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Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017) always knew she'd have a career on stage, "I knew at a very early age what I wanted to do. Some people refer to it as...

In his four-hour interview, Bud Yorkin (1926-2015) talks about his early years and his education at Carnegie Tech, as well as his time as a television repairman. He describes getting...

In his three-hour interview, Hal Kanter (1918-2011) talks extensively about his first television work as a writer for famed comedian Ed Wynn on The Ed Wynn Show. He discusses how...

In his six-hour interview, Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011) talks about his early years, and his first writing job for Bob Hope’s radio show. He recalls writing for various series including I...

In her nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Betty White (1922-2021) talks about her start in television as a co-host, with Al Jarvis, on L.A.'s local station KLAC in 1949. She also recalls...

In his nearly two-hour interview, Diamond Farnsworth talks about growing up with his father, stunt performer Richard Farnsworth, and on his first on-screen appearances: as a five-year-old in The Ten...

In his six-hour interview, John Frankenheimer (1930-2002) describes his early television work as an assistant director on You Are There, Danger, and Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person. He speaks...

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 his two-hour interview, Peter Lassally (1932-2026) talks about his early years and his family fleeing Germany during World War II. He describes his first jobs in broadcasting at WOR...

In his four-hour interview, Dixon Dern (1929-2026) talks about his early career working as an in-house attorney for the animation production company United Productions of America, and talks about how...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Richard Dawson (1932-2012) describes his path from comedy stages in the West End to game show sets in Hollywood. He discusses how he loves to make...

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...