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In his four-hour interview, Dixon Dern talks about his early career working as an in-house attorney for the animation production company United Productions of America, and talks about how his...

In his two-hour interview, George Faber (1921-2011) talks about his early years breaking into the business in local television in Chicago, where he notably worked at the NBC and later...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Stanley Hubbard recalls his father's creation of Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. as a local radio and then television company. He speaks of his own early years...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Hershel Burke Gilbert (1918-2003) talks about his early interest in music and his studies in college (including eventually studying conducting and composing at Julliard), and his...

In his nearly four-hour interview, Larry Rhine (1910-2000) speaks of his early years as a writer in radio, which culminated in the position of head-writer of Duffy's Tavern (1949-50). He...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Arthur Gardner (1910-2014) talks about how he got his start in the entertainment industry working as an extra at Universal and landing a role in the...

In his nearly five-and-a-half-hour interview, Thomas W. Moore (1918-2007) talks about his early years at CBS radio in sales in the late 1940s and early '50s. He describes his move...

In his over four-hour interview, Charles "Cappy" Cappleman (1926-2021) discusses his tenure at the NBC Summer Radio-TV Institute at Northwestern University, and his interactions with Chicago television greats including Dave...

In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Roger King (1944-2007) talks about his early years in television, including his position as general manager of Fort Lauderdale station WKID. He discusses the founding of...

In his three-hour interview, Arthur Penn (1922-2010) discusses his early years and his experience in World War II. He recalls his first television job as floor manager for The Colgate...

In his two-hour interview, composer Gerald Fried (1928-2023) talks about his early work on Stanley Kubrick's first films, including his pulsating score for The Killing. Fried then discusses his work...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Tommy Cole speaks about his early introduction to the entertainment industry as a child, singing and playing the accordion on television and radio shows. He speaks...

In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Marilu Henner talks about her early years doing commercials and appearing as "Marty" in the stage play Grease in Chicago. She discusses her time touring and...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Will Mackenzie speaks about his early television guest appearances, his voice-over work in commercials, and his part in Broadway's Hello Dolly! He looks back on landing...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Al Michaels speaks about his early years as a sports enthusiast who, as a child, wanted to become an announcer. He talks about the practical...

In his three-hour interview, Alan A. Armer (1922-2010) talks about his early years growing up during the Great Depression. He acknowledges winning a World's Fastest Talker contest, while a teenager...

In her over two-hour interview, Katherine Helmond (1929-2019) speaks about being a shy child and how she blossomed when she became an actress, feeling most "at home" on stage. She...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Arthur Rankin, Jr. (1924-2014) talks about his family's background in vaudeville and his time as a page boy at Radio City Music Hall. He discusses his...

In his three-hour interview, Garvin Eddy talks about his early years, and his very first experience on a television show set, when he visited Maude to talk to Edward Stephenson...

In his over two-hour interview, Lee Mendelson (1933-2019) speaks about his early work in television as a writer-producer at San Francisco's KPIX, including a Peabody Award-winning documentary on the history...