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Interview

Dominick Dunne

In his two-hour interview, Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) talks about his formative years during which he made associations with such notable figures as Gore Vidal and Anais Nin. He describes his...
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Interview

Glen A. Larson

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Glen A. Larson (1937-2014) talks about his early years as a member of the popular musical act The Four Preps. He discusses being an NBC page...
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Interview

Philip Carey

In his one-hour interview, Philip Carey (1925-2009) reminisces about his early years in acting under contract at Warner Bros. He describes how Jack Warner compelled him to change his name...
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Lewis Gomavitz

In his four-hour interview, Lewis Gomavitz (1912-2010) describes his involvement in the Chicago experimental station, W6XBK, during World War II. He recalls being hired on to the station, renamed WBKB...
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Interview

John Amos

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, John Amos (1939-2024) recalls his early years as a football player and making the transition into acting and writing. He talks about becoming a writer for...
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Interview

Glenn Gordon Caron

In his over three-hour interview, Glenn Gordon Caron talks about his first jobs, including his work at an ad agency where he learned how to write on a deadline. He...
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Dick Ebersol

In his six-and-a-half-hour interview, Dick Ebersol talks about his career in both sports and entertainment programming. He discusses his early work in sports programming at ABC -- before, during and...
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Interview

Jack LaLanne

In his two-hour interview, Jack LaLanne (1914-2011) speaks about his youth as a gawky teenager, and how his interest in bodybuilding transformed him into an internationally-known fitness guru. He chronicles...
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Interview

Gerald Perry Finnerman

In his five-hour interview, Gerald Perry Finnerman (1931-2011) speaks about his early years and working as a cinematographer in the army. He talks about working as the cinematographer for Star...
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Interview

Della Reese

In her two-hour interview, Della Reese (1931-2017) speaks about her start as a singer at age thirteen touring with gospel legend Mahalia Jackson. She talks about the struggles in her...
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Interview

George Barris

In his three-hour interview, George Barris (1925-2015) talks about his early years customizing his own cars as a teenager and describes his participation in the street racing youth culture of...
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Roy Clark

In his nearly three-hour interview, Roy Clark (1933-2018) describes his early years as a musician with Jimmy Dean and other country legends. He speaks about his early television appearances, culminating...
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Interview

Ben Starr

In his three-hour interview, Ben Starr (1921-2014) talks about writing for radio stars Al Jolson, Dean Martin, and Jerry Lewis. He speaks of his start in television, writing for live...
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Interview

John Langley

John Langley (1943-2021) says of his background: "I'm a kid of the '60s. I'm sort of anti-authoritarian by nature. If you told me I was going to do a show...
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Interview

Geraldo Rivera

In his three-hour interview, Geraldo Rivera talks about how growing up half Puerto Rican and half Jewish affected his worldview. He speaks of his time at law school and his...
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Interview

Timothy Van Patten

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Timothy Van Patten discusses a career that has spanned East to West Coast and back again. He recounts his early life in New York and his...
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Interview

Sam Lovullo

In his five-hour interview, Sam Lovullo (1928-2017) talks about growing up in Buffalo, NY, and moving to Los Angeles at age fifteen. He describes his first job in television, as...
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Interview

Seaman Jacobs

In his over three-hour interview, Seaman Jacobs (1912-2008) talks about getting his start as a writer by writing copy for the Brazilian Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair. He recalls...
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Interview

JP Miller

In his over four-hour interview, JP Miller (1919-2001) talks extensively about writing teleplays for live television dramas and his relationships with Fred Coe, Tad Mosel, Horton Foote, Delbert Mann, John...
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Interview

Jonathan Frid

In his nearly two-hour interview, Jonathan Frid (1924-2012) recalls how he discovered his voice in school plays and outlines his training as an actor, including his studies at London's Royal...
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