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In his two-hour interview, Barry Manilow talks about his early life, including the bands he played with as a teen and his early interest in orchestration. He discusses working in...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Tom Brokaw talks about his early life, including early television news reporting jobs with various local stations around the country. He recalls his stint as the...

In his three-hour interview, Dean Hargrove talks about his early years, and his first television writing job, on the 1961-62 version of The Bob Newhart Show. He recalls working with...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Julie Ann Johnson talks about her early years, and her decision to get into stunt work. She recalls working on shows like Petticoat Junction, The Doris...

In his four-hour interview, Robert Caminiti (1937-2025) talks about his early years and being hired by NBC. He recalls becoming a stage manager for NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where...

In her two-hour interview, Cybill Shepherd describes her childhood growing up in Memphis, TN and discusses her early modeling career. She talks about her first film role in The Last...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Charles Floyd Johnson discusses his early interest in the entertainment industry and attending Howard University for both undergraduate studies and for law school. He talks of...

In his nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Milton Delugg (1918-2015) talks about his early professional jobs before his service in World War II, including a job in the orchestra at Paramount. He...

In his three-hour interview, Alan Neuman (1924-2008) talks about joining NBC as a page in 1947 and his rise through the ranks as stage manager and then director. He describes...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Horton Foote (1916-2009) discusses writing for "live" television dramatic anthology series. He talks about his relationship with producer Fred Coe, who started him in television and...

In her two-hour-plus interview, Mitzi Gaynor (1931-2024) talks about her early interest in dance and music. She recalls joining the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Company, getting signed by 20th...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Bob Doyle (1921-1999) discusses how, in 1948, he became one of the network directors for the first national political convention ever televised. He describes being the...

In his over three-hour interview, Albert Heschong (1919-2001) speaks at length about the craft of art direction for television, and details his own background in theatrical productions. He recalls his...

In his two-hour interview, David Shaw (1916-2007) discusses his prolific career as a television writer. He talks of his start in TV with the 1949 ABC "live" dramatic anthology series...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Don Hastings talks about his early years in theater and radio. He then recalls his television debut on the DuMont network. He describes in great...

Anne Beatts (1947-2021) says of getting her break in comedy writing: "I always say very freely when people ask, 'how did you get into comedy?' I say 'the same way...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Jack Shea (1928-2013) recalls his early years in New York, working as a stage manager and assistant director at NBC. He talks about his move to...

In his three-hour interview, Curt Gowdy (1919-2006) reflects on his early experiences as a sportscaster on Oklahoma City radio, detailing the then-common practice of recreating away games with sound effects...

In his two-hour interview, David Newell describes his early career in theater and his eventual association with Fred Rogers. He talks about starting on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as props manager...

In his three-hour interview, Norman Lloyd (1914-2021) discusses getting his start in theater as a child actor and later as an apprentice to Eva La Gallienne. He talks in detail...