Interview Maria Elena Salinas In the hour-and-a-half, solo portion of her Archive interview, Maria Elena Salinas talks about her early life working in radio, which eventually led to her move to television. She describes reporting for Spanish International Network, where she worked closely with mentor Pete Moraga on developing...
Show Don Kirshner's Rock Concert Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is a television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations. It premiered on September 27, 1973, with a performance by The Rolling Stones; its last episode was in 1981. History...
Interview Marla Gibbs In her two-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Marla Gibbs talks about getting her start as an actress in Los Angeles after working many jobs and raising a family in the Midwest. She speaks in great detail about the role and the series with which she is most identified, "Florence Johnston" on The...
Interview Phil Rosenthal In his nearly three-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Phil Rosenthal talks of his years growing up as a TV addict, and his fondness in particular for classic sitcoms such as The Honeymooners . He discusses the time he saw Ten From Your Show of Shows , a feature film compilation from Sid Caesar's...
Interview Sheila Nevins In her two-hour Archive interview, Sheila Nevins describes her early experience in documentary filmmaking for PBS's The Great American Dream Machine and CBS's Who's Who and details her hiring at HBO in the late 1970s. She talks of the state of the network during its early years and defines her role...
Interview James L. Brooks In his five-and-a-half-hour Archive interview, James L. Brooks recalls his early days as a page at CBS - working his way up to the newsroom - and speaks about his transition from researching documentaries to writing comedy. He tells of writing scripts for Hey Landlord , The Andy Griffith Show and...
Interview Imero Fiorentino In his two-hours plus Archive interview, Imero Fiorentino (1928-2013) discusses his early years and influences - going to Radio City Music Hall and being intrigued by theater arts, and joining the "stage squad" in high school theater. He talks about the devastating moment in his life when he lost...
Interview Tim Conway Tim Conway (1933-2019) was interviewed for two-and-a-half hours in Beverly Hills, CA. The interview consists of two parts: one hour solo, and one-and-a-half hours with comedy partner Harvey Korman. In his solo interview, Conway talks about his early years in local television at Cleveland's WJW,...