Blog Post Remembering Glen Larson Prolific writer/producer Glen Larson passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014 at the age of 77. In his early years, Larson was a member of the popular musical act The Four Preps. He served as an NBC page, and soon worked his way up to story editor and producer on It Takes a Thief . He wrote for...
Blog Post Remembering Ann Marcus We're sad to hear that writer Ann Marcus passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the age of 93. Marcus began her career as a "copy girl" at The New York Daily News and later became a reporter/researcher at Life Magazine . She broke into television-writing on The Hathaways , Camp Runamuc k,...
Blog Post Remembering Arthur Gardner We're sad to hear that producer Arthur Gardner passed away yesterday, December 19, 2014, at the age of 104. Gardner got his start in the entertainment industry working as an extra at Universal, landing a role in the acclaimed film "All Quiet On the Western Front." He worked at the Hal Roach Studio...
Blog Post Remembering Joseph Sargent We're sad to learn that director Joseph Sargent passed away this morning at the age of 89 in Malibu, California. Sargent directed episodes of Lassie , Gunsmoke , The Man From U.N.C.L.E . , and the now-classic "The Corbomite Maneuver” episode of Star Trek . He directed the films "The Taking of...
Blog Post Remembering Brandon Stoddard We're sad to hear that Executive Brandon Stoddard passed away today, December 22, 2014, at age 77 after a long battle with cancer. Stoddard entered the workforce in the advertising industry, first at BBD&O and later at Grey Advertising. He soon transitioned to television, becoming the Director...
Blog Post Remembering Sid Smith We're sad to learn that director Sid Smith passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the age of 93. Smith started out directing television commercials and soon became an AD on Eddie Condon's Floor Show and Your Hit Parade . He directed and/or produced The Jimmy Durante Show , Wide Wide World ,...
Blog Post Remembering H. Wesley Kenney We're sad to learn that director/producer H. Wesley Kenney passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the age of 89. Kenney trained at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and broke into television as a director at the DuMont Television Network in the early 1950s. He learned camera work on the...
Blog Post Remembering Sid Caesar We're devastated to hear of the death of one of the all-time comedy greats, Sid Caesar , who passed away at age 91. He played the sax, he wrote comedy, and he entertained thousands of people with his performances on stages, on television, and in many successful movies. Caesar served in World War II...
Blog Post When A TV Legend Signs Off For Good There are a lot of things that I love about my job here at the Archive of American Television. I get to watch, clip, and catalog our interviews with some of the greatest minds ever to work in television, people like Milton Berle , Dick Van Dyke , and Carol Burnett . I get to watch episodes of TV...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: How Vicki Lawrence Met Carol Burnett Sometimes you just gotta go big or go home. Vicki Lawrence did just that when she wrote a fan letter to Carol Burnett that wound up changing the course of her life. Take a look at Lawrence's gutsy moves: Not bad for Miss Fireball.
