Interview Chet Simmons In his four-hour interview, Chet Simmons (1928-2010) speaks about his early interest in following sports, on radio and in print. He notes his work selling time to small radio stations in the Southwest, meeting Edgar Scherick at this job. He describes working in television mentored by Scherick (who...
Interview Dawn Wells In her nearly two-hour interview, Dawn Wells (1938-2020) reflects upon her career on the stage and on the big and small screens. Still recognized as the wholesome "Mary Ann Summers" from Gilligan's Island , Wells describes what the show means to her and takes us behind the scenes of several...
Interview LeVar Burton Long before becoming a part of the Star Trek universe himself, LeVar Burton watched the original series, impressed to see an African American character in Nichelle Nichols' "Uhura": "I was a huge Star Trek fan when I was a kid. I loved science fiction literature and it was rare for me to see heroes...
Interview Dean Valentine In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Dean Valentine talks about his early years, moving from Romania, where he was born, to New York City, where he grew up. He speaks about his work as a freelance journalist and his move into television, initially at NBC where he worked with Brandon Tartikoff,...
