Interview Frederic Ziv In his two-hour-plus interview, Frederic Ziv (1905-2001) discusses his start in print advertising. He then details the founding of one of the first and largest syndication companies in television history. He talks of the first program he syndicated for radio, The Freshest Thing in Town (for local...
Interview Sam Bobrick In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Sam Bobrick (1932-2019) talks about his early years, and his first job, working in the ABC mailroom, which eventually led to writing gags for The Ray Bolger Show . He describes his first official television writing jobs on Make Me Laugh and Captain Kangaroo,...
Interview Arnie Kogen In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Arnie Kogen talks about his early life and writing for MAD Magazine starting in 1959. He recalls early gigs writing for the nightclub acts of Jackie Vernon and Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, and later being on the writing staff of Candid Camera . He recounts...
Interview Dick Smothers In the half-hour solo portion of his interview, Dick Smothers chronicles his early years and influences. He talks about his family life growing up, his early music experience, and getting into entertainment with his brother, Tom Smothers. In the two-and-a-half-hour joint portion of their interview...
Interview Judith Light In her three-hour interview, Judith Light talks about her early years and her training at Carnegie Mellon. She describes being cast as "Karen Wolek" on the daytime drama One Life to Live - a role for which she received two Daytime Emmy awards. She recounts being cast as "Angela Bower" on the comedy...
