Memorable Moments on Television


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Interviewees discuss memorable moments on television.

Highlights
LeVar Burton on how Roots was a seminal event in people's lives and has become part of history
01:12
Mitzi Gaynor on singing "Georgy Girl" on the 1967 Academy Awards - the most heralded performance on an Oscar broadcast
05:26
Tom Freston on the launch of MTV and the MTV logo
02:27
Sonia Manzano on the Sesame Street episode "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (airdate: November 24, 1983)
03:08
Walter Cronkite on announcing the assassination of President Kennedy; the emotional impact of that day
02:23
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Andy Ackerman

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Andy Ackerman on the Cheers finale, "One for the Road"
00:49
Andy Ackerman on directing his first episode of Seinfeld, "The Chaperone," and on working with the cast
03:01
Andy Ackerman on the Seinfeld finale penned by Larry David
08:30

Edie Adams

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Edie Adams on how Ernie Kovacs would tune a television
00:54
Edie Adams on memorable moments from Ernie Kovacs' acts and shows - playing the giant piano
00:44

Alan Alda

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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

Jason Alexander

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Jason Alexander on shooting the finale of Seinfeld
04:14

Debbie Allen

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Debbie Allen on the episode of A Different World that dealt with the L.A. riots
01:47

Steve Allen

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Steve Allen on his early recollections of TV - Kathy Fiscus falling down the well and the idea of event television
02:08
Steve Allen on announcing wrestling for ABC television
03:22
Steve Allen on announcing wrestling for ABC television and how his gift for ad-libbing helped
02:32
Steve Allen on Kim Novak as a guest on Tonight
01:23
Steve Allen on the openings of The Tonight Show
01:07
Steve Allen on dressing as a cop and going out onto the street for The Tonight Show
01:35
Steve Allen on sketches outside the studio on The Tonight Show
01:52
Steve Allen on the fake car accident stunt on The Tonight Show
00:45
Steve Allen on musical guests on The Tonight Show - Duke Ellington
01:48
Steve Allen on sketches on The Tonight Show - The Question Man
02:21
Steve Allen on sketches on The Tonight Show - Crazy Shots
03:59
Steve Allen on a tug-of-war with an elephant on The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show
02:00
Steve Allen on a tea-bag sketch on The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show
00:57
Steve Allen on funny phone call sketches on The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show
04:13

Robert G. Anderson

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Robert G. Anderson on the 60 Minutes piece on Dr. Kevorkian and the issue of doctor-assisted suicide
06:44
Robert G. Anderson on the 60 Minutes piece "The Archbishop" (Robert Sanchez) of New Mexico who was accused of molesting children
11:23
Robert G. Anderson on a 60 Minutes story he produced with Mike Wallace, "Smoke but no Fire" about the dangers of smoking
01:32

Julie Andrews

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Julie Andrews on Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
03:39

Edward Asner

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Ed Asner on "Lou Grant"'s "I hate spunk!" from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
01:22
Ed Asner on the classic The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
04:23
Ed Asner on The Mary Tyler Moore Show  episode "Chuckles Bites The Dust"
06:36

Larry Auerbach

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Larry Auerbach on the final episode of M*A*S*H: "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"
01:49

Thomas Azzari

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Thomas Azzari on designing the bedroom set for the final Newhart episode
01:49
Thomas Azzari on set designing for the Seinfeld  episode "The Finale"
01:52

Reza Badiyi

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Reza Badiyi on creating the iconic title sequence for The Mary Tyler Moore Show - he came up with her famous hat toss
02:21

Paris Barclay

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Paris Barclay on directing Jimmy Smits' last episode of NYPD Blue
05:05

Donald P. Bellisario

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Donald Belisario on the final episode of Quantum Leap
03:28
Donald Belisario on Dean Stockwell's difficulty with the Quantum Leap episode "The Leap Home"
02:36

Harve Bennett

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Harve Bennett on the importance of the made-for-TV movie A Woman Called Golda
01:16

Shelley Berman

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Shelley Berman on the night Jack Paar walked off The Jack Paar Show
03:45

Ken Berry

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Ken Berry's long F Troop tracking shot
01:28

Steve Binder

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Steve Binder on directing Diana Ross in Central Park (1985)
04:02

William Blinn

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William Blinn on the then-new miniseries format that Roots was presented in, and on the "My name is Toby" scene
04:17

