Interview Sol Saks In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Sol Saks (1910-2011) talks about his early years breaking into radio writing in Chicago and Los Angeles. He gives his impressions of such radio personalities as Dinah Shore, Ozzie Nelson, Fanny Brice, and Hattie McDaniel. On Duffy's Tavern he recalls the long...
Interview John Langley John Langley (1943-2021) says of his background: "I'm a kid of the '60s. I'm sort of anti-authoritarian by nature. If you told me I was going to do a show about cops, I would have said, 'What am I going to call it, Pigs ?'" John Langley discusses producing a string of documentary specials in the...
Interview Paul Shaffer In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Paul Shaffer talks about growing up in Canada, attending the University of Toronto, and becoming the music director for the Toronto production of Godspell . He reveals what prompted his move to New York, discusses how he came to be a musician/performer on...
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...
