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In the 20-minute solo portion of her interview, Irma Kalish (1924-2021) talks about growing up in New York and being inspired to become a writer after her college dean told...

In the 25-minute solo portion of his interview, Austin "Rocky" Kalish (1921-2016) talks about growing up in the Bronx and turning to writing while serving in the army during World...

In his three-hour interview, Steve Levitan describes his early interest in creative writing. He talks of his multiple internships in radio and television, and discusses working in television news for...

In his three-hour interview, Ed O'Neill discusses entering acting in his early thirties. He talks of his love of theater and speaks of several plays he was in before landing...

In her two-hour-forty-five-minute interview, Sheila Kuehl talks about her introduction to performing on live radio as a child. She tells how that led to her role as "Jackie Erwin," the...

In his three-hour interview, Edward James Olmos talks about his early interests in baseball and rock and roll music, which led to his life-long love of performing for audiences. He...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, J. Michael Straczynski talks about his early life and writing career. He discusses working as an assistant to Norman Corwin and having a chance meeting with...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Ralph M. Baruch (1923-2016) recounts his childhood in Germany and his family's flight to France during World War II. He recalls his first job in sales...

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...