Interview Mitch Miller In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Mitch Miller (1911-2010) talks about his early musical interests and playing the oboe in high school. He talks about his first professional jobs in Rochester, NY, and his move to New York City. He mentions working with George Gershwin and describes the...
Interview Barbara Corday In her nearly three-hour interview, Barbara Corday talks about her early years working as a publicist. She describes her transition to writing, working on several popular sitcoms with her partner, Barbara Avedon. She discusses the way in which women writers were treated in the industry in the 1970s...
Interview Loretta Swit In her four-hour interview, Loretta Swit describes her early years as an actress, breaking into theater and television in New York and later moving to Los Angeles. She discusses getting the role of "Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan" on the acclaimed series M*A*S*H , which she played for the entirety of...
Interview David Shaw In his two-hour interview, David Shaw (1916-2007) discusses his prolific career as a television writer. He talks of his start in TV with the 1949 ABC "live" dramatic anthology series Actors Studio . He details his work on the series Philco-Goodyear Playhouse , comments on several of his individual...
Interview Robert Blackman In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Robert Blackman talks about his early interest in costume design. He details his long and successful stint as costume designer for Star Trek: The Next Generation , where his first order of business was to redesign the Starfleet uniforms. He speaks of the many...
