Interview Ron Clark In his two-hour interview, Ron Clark talks about his early life and his time in Canada as a writer for stand-up comics. He describes his big break writing for The Jimmy Dean Show , which featured Jim Henson's Muppets. He recounts writing for several other shows following that period including The...
Interview Earl Hamner, Jr. In his four-hour interview, Earl Hamner, Jr. (1923-2016) talks briefly about his earliest writing credits, for shows such as Today; Wide, Wide World; and The United States Steel Hour. Next, he speaks about his experiences writing for the anthology series The Twilight Zone, and discusses each of the...
Interview James L. Loper In his three-hour interview, Dr. James L. Loper (1931-2013) talks about his early influences in broadcasting and his first work in the field as a weekend announcer at KTAR, NBC's radio affiliate in Phoenix, AZ. He describes his rise through academia, earning his doctorate in 1967 from the...
Interview Mike Fenton In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Mike Fenton (1935-2020) talks about his early years breaking into talent agencies in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He speaks about his work as the head of casting for TNL Productions, working for Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard on series including The Andy...
Interview Richard Coogan In his two-hour-and-forty-five-minute interview, Richard Coogan (1914-2014) discusses discovering his love of performing at an early age, doing stage plays with his high school friend. He talks about his days as a radio announcer and being on television as early as 1945, where he worked as an all-...
