Blog Post Co-Inventor of Wireless Television Remote Control, Dr. Robert Adler Has Died Dr. Robert Adler, who died at age 93, was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on October 11, 2004. His two-and-a-half hour oral history interview can be viewed at Television Academy Headquarters in North Hollywood. Interview description: Dr. Adler spoke in great detail about his...
Blog Post Birthday Wishes to Harvey Korman Who Turns 80 Today Harvey Korman— Carol Burnett Show regular, Mel Brooks films ensemble player, and The Flintstones ' Great Gazoo— turns 80 years old today. The Archive asks: What are your favorite comedy moments from Harvey Korman's career? Click here to access the Archive of American Television Interview with...
Blog Post Archive Interviewee Peter Ellenshaw, Disney's Legendary Matte Artist, Has Died Peter Ellenshaw, a matte artist whose work was seen in many projects for Walt Disney, has died at age 93. Mr. Ellenshaw's interview can be viewed at Television Academy headquarters in North Hollywood. Interview description: Mr. Ellenshaw described his long association with the Walt Disney Studios...
Blog Post Glen & Les Charles' Archive Interview Is Now Online! Glen & Les Charles (along with James Burrows ) are best known for creating the classic sitcom Cheers . Their 8-part Archive of American Televison Interview is now available for viewing online. The Charles brothers were interviewed separately about their early years and influences and jointly...
Blog Post Art Linkletter's Archive Interview is Now Online Take a look at one of the newest interviews online -- show host Art Linkletter . He's truly an engaging and a exceptional storyteller. Here's one of our favorite little-known anecdotes from the interview: On the opening of Disneyland in 1956 (Part 4 at 16 minutes in): Walt Disney asked me if I...
Blog Post Students: The Television Academy Foundation's 2007 Summer Internships Application Deadline is Approaching Students: Just a reminder that the deadline applications for the Television Academy Foundation's Student Internship Program -- Summer 2007 is March 15th. Even if you've watched just one Archive interview, you know how life-changing a mentor or on-the-job experience can be. The Academy Foundation's...
Blog Post TV Set Photos From Bakelite to Plasma: TV Through the Ages Here's a fun site, courtesy of WIRED magazine, with photos of televisions and television technology from the 1920s to today. You can access it by clicking the link below. From Bakelite to Plasma: TV Through the Ages
Blog Post Actress Ruby Dee's Interview is Now Online Actress Ruby Dee's Archive of American Television interview is now online. Interview Description: In her 4-part (each 30-minute segment is posted separately) oral history interview, actress Ruby Dee describes her start in feature filmsand on Broadway. She describes the experience of being an...
Blog Post "Boston Legal" Flashes Back to a 50-Year-Old Dramatic Television Classic Last night's episode of Boston Legal found William Shatner flashing back to a role he played during television's Golden Age. "The Defender," shown on the dramatic anthology series Studio One , in two parts on February 25 and March 4, 1957, starred Ralph Bellamy and William Shatner as a father-son...
Blog Post TV Executive Thomas W. Moore Has Died Archive interviewee Tom Moore, former program chief of ABC (1957-63), ABC president (1963-68) and independent producer ( The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman , the Body Human series), died at the age of 88 on March 31. Here are some excerpts from his interview: On ABC’s Monday Night Football . We...