George Bodenheimer

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George Bodenheimer on ESPN televising the America's Cup sailing event for the first time in 1987
06:49

Mili Lerner Bonsignori

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Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode "The Case Against Milo Radulovich A0589839"
05:09
Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode on Senator McCarthy and McCarthy's response
03:59
Mili Lerner Bonsignori on the See It Now episode on Annie Lee Moss
02:46

Ernest Borgnine

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Ernest Borgnine on winning the Oscar for Marty and having a bet with Jerry Lewis
02:05

Anthony Bourdain

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Anthony Bourdain on the Haiti episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
04:51
Anthony Bourdain on the Beirut episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
06:56

Yvette Lee Bowser

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Yvette Lee Bowser on the series finale of Living Single
04:56
Yvette Lee Bowser on the Black-ish episode "Hope"
04:26
Yvette Lee Bowser on discussions with Justin Simien that led to the "Chapter V" episode of Dear White People in which "Reggie" has a gun pulled on him by campus police
05:34

Bernie Brillstein

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Bernie Brillstein on Jim Henson as Muppet Ralph on The Jimmy Dean Show
00:48
Manager Bernie Brillstein on The Muppets appearance on Saturday Night Live
00:44
Bernie Brillstein on the creation of The Blues Brothers
05:45

Alton Brown

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Alton Brown on favorite episodes of Good Eats
02:50

Carol Burnett

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Carol Burnett on her appearance on The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show and the beginning of the ear tug
01:18
Carol Burnett on the famous "Went with the Wind!" sketch on The Carol Burnett Show
00:49
Carol Burnett on her Tarzan laugh
00:44

Allan Burns

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Allan Burns on being a page on "The Battler" starring Paul Newman and James Dean - an episode of Playwrights '56
01:51
Show co-creator Allan Burns on Mary Tyler Moore's expertise as an actress that allowed her to play the first part 'serious' of famed The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust," even when she had trouble keeping a straight face during dress rehearsal
02:10

LeVar Burton

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LeVar Burton on one of his favorite scenes in Roots
01:35
LeVar Burton on how Roots was a seminal event in people's lives and has become part of history
01:12

Sid Caesar

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Sid Caesar on his Pagliacci take-off ("Galipacci") on Caesar's Hour and an ad lib he did "live" when his make-up pencil broke
01:36

Vince Calandra

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Vince Calandra on the Beatles' arrival in America for their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964
01:21
Vince Calandra on security for the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964
02:35
Vince Calandra on how he booked the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964
10:51
Vince Calandra on the Beatles' historic performance on The Ed Sullivan Show and the backstage scene, getting them through the crowd into the studio
23:06

Glenn Gordon Caron

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Glenn Gordon Caron on Orson Welles introducing the classic Moonlighting episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"
03:00

Marcy Carsey

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Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on when they realized that The Cosby Show would be a hit (the Monopoly scene in the pilot)
02:05

Dick Cavett

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Dick Cavett on interviewing John Lennon and Yoko Ono and problems with the network
02:54
Dick Cavett on interviewing friend Groucho Marx
02:31

Richard Chamberlain

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Richard Chamberlain on how the forbidden love story of The Thorn Birds made it so popular
01:47

Glen Charles

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Glen and Les Charles on the series finale of The Bob Newhart Show
01:58
Glen and Les Charles on the title sequence of Taxi
01:38
Glen and Les Charles on the series finale of Cheers
00:37

Les Charles

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Glen and Les Charles on the series finale of The Bob Newhart Show
01:58
Glen and Les Charles on the title sequence of Taxi
01:38
Glen and Les Charles on the series finale of Cheers
00:37

Tony Charmoli

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Tony Charmoli on receiving a Dance Magazine Award on The Tonight Show for his choreography on Hit Parade and walking off The Tonight Show
03:55

Tom Cherones

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Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Junior Mint"
01:32
Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Parking Garage"
03:01
Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Contest"
01:41
Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Finale"
00:31
Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Bubble Boy"
01:13

Nick Clooney

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Nick Clooney on appearing with sisters Rosemary and Betty on The Mike Douglas Show
01:13

Andy Cohen

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Andy Cohen on announcing the death of Osama bin Laden on Watch What Happens Live
00:57

Norman Lear with Emerson College

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Norman Lear on Bill Dana writing the "Sammy's Visit" episode of All in the Family -- and the script not being submitted for an Emmy award for Bill Dana
03:46

