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Larry Gelbart on the rigorous work ethic and camaraderie of the writers of Caesar's Hour
(Topic - Comedy-Variety)
02:04
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Comedy-Variety
Larry Gelbart on the rigorous work ethic and camaraderie of the writers of Caesar's Hour
(Topic - TV's Golden Age (1940s & '50s))
02:04
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: TV's Golden Age (1940s & '50s)
Larry Gelbart on balancing CBS's concerns and censorship issues on M*A*S*H -- specifically with the "virgin" episode 
(Topic - Censorship / Standards & Practices)
01:54
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Censorship / Standards & Practices
Larry Gelbart on an infamous script written by Stanley Ralph Ross that was the only one to get rejected by CBS in the entire run of M*A*S*H
(Topic - Censorship / Standards & Practices)
00:44
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Censorship / Standards & Practices
Larry Gelbart on his fight to keep a laugh track off of M*A*S*H
(Topic - Technological Innovation)
02:09
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Technological Innovation
Larry Gelbart on how Jamie Farr was cast as the cross-dressing "Klinger" on M*A*S*H
(Topic - Characters & Catchphrases)
02:25
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Characters & Catchphrases
Larry Gelbart on the effect the Writer's Guild Strike in 1973 had on the production of M*A*S*H
(Topic - Industry Strikes)
00:33
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Industry Strikes
Larry Gelbart on the episode "Abyssinia, Henry" where one of the main characters dies -- which they kept a secret from cast and crew; on the response to the episode -- "M*A*S*H was not all happy endings"
(Topic - Comedy)
09:58
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Comedy
Larry Gelbart on AfterMASH, the unsuccessful followup to M*A*S*H which he says took the "wrong take" on what should never have been a comedy
(Topic - Korean War)
01:19
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Korean War
Larry Gelbart on the 1985 Academy Awards show, which he was asked to write, but during which there was a Writers Guild strike; on his commitment to the WGA during this time
(Topic - Industry Strikes)
03:14
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Industry Strikes
Larry Gelbart on how he feels lucky to have had the opportunity to have a soapbox on national television with M*A*S*H where he could speak his mind
(Topic - Fame and Celebrity)
01:08
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Fame and Celebrity
Larry Gelbart on what to him represented the best of television -- those moments when it brought the country together as a family, as in the Kennedy funeral, or the Challenger launch
(Topic - Memorable Moments on Television)
02:10
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Memorable Moments on Television
Larry Gelbart on what to him represented the best of television -- those moments when it brought the country together as a family, as in the Kennedy funeral, or the Challenger launch, and how we're in danger of losing that ability in favor of 'the bottom line'
(Topic - Criticism of TV)
03:18
Interview: Larry Gelbart Topic: Criticism of TV
Larry Gelbart on making the transition from radio to television with The Red Buttons Show
(Genre - Comedy Series)
02:57
Interview: Larry Gelbart Genre: Comedy Series
Larry Gelbart on getting his first break while still in high school writing for Danny Thomas on the "Fanny Bryce Maxwell House Coffee Time" radio show, because his father convinced Thomas, who was a customer at his barbershop, that the teenager could write
(Profession - Writers)
02:21
Interview: Larry Gelbart Profession: Writers