Interview Phylicia Rashad On working with Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show , Phylicia Rashad recalls: "It was just beautiful from the beginning. Bill gave us the greatest instruction. He said, 'do not try to be funny, just tell the story.'" Phylicia Rashad played opposite Bill Cosby on both The Cosby Show and Cosby and received...
Show Raisin in the Sun, A A Raisin in the Sun is a 2008 television movie directed by Kenny Leon. The teleplay by Paris Qualles is based on the award-winning 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. The film debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008. According to...
Interview Larry Gelbart On his reputation as a writer with deep social conscience, Gelbart says, "I was very lucky. It is not everybody that gets a vehicle like M*A*S*H , in which for four straight years you can be on a soapbox and hopefully not abuse that position." Larry Gelbart (1928-2009) was an Emmy-award winning...
Show Barbarians at the Gate From Wikipedia: Barbarians at the Gate is a television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar , about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco . The film was directed by Glenn Jordan and stars James Garner as F. Ross Johnson , the CEO of R.J.R. Nabisco with plans to buy out...
Interview Richard Matheson In his three-hour Archive interview, Richard Matheson (1926-2013) recalls the inspiration behind his classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," which starred William Shatner: "I was on an airplane and I looked out and there was all these fluffy clouds and I thought, 'gee what if I...
Show Trilogy Of Terror From Wikipedia: Trilogy of Terror (also known in the United States as Tales of Terror and Terror of the Doll ) is a three part television horror thriller film, first aired on ABC on March 4 , 1975 . The film, directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black in the four lead roles of each chapter,...
Interview Ossie Davis In his over two-hour Archive interview, Ossie Davis (1917-2005) speaks of his early years as an actor starting out in the theater. He discusses his early television appearances on Showtime U.S.A.: "Green Pastures ", Kraft Television Theatre: "The Emperor Jones" , and CBS Television Workshop: "Brown...
Show Roots Roots remains one of television's landmark programs. The twelve-hour mini-series aired on ABC from 23-30 January 1977. For eight consecutive nights it riveted the country. ABC executives initially feared that the historical saga about slavery would be a ratings disaster. Instead, Roots scored...
Interview Pat Morita In his nearly three-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Pat Morita (1932-2005) talks about his early years, including his childhood internment in a camp in California for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Mr. Morita discusses how he turned to comedy performance at the age of 30, and quickly...
Show Farewell to Manzanar Farewell to Manzanar is a 1976 TV movie based on the 1973 memoir by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. The movie starred Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, and Mako and detailed Houston's family's ordeal in the Manzanar internment camp during World War II. The screenplay was...
