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Interview

Tom Cherones
In his two-hour interview, Tom Cherones (1939-2026) discusses his early life in Tuscaloosa, AL, where at the time, his family was one of the few with a television set. He...
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Interview

Henry Colman
In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Henry Colman (1923-2012) talks of his start in television as an assistant to the director on Kraft Television Theater. He discusses his work on other programs...
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Interview

Bruce Bilson
In his four-hour interview, Bruce Bilson (1928-2026) talks about his early experiences as an assistant editor on classic television shows You Bet Your Life and The Liberace Show. He recalls...
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Interview

Craig Mazin

In his two-hour interview, Craig Mazin talks about his childhood, growing up in New York and New Jersey, and his early ambition to become a neurosurgeon. He discusses attending Princeton...

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Interview

Lynda Carter

In her two-hour interview, Lynda Carter talks about growing up in Phoenix, AZ and the influence of her parents, particularly her mother. She details how she began singing in bands...

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Interview

Sid Krofft
In the half-hour solo portion of his interview, Sid Krofft (1929-2026) talks about his childhood and his early interest in puppets. He discusses getting involved in puppetry and touring with...
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Interview

David F. Poltrack
In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, David Poltrack discusses his role as a marketing and research executive at CBS for over four decades. He chronicles his career in advertising, working at Ted...
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Interview

Danette Herman
In her three-hour interview, Danette Herman talks about her early life and her first television job working with Dick Clark on the classic music series Where the Action Is. She...
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Interview

Tantoo Cardinal

In her four-hour interview, Tantoo Cardinal talks about her early life in Alberta, Canada, including her education and family. She discusses finding out she is Métis and connecting with Indigenous...

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Interview

Sid Caesar
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...
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Interview

Elma Farnsworth
In her seven-hour interview, Elma Farnsworth (1908-2006) discusses her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's first television invention - the image dissector tube - and the excitement of seeing its first moving...
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Interview

Madelyn Pugh Davis
"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...
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