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65th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack

 Thu, 12/07/2006 Commercial television was in its infancy in the United States when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. NBC and CBS had gone on the air with commercial television in July of 1941. Frances Buss Buch worked at CBS at this time and describes hearing the news and how CBS reported it on television. Her reminiscenes can be found at 23 minutes into Part 1 of her interview . Frances Buss Buch was the first woman director to work at CBS television. Watch her entire five-part interview here. In...

Los Angeles Residents: Enjoy A Shopping Day at Bloomingdale's Benefiting the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation

 Mon, 12/04/2006 On Tuesday, December 5th, from noon to 8 PM , Bloomingdale's (14060 Riverside Drive) in Sherman Oaks, California, is hosting a "Shopping Works Wonders Day" to benefit the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation (the Archive of American Television's parent organization). 10% of the proceeds from receipts turned in to the Foundation's table (located on Level 2) will be donated to the Foundation. As an extra incentive, Bloomingdale's will give you a $15 gift card for every $150 you...

50 Years Ago -- Videotape Debuts

 Thu, 11/30/2006 The Advent of Videotape....50 Years Ago (November 30, 2006) By Steve Cox On November 30, 1956 at 6:15 pm Pacific Standard Time, a milestone in the history of broadcasting occurred: the debut of videotape. In Hollywood, CBS Television recorded and reproduced, on the new Ampex Videotape Recorder, a Douglas Edwards news broadcast in New York which was rebroadcast and seen by thousands of viewers along the Pacific West Coast, from Los Angeles up to the northern tip of Washington. The program was...

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Tue, 11/21/2006 The Archive of American Television can't help you in the kitchen, but we can entertain you with an interview with one of American's top television chefs! As you wait for your turkey to be done, take a look at legendary TV chef Julia's Child's Archive of American Television Interview. Click here to access Julia Child's entire interview. Interview Description: Julia Child (1912-2004) was interviewed for three hours in Cambridge, MA. Ms. Child discussed her first television show The French Chef...

Bob Keeshan's ("Captain Kangaroo" and TV's First Clarabell the Clown) Interview is now Online

 Sat, 11/18/2006 Remember Clarabell the clown on The Howdy Doody Show ? Or what about Captain Kangaroo , with his menagerie of "Dancing Bear," "Mr. Moose," and "Mr. Greenjeans"? Bob Keeshan, best known as television's "Captain Kangaroo" was interviewed by the Archive of American Television in 1999 and it's now accessible on Google Video. Interview Description: Mr. Keeshan related his experiences as an NBC page before going to work for "Buffalo" Bob Smith. Keeshan talked about the beginnings of Smith’s Howdy...

A Happy 90th Birthday to Archive Interviewee Sherwood Schwartz -- Creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch

 Tue, 11/14/2006 Today marks the 90th birthday of Gilligan's Island and Brady Bunch creator/producer Sherwood Schwartz! Click on the play arrow to hear about "the way they became the Brady Bunch!" Interview Description: During his close to 6-hour Archive of American Television interview, Mr. Schwartz discussed his early years where he hoped to become a doctor, but soon found himself writing for Bob Hope. He talked about his work on shows including The Red Skelton Show , I Married Joan and It's About Time . He...

The Munsters Book -- In Non-Living Color!

 Sun, 11/12/2006 Writer (and Archive supporter) Steve Cox has updated his fabulous 1989 Munsters book! The redesigned and massively updated book, The Munsters: A Trip Down Mockingbird Lane (Watson-Guptill Publishing / Backstage Books, $21.95) is THE published resource for any Munsters fan. And, with the addition of new photos, expanded interviews, and lots of color pages, the book eclipses the earlier version. Cox even devotes a section to The Addams Family (on which he's also written a book). On a related note...

"60 Minutes" Correspondent Ed Bradley Has Died

 Thu, 11/09/2006 Archive of American Television Interviewee Ed Bradley has died at age 65. Bradley was interviewed in two sessions on May 12, 2000 and May 8, 2001. Click here to view the Archive of American Television's entire four hour interview with Ed Bradley. Bradley on his career choice (from tape 2): I’ve written poetry since I was in elementary school but it didn’t go anywhere. I mean, I’m not a poet. Just something I’ve dabbled in. I thought I was going to Paris to write the great American novel but you...

Complete "M*A*S*H" Now on DVD!

 Tue, 11/07/2006 Today sees the final season of M*A*S*H released on DVD. The M*A*S*H finale was the highest rated single program ever when it aired on February 28, 1983. Dr. Walter Dishell was the medical advisor on the entire run of M*A*S*H . This is tape 4 of Dr. Dishell's interview where he discusses each of the ensemble's approach to medicine and talks about co-writing the real-time M*A*S*H episode "Life Time" with Alan Alda. Click here to view Dr. Walter Dishell's entire three-hour Archive of American...

Four Times 60 Minutes with Andy Rooney

 Fri, 11/03/2006 Andy Rooney was interviewed by the Archive of American Television for four hours on his career. Mr. Rooney has just put out a new book of essays collected in ten themed sections, entitled, "Out of My Mind." The 87-year-old Rooney, according to Booklist, responded to inquiries about when he will retire, "Never. I am never happier than when I am working." Interview description: In his Archive of American Television interview, Mr. Rooney spoke about his 50-year career as a writer and producer for...