Interview Bill Dana In his nearly three-hour Archive interview, Bill Dana (1924-2017) talks about growing up during the Depression, his interest in comedy, and his stint as an NBC page. He discusses teaming up for a comedy act with Gene Wood, before joining The Steve Allen Show , where he became head writer. He...
Interview Charles Cappleman In his over four-hour Archive interview, Charles "Cappy" Cappleman (1926-2021) discusses his tenure at the NBC Summer Radio-TV Institute at Northwestern University, and his interactions with Chicago television greats including Dave Garroway, Bob Banner and the cast of Kukla, Fran and Ollie. He...
Profession Writers A commonplace in the television industry is that "it all begins with the script." In part, this notion recognizes the centrality of writers in the early days of live television, when authors such as Reginald Rose, Paddy Chayevsky and Rod Serling established the medium as an arena for the...
Interview Vince Calandra In his over four-hour Archive 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,...
Interview Walter Bernstein In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Walter Bernstein (1919-2021) discusses being listed in Red Channels in 1950 and talks of his ties to the Communist Party. Despite being blacklisted and pressured by the FBI, Bernstein details how he wrote under pseudonyms and with the help of "fronts" for...
Profession Show Creators This category consists of writers and producers who have created television shows.
