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In his two-hour interview, Bernie Orenstein talks about his early life in Canada and moving to New York City to write for Candid Camera. He discusses writing for The Hollywood...

In the eleven-minute solo portion of her interview, Susan Raymond discusses her childhood and early influences. She talks about her memories of early television and her career path from social...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Sterling “Red” Quinlan (1916-2007) discusses how he began his career in 1947 at WBKB in Chicago -- where he eventually worked his way up to...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Frank Inn (1916-2002) talks about his early years, and his first job on the MGM lot as a laborer. He describes training a dog after a...

In her two-hour interview, Rita Lakin (1930-2023) talks about her early life, as well as growing up during World War II. She describes her first television-writing job for Dr. Kildare...

In part one of his two-part interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Bill Dana (1924-2017) discusses the use of humor as a survival tool. He talks about...

In her two-hour interview, Mary V. Ahern (1922-2021) talks about her early years and her experience during World War II, which led her to work for the ABC radio public...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Wink Martindale (1933-2025) talks about his early years and being a DJ in Memphis, TN, where he was the first DJ to play a record by...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Larry Wilmore talks about his early years, developing his stand-up routine, and doing improv. He describes early shows he auditioned for or appeared on, including a.k.a...

In his two-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Shelley Berman (1925-2017) talks about his early career, and recording his first comedy album, “Inside Shelley Berman.” He...

In their nearly hour-and-a-half interview, Ray Evans (1915-2007) and Jay Livingston (1915-2001) discuss the genesis of their 60-year musical partnership. They recall their arrival in Hollywood to write songs for...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Julian Gomez talks about his early life and beginning his editing career working on music videos. He describes early editing jobs on the special Damon Wayans...

In his three-hour interview, Kent McCray (1928-2018) talks about his early years, and his first job at NBC in Los Angeles as a stagehand. He recalls working with various NBC...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Jacques Pépin talks about his early years, and becoming an apprentice chef. He describes life as a chef in Paris in the 1950s, and eventually moving...

In his ninety-minute interview, Garrett Brown talks about his early life, and his attempts to be a folk singer, and later a writer. He recalls creating and voicing an award-winning...

In his two-hour interview, Robert Clary (1926-2022) talks about his early life, and his harrowing experience being placed in a concentration camp during World War II, where he lost most...

In his three-hour interview, John Debney talks about his early years, and becoming a gofer at Disney. He recalls his earliest composing work for The Wonderful World of Disney, and...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Keith Raywood talks about his early years, and his early interest in architecture. He describes being led into a career as an art director for features...

In his one-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Eddie Brill talks about his early years, and forming a comedy team with Denis Leary at Emerson College...

In her three-and-a-half-hour interview, Anita Mann talks about her early years and her favorite dancers growing up. She speaks of appearing as a dancer in the feature films Bye Bye...