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Irma and Rocky Kalish on writing on Good Times with John Amos 04:01
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Show: Good Times
Irma and Rocky Kalish on being white writers on an mostly black show, Good Times; on how they adapted to their cast 02:18
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Show: Good Times
Irma and Rocky Kalish on writing the pilot for Mason with Mason Reese 02:00
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Show: Mason
Irma and Rocky Kalish on writing for Carter Country with Victor French 01:52
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Show: Carter Country
Irma and Rocky Kalish on writing for Too Close for Comfort; getting a People's Choice Award 03:14
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Show: Too Close for Comfort
Irma Kalish on writing for Oh, Madeline with Madeline Kahn 03:21
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Show: Oh Madeline
Irma and Rocky Kalish on The Facts of Life and an episode with Lisa Welch she refused to do 01:20
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Show: Facts of Life, The
Irma and Rocky Kalish on working on 227 and some battles they had with Marla Gibbs 00:33
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Show: 227
Irma and Rocky Kalish on the origin of The Flying Nun as a jewish girl; but the network said they couldn't use the word Jewish 01:44
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Topic: Censorship / Standards & Practices
Irma Kalish on how writing the All in the Family episode dealing with cancer helped her friend, and impacted her feeling about her profession 02:11
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Topic: Women
Irma Kalish on how writing the All in the Family episode dealing with cancer helped her friend, and impacted her feeling about her profession "you never know how many people you've touched" 02:11
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Topic: We Cried
Irma and Rocky Kalish on being white writers on an all-black show, Good Times; on how they adapted to their cast 28:29
Interview: Rocky Kalish | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
On his childhood and growing up in Chicago; on his parents, Nathan and Irene; on the early radio and comedy programs that influenced him 59:41
Interview: Shelley Berman
On the first time he realized he was funny; on realizing he could not rely on routines other than his own for comedy; on enlisting in the Navy during World War II 51:20
Interview: Shelley Berman
On studying drama at The Goodman Theater in Chicago and meeting his future wife, Sara; on joining the Woodstock Players, a stock theater company along with Geraldine Page and Tom Bosley; on wanting to be an actor, not a comedian 42:34
Interview: Shelley Berman
On first learning about television; on Tonight with Steve Allen and how he got on screen; on realizing he had become a comedian 34:33
Interview: Shelley Berman
On moving to Chicago to become part of the improv group The Compass Players; on meeting Mike Nichols and Elaine May; on the genesis of his routine "The Morning After the Night Before" 26:45
Interview: Shelley Berman
On working again with Steve Allen; on becoming a better-known comedian; on his phone-call routines 14:49
Interview: Shelley Berman
Shelley Berman on how he got on Tonight with Steve Allen 33:27
Interview: Shelley Berman | Genre: Late Night
Shelley Berman on working with The Woodstock Players theater group in Chicago, with Geraldine Page, Tom Bosley, and others 01:23
Interview: Shelley Berman | Person: Tom Bosley
Shelley Berman on writing for Steve Allen's Tonight show; on his first appearance on the show and realizing he was a comedian 33:27
Interview: Shelley Berman | Person: Steve Allen
Shelley Berman on Martin Landau convincing him to join the Compass Players in Chicago 26:44
Interview: Shelley Berman | Person: Martin Landau
Shelley Berman on his thoughts about Bob Newhart's telephone routines in his comedy act 01:39
Interview: Shelley Berman | Person: Bob Newhart
Shelley Berman on coming up with a comedy routine after riffing with Bill Dana backstage at the Hungry i in San Francisco, which became "The Traveling Man's Nightmare" 02:03
Interview: Shelley Berman | Person: Bill Dana
Shelley Berman on writing for Steve Allen's Tonight show; on his first appearance on the show and realizing he was a comedian 30:50
Interview: Shelley Berman | Profession: Comedian
Shelley Berman on when he realized he had become a comedian through his work at the Compass Players (which later became Second City) 19:05
Interview: Shelley Berman | Profession: Comedian
Shelley Berman on becoming a recognized performer and how it affected his performance as a comedian 01:29
Interview: Shelley Berman | Profession: Comedian
Shelley Berman on doing stand-up comedy at the various clubs in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago in the 1950s 05:51
Interview: Shelley Berman | Profession: Comedian
Shelley Berman on listening to an amateur hour on the radio and borrowing ideas from someone else's routine; on later deciding he needed to find his own voice in humor 04:19
Interview: Shelley Berman