Interview Caroll Spinney In his three-hour interview, Caroll Spinney (1933-2019) discusses his early interest in drawing and puppetry. He describes his first work in television puppetry, with his "Rascal Rabbit" puppet, outlines his time on Boston's Bozo's Circus, and recalls the first time he met Jim Henson. Spinney then...
Interview Jim Lehrer In his nearly three-hour interview, Jim Lehrer (1934-2020) talks about his early years as a newspaper reporter and his transition to broadcast journalist. He describes being in Dallas on the day of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963, recounts asking the Secret Service if the protective...
Interview Daniel Schorr In his nearly three-hour interview, Daniel Schorr (1916-2010) talks about his early years and education, where he began his career as a print journalist. He details his transition to radio, then television, working for CBS News in Moscow in the mid-1950s and Germany in the early 1960s. Schorr...
Interview Jonathan Harris In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Jonathan Harris (1914-2002) talks about his early career on the New York stage and his first appearances on television. He recalls appearing on various classic anthology series, including Omnibus, Lights Out, Schlitz Playhouse, and General Electric Theatre. He...
Interview Dwight Hemion In the two-and-a-half-hour solo portion of his interview, Dwight Hemion ( 1926–2008) talks about his early television career at ABC in the late 1940s. He discusses in detail the beginnings of the ABC network and his early directing work on the television series The Rootie Kazootie Club and The...
