Blog Post Garry Marshall's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online '70s/'80s hit-maker Garry Marshall's 6-part Archive interview is now available online. Click here to access the entire interview. Excerpt: Marshall on the initial concept of "Fonzie" on Happy Days from Part 4 "We created this character Fonzie who was originally called Arthur Masharelli, but M*A*S*H...
Blog Post And Then There's Maude Season One Walter : Maude, did you wreck the car again? Maude : Did you hear that, everybody? Did you hear that? Not "Maude, are you sick?" Or "Maude, are you unhappy?" Or even, "Maude, are you pregnant?" No, "Maude, did you wreck the car again?" Walter : You're right, darling. You're absolutely right. I'm...
Blog Post Chicago TV Pioneer Sterling "Red" Quinlan Has Died Sterling Quinlan, who helped build station WBKB-TV (now WLS) in Chicago, has died at age 90. Quinlan is pictured here at right (in brown jacket) with Archive interviewer Roy Leonard (on left). Quinlan was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on July 20, 1999. Interview description:...
Blog Post James Sheldon's Interview is Online Director James Sheldon's Archive of American Television Interview is now online. In part 4 of his interview, Sheldon talks about working with James Dean in "live" television. James Dean appeared in about twenty television productions in the early 1950s before embarking on his feature film career...
Blog Post Fred Silverman's Interview is Now Online We're happy to report that legendary television executive Fred Silverman's interview is now online. At almost 6-1/2 hours, this amazing interview encompasses over three decades of television history and gives a fascinating inside look at the networks and programming so many of us grew up with (just...
Blog Post Reminder: Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship Deadline is Coming Up Entry deadline is February 15, 2007. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation (which runs the Archive of American Television), in association with Ernst & Young LLP, is offering two scholarships in honor of Fred Rogers, the creator and host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood . The...
Blog Post David Pressman's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online! Director David Pressman was one of the key directors on the early anthology series Actors Studio which was the first dramatic series awarded the Peabody Award. Actors Studio featured many of the young "method" actors who would come to prominence in later years including Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter,...
Blog Post Dick Clark Celebrates 35 Years of "New Year's Rockin' Eve" Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve celebrates its 35th anniversary with the Dec 31, 2006-January 1, 2007 special. Dick Clark spoke about his first New Year's special in 1959 and his inaguaration of New Year's Rockin' Eve in 1972, when he was interviewed by the Archive of American Television (...
Blog Post Former CBS President Frank Stanton Dies at 98 Dr. Frank Stanton, who served as President of CBS from 1946 to 1973, died Sunday, December 24th at the age of 98. He granted the Archive of American Telev ision a rare 2-part videotaped interview in 2000 and 2001. Below are some excerpts from the three hour interview. The entire interview can be...
Blog Post Spice of Life -- The Story of "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV “ It’s a Wonderful Life shows that every human being on this earth matters—and that’s a very powerful message.” --Steven Spielberg by guest blogger Stephen Cox What was on the cover of Newsweek for the fledgling periodical's fifteen-cent December 30, 1946 issue? Answer: The cast of It's a Wonderful...
