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Interview

Chris Carter
In his nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Chris Carter talks about his early years, and working for Jeffrey Katzenberg at Disney. He describes pitching The X-Files to Fox, casting David Duchovny and...
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Interview

Jeanne Cooper
In her three-hour interview, Jeanne Cooper (1928-2013) talks about her early TV career making guest appearances on The Twilight Zone, M Squad, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, 77 Sunset Strip, and...
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Interview

Patty Duke
In her three-hour interview, Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (1946-2016) discusses her early start in the entertainment industry. She talks about her strict and abusive managers, John and Ethel Ross, and...
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Interview

Sonny Fox
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...
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Interview

Hal Linden
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...
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Interview

Sanford Socolow
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...
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Pat Sajak
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...
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Interview

Richard Dawson
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...
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Interview

Harry Friedman
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...
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Interview

George Spiro Dibie
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...
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Interview

Fred Steiner
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...
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Interview

Reuven Frank
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...
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Interview

Sid Smith
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...
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Interview

Robert Conrad
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...
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Melissa Gilbert
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...
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Interview

Mario Kreutzberger
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...
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Interview

Stan Lee
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...
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Interview

Monica Horan
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...
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Interview

Robert G. Anderson
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...
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Interview

Bill Conti
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...
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