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.
Blog Post 5 Things You Didn't Know About J. Michael Straczynski You may know that he created Babylon 5 . And perhaps you know that he wrote for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe , Jake and the Fatman , and Murder, She Wrote . Here are a few other things you may not know about J. Michael Straczynski : 1. He met Rod Serling. Rod Serling was a guest at Career...
Blog Post Remembering Hank Rieger We're sad to hear that Publicity Executive and former Television Academy President Hank Rieger passed away this morning. Rieger was 95 years old. He started his career in publicity at United Press (where he scooped the AP on coverage of Marilyn Monroe's death) and soon moved on to NBC, where he...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: Writing Tips from Chuck Lorre For all you writers out there, here are some wise words from Chuck Lorre , the co-creator of The Big Bang Theory , Two and a Half Men , and Mike and Molly , AND the man who crafted the theme song to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: Michael J. Fox And His Grandmother Dreamed A Dream In his Archive of American Television interview, Michael J. Fox reveals that he was somewhat of an "oddity" in his family, interested in writing and creative pursuits much more so than any of his four siblings. With his parents' blessing, Fox dropped out of high school senior year to pursue acting...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: Life Advice from Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne Fitness master Jack LaLanne lived to the ripe old age of 96, following a healthy lifestyle of exercising regularly and avoiding sugar. He was also an incredibly motivating figure, a bodybuilding machine inventor, and host of the syndicated fitness series The Jack LaLanne Show . Take a look at Jack...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: Katie Couric Shares How to Rally After Defeat By her own account, Katie Couric had a less than stellar TV news debut on CNN. It was not the start in the business she was hoping for, but instead of wallowing, she picked herself up and fully dedicated herself to her craft. Take a look: Don't let the turkeys get you down!
