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Legendary Newsman Walter Cronkite Dies at 92-- Archive Interview Excerpts Online

 Sat, 07/18/2009 Walter Cronkite received the moniker, “the most trusted man in America” when he served as the anchorman and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981, due to his honesty, integrity, and, occasionally, his emotional delivery of the day’s news. Below, from his Archive interview, Cronkite discusses how his signoff "That's the way it is" came about. commercial… I came back and said this is an unusual departure. I’m going to deliver an editorial in effect; I’m going to give you my...

Popular '50s TV Star Gale Storm Has Died at age 87-- Archive Interview Online

 Sun, 06/28/2009 Gale Storm became America's sweetheart, playing free-spirited "Margie Albright" on the sitcom My Little Margie , forever trying to keep her widowed father (Charles Farrell) out of (romantic) troubles. She followed up this series playing social director "Susanna Pomeroy" of the "S. S. Ocean Queen" on The Gale Storm Show aka Oh, Susanna . Gale Storm was interviewed for three-and-a-half hours in Monarch Beach, CA.; the interview was conducted by Beth Eras on February 19, 1999. Click here to watch...

The Backstory: How Michael Jackson almost didn't make TV History in 1983

 Sat, 06/27/2009 "...I shudder to think how close we came to not having that moment ever happen." Although not yet online, here's a striking interview excerpt from the Archive of American Television's interview with legendary producer, Don Mischer, who co-produced and directed Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever , where Michael Jackson mesmerized the audience with his tradmark "moonwalk." The interview was conducted November 7, 2008 by Beth Cochran. "Suzanne de Passe had called me. She was a longtime associate...

Editor Sidney M. Katz Has Died-- Archive Interview Online Soon

 Tue, 06/23/2009 Sidney M. Katz, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Cinema Editors in February, has died at the age of 91. His career spanned over sixty years, and among his television highlights were the series See It Now , Omnibus , and The Defenders (for which he won an Emmy Award). Some excerpts from his February 14, 2009 interview: Q: What advice would you give to someone going into editing today? I’d say, it’s a fun sport, you’re going to have to take a lot, you’re going to take a...

The Tonight Show's Ed McMahon Has Died at age 86-- Archive Interview Online

 Tue, 06/23/2009 Ed McMahon will forever be associated with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and his trademark "Herrrrrre's Johnny" introduction, but in a career that spanned nearly 60 years, he was also known for his annual work with Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon and as the host of Star Search and (with Dick Clark) TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes . Here are some excerpts from McMahon's 2002 Archive interview in which he talks about The Tonight Show . let me do it and it was wonderful. On not overstepping...

Happy Father's Day

 Sun, 06/21/2009 The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences celebrated TV Dads on Thursday June 18th and the Archive of American Television was there to catch a few of the "adored and endeared" fathers on the press line. Among the beloved patriarchs present were Stephen Collins, Bryan Cranston, Jon Cryer, Patrick Duffy, Michael Gross, Bill Paxton, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Patten, and Reginald VelJohnson. Below, the Archive talks with Big Love 's Bill Paxton on how his character fits in with the TV dads of...