Interview Edward Asner In the first part of his four-hour interview, Ed Asner (1929-2021) describes his start as an actor in theater and on live television. He talks about his appearances on the 1960s television series Naked City, Route 66 , and The Defenders , his appearance as a regular on the political drama Slattery'...
Interview Madelyn Pugh Davis "Bob said, 'I don't want to get tied down, I'll give it a year.' We've been writing together, it'll be 50 years -- and he wasn't sure it would work out," Madelyn Pugh Davis laughs. Bob Carroll, Jr. (1918-2007) and writing partner Madelyn Pugh Davis (1921-2011) first began writing for radio as a...
Interview Steven Wright with Emerson College In his nearly two-and-a-half hour interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Steven Wright talks about his early comedy career and his anxiety performing in front of audiences. He discusses his first performance at the Comedy Connection at Charles Street Playhouse, and...
Interview Alan Ball In his two-hour interview, Alan Ball describes his career writing for the stage, film, and television. He discusses growing up in Georgia and developing an interest in playwriting in college, which he took a step further by creating a theater company in New York City years later. He speaks of his...
Interview Buz Kohan In his nearly five-hour interview, Alan "Buz" Kohan talks about growing up in New York and attending the Eastman School of Music. He discusses working with long-time writing partner Bill Angelos on The Perry Como Show and The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show , and speaks of becoming a producer/writer on The...
Interview Vince Gilligan In his nearly four-hour interview, Vince Gilligan talks about knowing that he wanted to be involved with storytelling, in film or television, from a very early age. He discusses his education at NYU film school and winning a screenwriting award, which led to his first jobs in television writing. He...