Irma Kalish with Emerson College

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Rocky and Irma Kalish on writing for Good Times and the classic All in the Family episode "Edith's Christmas Story" where Edith deals with a breast cancer scare
04:16
Rocky and Irma Kalish on writing for Good Times and the classic All in the Family episode "Edith's Christmas Story" where Edith deals with a breast cancer scare
04:16

Robert Conrad

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Robert Conrad on his Eveready Battery commercial
01:32

Bill Conti

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Bill Conti on playing Julia Roberts off when her speech went long at the Academy Awards
02:52

Tim Conway

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Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on "Carol and Sis" on The Carol Burnett Show
00:39
Tim Conway on his favorite sketches on The Carol Burnett Show
00:49

Hal Cooper

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Hal Cooper on Allan Sherman insisting Bill Cosby be a guest on the Tonight show
02:00
Hal Cooper on directing the Maude episode "Maude's Dilemma, Part II"
03:18

Jeanne Cooper

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Jeanne Cooper on fond memories of working with Morey Amsterdam
02:23

Bob Costas

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Bob Costas on covering the 1986 World Series when the Red Sox almost beat the curse, and the Red Sox finally beating it in 2004
02:35
Bob Costas on Kirk Gibson hitting the home-run off Dennis Eckersley in the 1988 World Series
01:36
Bob Costas on the Centennial Park bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
01:54

Warren Cowan

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Publicist Warren Cowan on the televised Kathy Fiscus tragedy 
00:48

Ane Crabtree

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Ane Crabtree on "Tony Soprano's" robe in The Sopranos pilot and on "Tony" feeding the ducks
03:04
Ane Crabtree on transforming "William" into "The Man in Black" on Westworld and how far in advance she knew they were the same character
06:26

Bill Dana

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Bill Dana on the famous kiss between "Archie Bunker" and Sammy Davis Jr. on the All in the Family episode he wrote
00:46

Ramin Djawadi

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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
Ramin Djawadi on character themes for Game of Thrones -- the Lannister theme "The Rains of Castamere" and hearing it at the Red Wedding
04:09
Ramin Djawadi on character themes for Game of Thrones - "Cersei Lannister's" theme and "Light of the Seven" - the first use of piano in Game of Thrones
04:16
Ramin Djawadi on scoring the Battle of the Bastards sequence in Game of Thrones
02:21
Ramin Djawadi on scoring the sequence leading up to "Arya" killing the Night King in Game of Thrones -- and on bringing back the piano
02:55
Ramin Djawadi on "Jaime" knighting "Brianne" in the Game of Thrones episode, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" and the theme used for them
00:46
Ramin Djawadi on the music for "Jenny of Oldstones" in the Game of Thrones episode, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"
01:07
Ramin Djawadi on scoring "Shireen Baratheon's" death on Game of Thrones
00:53
Ramin Djawadi on the music in the Game of Thrones series finale
03:41

Elinor Donahue

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Elinor Donahue on singing with Andy Griffith on a Christmas episode of The Andy Griffith Show
02:07

Dick Ebersol

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Dick Ebersol on how Muhammed Ali came to be involved with the Atlanta Olympics
05:34

Roger Ebert

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Roger Ebert on discussing colorization and a black and white episode of Siskel & Ebert & the Movies
02:46

Kevin Eubanks

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Kevin Eubanks on Jay Leno's 2009 exit from The Tonight Show and move to a 10pm show (The Jay Leno Show)
03:44

Jeff Fager

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Jeff Fager on a conflict between then-CEO of CBS Laurence Tisch and 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt over the story of tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Winger, who alleged that the tobacco industry knew the addictive and deadly nature of cigarettes
04:02
Jeff Fager on the Abu Ghraib story on 60 Minutes II
09:00

Elma Farnsworth

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Elma Farnsworth on her husband Philo T. Farnsworth's camera tube being a part of the Apollo mission to the moon in 1969
01:04

Jamie Farr

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Jamie Farr on cross-dressing as "Klinger" on M*A*S*H and reaction from fans from the "Big Mac" episode
02:45
Jamie Farr on the final episode of M*A*S*H
02:37

June Foray

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June Foray on providing the voice for "Talky Tina" on The Twilight Zone: "Living Doll"
02:04

