Blog Post "Star Trek" Fanfare Composer Alexander "Sandy" Courage Has Died at Age 88 -- Archive Interview Online Alexander Courage won an Emmy Award as principal arranger for the ABC special Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas and was a nominee for his work on Medical Center . Mr. Courage was interviewed in 2000 by TV's Greatest Hits author Jon Burlingame. Jon Burlingame has authored a tribute to the...
Blog Post Legendary Dancer Cyd Charisse Has Died Archive interviewee Cyd Charisse, who appeared in such classic MGM musicals as Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon , and hosted her own NBC variety series Meet Cyd Charisse, has died at age 87. Charisse and husband Tony Martin also appeared on many variety series on television including The...
Blog Post Get Smart on the Big Screen Steve Carell has filled the shoe phone of Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, made famous by Don Adams in the 1965-70 series, for the new Get Smart movie. Although, sadly, we missed interviewing Don Adams by that much, would you believe we have interviews with executive producer Leonard Stern, producer Jay...
Blog Post "I Dream of Jeannie" Season Five on DVD With the release of season five, the complete run of I Dream of Jeannie is now available on DVD. The 1965-70 sitcom about a 2,000 year-old genie in the form of Barbara Eden and her exploits with "master" Major Anthony Nelson (Larry Hagman) has become one of the most beloved of sitcoms. Variety...
Blog Post A Tribute to Betty White at the Academy! This August, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will hold an event honoring, "Betty White: Celebrating 60 Years on Television". Many Archive interviewees will be on-hand for the event, including Ed Asner , Cloris Leachman,
Blog Post This Weekend - The Official Dark Shadows Convention in Burbank This weekend (July 19th & 20th), Dark Shadows Festival, the annual official Dark Shadows convention salutes the cult-classic gothic soap in Burbank, CA. Events include appearances by cast and crew, question and answer sessions, autograph sessions, a banquet with the stars, a memorabilia...
Blog Post 2008 Emmy Nominations Announced! The 60th Annual Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy nominations were announced early this morning from The Academy in North Hollywood. We're very happy to report that quite a few Archive Interviewees were among those honored! Congratulations to James L. Brooks (" The Simpsons" ) Ken Burns (" The War...
Blog Post Cinematographer Joseph M. Wilcots Interview Now Online Joseph M. Wilcots' full Archive interview has now been posted online. Wilcots, who is currently at work on several projects, was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for Roots . He was interviewed on December 5, 2007. Click here to access the full 4-part interview. Interview...
Blog Post Milton Berle Centenary-- July 12 Tomorrow, Milton Berle would have been 100 years old! Uncle Miltie had already had a long career as a performer, when at age 40, he began to host The Texaco Star Theater . Before long, he became "Mr. Television" and reached heights he'd never achieved in radio or the movies. When the Archive of...
Blog Post "Hogan's Heroes" Joins the TVLand LineUp-- Marathon 4th of July Weekend TVLand has added Hogan's Heroes to its lineup and has scheduled a marathon of episodes for this weekend. As The Complete Directory to Primetime Network and Cable TV Shows puts it: " Hogan's Heroes set out to prove that, at least in the world of televised situation comedies, life in a Nazi POW camp...
