Highlights

Mitzi Gaynor on advice to aspiring television performers

Sid Caesar on the experience of "live TV" and his insistence that no cue cards be used on his shows

Diahann Carroll on appearing on Chance of a Lifetime and winning nightclub appearances where she met Christine Jorgensen, who helped her develop her stage presence

Jonathan Winters on his admiration for actors on stage

Tom Smothers on the formation of The Smothers Brothers

Barbara Billingsley on her advice to aspiring performers
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Barbara Billingsley
Barbara Billingsley on her advice to aspiring performers
Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar on the experience of "live TV" and his insistence that no cue cards be used on his shows
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll on appearing on Chance of a Lifetime and winning nightclub appearances where she met Christine Jorgensen, who helped her develop her stage presence
Mitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor on advice to aspiring television performers
Tim Reid
Tim Reid on learning a valuable lesson from Jack Benny about performing
Tom Smothers
Tom Smothers on the formation of The Smothers Brothers
Jonathan Winters
Jonathan Winters on his admiration for actors on stage