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In his nearly three-hour interview, Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999) speaks frankly about appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1951 (in which he was labeled by Congressman Harold H...

In his two-hour interview, Bob Schieffer speaks about his early years and growing up during World War II. He talks about his decision to pursue a career in journalism after...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Don Hewitt (1922-2009) speaks about the beginnings of broadcast journalism. He recalls the days of Douglas Edwards with the News. He discusses his role in the...

In his five-hour interview, Sig Mickelson (1913–2000) talks about his long career as an executive with CBS News, which culminated with his appointment as the network's first news president (1959-61)...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Walter Bernstein (1919-2021) discusses being listed in Red Channels in 1950 and talks of his ties to the Communist Party. Despite being blacklisted and pressured by...

In his three-hour interview, Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) speaks of his work as an actor on the stage before he became a director in television. He recalls his work on the...

In his three-hour interview, Mike Wallace (1918-2012) talks about his early life and his first jobs in radio. He recalls his early television shows, including Mike and Buff, Night Beat...

In his nearly eight-hour interview, Dan Rather talks at length about growing up in Houston, TX and his early years as a radio and television journalist in the local market...

In his over two-hour interview, Ossie Davis (1917-2005) speaks of his early years as an actor starting out in the theater. He discusses his early television appearances on Showtime U.S.A...

In his three-hour interview, Alan Alda describes his M*A*S*H character "Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce," as "… a sharp wit, a little bit of a smart aleck, competitive about his surgery...

Beatrice Arthur (1922-2009) declares her higher ideals for television: "I was bringing my theater training to television. I remember somebody said— and it's true— that I was trying to turn...

In his one-hour interview, Sherman Hemsley (1938-2012) talks about his early career as a stage actor (while continuing to work a day job at the post office) and his rise...

In his four-hour interview, Rob Reiner talks about growing up surrounded by the group of comedy legends that included his father, Carl, Sid Caesar, and Mel Brooks. He discusses his...

In his nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) describes his rise to stardom as a performer in the famed Borscht Belt and expresses how his father profoundly shaped his own...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Andy Williams (1927-2012) discusses his early career working in his brothers' singing group on stage and in radio, before embarking on a solo career. He speaks...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Harry Morgan (1915-2011) describes his start in show business, acting in summer stock productions which in turn led to his work in the Group Theater and...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, William Tankersley (1918-2016) discusses his start in CBS promotions and merchandising and his rise to head of Standards & Practices. He recalls CBS' rules about violence...

In his one-hour interview, Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) describes breaking into the business as a child actor and how his name got changed from "Joe Yule" to "Mickey Rooney." He recalls...

In his three-hour interview, Richard Matheson (1926-2013) recalls the inspiration behind his classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," which starred William Shatner: "I was on an airplane and...

Barbara Walters (1929-2022) credits her drive to her early years. "Because my father was in show business and because there were these ups and downs, I always felt that I...