Interview Phil Donahue In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Phil Donahue (1935-2024) describes the meandering path that led to hosting his long-running talk show, The Phil Donahue Show aka Donahue . He explains how his journey took him from announcing television news at KYW in Cleveland, OH, to working in a bank in...
Interview Steve Allen In his six-hour interview, Steve Allen (1921-2000) describes his transition from radio to television, working with writing team Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr. on his primetime radio show, The Steve Allen Show , and his first television appearance in 1949 as a wrestling announcer for ABC in...
Interview Agnes Nixon In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Agnes Nixon (1927-2016) discusses her love of reading and writing. She recalls attending Northwestern University and changing her focus from acting to writing. She talks of getting hired by legendary Irna Phillips to write for the soap opera Woman in White...
Interview Ruth Duskin Feldman In her two-hour interview, Ruth Duskin Feldman (1934-2015) speaks in great detail about her long-running association with Quiz Kids. She talks about the show's early years on radio when she was one of the only female regulars. She discusses the children's interaction with the producers and host Joe...
Interview Norman Lear In his five-hour interview, Norman Lear (1922-2023) speaks about his early work in publicity and his move to Los Angeles, where he teamed up with comedy writer Ed Simmons. He recounts how he broke into the business by finagling Danny Thomas' phone number from his office and pitching a comedy...
Interview Dick Wolf In his three-hour interview, Dick Wolf talks about his parents, who worked at NBC publicity in the 1950's, and the fact that, as a child, he was often in the Peanut Gallery of The Howdy Doody Show . Wolf also speaks extensively about his early career in advertising and his original ad campaigns and...
Interview Michael King In his three-hour interview, Michael King (1948-2015) talks about his adolescent years and early interests and describes his first work in broadcasting, selling time in radio. He chronicles the history of King World, founded by his father Charles King, and describes how his father came to...