Ray Forrest

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Ray Forrest on the advent of commercial television -- July 1, 1941
00:31
Ray Forrest on announcing at TV's first political convention in 1940 - the Republican convention in Philadelphia
06:05
Ray Forrest on the coming of commercial television and announcing the very first commercial (for Bulova) - July 1, 1941, and the first on-camera commercial
01:57
Ray Forrest on announcing that NBC was now a commercial station, WNBT, and no longer W2XBS
00:31
Ray Forrest on a photo of the first on-air, live commercial for television -- for Adam Hats on July 4, 1941
00:57

Tom Freston

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Tom Freston on the launch of MTV and the MTV logo
02:27

Mitzi Gaynor

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Mitzi Gaynor on singing "Georgy Girl" on the 1967 Academy Awards - the most heralded performance on an Oscar broadcast
05:26
Mitzi Gaynor on appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, the same night The Beatles were on
06:52
Mitzi Gaynor on performing "I Can Cook, Too" on her television special Mitzi ... A Tribute to an American Housewife
02:26

Larry Gelbart

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Larry Gelbart on what to him represented the best of television -- those moments when it brought the country together as a family, as in the Kennedy funeral, or the Challenger launch
02:10

Frank Gifford

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Frank Gifford on securing an exclusive pre-game interview for CBS with Vince Lombardi before the first Super Bowl in 1967
04:42
Frank Gifford on working on Wide World of Sports and memories of the terrorist attack in Munich at the 1972 Olympics
04:00

Gary David Goldberg

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Gary David Goldberg on the Emmy-winning "A My Name is Alex" episode of Family Ties
03:16

Leonard Goldberg

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Leonard Goldberg on William Blinn adding narration to the TV movie Brian's Song
02:31
Leonard Goldberg on the episode of Charlie's Angels where we finally see "Charlie"
01:35
Leonard Goldberg on the people helped by the TV movie Something About Amelia (which dealt with incest)
02:53

Leonard H. Goldenson

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Leonard H. Goldenson on airing the McCarthy Hearings in their entirety on ABC
01:16

Julian Goodman

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Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of JFK's assassination
08:17
Julian Goodman on NBC's coverage of Lee Harvey Oswald's death - TV's first live murder
02:48
Julian Goodman on news coverage of the 1968 Democratic Convention
03:06

Curt Gowdy

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Curt Gowdy on Ted Willams last game
02:58

Walon Green

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Walon Green on the live episode of ER, "Ambush," and on George Clooney getting nervous as the airdate drew near
02:23

Everett Greenbaum

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Everett Greenbaum on the death of "Col Henry Blake" on M*A*S*H
01:45

Marge Greene

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Marge Greene on Ernie Kovacs nailing her in a coffin on Kovacs on the Corner
06:11

Hal Gurnee

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Hal Gurnee on Jack Paar walking off the set of Tonight Starring Jack Paar during a broadcast, forcing Hugh Downs to take over
04:36

Jon Hamm

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Jon Hamm on going to dark places while playing "Don Draper" on Mad Men and how "Don's" journey ends in the final episode (the Coca-Cola commercial)
05:48

Earl Hamner, Jr.

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Earl Hamner on working on the TV version of Heidi and the broadcast's memorable interruption of a football game
04:58

Ellen Holly

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Ellen Holly on being at the 1963 March on Washington with her aunt Anna Arnold Hedgeman
06:03

Monica Horan

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Monica Horan on finding out that the characters of "Robert" and "Amy" were getting married on Everybody Loves Raymond
02:45
Monica Horan on some of her favorite episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, "Robert's Wedding" and  the "Italy" episode with Ray Romano
02:34
Monica Horan on meeting Tim Conway and his comments on the episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, "Robert Moves Back" and her memories of performing in that episode
01:28

Louis J. Horvitz

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Louis J. Horvitz on Adrien Brody's acceptance speech at the Academy Awards
00:48
Louis J. Horvitz on Cuba Gooding Jr.'s acceptance speech at the Academy Awards
01:10

Ron Howard

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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

David Jacobs

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David Jacobs on the "Who Shot J.R.?" storyline on Dallas
03:48
David Jacobs on the Bobby out of the shower/last season was all a dream storyline on Dallas
02:43

Quincy Jones

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Quincy Jones on MTV and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video
03:39

Chuck Jones

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Chuck Jones on How the Grinch Stole Christmas
09:05

