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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...

In her two-hour interview, Pam Polifroni (1929-2019) talks about her early life, and her first job in casting on The Loretta Young Show. She talked about her time at Selmur...

In her three-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview Tracey Ullman talks about growing up in England and how she started doing impersonations as a kid. She discusses attending a performing arts school starting at...

In his three-hour interview, Frank Biondo talks about his childhood in Brooklyn, joining the Navy, and being a bond clerk on Wall Street before going to school for TV production...

In his two-hour interview, Ted Sarandos talks about growing up in Phoenix, his early journalistic ambitions, and his childhood love of television. He discusses how he began working at video...

In her three-and-a-half-hour interview, Rita Riggs (1930-2017) talks about her early years, and being hired by CBS in the costume department just out of school. She recalls working at CBS...