Blog Post Emmy Award-Winning Director Kirk Browning Dies At Age 86 -- Archive Interview Online Kirk Browning, whose directorial credits span from the first televised version of Gian-Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors in 1951 to the Brian Dennehy-starring version of Death of A Salesman in 2000, was interviewed by the Archive in May of 2000. When asked what he'd like to be remembered...
Blog Post "Father Knows Best" on DVD: Stars Jane Wyatt & Elinor Donahue Interviews Online! The classic 50s TV family sitcom " Father Knows Best " has been released on DVD! The Archive has interviewed two of the show's stars, Elinor Donahue and
Blog Post 40th Anniversary of Petula Clark-Harry Belafonte "Touch" Controversy The television special Petula , aired in April 1968. A vehicle for popular singer Petula Clark ("Downtown"), the show featured Harry Belafonte as her guest. During one song, Petula touched Belafonte's arm and this "interracial contact" was considered taboo enough to cause a national controversy to...
Blog Post TV Comedy Writer Seaman Jacobs Dies at 96 - Archive Interview Online Sad to report that noted comedy writer Seaman Jacobs passed away in Los Angeles on April 8th. He was interviewed by the Archive of American Television in March of 1999 and his full 7-part interview is available online here . Click here for an obituary press release from the Writers Guild of America...
Blog Post Dick Martin Dies at the Age of 86-- Archive Interview Segment Online Comedian Dick Martin, best known as the co-host with Dan Rowan of television's Laugh-In (1968-73) has died ( click here for his obituary on Newsday.com ). The Archive interviewed Martin in 2002. His complete three-and-a-half hour interview will be available online soon and can also be viewed at...
Blog Post William Shatner's New Book & Archive Interview Online William Shatner has a new book out—- Up Till Now . He was interviewed by the Archive in 1999-- see what he talked about up until then. Click here for his complete five-part interview. Some excerpts from his interview: On his speech pattern: I admire phrasing. Frank Sinatra’s phrasing spoke to me...
Blog Post PR Legend Warren Cowan Has Died Warren Cowan has died at the age of 87. Interviewed in 2001 by the Archive of American Television, his nearly two-hour interview is available for viewing at Academy headquarters and will be available online soon. Interview description: Cowan recalled his entry into entertainment publicity working...
Blog Post "It's Saturday Night Live..." Don Pardo Interview Posted The third season of Saturday Night Live comes out on DVD today. The Archive interviewed long-time announcer Don Pardo, whose voice has been closely associated with the show since its debut in 1975. Click here to view Don Pardo's entire eight-part interview. Interview description: Pardo talked about...
Blog Post Mike Wallace is 90 Today! The Archive of American Television wishes Mike Wallace a happy birthday as the veteran newsman turns 90. Wallace spent his early years as an announcer and actor in radio and television. In the early 1950s he often appeared as an actor in the dramatic anthologies of the day including Suspense and...
Blog Post Public Television Legend James Day Has Died - Interviewed in 1998 Host of such public television series as Kaleidoscope in the late '50s and early '60s and Day at Night in the 1970s, James Day left his mark on public television as the president of National Educational Television (NET) starting in 1969, and president of Channel 13. James Day's four-and-a-half hour...
