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Beth McCarthy-Miller

MATTERS OF LIFE AND BETH: A DIRECTOR’S TAKE ON POP CULTURE

 Thu, 09/25/2014 Remember how Forrest Gump seemed to be there for every significant Baby Boomer pop culture moment? If Generation-X has a Forrest Gump, it's director Beth McCarthy-Miller . She started out as an intern at MTV, worked her way up to director of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock , and along the way has been witness to many of the defining moments of her generation. Here’s a peek at a few: Nirvana Unplugged - Beth directed this show in 1993, with its eerily prescient set decorations. Many consider it...
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Remembering Joan Rivers

 Thu, 09/04/2014 We are very sad to hear of the passing of comedian Joan Rivers, who died this afternoon, Thursday September 4, 2014 at the age of 81. Joan started performing in comedy clubs in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. Her big break came in 1965 with a shot on The Tonight Show . She became a favorite of Johnny Carson and viewers, which eventually led to her being anointed as the first "permanent guest host" of the show in 1983. In October of 1986, Joan struck out on her own with her FOX Television'...
66th Primetime Emmy nominees

Five Things You Didn't Know: Emmys Edition

 Fri, 08/22/2014 Several Archive interviewees are nominated for Emmys this year! Here are some fun facts you may not know about five of our nominees: 1. Nominee Vince Gilligan (Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series) worked with Bryan Cranston prior to Breaking Bad . Vince Gilligan was a producer on The X-Files . When he was looking for a "Walter White," he remembered an actor named Bryan Cranston who had guest-starred on the sci-fi show and had the qualities he was looking for. 2. Nominee Matthew Weiner (...
Lucy Lawless

Life With Lucy (Lawless)

 Tue, 08/19/2014 One of my favorite recent interviews was one the Archive did back in 2013 with Lucy Lawless . It amounted to a free-wheeling three-hour gabfest during which Lawless was engaging, honest and funny. Whether you know her as a Warrior Princess, a Cylon, or the Lady Macbeth of the Roman Republic, I promise you’ll see a side to her in this interview that you’ve never seen before. During the course of the interview I found several reasons to love Lucy. Here are but five of them: 1. She’s got a good...
Don Pardo

Remembering Don Pardo

 Sun, 08/17/2014 We're sad to hear that long-time NBC announcer Don Pardo passed away tonight, Monday, August 18, 2014, at the age of 96. Pardo began working at NBC back in 1944 as a radio announcer, transitioning to the new medium of television in 1946. He announced for the original The Price Is Right , Choose Up Sides (a children's show on which he appeared on-camera as "Mr. Mischief"), and the original Jeopardy! (which launched the pop culture catchphrase: "Don Pardo, tell her what she's won!"). As a staff...

Being Julia (Louis-Dreyfus)

 Tue, 08/05/2014 She's the reason the phrase "dance like Elaine" means something amazingly horrifying and hilarious. She's a seasoned improv actor, plus a pro at scripted series. And she's a four-time Emmy winner. Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been making us laugh for decades with her roles on Saturday Night Live , Seinfeld , The New Adventures of Old Christine , and Veep , among others. We were lucky enough to sit down with her recently to hear her take on some of her iconic TV characters and memorable pop culture...