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In her two-hour interview, Susan Whiting talks of her interest in mathematics and economics and becoming one of the first members of Nielsen Research's management training program. She describes what...

In his four-hour interview, Chet Simmons (1928-2010) speaks about his early interest in following sports, on radio and in print. He notes his work selling time to small radio stations...

In her nearly three-hour interview, Stephanie Edwards discusses her childhood in Minnesota and her intermittent success with acting upon moving west to Los Angeles. She recounts how journalist Ralph Story...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Chuck Barris (1929-2017) chronicles his career from NBC page to novelist. Barris tells how he bluffed his way into the NBC management training program (thanks to...

In her three-hour interview, Linda Ellerbee talks about starting out as a writer before transitioning to being an on-air correspondent in local news. She discusses moving to network television and...

In his two-hour interview, Bob Eubanks discusses his early years as a radio DJ and his transition to television in the 1960s. He talks about his work as a concert...

In his two-hour interview, Dick Cavett speaks about some of his early pursuits in magic, theater, and athletics. He reminisces about meeting Charles Laughton backstage at a performance of Don...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) talks about his early musical influences and studies, including his years in Paris studying with noted composer Olivier Messiaen. He speaks about coming...

In the half-hour solo portion of his interview, Bob Weiskopf (1914-2001) talks about his early childhood. He then explains how he got his start in the entertainment industry. He discusses...

In the half-hour solo portion of his interview, Bob Schiller (1918-2017) talks about his early childhood and service in the Army during World War II. He then explains how he...

In his three-hour interview, Thomas Carter talks about his early years and his first roles as an actor on M*A*S*H, Good Times, and What's Happening! He recalls getting cast on...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Terence Winter describes his upbringing in Brooklyn, NY. He talks of attending a vocational high school (to learn auto mechanics), tells of his acceptance to NYU...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Thomas Schlamme discusses his early life and how he chose directing over working in his father's business. He talks about his interest in sports and theater...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Richard Schiff talks about his early interest in television and how he learned from watching classic shows like The Honeymooners and I Love Lucy. He describes...

In her three-hour interview, Janet Ashikaga discusses her career cutting some of television's most beloved programs. She begins with tales of editing the cult classic Sledge Hammer! and several The...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Pat Boone describes his upbringing in Nashville and how winning a local singing contest led him to successful appearances on both Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour...

In his three-hour interview, Michael Patrick King discusses his path from Scranton, PA to Hollywood and New York. He describes finding his way from actor, to stand-up comedian, to writer...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, television host and "grandfather of home improvement" Bob Vila discusses growing up in Miami and Havana, studying architecture in college and graduate school, and serving in...

In his two-hour interview, Tom Cherones discusses his early life in Tuscaloosa, AL, where at the time, his family was one of the few with a television set. He talks...

In her one-and-a-half-hour interview, Mary Lynn Gottfried describes how she got her start in the entertainment industry as a receptionist and production secretary on The Ed Sullivan Show. She speaks...