Interview Bob Newhart In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Bob Newhart (1929-2024) discusses his upbringing and early roots in comedy. He talks of his early job as an accountant and the boredom that accompanied the position, from which sprung his idea of ad-libbed phone call comedy and his first comedy album. He...
Interview Leo Chaloukian In his nearly four-hour interview, Leo Chaloukian (1927-2024) discusses his childhood and service in the navy before detailing his long and decorated career in the sound industry. Chaloukian explains various elements of sound design, including Foley, ADR, and mixing, and describes his work on...
Blog Post Remembering Leo Chaloukian The sound engineer and former Television Academy president passed away at the age of 97.
Interview Dominick Dunne In his two-hour interview, Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) talks about his formative years during which he made associations with such notable figures as Gore Vidal and Anais Nin. He describes his first job in television, as a stage manager at NBC. He reminisces about working with the children on Howdy...
Interview Rick Berman In his three-hour-plus interview, Rick Berman talks about his early years in television, where he worked as a producer on documentary series and specials including The Big Blue Marble . He recalls his move to Los Angeles and his work as a development executive before being tapped by Gene...
Interview Jerry Mathers In his nearly four-hour interview, Jerry Mathers talks about his start as a child model from the age of two, which led to his acting career in live television in the early 1950s. He describes an early appearance on a Western sketch on All Star Revue with Ed Wynn, in which he wore a diaper and six-...
