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Chris Albrecht
Chris Albrecht on Comic Relief on HBO
Gilbert Cates
Gilbert Cates on selecting a host for the Academy Awards
William Clotworthy
William Clotworthy on Dick Ebersol bringing new talent to Saturday Night Live
William Clotworthy on working with Billy Crystal on Saturday Night Live
Bill Conti
Bill Conti on interacting with hosts of the Academy Awards
Mike Douglas
Mike Doulgas on Paul Anka cancelling at the last minute, and on having comedians like Michael Keaton and Billy Crystal co-host The Mike Douglas Show
Dick Ebersol
Dick Ebersol on Billy Crystal's intended role for the premiere of Saturday Night Live
Dick Ebersol on Billy Crystal's intended role for the premiere of Saturday Night Live, and getting him into the cast years later
Dick Ebersol on Ringo Starr hosting Saturday Night Live
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg on becoming close with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams through Comic Relief specials and getting guidance from them on hosting the Oscars
Whoopi Goldberg on Billy Crystal's advice to her for hosting the Oscars: "the first four minutes are yours as the host; after that, it is about the people who want to know if they won"
Whoopi Goldberg on a memorable Oscar moment with Billy Crystal and Hal Roach
Whoopi Goldberg on how she became involved with Comic Relief specials and became close with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams
Whoopi Goldberg on going with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams to Washington, D.C. to talk about homelessness for Comic Relief, meeting Ted Kennedy, and taking a memorable car ride with him
Robert Guillaume
Robert Guillaume on Billy Crystal
Katherine Helmond
Katherine Helmond on Billy Crystal's role on Soap; he was only known for standup comedy before that role, in which he played a homosexual
Danette Herman
Danette Herman on her favorite awards show hosts
Louis J. Horvitz
Louis J. Horvitz on working with various hosts of the Academy Awards: Billy Crystal
Buz Kohan
Buz Kohan on a moment with Bob Hope when Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars
Buz Kohan on Billy Crystal as host of the Academy Awards and the problem of having a comedian as host
Walter C. Miller
Walter C. Miller on directing Comic Relief with Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, and Billy Crystal
John Moffitt
John Moffitt on producing HBO's Comic Relief Specials
John Moffitt on a photo of Comic Relief
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner on directing the feature film "When Harry Met Sally" starring Billy Crystal
Jay Sandrich
Jay Sandrich on casting Billy Crystal to play the character of "Jodie Dallas" (who was gay) on Soap
Bob Stewart
Bob Stewart on how celebrity contestants were chosen for The $10,000 Pyramid
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas on Billy Crystal as "Jodie Dallas" on Soap
Ret Turner
Ret Turner on dressing Billy Crystal for the Academy Awards
Bruce Vilanch
Bruce Vilanch on writing jokes for the Academy Awards on the fly, and on Billy Crystal's Jack Palance jokes -- for which they won an Emmy
Alan Zweibel
Alan Zweibel on Billy Crystal being cut from the first episode of Saturday Night Live
Alan Zweibel on working with Billy Crystal on his one man play "700 Sundays"
Alan Zweibel on working on Billy Crystal's one-man show "700 Sundays"