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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...

In his nearly four-hour interview, Vince Gilligan talks about knowing that he wanted to be involved with storytelling, in film or television, from a very early age. He discusses his...

In his three-hour interview, Lou Weiss (1918-2019) talks about his early years as an office boy for William Morris. He describes becoming an agent and spending several years representing various...

In his three-hour interview, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb looks back at his early years as a local disc jockey in Indiana and at his time hosting a local program called...

In his four-hour interview, W.G. Snuffy Walden outlines his career as a composer. He describes his childhood in Texas, learning to play instruments, and getting very interested in music during...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Hume Cronyn (1911-2003) talks about his long career in the theater, in television, and in film, often opposite his late wife Jessica Tandy. He recalls his...