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In his three-hour interview, Sonny Fox (1925-2021) speaks about his teenage years and viewing World War II as his "ticket" to independence, and details how serving in the war and...

In his four-hour interview, Hal Linden talks about his early life and influences and making his Broadway debut in the musical Bells Are Ringing. He describes early television roles, doing...

In his over three-and-a-half-hour interview, Sanford Socolow (1928-2015) talks about his work for the International News Service (INS) in the early 1950s, as a Far East correspondent. He chronicles his...

In the two-hour solo portion of his interview, Pat Sajak discusses growing up in Chicago and his early interest in broadcasting, and shares his experiences serving in the armed forces...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Richard Dawson (1932-2012) describes his path from comedy stages in the West End to game show sets in Hollywood. He discusses how he loves to make...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Harry Friedman recalls his early life in Omaha, NE, where his father was the first television repairman in town and Johnny Carson was the local television...

In his three-hour interview, George Spiro Dibie (1931-2022) discusses his childhood in Jerusalem and his passion for American films. He speaks of his move to Los Angeles as a youngster...

In his four-hour interview, Fred Steiner (1923-2011) talks about breaking into the business as an arranger/orchestrator in network radio in the 1940s and details some of the first radio scores...

In his nearly seven-hour interview, Reuven Frank (1920-2006) discusses the success of Camel News Caravan featuring John Cameron Swayze, as well as covering several sets of political conventions beginning in...

In his four-hour interview, Sid Smith (1921-2014) talks of his years in advertising, where he began directing television commercials. He speaks of brother-in-law Eddie Condon and becoming an assistant director...

In his two-hour interview, Robert Conrad (1935-2020) describes his early years as an athlete, singer, and actor in Chicago, before he set out to look for professional acting work in...

In her three-hour interview, Melissa Gilbert discusses her career as an actress/producer/director. She shares stories of her famous grandfather, Honeymooners creator Harry Crane, and recalls her early foray into acting...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Mario Kreutzberger discusses moving to the United States from his native Chile as a boy to study men's tailoring -- a career his father wished him...

In his two-hour interview, Stan Lee (1922-2018) discusses his career in multiple media, from comic books to feature films. He describes the birth of Marvel Comics, competition with DC comics...

In her two-hour interview, Monica Horan discusses her early interest in comedy and performing and speaks of how she was influenced by television comediennes like Carol Burnett. She talks of...

In his three-hour interview, Robert G. Anderson talks about his early life and his education at the Columbia School of Journalism. He describes working for CBS News, where he covered...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Bill Conti discusses his family's talent for music and his early start playing piano gigs. He talks of studying music at Louisiana State University on a...

In his three-hour interview, William Clotworthy (1926-2021) talks of his early years working as an NBC page in the late 1940s. He describes joining advertising agency BBDO (Batten, Barton, Durstine...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Nick Clooney talks about his youth in Kentucky and growing up with his soon-to-be famous sisters, Betty and Rosemary Clooney. He describes his work in radio...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Patricia Field talks about growing up in Manhattan and being business-savvy from an early age. She chronicles starting her own shop in the city and beginning...