Interviewees discuss memorable moments on televsion that gave us pause.
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“One of my favorite episodes was when Rob's character brought home a friend who had gone to Canada to avoid the draft. There was an explosion at that dinner table when Archie Bunker finds out that he's a draft dodger. They reconciled and finished the dinner, but it was an explosive drama. Very effective, and went right to the heart of the discourse regarding the draft dodger and their motives and the enlisted man.” - Jean Stapleton, Actress
Highlights

Jean Stapleton on how All in the Family used comedy to expose social issues, including bigotry

LeVar Burton on how Roots was a seminal event in people's lives and has become part of history

Phylicia Rashad about her interaction with fans of The Cosby Show, including Nelson Mandela who informed her that he watched it while incarcerated at Robben Island Prison

Ed Bradley on the role television played in shaping public opinion about Vietnam

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode "The Case Against Milo Radulovich A0589839"
Who Talked about This Topic
Robert G. Anderson
Robert G. Anderson on the 60 Minutes piece "The Archbishop" (Robert Sanchez) of New Mexico who was accused of molesting children
Robert G. Anderson on a 60 Minutes story he produced with Mike Wallace, "Smoke but no Fire" about the dangers of smoking
Harve Bennett
Harve Bennett on the importance of the made-for-TV movie A Woman Called Golda
Shelley Berman
Shelley Berman on the night Jack Paar walked off The Jack Paar Show
Lewis Bernstein
Future executive producer Lewis Bernstein on his impressions of Sesame Street upon seeing the show for the first time circa 1970
Executive producer Lewis Bernstein on the Sesame Street shows produced immediately following 9/11 that addressed children's fears and on tolerance
William Blinn
William Blinn on the then-new miniseries format that Roots was presented in, and on the "My name is Toby" scene
Mili Lerner Bonsignori
Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode "The Case Against Milo Radulovich A0589839"
Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode on Senator McCarthy and McCarthy's response
Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode on Annie Lee Moss
Ed Bradley
Ed Bradley on the role television played in shaping public opinion about Vietnam
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton on how Roots was a seminal event in people's lives and has become part of history
Philip Carey
Phil Carey on guest starring on the All in the Family episode "Judging Books by Covers" -- where he plays a homosexual character
Hal Cooper
Hal Cooper on directing the Maude episode "Maude's Dilemma, Part II"
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story, specifically one broadcast of the CBS Evening News
Walter Cronkite on his on-air editorial that he felt the country should get out of Vietnam; what this meant to the country and the Johnson administration
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert on discussing colorization and a black and white episode of Siskel & Ebert & the Movies
Jeff Fager
Jeff Fager on a conflict between then-CEO of CBS Laurence Tisch and 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt over the story of tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Winger, who alleged that the tobacco industry knew the addictive and deadly nature of cigarettes
Jeff Fager on the Abu Ghraib story on 60 Minutes II
John Frankenheimer
John Frankenheimer on the Hollywood Blacklist and The Senator McCarthy episode of See It Now
Leonard H. Goldenson
Leonard H. Goldenson on airing the McCarthy Hearings in their entirety on ABC
Ellen Holly
Ellen Holly on being at the 1963 March on Washington with her aunt Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones on the impact of Roots
Rocky Kalish with Emerson College
Rocky and Irma Kalish on writing for Good Times and the classic All in the Family episode "Edith's Christmas Story" where Edith deals with a breast cancer scare
Nancy Malone
Nancy Malone on how she came to produce and direct There Were Times, Dear about Alzheimer's disease and the impact it had
Bob McGrath
Bob McGrath on memories working with guest star Linda Bove on Sesame Street and the far-reaching impact of an episode about hearing impairment
Roger Mudd
Roger Mudd on reporting on the passage of the Civil Rights Bill
Carroll O'Connor
Carroll O'Connor on his contribution to the All in the Family episode "Two's a Crowd," and the ad-libbing by he and co-star Rob Reiner
Marty Pasetta
Marty Pasetta on Vanessa Redgrave's infamous protest speech at the Academy Awards
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad about her interaction with fans of The Cosby Show, including Nelson Mandela who informed her that he watched it while incarcerated at Robben Island Prison
Bob Schiller
Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the famous two-part abortion episode on Maude
Thomas Schlamme
Thomas Schlamme on watching the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention with his father
Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton on how All in the Family used comedy to expose social issues, including bigotry
Neil Travis
Neil Travis on how being on location for Roots helped inform his editing, leading to his Emmy win
Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams on her relationship with her Roots character, "Kizzy" and on the impact of Roots around the world
Leslie Uggams on the impact of Roots when it aired in 1977
Leslie Uggams on the success of Roots and what it taught Americans about their own history
Bob Weiskopf
Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the famous two-part abortion episode on Maude