Interview Alex Anderson In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Alex Anderson (1920-2010) speaks about his early years when he began his animation career at his uncle's Terrytoons. He talks about deciding to produce animated cartoons for television (at the time of the medium's introduction) and forming a partnership with...
Interview Ann Marcus In her nearly four-hour interview, Ann Marcus (1921-2014) talks about her early interest in writing, which led her to become a "copy boy" at The New York Daily News and later a reporter/researcher at Life magazine. She describes her early, unsuccessful attempts at being an actress and her and her...
Interview Monty Hall In his over three-hour interview, Monty Hall (1921-2017) reminisces about his early career in radio in Winnipeg and Toronto, and his subsequent move to New York. He describes his work on early television shows The Sky's The Limit , Bingo-at-Home , Video Village , and Your First Impression . Hall...
Interview Richard Matheson In his three-hour interview, Richard Matheson (1926-2013) recalls the inspiration behind his classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," which starred William Shatner: "I was on an airplane and I looked out and there was all these fluffy clouds and I thought, 'gee what if I saw a guy...
Interview Steven Bochco Steven Bochco (1943-2018), a producer known to "push the envelope" in many of the series he created and produced, attests to experiencing as much drama behind-the-scenes as on the screen. On producing Hill Street Blues , he says, "there is something that is truly magical when you catch lightning in...
Interview Frank Nastasi In his hour-and-a-half interview, Frank Nastasi (1923-2004) speaks in great detail about his years working with Soupy Sales on WXYZ-TV Detroit's Lunch with Soupy and WNEW-TV New York's The Soupy Sales Show . He animatedly describes and demonstrates the "voice" of some of his most memorable...
