Interview Glen Charles In the half-hour solo portion of his interview, Glen Charles talks about his early years growing up near Las Vegas. He discusses the radio and television programs he enjoyed in his youth, his work in advertising, and how he started writing for television with his brother, Les Charles. In the three-...
Interview Marion Ross In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, actress Marion Ross describes her early career, including her appearance as a regular on the 1950s sitcom Life With Father and appearing as a guest on The Lone Ranger, where she uttered the line, "Who was that masked man?" She describes being a struggling...
Interview Thomas W. Moore 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 to ABC, where he became head of programming and then president of the network. He discusses such shows as The Frank...
Interview Gavin MacLeod In his three-hour interview, Gavin MacLeod (1931-2021) talks about changing his name from Allan See to Gavin MacLeod and his early years as an actor in theater, movies, and as a guest on such television series as Peter Gunn and The Untouchables . He discusses his appearance as a regular on McHale's...
Interview James L. Brooks In his five-and-a-half-hour interview, James L. Brooks recalls his early days as a page at CBS -- working his way up to the newsroom -- and speaks about his transition from researching documentaries to writing comedy. He tells of writing scripts for Hey Landlord , The Andy Griffith Show, and My...
