Bob Costello
Producer / Unit Manager
About This Interview
Bob Costello (Robert E. Costello) was interviewed for four hours in New York, NY. Costello started at NBC as a production manager on many live shows including, Mr. Peepers, working closely with producer Fred Coe. He went on to produce such shows as The Armstrong Circle Theater and The Patty Duke Show. Later he became a producer of such daytime dramas including, Another World, One Life to Live, and Ryan's Hope, for which he won multiple Emmys. The interview was conducted by Henry Colman on October 19, 1998.
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Highlights
Bob Costello on working in production on Mr. Peepers
Clip begins at: 00:02, Duration: 29m 28s
Bob Costello on producing Armstrong Circle Theatre and on his dealings with McCarthyism and the Blacklist
Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 25m 25s
Bob Costello on producing Dark Shadows
Clip begins at: 13:32, Duration: 16m 28s
Bob Costello on producing The Adams Chronicles
Clip begins at: 06:13, Duration: 10m 14s
Interview
- Part 1
- On his early years, influences, and education; on attending Dartmouth University and then serving in U.S. Armed Forces during World War II; on teaching drama at Yale University
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 2
- On working at a European circus
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On returning to New York and starting his career in television; on working on an early broadcast of Your Pet Parade; on becoming a Unit Manager at NBC; on some of the early shows he worked on; on televising President Eisenhower
Clip begins at: 07:20 - On working to secure props on the comedy series Mr. Peepers
Clip begins at: 15:55 - Part 3
- On working on Mr. Peepers; on the cast and crew; on some of the memorable storylines
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 4
- On associate producing the sitcom Bonino; on working on the anthology series Appointment with Adventure; on working on Kukla, Fran and Ollie when they performed in New York; on working on Armstrong Circle Theatre and becoming producer when the show went to an hour format
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 5
- On producing Armstrong Circle Theatre; on the Armstrong Cirlcle Theatre production of "Nightmare in Red" about Communism; on his dealings with McCarthyism and the Blacklist; on working on The Nurses
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 6
- On leaving The Nurses; on the advent of 2-inch videotape; on producing The Patty Duke Show for a year; on working as an art director for Information Management Facility; on producing Dark Shadows
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 7
- On producing Strange Paradise; on producing The Secret Storm; on becoming a director for One Life to Live; on producing The Adams Chronicles for PBS and reuniting with Fred Coe; on producing Ryan's Hope; on producing Another World; on executive producing The Doctors; on becoming a professor at NYU
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 8
- On what makes a good producer; on producing successful daytime series; on television at its best; on television audiences; on how he would like to be remembered
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On working with people in the TV industry including: Agnes Nixon, Tad Mosel, Marion Lorne, David Swift, JP Miller, Ethel Winant, Douglas Edwards, Patty Duke, Claire Labine and Paul Mayer, and Fred Coe
Clip begins at: 11:30
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