Bob Keeshan

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Bob Keeshan on "Lucky", the puppet before "Howdy Doody" and "Howdy Doody" running for President
04:54
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

David E. Kelley

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David E. Kelley on writing the L.A. Law episode "Good to the Last Drop" (with the famous elevator shaft scene)
03:32
David E. Kelley on favorite episodes or issues on Boston Legal - the finale
00:48

Barry Kemp

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Barry Kemp on the Newhart series finale
02:28

Michael Patrick King

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Michael Patrick King on Carrie ending up with Big, and revealing his name
00:41

William Klages

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William Klages on working on JFK's inauguration, which Frank Sinatra produced
03:59

Jack Klugman

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Jack Klugman on "The Blacklist" episode of The Defenders and winning an Emmy for the role
04:59

Don Knotts

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Don Knotts on Andy Griffith Show co-star Howard McNear ("Floyd, the Barber") and the episode "Convicts-at-Large"
02:00

Buz Kohan

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Buz Kohan on working on Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, featuring the famous "Little Drummer Boy" duet with Bing Crosby and David Bowie
04:58
Buz Kohan on Jack Palance's memorable moment at an Academy Awards show
00:13
Buz Kohan on a moment with Sir Laurence Olivier at the Academy Awards
01:13

Harvey Korman

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Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on "Carol and Sis" on The Carol Burnett Show
00:39

Eugene Lee

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Eugene Lee on preparing for the very first Saturday Night Live show with host George Carlin, and lessons learned from that experience
01:48
Eugene Lee on production design for the "Les Miserables" Saturday Night Live sketch with lobsters in a tank and on working up until the last second
06:03

Sheldon Leonard

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Sheldon Leonard on the classic Dick Van Dyke Show episode "That's My Boy?"
02:13

Steve Levitan

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Steve Levitan on his favorite episodes of Just Shoot Me ! - including "Slow Donnie"
03:41

Judith Light

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Judith Light on her One Life to Live character "Karen Wolek" and her famous courtroom scene
10:18

Kurt Loder

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Kurt Loder on MTV's coverage of Live Aid
01:26

Chuck Lorre

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Chuck Lorre on how Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the Superbowl changed things on Two and Half Men; on dealing with censorship
01:57

Susan Lucci

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Susan Lucci on breaking her Emmy losing streak in 1999
04:09

Gavin MacLeod

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Gavin MacLeod on "The Last Show," the final episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show
02:08

Bob Mackie

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Bob Mackie on designing the Queen Elizabeth gown for Whoopi Goldberg for the 1999 Academy Awards
01:23
Bob Mackie on the famous curtain-rod dress he made for Carol Burnett in "Went With the Wind," a spoof of Gone With the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show
02:17
Bob Mackie on dressing Cher for her presentation of an award to Don Ameche at the Academy Awards
01:03

Delbert Mann

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Delbert Mann on Paddy Chayefsky's production "Marty" on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
07:18

Bob Markell

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Bob Markell on an extraordinary scene for Stage 67, now saved in the Academy archives
01:28

Dick Martin

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Dick Martin on Richard Nixon's cameo on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
01:47
Dick Martin on directing the series finale of Newhart  and its surprise ending
04:10

Bob McGrath

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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
Bob McGrath on memories working with guest star Linda Bove on Sesame Street and the far-reaching impact of an episode about hearing impairment
01:31

Jim McKay

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Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics
20:52

Ed McMahon

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Ed McMahon on the famous Ed Ames tomahawk throwing incident on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
03:00
Ed McMahon on the second-to-last show for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, featuring Bette Midler and Robin Williams
05:48

Emily Meisler

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Emily Meisler on The Beatles' first performance on The Ed Sullivan Show
01:10

Eryn Krueger Mekash

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Eryn Krueger Mekash on the makeup for the "Theatricality" episode of Glee
02:46

Burt Metcalfe

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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 M*A*S*H  finale "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"
09:54
Burt Metcalfe on the next-to-last M*A*S*H  episode "As Time Goes By"
04:17
Burt Metcalfe on the reception of the M*A*S*H  finale "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"
02:04

Walter C. Miller

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Walter C. Miller on Eminem and Elton John's duet on The Grammys
00:41

Don Mischer

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Don Mischer on Super Bowl 49 - how Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" led him back to the halftime show
01:57
Don Mischer on producing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with Muhammad Ali carrying the torch
02:53

