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Sol Saks on Ozzie Nelson (on radio's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) and Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll (on radio's Amos 'N' Andy) and their knowledge of what worked in a script 00:37
Interview: Sol Saks | Show: Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet, The
Sol Saks on his acceptance of Fred de Cordova as a producer of Mr. Adams and Eve, until de Cordova interfered with the scripts 06:44
Interview: Sol Saks | Show: Mr. Adams and Eve
Sol Saks on how producer William Froug was considered to replace Sherwood Schwartz on Gilligan's Island, and how Saks himself didn't like the pilot script 06:11
Interview: Sol Saks | Show: Gilligan's Island
Sol Saks on "learning how to be an executive producer" while working on The Baileys of Balboa 03:11
Interview: Sol Saks | Show: Baileys of Balboa, The
Sol Saks on leaving Mr. Adams and Eve, but still thinking of premises for comedy shows 01:26
Interview: Sol Saks | Show: Mr. Adams and Eve
Sol Saks on how television comedy evolved during his time as a television writer 02:43
Interview: Sol Saks | Topic: Television Industry
Sol Saks on his time as an executive at CBS, and on how television audiences changed over time 03:44
Interview: Sol Saks | Topic: Television Industry
On working for the Signal Corps during World War II and then joining the OSS (because he spoke fluent German), and getting into a serious vehicle accident; on appearing on television in uniform during World War II; on returning to NBC TV (WNBT) after World War II and how the station had changed; on how TV camera technology changed quickly and on using the image orthicon cameras 10:18
Interview: Ray Forrest
On Hour Glass; on doing the warm-up for Texaco Star Theater; on announcing a Joe Louis fight on The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports; on introducing theater television; on the first color television system; on introducing and hosting Children's Theater -- a children's television program composed of films; on The Tex and Jinx Show replacing Children's Theater; on being told that he was getting transferred back to radio announcing for Pat Kelly, quitting, then getting asked to host Children's Theater on Saturday mornings -- NBC's first Saturday television programming 17:53
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on introducing a Joe Louis fight on The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports 00:44
Interview: Ray Forrest | Genre: Sports
Ray Forrest on hosting Children's Theater -- a children's television program composed of films, c. 1949-1951 and likely TV's first educational program 06:06
Interview: Ray Forrest | Genre: Children's Programming
Ray Forrest on being told that he was getting transferred back to radio announcing for Pat Kelly, quitting, then getting asked to host Children's Theater on Saturday mornings -- NBC's first Saturday television programming 05:49
Interview: Ray Forrest | Genre: Children's Programming
Ray Forrest on working with Bill Holden in the Signal Corps during World War II 00:28
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: William Holden
Ray Forrest on announcing television's first regularly scheduled variety show, Hour Glass, and working with James Beard 00:42
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: James Beard
Ray Forrest on doing the warm-up for Texaco Star Theater 01:14
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Milton Berle
Ray Forrest on introducing a Joe Louis fight on The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports 00:44
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Joe Louis
Ray Forrest on The Tex and Jinx Show replacing Children's Theater 01:14
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Jinx Falkenburg