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...
Interview Marilu Henner In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Marilu Henner talks about her early years doing commercials and appearing as "Marty" in the stage play Grease in Chicago. She discusses her time touring and on Broadway, and describes almost being cast on the CBS drama The Paper Chase , but holding out for the...
Interview Thomas W. Sarnoff Of his work as a television executive, Thomas W. Sarnoff (1927-2023) says, "the highlight of my career at NBC, was building a close-knit and very efficient organization on the West Coast that served NBC very well for many years." In his three-hour interview, Sarnoff discusses growing up in the...
Interview Hector Elizondo In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Hector Elizondo talks about his early years as a child singer and making his first television appearance, on the children's series The Adventures of Oky Doky . He describes his first feature film, The Fat Black Pussycat , as well as his first adult television...
Interview Geri Jewell In her nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Geri Jewell discusses her early childhood and her family’s move from her birthplace, Buffalo, NY to Southern California following her cerebral palsy diagnosis. She talks about her early love of Carol Burnett and her childhood dreams of becoming a...
