Blog Post Happy 100th Ralph Senensky! The director of Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Dr. Kildare, and many more turns 100.
Interview Jan Murray with Emerson College In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Jan Murray (1916-2006) talks about his early comedy career. He recalls recreating comedy acts in vaudeville shows and getting his first entertainment gigs, including at the Hippodrome Theatre and the Melbourne Hotel. He details how he puts together his comedy...
Profession Game Show Host In 1970, the FCC introduced two new regulations, the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (Fin-Syn) and the Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR), that had a considerable effect on quiz/game show producers and on the television industry in general. Fin-Syn limited network ownership of television...
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...
