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...
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...