve Allen Show

    00:40

    Jackie Mason with Emerson College

    Jackie Mason on appearing on The Steve Allen Show

    01:06

    Chuck McCann with Emerson College

    Chuck McCann on working with Steve Allen on The Steve Allen Show

    04:50

    Jayne Meadows

    Jayne Meadows on getting a job as a panelist on I've Got a Secret and meeting Steve Allen

    06:37

    Jayne Meadows on appearing on her husband's show, The Steve Allen Comedy Hour

    04:22

    Jayne Meadows on appearing on the General Electric Theater episode "The Man Who Thought For Himself"

    05:22

    Jayne Meadows on working with her husband Steve Allen

    04:22

    Jayne Meadows on starring in her husband's acclaimed PBS series Meeting of Minds

    06:14

    Jayne Meadows on playing different historical characters on the series Meeting of Minds

    09:07

    Jayne Meadows on guest-starring with her husband Steve Allen on St. Elsewhere

    01:54

    Jayne Meadows on the physical qualities of her husband Steve Allen

    02:15

    Louis Nye with Emerson College

    Louis Nye on developing his "Gordon Hathaway" character

    02:03

    Louis Nye on working with Steve Allen on The Steve Allen Show

    01:38

    Bill Persky

    Bill Persky on Bill Dana, who hired him and partner Sam Denoff to be writers on The New Steve Allen Show and how they got him their 10 pound spec script

    09:17

    David Pollock

    Elias Davis and David Pollock on going to write for The Steve Allen Show

    06:53

    Elias Davis and David Pollock on becoming showrunners for The Steve Allen Show

    05:22

    Madelyn Pugh Davis

    Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on writing for Steve Allen's radio show, It's a Great Life

    01:12

    Sterling Quinlan

    Sterling "Red" Quinlan on Steve Allen's role in the local Chicago series Home Again

    00:33

    Jack Riley with Emerson College

    Jack Riley on Steve Allen

    01:11

    Dick Smothers

    Tom and Dick Smothers on their early TV appearances

    02:46

    Tom Smothers

    Tom and Dick Smothers on their early TV appearances

    02:46

    Ben Starr

    Ben Starr on casting Steve Allen on the television pilot of "First Nighter"

    01:56

    Johnny Stearns

    Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on Johnny producing the local version of The Steve Allen Show

    03:28

    Mary Kay Stearns

    Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on Johnny producing the local version of The Steve Allen Show

    03:28

    Leonard Stern

    Leonard Stern on his relationship with Steve Allen when he came on board as head writer of The Steve Allen Show (Sunday show)

    43:06

    Andy Williams

    Andy Williams on working with Steve Allen

    01:19

    Jonathan Winters

    Jonathan Winters on working with Steve Allen on The Tonight Show with Steve Allen and his team: Louis Nye, Tom Poston, Pat Harrington

    02:38

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