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Interview

James Hong
In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, James Hong talks about his career as one of the most recognizable Asian American character actors, discussing his experiences appearing in such TV series as The...
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Interview

Matthew Weiner
In his eight-hour interview, Matthew Weiner talks about writing on TV shows including Becker and The Sopranos, and his creation of the series Mad Men. He details the writers' room...
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Peter Bonerz
In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Peter Bonerz talks about playing orthodontist "Jerry Robinson" on The Bob Newhart Show and his work as a director for that series as well as Murphy...
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Michael Fuchs
In his three-hour interview, Michael Fuchs discusses his early life, including his time as an entertainment lawyer and his stint in the legal department of the William Morris Agency. He...
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Interview

Piper Laurie
In her two-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Piper Laurie (1932-2023) recounts her childhood and early interest in the stage, sparked by a three-year stint as her sister's companion in a sanitarium. She recalls...
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Pierre Cossette
In his two-hour interview, Pierre Cossette (1923-2009) talks about his early career as an agent at MCA, where he quickly gained a reputation for booking clients at colleges across the...
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Garry Shandling
In his two-hour interview, Garry Shandling (1949-2016) discusses his childhood in Arizona and describes his early interest in comedy. He tells of majoring in electrical engineering in college, then switching...
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Interview

Lucie Arnaz
In her three-hour interview, Lucie Arnaz talks about her early life with her famous parents, comedy stars Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. She describes her unconventional home life and the...
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Paul Michael Glaser
In his two-hour-plus interview, Paul Michael Glaser talks about his early life and the plays he performed in before being cast as "Perchik" in the feature film version of Fiddler...
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Robert Dickinson
In his two-hour interview, Robert Dickinson describes his first impressions of television production, when, at Marineland in Palos Verdes, CA, he saw the filming of a Beverly Hillbillies episode. He...
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Vicki Lawrence
In her nearly three-hour interview, Vicki Lawrence discusses her early experience in a high school musical troupe called Young Americans. She explains how a letter she wrote to Carol Burnett...
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Susan Lacy
In her three-hour interview, Susan Lacy recalls her early experience working for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities and discusses how she became...
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Tony Verna
In this three-and-a-half-hour interview, Tony Verna (1933-2015) talks about breaking into the business in local television at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, where he worked on local show Big Top and the...
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Interview

Ken Berry
In his two-hour-and-forty-minute interview, Ken Berry (1933-2018) talks about his early interest in becoming a song and dance man. He recounts touring in a show for the air force and...
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Interview

Kurt Loder
In his two-hour interview, Kurt Loder talks about his early life and influences and the kind of music he listened to growing up. He describes his early association with Rolling...
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Interview

Marty Pasetta
In his three-hour interview, Marty Pasetta (1932-2015) talks about his early interest in theater, which culminated in his first job in television at San Francisco's KGO-TV in 1952. He discusses...
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Interview

Fred Willard
In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Fred Willard (1939-2020) talks about his earliest appearances on television -- sketches with comedy partners on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Steve Allen Show. He...
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Interview

Kim Hunter
In her three-hour interview, Kim Hunter (1922-2002) discusses her Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire, in the role of "Stella Kowalski." She talks about reprising the role in the...
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Suze Orman
In her three-hour interview, Suze Orman talks about her multi-faceted career as a television host, writer, and financial adviser. She describes her childhood and the inspiration she derived from the...
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Interview

Kevin Eubanks
In his three-hour interview, Kevin Eubanks describes growing up in a musical family and chronicles his path from Philadelphia to the NBC studios in Burbank, CA. He discusses his mother...
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