Comedy-Variety The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents 02:26 Tabs About “You had to have your wits about you. It was a little bit like summer stock…I think the thing that made it the golden age of television is most of us were from Broadway.” - Jayne Meadows, Actress Interviewees discuss television's "Golden Age" of comedies. Related topics TV's Golden Age (1940s & '50s) Highlights Jayne Meadows on the challenges of working in live television 05:00 Carl Reiner on Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour 16:37 Hazel Shermet on appearing on The Morey Amsterdam Show 10:05 Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on the challenges of acting in live television; on sets and locations on Mary Kay and Johnny 04:12 Stewart MacGregory on being stage coordinator for NBC Television starting in 1948 05:16 Howard Morris on co-starring on Admiral Broadway Revue, Your Show of Shows, and Caesar's Hour, along with Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, and Carl Reiner 16:48 Who talked about this topic Paul BogartView Interview Paul Bogart briefly on being a stage manager on Your Show of Shows 01:12 Hume CronynView Interview Hume Cronyn on appearing in the series The Marriage with wife Jessica Tandy 08:53 Jamie FarrView Interview Jamie Farr on Sherwood Schwartz writing for The Red Skelton Show 01:19 Larry GelbartView Interview Larry Gelbart on the rigorous work ethic and camraderie of the writers of Caesar's Hour 02:04 Sheila KuehlView Interview Sheila Kuehl on playing "Jackie Erwin" on The Stu Erwin Show aka Trouble With Father 11:14 Norman LearView Interview Norman Lear on the challenges of working all day and night in the days of live television 04:50 Stewart MacGregoryView Interview Stewart MacGregory on being stage coordinator for NBC Television starting in 1948 05:16 Jayne MeadowsView Interview Jayne Meadows on the challenges of working in live television 05:00 Jayne Meadows on her sister Audrey Meadows as "Alice Kramden" on The Honeymooners 05:39 Howard MorrisView Interview Howard Morris on co-starring on Admiral Broadway Revue, Your Show of Shows, and Caesar's Hour, along with Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, and Carl Reiner 16:48 Don PikeView Interview Don Pike on being technical director for Lights Out and Your Hit Parade 04:31 Carl ReinerView Interview Carl Reiner on Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour 16:37 Gene ReynoldsView Interview Gene Reynolds on the M*A*S*H episode "Point of View" 01:26 Gene Reynolds on killing off "Henry Blake" on M*A*S*H 04:53 Hazel ShermetView Interview Hazel Shermet on appearing on The Morey Amsterdam Show 10:05 Hazel Shermet on appearing on The Fred Allen Show 02:57 Hazel Shermet on doing Songs You've Never Heard for WOR 03:17 Mary Kay StearnsView Interview Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on the challenges of acting in live television; on sets and locations on Mary Kay and Johnny 04:12 Johnny StearnsView Interview Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns on the challenges of acting in live television; on sets and locations on Mary Kay and Johnny 04:12 Gale StormView Interview Gale Storm on how My Little Margie impacted television 01:43 Mel TolkinView Interview Mel Tolkin on writing for Your Show of Shows 08:55 Mel Tolkin on classic sketches from Caesar's Hour featuring Sid Caesar 07:54
