Blog Post Jon Hamm talks Mad Men, Don v. Dick, Hamm's Ham, and more! He has piqued our curiosity since first sauntering into the offices of Sterling-Cooper in 1961 (our 2007). Eight Emmy nominations later, the actor sat with the Archive for a two-hour interivew about all things Mad Men , Draper, and of course, “Hamm’s Ham.” Starting with his childhood in St. Louis,...
Blog Post Remembering Howard A. Anderson, Jr. We're sad to learn that visual effects specialist Howard A. Anderson, Jr. passed away on September 27, 2015 at the age of 95. Anderson started working at his father's special effects company, The Howard Anderson Company, when he was just a child, and officially joined the business in the 1960s when...
Blog Post Remembering Former CBS Standards & Practices Executive William Tankersley The executive passes away at the age of 98.
Blog Post Baby, Have You Ever Wondered, Who Created WKRP? (It's Hugh Wilson!) He created WKRP in Cincinnati , Frank's Place , and The Famous Teddy Z . He also co-wrote and directed the film "Police Academy." He's Hugh Wilson , and his two-hour Archive interview is now online! Wilson started out in advertising before transitioning to TV. He got his start in the business at...
Blog Post Valentine’s Schmalentines: Television’s Volatile Relationships In honor of Valentine’s Day, I figured I’d write about some of television’s famous relationships. But let’s face it, happily ever after is not all that interesting, especially when it’s in a series that is running 100+ episodes. To make it compelling you need some acrimony, some yelling, some break...
Blog Post Live From New York, It's G.E. Smith! I grew up worshiping Saturday Night Live . I loved me some Church Lady, some Wayne and Garth, some Hans & Franz. My sister and I used to dance around doing "Sprockets" while we cleared the dinner table. And nothing was better than watching that killer guitarist with the floppy blond hair rock...
Blog Post Our Day with “Laverne” & “Shirley” - All Our Dreams Come True All our dreams came true one summer day when we got a call from the Archive of American Television asking us if we wanted to interview not just “Laverne” OR “Shirley” but “Laverne” AND “Shirley.” Together. In the same room. How could we say no? We fell in love with “Laverne DeFazio” and “Shirley...
Blog Post Spin-offs: The Good, The Bad, and "The Tortellis" One thing remains constant in the ever-changing landscape of American Television: where there’s a successful series, there is always the possibility of a spin-off. The temptation to remove a supporting character and give him/her a series of their own is always strong. But it can be a dangerous...
