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Mike Gargiulo on Allen Ludden being hired to host Password

Mike Gargiulo on going to Moscow in 1958 to set up a color television studio for NBC, and on how he came to film the "Kitchen Debate" between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev

Mike Gargiulo on how he got into directing

Mike Gargiulo on the role of the producer in the creation and maintenance of game shows

Mike Gargiulo on the role of the director on a game show, and on the director's role in creating the rhythm of the show

Mike Gargiulo on how he came to film the 1958 "Kitchen Debate" between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow when he was there to set up a color television studio for NBC

Mike Gargiulo on working on the development and technicalities of the game show Password

Mike Gargiulo on directing the Merv Griffin-hosted game show Play Your Hunch

Mike Gargiulo on the celebrity players on Password

Mike Gargiulo on working on The Tex and Jinx Show

Mike Gargiulo on being a director on Play Your Hunch hosted by Merv Griffin

Mike Gargiulo on working on the development and technicalities of the game show Password

Mike Gargiulo on the mechanics of the game show Password

Mike Gargiulo on the celebrity players on Password

Mike Gargiulo on Bob Stewart's innovations on $10,000 Pyramid and how the contestants were directed to walk around during the game

Mike Gargiulo on Allen Ludden being hired to host Password

Mike Gargiulo on his first job in television, on a local wrestling show in New York City in the 1950s

Mike Gargiulo on his first job in television, on a local wrestling show in New York City in the 1950s

Mike Gargiulo on going to Moscow in 1958 to set up a color television studio for NBC, and on how he came to film the "Kitchen Debate" between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev

Mike Gargiulo on going to Moscow in 1958 to set up a color television studio for NBC, and on how he came to film the "Kitchen Debate" between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev

Mike Gargiulo on going to Moscow in 1958 to set up a color television studio for NBC, and on how he came to film the "Kitchen Debate" between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev

Mike Gargiulo on going to Moscow in 1958 to set up a color television studio for NBC, and on how he came to film the "Kitchen Debate" between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev

Mike Gargiulo on the celebrity players on Password

On the creative process of developing game shows at Goodson-Todman Productions, and on how the game development would lead to the development of the set; on less successful games shows of his era, and on how Match Game came about

On how he ended up moving away from directing for Goodson-Todman Productions; on directing Three on a Match, as well as other shows for Bob Stewart, and on directing live events like the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; on the development of Pyramid, and on directing the show

On how Dick Clark came to host Pyramid, and on host Bill Cullen; on $10,000 Pyramid moving from CBS to ABC, and on filming the show at the ABC studio; on the logistics of camera and audience placement on game shows in general, and on $10,000 Pyramid specifically; on the camera operators on $10,000 Pyramid

On his work on the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, and on directing Frank Sinatra's performances on the show; on working with Victor Borge, and on staying in New York, even as a lot of the television industry moved out to Los Angeles

On moving away from work in game shows, and on retiring at age 72; on his children and grandchildren, and on the then-current television he watched; on advice for aspiring directors, and on how he would like to be remembered

Mike Gargiulo on $10,000 Pyramid

Mike Gargiulo on what it was like to work at Goodson-Todman Productions and how they would develop game show concepts