Alan Alda on his adoration for the early radio comedians and talk show hosts such as Arthur Godfrey and Steve Allen
04:21
Alan Alda on his father, Robert Alda's, early TV roles
01:18
Alan Alda on how the burlesque comics and Vaudeville influenced him at an early age
02:47
Alan Alda on working with and being influenced by actor Burgess Meredith with Naked City
04:14
Alan Alda on writing the M*A*S*H episode "Dear Sigmund"
01:35
Alan Alda on the craft of writing
00:42
Ed Bradley on discovering his calling after meeting a Philadelphia disc jockey when Bradley was enrolled at a teacher training college
02:15
Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes executive producer Don Hewitt's beneficial influence on Bradley's work, and on his influence on television news programs in general
02:29
Ed Bradley on his mentor Del Shields, from WDAS radio in Philadelphia
01:33
Kevin Bright on how his father, a former Vaudeville comedian, brought comedy into their home when Bright was a child
01:41
Kevin Bright on his love of television as a child, and how that sowed the seeds for his career
02:15
Kevin Bright on attending Emerson College
03:00
Stephen J. Cannell on producer Jo Swerling Jr.
02:58
Stephen J. Cannell on producer Jo Swerling Jr.
03:36
Stephen J. Cannell on what he learned from Roy Huggins
04:26
Steven J. Cannell on being a mentor to young television writers
04:05
Margaret Cho on being a role model for Asian American female comedians
00:41
Margaret Cho on her comedic influences
02:02
Margaret Cho on getting to work with her mentors
01:01
Margaret Cho on being a role model for Asian American female comedians
00:41
Ron Cowen on the creative influence his mother, a former costume designer for Twentieth Century Fox, had on his life
02:26
Ron Cowen on mentors he's had in his career: Jerome Lawrence, Lloyd Richards, and Angela Lansbury
01:50
Billy Crystal on his early stand-up act, and on Jack Rollins' criticism of his act
06:59
Billy Crystal on being the "class comedian" in his high school, and on being influenced by comedians like Johnathan Winters
05:24
Billy Crystal on mentors in his career, including Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner, and Jack Rollins
05:23
Ann Curry on the advice her father gave her growing up about choosing a profession that was of service to others, and how this led her to journalism
00:43
Ann Curry on how television, and in particular television journalism, impacted her growing up, and how that led to her career choices
02:55
Ann Curry on studying journalism at the University of Oregon, and on her shift from newspaper reporting to broadcast journalism with an internship at KTVL in Medford, Oregon
03:48
Elias Davis and David Pollock on their mentors
02:03
Elias Davis and David Pollock on the legacy of M*A*S*H and its creator Larry Gelbart
06:26
Elias Davis and David Pollock on the legacy of M*A*S*H and its creator Larry Gelbart
06:26
Elias Davis and David Pollock on their mentors
02:03
Rebecca Eaton on her mother, who was an actress, taking her to the theater when she was a child
02:47
Rebecca Eaton on working at the BBC in London after graduating from Vassar College, and her love of British culture
02:36
Rebecca Eaton on her mentor, Henry Becton, former President of WGBH in Boston
01:29
Peter Ellenshaw on his early interest in film and his mentor
03:06
Harrison Ellenshaw on following in his father's footsteps as a matte artist
00:43
Harrison Ellenshaw on following in his father's footsteps and becoming a matte artist
02:11
Harrison Ellenshaw on comparing his and his father's work and his father's legacy
02:05
Ron Howard on the first acting lesson his father taught him
00:41
Ron Howard on the inspiration for his trademark laugh from Happy Days
00:13
Ron Howard on his struggle to gain the acceptance of Bette Davis, while directing her in the TV movie Skyward
03:58
Ron Howard on how actors should always consider television as a source of good roles
00:52
Dr. John Leverence on his first job, as a ticket-taker at the Roxy Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, which enabled him to sneak a peek at films being shown, and on his early memories of television and the shows he enjoyed
04:23
Dr. John Leverence on the importance of the Television Academy Foundation Interviews program and its extraordinary value which he believes scholars will reference for one-hundred years
02:05
Daniel Lipman on writing a play during college, and sharing it with his professor, theater critic Elliot Norton, which led to him being represented by agent Audrey Wood
02:17
Daniel Lipman on mentors he's had in his career, mostly importantly writing partner Ron Cowen
00:45
Richard Matheson on the movies influencing and inspiring his writing, and the letter he wrote to producer Val Lewton praising his work
02:01
Richard Matheson on the Twilight Zone episode "Little Girl Lost" and how real life inspired the story
01:06
Richard Matheson on the seed idea for Duel
00:57
Richard Matheson on coming up with the idea for the story of Dying Room Only
00:47
