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-...
Interview Richard Donner In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Richard Donner (1930-2021) talks about his start as an actor in New York and the career-changing moment when director Martin Ritt told him that he should work behind the camera as his assistant. Donner describes his start as a director, working in commercials...
Interview Marla Gibbs In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Marla Gibbs talks about getting her start as an actress in Los Angeles after working many jobs and raising a family in the Midwest. She speaks in great detail about the role and the series with which she is most identified, "Florence Johnston" on The Jeffersons...
Interview Don Pardo In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Don Pardo (1918-2014) talks about joining NBC in 1944. He defines his duties as a staff announcer and lists several of the radio and early television series on which he worked. He describes his trademark announcing style and speaks of his long association...