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In his nearly three-and-a-half-hour interview, Greg Daniels discusses writing for The Harvard Lampoon, which led to a job writing for HBO's Not Necessarily the News. He recalls his early writing...

In his three-hour interview, Steve Kroft details his early interest in journalism and his stint in the army, where he reported for both the Armed Forces Radio and Stars &...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Robert Johnson discusses his early years in Washington, D.C. as vice president of government relations for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) during the rise...

In his two-hour-and-ten-minute interview, Jim Cantore talks about his early life and his interest in weather as a child. He chronicles his study of meteorology and getting hired at The...

In his three-hour interview, Caroll Spinney (1933-2019) discusses his early interest in drawing and puppetry. He describes his first work in television puppetry, with his "Rascal Rabbit" puppet, outlines his...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Ian Fraser (1933-2014) describes the role of a music director. He talks of directing music for Christmas in Washington, AFI specials, and the American Teacher Awards...

In her one-and-a-half-hour interview, Vivian Brown talks about her early interest in weather and her exhaustive study of meteorology in college. She describes first being hired by The Weather Channel...

In her one-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Betty White (1922-2021) talks about her early aspirations before setting on a career in television and appearing on...

In his two-hour-plus interview, Frederic Ziv (1905-2001) discusses his start in print advertising. He then details the founding of one of the first and largest syndication companies in television history...

In the half-hour solo portion of her interview, Marta Kauffman talks about her childhood and her early love of musical theater. She describes how the entertainment industry treated women when...

In this three-and-a-half-hour interview, John Astin talks about his childhood and how an early experience seeing a production of Our Town made him to decide to become an actor. He...

In the three-hour solo portion of his interview, Gary Smith (1935-2025) talks about his early years and his college career in set design. He describes his professional set designing and...

In his nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Saul Turteltaub (1932-2020) tells the story of his first big break into television, which came through his former summer camp girlfriend, Shari Lewis. He discusses...

In his two-hour interview, Ron Clark talks about his early life and his time in Canada as a writer for stand-up comics. He describes his big break writing for The...

In the fourteen-minute solo portion of his interview, Alan Raymond discusses his childhood and growing up in New York City. He talks about his memories of early television, career influences...

In his over three-hour interview, Mark Snow (1946-2025) discusses studying composition and oboe at Juilliard before moving to California to pursue composing for television. He describes his first big break...

In her nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Geri Jewell discusses her early childhood and her family’s move from her birthplace, Buffalo, NY to Southern California following her cerebral palsy diagnosis. She talks...

In the fifteen-minute solo portion of his interview, David Crane talks about his early years, and his mother and father being celebrities on local television in his town. He describes...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Nicolas Noxon (1936-2016) speaks of his early interest in nature and studying at Antioch College. He details his time as a writer-producer for Wolper Productions, producing...

In his two-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Paul Rodriguez speaks of his early life, and of using comedy and his ability to make people laugh...