Interview Timothy Van Patten In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Timothy Van Patten discusses a career that has spanned East to West Coast and back again. He recounts his early life in New York and his move to Los Angeles, where he found success as an actor playing "Salami" on the MTM production The White Shadow . Van...
Interview Stanley Ralph Ross In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Stanley Ralph Ross (1935-2000) talks in detail about writing for television shows, including Mr. Roberts , The Man From U.N.C.L.E. , Batman , The Monkees , Columbo , Wonder Woman, and All in the Family . He discusses winning an Emmy award for writing an...
Interview Ben Starr In his three-hour interview, Ben Starr (1921-2014) talks about writing for radio stars Al Jolson, Dean Martin, and Jerry Lewis. He speaks of his start in television, writing for live programs like Climax! , and explains what it was like to write for the popular show Mister Ed . Starr also talks of...
Interview Arthur Gardner In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Arthur Gardner (1910-2014) talks about how he got his start in the entertainment industry working as an extra at Universal and landing a role in the acclaimed film, All Quiet on the Western Front . He discusses working at the Hal Roach Studio with the First...
Interview Sid Caesar Sid Caesar (1922-2014) emphasizes the challenge of doing live TV in the early days of the medium: "Doing a show live on television is a different animal altogether than doing TV today. I mean on tape, that's like relaxing. That's like going on vacation!" Caesar is a seminal figure in early TV...
Interview Les Flory In his 75-minute interview, Les Flory (1907-2002) describes his time as a television engineer in the RCA laboratories in Camden and Princeton, NJ. Flory talks of joining the RCA team straight out of college, and discusses his work on early television pickup tubes. He recalls working for RCA...