Interview Berle Adams In his three-hour interview, Berle Adams (1917-2009) talks about his early career in the music industry as a band booker, working with artists such as Louis Jordan, and then as a founding executive at Mercury Records. He describes in detail his work as a talent agent in MCA's television department...
Interview Stanford Tischler In his two-hour interview, Stanford Tischler (1921-2014) talks about his early start in the business as an apprentice sound effects editor at RKO Studios. He speaks in detail about the regime at RKO (presided over by Howard Hughes) and shares his personal experiences working on the film Hard, Fast...
Interview John Moffitt In his nearly four-hour interview, John Moffitt describes his start in television as a production assistant on The Ed Sullivan Show . He details rising through the ranks to become an assistant director on the show during the mid-to-late 1960s and shares his recollections of several memorable guests...
Interview Vince Calandra In his over four-hour interview, Vince Calandra talks about working his way up from the mailroom at CBS to working in production and handling the cue cards for The Ed Sullivan Show . He describes his promotion to talent coordinator for the series and mentions some of the guests he booked, including...
Interview Les Charles In the twenty-minute solo portion of his interview, Les Charles talks about his early years growing up near Las Vegas. He recalls the first time he saw television and his early jobs working in a bar and as a substitute teacher. He also recounts becoming writing partners with his brother, Glen...
