Interview Jac Venza In his three-hour interview, Jac Venza (1926-2024) talks about his early years and moving to New York City for a career in theater. He describes going to work for CBS in the Art Department for shows like Wonderful Town , Mama , The Blue Angel and Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman’s Life . He chronicles...
Interview Bob Claver In his nearly two-hour interview, Bob Claver (1928-2017) talks about breaking into television in Chicago and his move to New York, where he worked as a writer on various children's shows. He speaks in detail about working with Bob Keeshan as a writer-producer for five years on Captain Kangaroo. He...
Interview Ward Quaal In his three-hour interview, Ward Quaal (1919-2010) describes his lifelong association with Chicago television station WGN, including his beginning as an announcer and working his way up to station manager and later president of the WGN Continental Broadcasting Company. Quaal describes the...
Interview Bernie Kopell In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Bernie Kopell talks about his early years, and stars he encountered as a taxi driver in Los Angeles. He describes his first television gig, on The Jack Benny Program , and later appearing on My Favorite Martian , The Flying Nun , and The Doris Day Show . He...