John Moffitt

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John Moffitt on The Beatles' appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show (cont.)
06:50

Mary Tyler Moore

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Mary Tyler Moore on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (airdate: October 25, 1975)
03:48

Bill Moyers

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Bill Moyers on the "Daisy" ad for the 1964 Presidential campaign
05:31

Roger Mudd

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Roger Mudd on reporting on the passage of the Civil Rights Bill
01:29
Roger Mudd on covering Bobby Kennedy's Presidential bid and standing next to Ethel Kennedy when Bobby was assassinated
07:30

Diana Muldaur

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Diana Muldaur on the death of her L.A. Law character "Rosalind Shays" from falling down an elevator shaft
06:00

Jonathan Murray

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Jonathan Murray on Kevin and Julie's fight on the first season of The Real World
00:42

Bob Newhart

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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

Soledad O'Brien

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Soledad O'Brien on her interview with FEMA director Michael Brown
02:30
Soledad O'Brien on her thoughts on the coverage of the January 6, 2021 Capitol Insurrection
00:48

Don Pardo

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Don Pardo on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and having to read the announcement of his death
03:22

Marty Pasetta

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Marty Pasetta on Vanessa Redgrave's infamous protest speech at the Academy Awards
01:48
Marty Pasetta on Charlie Chaplin appearing on the first Academy Awards he directed
01:26
Marty Pasetta on the Academy Awards infamous streaking incident 
01:34
Marty Pasetta on Marlon Brando refusing his Oscar
01:20

Suzanne Pleshette

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Suzanne Pleshette on her cameo on the series finale of Newhart
03:41

Tom Poston

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Tom Poston on the final episode of Newhart
01:12

Hector Ramirez

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Hector Ramirez on working on Elvis Presley's concerts for television
01:53

Tim Reid

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Tim Reid on the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "In Concert" about The Who concert in Cincinnati that resulted in the deaths of several attendees
04:09

Lee Rich

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Lee Rich on the "House Divided" episode of Dallas which generated the question, "Who Shot J.R.?"
01:50
Lee Rich on Patrick Ewing leaving and returning to Dallas - the previous season was all a dream
01:30

John Rich

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John Rich on the live broadcast of the opening of Disneyland ("Dateline: Disneyland")(airdate: July 17, 1955)
05:44
John Rich on Procter & Gamble and CBS having issues with the "That's My Boy?" episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show
03:51
Director John Rich on Sammy Davis Jr.'s suggestion, as a guest on The Tonight Show, that he would make a funny guest star on All in the Family (leading to his appearance on the classic episode "Sammy's Visit")
01:04

Hank Rieger

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Hank Rieger on "the Heidi incident" -- when NBC aired the beginning of Heidi instead of the end of a football game
02:59

Geraldo Rivera

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Geraldo Rivera on airing the Zapruder film on his news series Good Night America
02:48
Geraldo Rivera on hosting The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault
04:42
Geraldo Rivera on getting his nose broken on The Geraldo Rivera Show
04:18

Fred Rogers

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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

Phil Rosenthal

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Phil Rosenthal on the "Wallpaper" episode of Everybody Loves Raymond
01:34
Phil Rosenthal on the series finale of Everybody Loves Raymond
13:26

Marion Ross

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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

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Tim Russert on the Meet the Press broadcast following 9/11 and the tribute to Father Mychal Judge
02:09

Jay Sandrich

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Jay Sandrich on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Does the Tango" (1957) in which Lucy dances and crushes the eggs she's trying to hide from Ricky
01:22
Jay Sandrich on the episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show that won Mary Tyler Moore an Emmy
01:28
Jay Sandrich on a favorite episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Toulouse-Lautrec is one of my Favorite Artists"
01:28

Bob Schiller

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Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the "Lucy Does the Tango" episode of I Love Lucy
02:00
Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the final episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, "Lucy Meets the Mustache" with Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams
01:08
Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the famous two-part abortion episode on Maude
02:20

Thomas Schlamme

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Thomas Schlamme on watching the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention with his father
00:50

George Schlatter

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George Schlatter on Richard M. Nixon's appearance on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
01:53

Paul Shaffer

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Paul Shaffer on Sonny and Cher's reunion (November 13, 1987) on Late Night with David Letterman
03:01

