Interview Nolan Miller In his five-hour interview, Nolan Miller (1935-2012) talks about his entry into television in the wardrobe department at NBC in the late 1950s, with the daily anthology series Matinee Theater. He recalls his break into the business when he met several notables while working part-time in several...
Interview Carol Burnett In her one-hour interview, Carol Burnett talks about her experiences in college theater and her early television appearances. She recalls her role as a regular on the variety series The Garry Moore Show and then details the genesis of her own series, The Carol Burnett Show . She recounts tales of...
Interview Betty Garrett In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Betty Garrett (1919-2011) talks about her early years training as an actress and dancer at the Neighborhood Playhouse and with Martha Graham in New York City in the 1930s. She describes her stage debut in 1938 in Orson Welles' and John Houseman's Mercury...
Interview Robert Mott In his four-hour interview, Robert Mott (1924-2016) talks about his early work in radio and television as a freelance sound technician. He discusses working in "live" television, providing sound effects. He speaks in great detail about character sounds and effects he created for the classic...
Interview Allan Burns In his five-hour interview, Allan Burns (1935-2021) describes his early years as a page and later a story analyst at NBC in Los Angeles. He outlines his move into the animation field, working for the legendary Jay Ward on The Bullwinkle Show and Fractured Flickers , and recounts the unusual...
Interview Dick Stiles In his one-hour interview, Dick Stiles (1933-2008) speaks about his early years and his interest in art, as well as his first foray into television at the University of Texas at Houston's station, KUHT. He recalls moving to Los Angeles and working as a CBS page until he was promoted to draftsman on...
