Albert Freedman

Albert Freedman talks about his early days as a writer and producer for radio, on such audience participation shows as Earn Your Vacation and A Dollar A Minute. He describes his transition to TV, writing for The Pinky Lee Show and You Bet Your Life. He describes his early association with Jack Barry and Dan Enright when he produced the quiz shows Juvenile Jury and Life Begins at Eighty in the mid-1950s. He describes his work as a producer on Tic Tac Dough and Tweny-One. Twenty-One would become the center of controversy during the "quiz show scandals" and Freedman describes his testimonies before the grand jury hearings in New York and the later Harris subcommittee in Washington D.C. Freedman describes his dealings with Charles Van Doren, whom he initially booked on Twenty-One, the star witness of the Washington hearings. Freedman also discusses his later work in television, after a long absence, on such series as KTLA's Paramount Television and Your Funny Funny Films, in the 1960s. Conducted June 23, 2000 by Jeff Kisseloff.