Interviewees discuss the memorable television moments that made us cry.

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

    08:17
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    Joan Ganz Cooney on the Sesame Street episode following actor Will Lee's death,  "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (airdate: November 24, 1983)

    01:16
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    Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics

    20:52
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    Fred Rogers on addressing the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

    04:40
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    Tim Russert on the Meet the Press broadcast following 9/11 and the tribute to Father Mychal Judge

    02:09
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    Walter Cronkite on announcing the assassination of President Kennedy; the emotional impact of that day

    02:23

    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

    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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