Interview John Debney In his three-hour interview, John Debney talks about his early years, and becoming a gofer at Disney. He recalls his earliest composing work for The Wonderful World of Disney , and eventually working for television composer Mike Post. He describes composing for several series, including The Young...
Interview Phyllis Diller In her three-hour-plus interview, Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) speaks of her beginnings as a successful comic breaking out of her shell as a middle-aged housewife when she appeared for the first time on stage at San Francisco's Purple Onion. She speaks of her first appearance on television, on...
Interview Sam Denoff In his four-hour interview, Sam Denoff (1928-2011) describes his work in radio at WNEW in New York and his move to Los Angeles to work in television, starting with The Steve Allen Show . He talks about working on The Andy Williams Show before landing a job with writing partner Bill Persky on The...
Interview Barbara Eden In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Barbara Eden chronicles her start in television and her work on early television series including I Love Lucy. She discusses her first regular series role as "Loco Jones" on How to Marry a Millionaire . She then goes on to talk about her starring roles on I...
Interview June Taylor In her three-hour-plus interview, June Taylor (1917-2004) talks about her start as a dancer in the 1930s on the nightclub circuit. She details her television debut, in the late 1930s in London, dancing on her own short program. She describes her start in choreography, which became her permanent...
Interview Ed Bradley Ed Bradley says of his interviewing style: "My job is to put someone in a chair and get them to talk and tell their story, as if there are no cameras, no lights, not seven people in the room, just the two of us sitting there talking." In his nearly four-hour interview, Bradley (1941-2006) discusses...