We Cried

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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"At President Kennedy's funeral when young John-John came out and saluted.... I still think it's the best single, most impressive, most dramatic television shot in the history of television." - Julian Goodman, NBC Executive

Interviewees discuss the memorable television moments that made us cry.

Highlights

Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of JFK's assassination

08:17

Joan Ganz Cooney on the Sesame Street episode following actor Will Lee's death, "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (airdate: November 24, 1983)

01:16

Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics

20:52

Fred Rogers on addressing the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

04:40

Tim Russert on the Meet the Press broadcast following 9/11 and the tribute to Father Mychal Judge

02:09

Walter Cronkite on announcing the assassination of President Kennedy; the emotional impact of that day

02:23

Who talked about this topic

Alan Alda

Alan Alda on the M*A*S*H episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"-- its dramatic significance and Alda's critique of a scene in which he cries on camera

01:23

Larry Auerbach

Larry Auerbach on the final episode of M*A*S*H: "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"

01:49

Paris Barclay

Paris Barclay on directing Jimmy Smits' last episode of NYPD Blue

05:05

Steven Bochco

Steven Bochco on portraying the death of "Sgt. Phil Esterhaus" after actor Michael Conrad dies during series production

02:01

Stan Chambers

Stan Chambers on reporting at the scene of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy -- a story that was followed nationwide

11:01

Stan Chambers the conclusion of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy and some of the details of the coverage as well as the influence it had for how television covered live news events

08:38

Stan Chambers on covering the Los Angeles riots in 1993

06:02

Stan Chambers on covering the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968

04:28

Stan Chambers on KTLA's breaking the news story of the Rodney King beating by Los Angeles police officers

11:04

Stan Chambers on a photo of his coverage of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy

00:27

Stan Chambers on a screen photo of his breaking the Rodney King beating story on KTLA

00:26

Glen Charles

Glen and Les Charles on the series finale of Cheers

00:37

Les Charles

Glen and Les Charles on the series finale of Cheers

00:37

Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney on the Sesame Street episode following actor Will Lee's death, "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (airdate: November 24, 1983)

01:16

Warren Cowan

Publicist Warren Cowan on the televised Kathy Fiscus tragedy

00:48

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite on announcing the assassination of President Kennedy; the emotional impact of that day

02:23

Ramin Djawadi

Ramin Djawadi on using a version of the Stark theme, "Goodbye Brother," during "Hodor's" death in season 6 of Game of Thrones

01:34

Sam Donaldson

Sam Donaldson on questionning Ronald Reagan about the failure of O-rings in the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy

01:04

On the September 11, 2001 attacks and his view of generational historical moments

04:20

Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr on the final episode of M*A*S*H

02:37

Frank Gifford

Frank Gifford on working on Wide World of Sports and memories of the terrorist attack in Munich at the 1972 Olympics

04:00

Leonard Goldberg

Leonard Goldberg on William Blinn adding narration to the TV movie Brian's Song

02:31

Julian Goodman

Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of JFK's assassination

08:17

Everett Greenbaum

Everett Greenbaum on the death of "Col Henry Blake" on M*A*S*H

01:45

Ron Howard

Ron Howard on using the death of a pet in real life to reach the emotions needed in The Andy Griffith Show episode "Opie the Birdman"

01:56

Irma Kalish

Irma Kalish on how writing the All in the Family episode dealing with cancer helped her friend, and impacted her feeling about her profession "you never know how many people you've touched"

02:11

Rocky Kalish

Irma Kalish on how writing the All in the Family episode dealing with cancer helped her friend, and impacted her feeling about her profession "you never know how many people you've touched"

02:11

Bob Keeshan

Bob Keeshan on remaining in character as "Clarabell the Clown", and his opinion on the Howdy Doody finale where "Clarabell" spoke for the only time

01:26

A.C. Lyles

A.C. Lyles on the early years of KTLA and the impact of the Kathy Fiscus tragedy

04:03

Gavin MacLeod

Gavin MacLeod on "The Last Show," the final episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show

02:08

Sonia Manzano

Sonia Manzano on the Sesame Street episode "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (airdate: November 24, 1983)

03:08

Sonia Manzano on the death of Muppet creator Jim Henson

01:37

Bob McGrath

Bob McGrath on how Will Lee's passing was handled on Sesame Street - the famous "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" episode

01:36

Bob McGrath on filming the emotional scene of episode "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" when "Big Bird" comes to understand that "Mr. Hooper" has died

00:47

Jim McKay

Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics

20:52

Burt Metcalfe

Burt Metcalfe on the death of "Col Henry Blake" on M*A*S*H

04:39

Producer Burt Metcalfe on the most effective line in M*A*S*H: "The Interview"

03:01

Burt Metcalfe on the next-to-last M*A*S*H episode "As Time Goes By"

04:17

Roger Mudd

Roger Mudd on covering Bobby Kennedy's Presidential bid and standing next to Ethel Kennedy when Bobby was assassinated

07:30

Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart on the surprise ending of the Newhart series finale and the "red herring" ending that was written to elude the press

04:24

Carroll O'Connor

Carroll O'Connor on his acting with Danielle Brisebois in the Archie Bunker's Place episode "Archie Alone," that reveals Edith Bunker's death

01:29

Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer on Jim McKay's amazing job covering the 1972 Munich Olympics

02:01

Don Pardo

Don Pardo on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and having to read the announcement of his death

03:22

Marty Pasetta

Marty Pasetta on Charlie Chaplin appearing on the first Academy Awards he directed

01:26

Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers on addressing the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

04:40

Marion Ross

Marion Ross on the final episode of Happy Days, which featured the marriage of "Joanie" and "Chachi," and the return of Ron Howard as "Ritchie Cunningham"

01:24

Tim Russert

Tim Russert on the Meet the Press broadcast following 9/11 and the tribute to Father Mychal Judge

02:09

Ralph Senensky

Ralph Senensky on directing the "Grandma Comes Home" episode of The Waltons

05:23

Caroll Spinney

"Big Bird" performer Caroll Spinney on telling Will Lee ("Mr. Hooper") he loved him, during what turned out to be Lee's last day of shooting; on "Farewell, Mr. Hooper"

04:38

Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton on the decision to have the character of "Edith Bunker" die, in the Archie Bunker's Place episode "Archie Alone"

03:27

Keith Thibodeaux

Actor Keith Thibodeaux on being on the "Lucy Meets the Moustache" (the last) episode of I Love Lucy

01:13

Stanford Tischler

Stanford Tischler on the classic M*A*S*H episode "Abyssinia, Henry" and when he was informed about the show's ending

01:13

James Wall

James Wall on stage-managing CBS's coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral

03:54

Joseph M. Wilcots

Joseph M. Wilcots on staging the Roots scenes in which "Kunta Kinte's" foot is cut off and where "Kissy" is taken from her family

04:16

Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker on the first episode of Saturday Night Live following 9/11

01:26

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