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Bob Barker is Coming Back Down

 Wed, 04/15/2009 Bob Barker will be making a special appearance on The Price Is Right tomorrow to promote his new book Priceless Memories , currently in bookstores. The Associated Press reported that Barker, "dressed in a black suit with a hot pink shirt and matching tie... appear[s] alongside successor Drew Carey near the finale of the show... to present [the] two prize showcases." Barker was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on July 7, 2000. As you read his book, follow along with his Archive...

Bob Barker Has Written His Memoirs

 Mon, 04/06/2009 Bob Barker tells his story in the photo-filled Priceless Memories . Also look out for his special appearance on The Price Is Right on April 16th where he'll be promoting his book. Barker was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on July 7, 2000. As you read his book, follow along with his Archive interview. Click here to access his full interview. Interview Description: Barker talked about his childhood growing up on an Indian reservation in South Dakota. He described his work in...

Bob Hope's Head Writer as well as "All in the Family" Emmy-winning Producer, Mort Lachman Has Died-- Archive Interview Online

 Thu, 03/19/2009 Mort Lachman, who wrote for Bob Hope for four decades (starting with the radio show "The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope," through Hope's television specials) has died at the age of 90. Lachman was a multiple Primetime Emmy nominee and a winner for Best Comedy Series for All in the Family , as well as a Daytime Emmy winner for the ABC Afternoon Playbreak program "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose." Click her to access Mort Lachman's entire six-part Archive of American Television interview. Interview...

Emmy magazine features interviewee John Walsh

 Mon, 03/16/2009 Pick up the latest copy of emmy to read an excerpt from our interview with television host John Walsh, in which he addresses the power of the media that he discovered through the ordeal of the experience of his son’s kidnapping and death, and how this led to his involvement with the television series America's Most Wanted . For more information about our interviews and to view many online, click here ! Detailed Interview: John Walsh was interviewed for one hour in North Hollywood, CA. Walsh...

Writer Horton Foote Has Died-- Archive Interview Online

 Wed, 03/04/2009 Horton Foote, whose playwriting spanned sixty years, and whose "The Trip to Bountiful" had celebrated productions in theater, television, and film, has died at the age of 92. He was an Emmy-winner for the miniseries Old Man and an Academy Award winner for his screenplays of To Kill A Mockingbird and Tender Mercies . He won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 for his play "The Young Man From Atlanta." His Archive interview, conducted in 1999, is available here (except part 1): Tip: At the...

Latest "Archive Presents" Release: What Make Sammy Run

 Tue, 02/10/2009 KOCH VISION AND THE ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION PROUDLY PRESENT THE HISTORIC DVD RELEASE OF ONE OF TELEVISION’S “LOST” CLASSICS: BUDD SCHULBERG’S " WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN?" Fifty years after its initial television broadcast on NBC’s “Sunday Showcase,” KOCH Vision and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation proudly present the historic DVD debut of Budd Schulberg’s scathing Hollywood drama WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? – directed by Academy Award®-winner Delbert...