Billy Crystal

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Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht on Comic Relief on HBO

09:31

Gilbert Cates

Gilbert Cates on selecting a host for the Academy Awards

06:23

William Clotworthy

William Clotworthy on Dick Ebersol bringing new talent to Saturday Night Live

01:26

William Clotworthy on working with Billy Crystal on Saturday Night Live

00:12

Bill Conti

Bill Conti on interacting with hosts of the Academy Awards

00:54

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

02:54

Dick Ebersol

Dick Ebersol on Billy Crystal's intended role for the premiere of Saturday Night Live

01:33

Dick Ebersol on Billy Crystal's intended role for the premiere of Saturday Night Live, and getting him into the cast years later

07:22

Dick Ebersol on Ringo Starr hosting Saturday Night Live

01:54

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

01:05

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"

00:45

Whoopi Goldberg on a memorable Oscar moment with Billy Crystal and Hal Roach

00:57

Whoopi Goldberg on how she became involved with Comic Relief specials and became close with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams

03:37

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

03:54

Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume on Billy Crystal

00:20

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

02:13

Danette Herman

Danette Herman on her favorite awards show hosts

00:53

Louis J. Horvitz

Louis J. Horvitz on working with various hosts of the Academy Awards: Billy Crystal

00:19

Buz Kohan

Buz Kohan on Billy Crystal as host of the Academy Awards and the problem of having a comedian as host

05:07

Buz Kohan on a moment with Bob Hope when Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars

02:16

Walter C. Miller

Walter C. Miller on directing Comic Relief with Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, and Billy Crystal

04:37

John Moffitt

John Moffitt on producing HBO's Comic Relief Specials

03:09

John Moffitt on a photo of Comic Relief

00:29

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner on directing the feature film "When Harry Met Sally" starring Billy Crystal

02:58

Jay Sandrich

Jay Sandrich on casting Billy Crystal to play the character of "Jodie Dallas" (who was gay) on Soap

00:17

Bob Stewart

Bob Stewart on how celebrity contestants were chosen for The $10,000 Pyramid

03:26

Tony Thomas

Tony Thomas on Billy Crystal as "Jodie Dallas" on Soap

01:51

Ret Turner

Ret Turner on dressing Billy Crystal for the Academy Awards

00:53

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

03:24

Alan Zweibel

Alan Zweibel on Billy Crystal being cut from the first episode of Saturday Night Live

01:28

Alan Zweibel on working with Billy Crystal on his one man play "700 Sundays"

07:42

Alan Zweibel on working on Billy Crystal's one-man show "700 Sundays"

03:58

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