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In his one-hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Norman Lear (1922-2023) talks about his early years at Emerson College and his time in the television business...

In the one-and-a-half-hour solo portion of her interview, Vanna White speaks about her early years and influences, her work as a model, and her appearance as a contestant on The...

In his two-hour interview, Garrett Morris discusses his early work as a singer with Harry Belafonte. He outlines his transition from singing to acting and recalls his first television appearance...

In her one-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Jane Curtin talks about her early years and her time with an improv troop in New York City. She describes being cast as one of the...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Laraine Newman recalls her early interest in performing, which led her to study mime with Marcel Marceau and to be a founding member of The Groundlings...

In her two-hour interview, Kay Koplovitz talks about her interests at a very early age in the concept of satellite and cable technology. She discusses her work as director of...

In her three-hour-plus interview, June Taylor (1917-2004) talks about her start as a dancer in the 1930s on the nightclub circuit. She details her television debut, in the late 1930s...

In his two-hour interview, Dr. Robert Schuller (1926-2015) describes his early years growing up poor on a farm in Iowa. He talks about his calling to religion and his eventual...

In his four-hour interview, Don Ohlmeyer (1945-2017) talks about his early years in television as an associate director for ABC sports. He shares memorable moments from his experiences directing the...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Ira Skutch (1921-2010) talks about his early years as a page and later as a manager of guided tours at NBC in the mid-1940s. He...

In her three-hour interview, Lucille Kallen (1922-1999) talks about her early years in the Poconos and her longtime association with her mentor, producer Max Liebman, who hired her on the...

In his five-hour interview, Nolan Miller (1935-2012) talks about his entry into television in the wardrobe department at NBC in the late 1950s, with the daily anthology series Matinee Theater...

Part of the local Los Angeles news scene for over 60 years, Stan Chambers (1923-2015) was instrumental in the national evolution of local television news coverage. Chambers worked at KTLA...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, John Silva (1920-2012) talks about his early interest in television and his desire to get into engineering. He recalls his time as a radar officer during...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Irving Fein (1911-2012) speaks at length about his 28 years managing and producing for Jack Benny, as well as his years managing George Burns. Fein discusses...

In his over four-hour interview, Vince Calandra (1934-2025) talks about working his way up from the mailroom at CBS to working in production and handling the cue cards for The...

In the two-hour solo portion of his interview, Anthony Geary describes his early interest in movies and his acting ambitions. He talks about his move to Los Angeles, appearing with...

In his nearly three-and-a-half-hour interview, Dick Martin (1922-2008) speaks about his lifelong ambition to work in the entertainment industry and talks of his early career steps in Hollywood. He describes...

In his 75-minute interview, Danny Epstein (1925-2010) talks about his 35-year association with Sesame Street as manager of the show's music services department. Epstein, a founding member of the series...

In the one-and-a-half-hour solo portion of her interview, Genie Francis talks about her father, actor Ivor Francis, and how he taught her respect for the craft of acting. She talks...