Kent McCray on his early experience in the theater, and on his mentor, Dr. Nagy
10:17
Kent McCray on his mentors, and people he learned from while working at NBC in Los Angeles
02:10
Kent McCray on mentors in his career
05:58
Elias Davis and David Pollock on their mentors
02:03
Elias Davis and David Pollock on the legacy of M*A*S*H and its creator Larry Gelbart
06:26
Elias Davis and David Pollock on the legacy of M*A*S*H and its creator Larry Gelbart
06:26
Elias Davis and David Pollock on their mentors
02:03
Tony Roberts on the comedic actor Hiram Sherman, and on what he learned from him as well as Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and others
04:27
Tony Roberts on learning comedic technique from Milton Berle, and on farce
07:44
John Singleton on how seeing "Star Wars" when he was nine made him understand what a director does
00:39
John Singleton on the importance of movies to him when he was growing up
02:36
John Singleton on changing junior high schools of his own volition (without moving or permission), and how this led him to meeting children of people in the film business who also aspired to be filmmakers
06:56
John Singleton on attending USC Film School: "It was a revelation for me"
02:34
John Singleton on seeing the film "She's Gotta Have It," meeting Spike Lee and telling him, "I'm going to USC Film School in two weeks. Watch out for me. I'm coming"
02:39
John Singleton on seeing a screening of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" and how it made him determined to find his own voice and tell his own stories
01:59
John Singleton on how he uses music and sound in his work, and how this was influenced by classes he took at USC
04:44
John Singleton on the opening sequence of his film "Baby Boy" and using the theories of psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing
03:16
Robert Smigel on wanting to be a comedian since he was three years old, and on his early influences being comedians like Red Skelton, and television shows like Mister Ed and Saturday Night Live, but on deciding to become dentist like his father because he didn't think it was possible to have a career as a comedian
06:01
Robert Smigel on coming up with the idea for his character "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" for Late Night with Conan O'Brien; on the character first saying “for me to poop on”; on the dog’s gold bow tie; on the cigar prop; on doing a deadpan stare as "Triumph" in the vein of comedian Myron Cohen; on the character being a good catharsis for the audience since Conan is super polite and "Triumph" is the opposite
06:38
G.E. Smith on his earliest musical influences
01:48
G.E. Smith on music he listened to on the radio as a child and his first exposure to rock and roll
04:39
G.E. Smith on attending a broadcast of Hootenanny and learning to play from watching other musicians
03:55
G.E. Smith on playing guitar for Hall & Oates and appearing with them on Saturday Night Live
03:47
Richard Thomas on appearing on the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "The Christmas Tree" at age 6, and on learning from Margaret Hamilton and Jessica Tandy on that show
07:10
Richard Thomas on mentors in his career including Will Geer, Geraldine Page, Michael Learned, and Ralph Waite
02:35
Tracey Ullman on how she started doing impersonations of people when she was a kid, both of people she knew and women on television
05:37
Tracey Ullman on attending a performing arts school starting at age 12
07:02
Tracey Ullman on being introduced to James L. Brooks and on his idea for her to "do a Peter Sellers thing" on the then-new network Fox, and on the research she did into American comedy (and particularly female comedians) prior to starting the show
06:13
Tracey Ullman on how she maintains her confidence in her work, and on the champions she's had over the years
02:22
Tracey Ullman on the opportunities and advice mentors have given her throughout her career
02:18
Tracey Ullman on getting to meet and work with some of her comedic heroes over the years, including Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner, and Lily Tomlin
01:33
Keenen Ivory Wayans on seeing Richard Pryor for the first time and deciding to become a comedian
02:14
Keenen Ivory Wayans on the biggest change in his career: deciding to make his own movie with writing partner Robert Townsend
Keenen Ivory Wayans on the highlight of his career: delivering a speech at a party for Richard Pryor and on why he wasn't ready to meet him earlier
02:19
Keenen Ivory Wayans on advice to actors
00:56
Alan Zweibel on the influence of The Dick Van Dyke Show, and on his friendship with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks
03:05
Alan Zweibel on learning to write jokes by watching shows like The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Dick Cavett Show
03:52
Alan Zweibel on Larry David's early stand-up act, and on his comedy mentors like Garry Shandling
04:06
Alan Zweibel on his mentors and on being a mentor
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