Seaman Jacobs

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Hal Kanter

Hal Kanter on Seaman Jacobs

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Barney McNulty

Barney McNulty on the writers of The Ed Wynn Show and on adapting cue cards for last-minute material

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Doris Singleton

Doris Singleton on attending a party at writer Seaman Jacob's house and on Lucille Ball's love of backgammon

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Betty White

Betty White on working with Eddie Albert, Sam Peckinpah, Del Moore, Frank De Vol, Seaman Jacobs, and Jack Paar

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Seaman Jacobs

In his over three-hour interview, Seaman Jacobs (1912-2008) talks about getting his start as a writer by writing copy for the Brazilian Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair. He recalls All views expressed by interviewees are theirs alone and not necessarily those of the Television Academy.

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