Blog Post Veterans Day: Reflection on Service In honor of Veterans Day, we present our Google Cultural Exhibit: Reflections on Service.
Interview Julia Child In her three-hour interview, Julia Child (1912-2004) discusses her early years in Pasadena, CA, and details her time with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, forerunner to the CIA) during World War II. She describes moving to France after the war and becoming interested in French cooking, which...
Interview Sam Christaldi In his three-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Sam Christaldi (1914-2008) speaks of his early life and influences and his education. He recounts going to work for the DuMont company as part of the team helping to engineer and develop technical standards for television sets and broadcasts. He...
Blog Post Interviewees to Be Inducted into Television Hall of Fame Congratulations to all the inductees!
Interview John Aniston In his two-hour interview, John Aniston (1933-2022) talks about his early years, and his time in the Navy. He recalls his earliest stage performances, and early roles on shows like The Virginian and Kojak . He speaks of his first foray into daytime drama, as “Dr. Eric Richards” on Days of Our Lives...
Show Sesame Street Before Sesame Street , successful children's programs were entertainment oriented and appeared on commercial television; educational programs were thought to be boring and pedantic and appeared on public television which garnered a small, more affluent audience. Co-creator Joan Ganz Cooney...
Show Sesame Street: "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" The Sesame Street episode "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" aired on Thanksgiving Day in 1983 (November 24th) so that the entire family could watch the show that dealt directly with the death of character Mr. [Harold] Hooper (actor Will Lee had died the previous year). Head writer Norman Stiles and his...