Jack Shea

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Jack Shea on "George Jefferson's" walk on The Jeffersons
00:39
Jack Shea on directing Leonardo DiCaprio on Growing Pains
00:33

Cybill Shepherd

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Cybill Shepherd on memorable episodes of Moonlighting: "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" (the black and white episode, introduced by Orson Welles)
01:28

David Shore

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David Shore on House  coming to an end
05:29

John Silva

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John Silva on early KTLA news broadcasts, including the Kathy Fiscus story
08:49

Garry Simpson

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Garry Simpson on Frank Lloyd Wright appearing on Wide Wide World
01:52

Robert Smigel

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Robert Smigel on "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" roasting Jennifer Lopez and Eminem at the MTV Video Music Awards
08:37
Robert Smigel on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show about Gerald Ford, which was never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live
08:06

Sid Smith

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Sid Smith on Jimmy Durante's Mrs. Calabash line on The Jimmy Durante Show
00:33

Jean Stapleton

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Jean Stapleton on how All in the Family used comedy to expose social issues, including bigotry
00:37
Jean Stapleton on the decision to have the character of "Edith Bunker" die, in the Archie Bunker's Place episode "Archie Alone"
03:27

Ben Starr

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Ben Starr on writing the episode of the Brady Bunch ("The Personality Kid") which includes the famous line "pork chops and apple sauce"
03:35
Ben Starr on writing the All in the Family episode in which "Gloria " has a baby
01:38

Jerry Stiller

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Jerry Stiller on working with Michael Richards on the Festivus episode of Seinfeld
01:52

Stanford Tischler

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Stanford Tischler on the classic M*A*S*H episode "Abyssinia, Henry" and when he was informed about the show's ending
01:13

Neil Travis

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Neil Travis on how being on location for Roots helped inform his editing, leading to his Emmy win
01:23

Ret Turner

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Ret Turner on dressing Cher in her infamous Academy Awards dress
01:02

Leslie Uggams

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Leslie Uggams on her relationship with her Roots character, "Kizzy" and on the impact of Roots around the world
01:17
Leslie Uggams on the success of Roots and what it taught Americans about their own history
01:30
Leslie Uggams on the impact of Roots when it aired in 1977
01:14

Bruce Vilanch

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Bruce Vilanch on writing jokes for the Academy Awards on the fly, and on Billy Crystal's Jack Palance jokes f-- or which they won an Emmy
03:24

Clint Walker

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Clint Walker on guest-starring on The Jack Benny Show
01:45

James Wall

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James Wall on stage-managing CBS's coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral
03:54

Keenen Ivory Wayans

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Keenen Ivory Wayans on improv on In Living Color; on the sketch "Driving Miss Daisy"; every second take would be improvised and that was usually the take selected for the show
00:59
Keenen Ivory Wayans on Public Enemy's appearance on In Living Color and what it meant to have them appear on TV
00:38
Keenen Ivory Wayans on the In Living Color sketch "Brother's Brothers" being based on Tom and Dick Smothers
00:51
Keenen Ivory Wayans on the In Living Color character "Homie the Clown" based on comedian/writer Paul Mooney
01:18

Bob Weiskopf

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Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the "Lucy Does the Tango" episode of I Love Lucy
02:00
Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the final episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, "Lucy Meets the Mustache" with Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams
01:08
Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the famous two-part abortion episode on Maude
02:20

Tom Werner

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Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on when they realized that The Cosby Show would be a hit (the Monopoly scene in the pilot)
02:05

Tucker Wiard

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Tucker Wiard on funny moments on The Carol Burnett Show
02:02
Tucker Wiard on Dan Quayle's comment about the character of "Murphy Brown"
03:42

Joseph M. Wilcots

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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

Terence Winter

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Terence Winter on the series finale of The Sopranos
03:27

Bud Yorkin

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Bud Yorkin on the All in the Family episode "Sammy's Visit"
01:15

Kim Zimmer

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Kim Zimmer on the infamous Guiding Light fountain scene
02:11

Jeff Zucker

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Jeff Zucker on the first episode of Saturday Night Live  following 9/11
01:26

Alan Zweibel

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Alan Zweibel on the first episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by George Carlin, and on how Lorne Michaels handled it
04:58
Alan Zweibel on Gilda Radner's cancer, and on her guest-starring on It's Garry Shandling's Show
07:53

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