Joe Behar

Joseph Behar was interviewed for three hours in Santa Monica, CA. Mr. Behar discussed his early experiences as a director for many of Ernie Kovacs series which originated from Philadelphia, including Ernie in Kovacsland and Kovacs on the Corner. He spoke in detail about his fourteen years directing the game show Let’s Make a Deal. Next, he talked about his over twenty years as a director on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from its very first broadcast. Finally, he spoke about directing the daytime soap opera General Hospital, both its 1963 pilot and for over a decade beginning in the early 1990s.  The interview was conducted by Jennifer Howard on October 29, 2003.