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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...

In his one-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Ed Begley, Jr. talks about being cast on St. Elsewhere, and recalls his father, Ed Begley, Sr. allowing...

In his three-hour interview, Jimmie Walker talks about his early life and getting his start doing stand-up comedy at the African Room, where he was advised by comedian David Brenner...

In his one-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Jack Riley (1924-2016) talks about his early years and performing sketches in college. He recalls his first job...

In his one-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Tony Roberts talks about his early life and growing up around famous people like Zero Mostel, and how...

In his three-hour interview, Horace Newcomb talks about his early life and his impressions of television in his youth. He describes his involvement with the Civil Rights Movement of the...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Bernie Kopell talks about his early years, and stars he encountered as a taxi driver in Los Angeles. He describes his first television gig, on The...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Dick Gregory (1932-2017) talks extensively about the history of racism in America, and on his involvement with the...

In his forty-five minute interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Hugh Hefner talks about his connection to humor, and his friendships with comedians like Lenny Bruce and...

In her two-hour interview, Louise Lasser talks about her early years, and her early interest in performing, which led her to study acting with Sanford Meisner. She describes working with...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Don Roy King discusses his early years, and his internship at KDKA. He talks about directing local television in New York, and eventually going on to...