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...
Interview Robert Clary In his two-hour interview, Robert Clary (1926-2022) talks about his early life, and his harrowing experience being placed in a concentration camp during World War II, where he lost most of his immediate family, including his parents. He describes being liberated from Buchenwald in 1945, after which...
