Bob Claver

Television producer and director Bob Claver talks about breaking into television in Chicago and his move to New York where he worked as a writer on various children’s shows. He speaks in detail about working with Bob Keeshan as a writer-producer for five years on Captain Kangaroo. He then talks about his work with Four Star Films and his subsequent employ at Screen Gems. He discusses such Screen Gems properties as The Farmer’s Daughter, the pilot of Gidget, and The Occasional Wife. Claver details the creation of The Partridge Family, for which he served as executive-producer and occasional director.  Finally, he talks about his work as a freelance director on such series as Welcome Back, Kotter and Gloria. Bob Claver was interviewed on October 11, 2004 for nearly two hours in Chicago, IL by Karen Herman.