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Sid Caesar (1922-2014) emphasizes the challenge of doing live TV in the early days of the medium: "Doing a show live on television is a different animal altogether than doing...

"Bob said, 'I don't want to get tied down, I'll give it a year.' We've been writing together, it'll be 50 years -- and he wasn't sure it would work...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Fred de Cordova (1910-2001) talks about his early life and experiences in New York City working for the Shubert Organization which led to him eventually moving...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, James Burrows (1940-2026) discusses his early years working as a stage manager under his father, playwright/director Abe Burrows, and outlines his years directing for the stage...

In his three-hour interview, writer Everett Greenbaum (1919-1999) talks about being the only family in town with a television set during his childhood. He recalls his experiences in college and...

In his four-hour interview, Milton Berle (1908-2002) fondly recalls "Mama Berle" and her influence on his early career when he started performing as a child in vaudeville. He discusses how...

In his nearly three-and-a-half-hour interview, Ted Turner (1938-2026) talks about his start in the billboard industry and how that led him into the broadcasting industry. He describes purchasing his first...

In her three-hour-plus interview, Gail Berman discusses her early interest in theater and how she came to produce the original production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She describes...

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 his four-hour interview, Jim Giggans talks about growing up in Bremerton, WA and his early interest in world events and cultures, which led to him studying international politics at...

In his six-hour interview, Steve Allen (1921-2000) describes his transition from radio to television, working with writing team Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr. on his primetime radio show...

In his three-hour interview, Joe Sedelmaier (1933-2026) discusses his early years working as an art director at several advertising agencies including Young & Rubicam and J. Walter Thompson. He talks...

In his four-hour interview, Carl Reiner (1922-2020) discusses his career from his stage work during his years in the service, to his television roles on classics like Your Show of...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Howard Smit (1911-2009) talks about his early life, growing up in the Great Depression and eventually taking a job with Max Factor. He recalls doing makeup...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Al Borden (1904-2001) gives a fascinating perspective on working with many great performers, including Eddie Cantor, Milton Berle, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Bob Hope --...

In his 75-minute interview, Les Flory (1907-2002) describes his time as a television engineer in the RCA laboratories in Camden and Princeton, NJ. Flory talks of joining the RCA team...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, E. G. Marshall (1910-1998) talks about his childhood, education, and performing with the American Art Theater. He recalls early roles on Broadway including The Skin of...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Ralph Edwards (1913-2005) discusses his start in show business as a radio announcer in New York, and how he was inspired to create his own audience...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Romilly Rutherford (1908-2002) talks about his early years building crystal radio sets while experimenting with sight and sound. He describes becoming a machinist and joining the...

In his three-hour interview, Howard K. Smith (1914-2002) details his time in Europe at the outbreak of World War II, first as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, later as a...