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Studs Terkel

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"I know I'd like to have this epitaph: 'Curiosity did not kill this cat.' I'm curious. What is it like to be that person, in that circumstance at that time? It's the Depression, what's it like to be a kid the day he saw his father come home at one o'clock and not work for the next five years? What's it like to be black?  What's it like to be old?  What's it like doing this kind of job? How different would you be? How would you behave?"

About This Interview

Studs Terkel (1912 - 2008) was interviewed for one-and-a-half hours in Chicago, IL. Terkel related the history of the "Chicago School" of television (including his relationships with Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison and Dave Garroway) and spoke in detail about his own program, Stud's Place and efforts to keep the show on the air after he was blacklisted. After the program went off the air, Terkel became one of America's premier oral historians and radio interviewers.  The interview was conducted by Karen Herman on July 19, 1999.

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  • Garroway-at-Large
    • Performer-Writer Studs Terkel on the spontaneity of "Chicago School" programming of the 1940s-50s, such as Studs' Place, Kukla, Fran, & Ollie, and Garroway-at-Large
      Clip begins at: 12:24, Duration: 00m 52s
  • Kukla, Fran & Ollie
    • Performer-Writer Studs Terkel on the spontaneity of "Chicago School" programming of the 1940s-50s, such as Studs' Place, Kukla, Fran, & Ollie, and Garroway-at-Large
      Clip begins at: 12:24, Duration: 00m 52s
  • Studs' Place
    • Studs Terkel on the casual tone of Studs' Place (from his and Dave Garroway's approach to broadcasting) and the show's cast of characters
      Clip begins at: 03:09, Duration: 02m 13s
    • Studs Terkel on how the script was ad-libbed on Studs' Place leading to the show's end credit: "dialogue by the cast"
      Clip begins at: 05:22, Duration: 00m 34s
    • Studs Terkel on a Studs' Place episode in which Studs' character comes to put aside his snobbery toward music 
      Clip begins at: 08:20, Duration: 02m 16s
    • Studs Terkel on the subject matter of episodes of Studs' Place , including a guest appearance by Mahalia Jackson
      Clip begins at: 10:36, Duration: 01m 48s
    • Studs Terkel on the spontaneity of "Chicago School" programming of the 1940s-50s, such as Studs' Place, Kukla, Fran, & Ollie, and Garroway-at-Large
      Clip begins at: 12:24, Duration: 00m 52s
    • Studs Terkel on actor Chet Roble accidentally referring to sponsor Manor House Coffee as rival Maxwell House Coffee on Studs' Place during a "live" commercial
      Clip begins at: 13:59, Duration: 02m 16s
    • Studs Terkel on making the plot of his final Studs' Place that they are losing their lease
      Clip begins at: 16:29, Duration: 00m 26s
    • Studs Terkel on a favorite epsiode of Studs' Place, involving con men
      Clip begins at: 17:09, Duration: 01m 44s
    • Studs Terkel on being effected by the Hollywood Blacklist which ended his budding career in television
      Clip begins at: 20:10, Duration: 02m 09s

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  • Mahalia Jackson
    • Studs Terkel on the subject matter of episodes of Studs' Place, including a guest appearance by Mahalia Jackson
      Clip begins at: 10:36, Duration: 01m 48s

Topics

  • Bloopers
    • Studs Terkel on actor Chet Roble accidentally referring to sponsor Manor House Coffee as rival Maxwell House Coffee on Studs' Place during a "live" commercial
      Clip begins at: 13:59, Duration: 02m 16s
  • Historic Events and Social Change > Diversity in Television > Minorities
    • Studs Terkel on the subject matter of episodes of Studs' Place, including a guest appearance by Mahalia Jackson
      Clip begins at: 10:36, Duration: 01m 48s
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Submitted by Lydia from DC on Sun, 2012-03-04 07:43.

Terrific interview!

Submitted by Buckhonan on Sun, 2011-01-30 02:12.

The Einstein of all Raconteurs!

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