Interview Larry Gelbart On his reputation as a writer with deep social conscience, Larry Gelbart (1928-2009) says, "I was very lucky. It is not everybody that gets a vehicle like M*A*S*H , in which for four straight years you can be on a soapbox and hopefully not abuse that position." Gelbart was an Emmy Award-winning...
Topic Industry Crossroads Interviewees discuss pivotal moments in the history of the television industry.
Topic Industry Strikes Interviewees discuss union and guild strikes and how they impacted television production.
Interview Darren Star In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Darren Star talks about his college years studying writing at UCLA and his first industry job, as an assistant at the public relations firm, Guttman & Pam. He discusses his early successes as a screenwriter, and how he transitioned to writing for television...
Interview Ron Friedman In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Ron Friedman talks about his early life and his first writing jobs, penning gags for the comedian Shelley Berman and for The Perry Como Show. He chronicles writing for The Jonathan Winters Show and for The Danny Kaye Show , the latter of which earned him an...
Interview Jeff Kisseloff In his three-hour interview, Jeff Kisseloff talks about his early years, and the fact that his family were early adopters of television, color television, and cable television. He describes doing the research and conducting the interviews for his book The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-...
Interview John Singleton In his three-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, John Singleton (1968-2019) shares stories of growing up in Los Angeles, and his early interest in film. He talks about when he knew he wanted to be a filmmaker (around age nine) and his experience attending USC Film School, where he wrote his breakout...
