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In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Hector Ramirez (1944-2023) discusses his career as a camera operator, from his start on All in the Family to one of his then-current positions as an...

In her three-hour interview, Lisa Kudrow talks about growing up with the hopes of becoming a biomedical engineer and how her goals shifted to acting. She discusses her work with...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Jaclyn Smith discusses her early years and family life growing up in Texas. She talks of her early interest in acting and modeling and becoming the...

In her three-hour interview, Anne Nelson (1922-2009) talks about her early life, and her first job at CBS in the sales department, starting in 1942. She describes working at CBS...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Darren Star talks about his college years studying writing at UCLA and his first industry job, as an assistant at the public relations firm, Guttman &...

In his four-hour interview, Tom Bergeron describes his early interest in broadcasting, which led him to call and interview Moe Howard and Larry Fine of the Three Stooges at age...

In his two-hour interview, Alan Ball describes his career writing for the stage, film, and television. He discusses growing up in Georgia and developing an interest in playwriting in college...

In her nearly four-hour interview, Ann Marcus (1921-2014) talks about her early interest in writing, which led her to become a "copy boy" at The New York Daily News and...

In the two-hour solo portion of his interview, Maury Povich talks about his career in radio news before entering the world of television. He describes becoming the long-time host of...

In his hour-and-a-half interview, Al Lewis (1910-2006) talks about his career as a traveling medicine salesman and working at various radio stations. He discusses his early career in television and...

In his nearly three-and-a-half-hour interview, Douglas S. Cramer (1931-2021) talks about his early life and his first foray into television at Procter & Gamble. He describes the development of his...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Al Roker describes his childhood in New York and his early interests in animation and directing. He talks of his years at SUNY Oswego and his...

In his five-hour interview, Herb Granath (1928-2019) discusses his start in the entertainment industry as a college student working in the Page Program at NBC. He talks of becoming a...

In his three-hour interview, Thomas Azzari talks about his early interest in art design and how he rose through the ranks of the CBS art department to become a set...

In his three-hour interview, Asaad Kelada discusses how he began his long and successful career as a TV director. He speaks of serving as an apprentice on the sitcom Rhoda...

In the two-and-a-half-hour solo portion of her interview, Connie Chung outlines her career in journalism. She discusses her family's move from China to the United States, her childhood in the...

In his four-hour interview, Robert E. Costello (1921-2014) discusses his start at NBC as a production manager on many live shows including Mr. Peepers, on which he worked closely with...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Lucy Jarvis (1917-2020) chronicles her early years and how a degree in home economics led to her work at McCall's magazine in the 1940s. She speaks...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Tony Mottola (1918-2004) talks about his roots as a member of The George Hall Orchestra. He describes his beginnings at CBS radio, which led to his...

In his four-hour interview, Robert Trout (1909-2000) talks about his career as a reporter, starting in 1932 at WTOP-AM in Washington, D.C. He discusses introducing Franklin D. Roosevelt's now-famous fireside...