Blog Post Bob Keeshan's ("Captain Kangaroo" and TV's First Clarabell the Clown) Interview is now Online Remember Clarabell the clown on The Howdy Doody Show ? Or what about Captain Kangaroo , with his menagerie of "Dancing Bear," "Mr. Moose," and "Mr. Greenjeans"? Bob Keeshan, best known as television's "Captain Kangaroo" was interviewed by the Archive of American Television in 1999 and it's now...
Blog Post Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Hall of Fame Inductees The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences has named five new inductees to its Hall of Fame. Included are: producer/executive Leonard Goldberg, actor William Shatner, director James Burrows, host Regis Philbin, and newsman Tom Brokaw. Academy Chairman Dick Askin stated that this year's inductees...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: George Carlin Tells Us Why It's Ok (Great, Even) to Be Different George Carlin made sure we knew the 7 Words You Can Never Say on Television. He also taught us an awful lot about American society as a whole with his insightful comedy sketches. Here he shares why it's important to follow the ideas that truly resonate with you, and not act just to please people:...
Blog Post Remembering A.C. Lyles We're sad to hear of the passing of Executive/Producer A.C. Lyles , who died on Friday, September 27, 2013 at the age of 95. Lyles held the record for the longest continuously-employed person at a motion picture studio (85 years with Paramount). His association with the studio began at age ten,...
Blog Post Another Reason To Be a Fan of Carol Burnett We're fans of the do-gooder stories here at the Archive. Those wonderful tales of people going out of their way to make someone's life easier or happier in some way. Here's one such story that gives us a little extra faith in humanity, courtesy of the one and only Carol Burnett . Watch as she...
Blog Post Sock it to Me??? 45 years later, it remains one of the most memorable TV appearances by a politician. On September 16, 1968, Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon appeared on the popular comedy-variety show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In . He uttered only one line on the program, but his delivery of those...
Blog Post Remembering Ray Dolby We're sad to hear of the passing of sound pioneer Ray Dolby , who died Thursday, September 12, 2013 in San Francisco at the age of 80. Dolby was diagnosed with acute leukemia last July and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the past several years. Ray Dolby was THE Dolby of Dolby noise...
Blog Post Remembering Charles Lisanby The Archive is sad to hear of the passing of Production Designer Charles Lisanby , who died Friday, August 23, 2013 at the age of 89. Lisanby worked on The $64,000 Challenge and the cultural series Camera Three , designed sets for The Garry Moore Show , and is known for his signature large block...
Blog Post Remembering William Froug The Archive is sad to learn of the passing of writer/producer William Froug , who died on Sunday, August 25, 2013 at the age of 91. Froug was a prolific radio writer, and adapted, produced, and directed CBS radio's highly-acclaimed "Brave New World." In the television realm he wrote for Playhouse...
Blog Post 5 Things You Didn't Know About Jason Alexander You probably know that Jason Alexander is an actor, and that he played "George Costanza" on Seinfeld . And maybe you know he was in a little movie called "Pretty Woman." But here are five facts we learned from his Archive interview that you may not know about Mr. Alexander: 1. His real name is Jay...
