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  • Edie Adams
  • Steve Allen
  • Edward Asner
  • Larry Auerbach
  • Thomas Azzari
  • Bob Barker
  • Chuck Barris
  • Ken Berry
  • Steven Bochco
  • Ernest Borgnine
  • Bernie Brillstein
  • Carol Burnett
  • Allan Burns
  • Sid Caesar
  • Dann Cahn
  • Dick Cavett
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  • Bill Dana
  • Dick Ebersol
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  • Charles Fox
  • Marla Gibbs
  • Patricia Heaton
  • Barry Kemp
  • Don Knotts
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  • Sheldon Leonard
  • Bob Mackie
  • Garry Marshall
  • Dick Martin
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  • Suze Orman
  • Marty Pasetta
  • Suzanne Pleshette
  • Madelyn Pugh Davis
  • Phylicia Rashad
  • Phil Rosenthal
  • Jay Sandrich
  • Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf
  • George Schlatter
  • Jack Shea
  • Jerry Stiller
  • Tucker Wiard
  • Henry Winkler

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Highlights

  • Marla Gibbs on creating the memorable sequence from classic <i>The Jeffersons</i> episode "Mr. Piano Man," which had her crawling under the piano in a crowded party to try to answer the front door before George JeffersonMarla Gibbs on creating the memorable sequence from classic The Jeffersons episode "Mr. Piano Man," which had her crawling under the piano in a crowded party to try to answer the front door before George Jefferson
    Clip begins at: 15:54, Duration: 01m 41s
  • Edward Asner on <i>The Mary Tyler Moore Show</i> episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust"Edward Asner on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
    Clip begins at: 14:14, Duration: 03m 57s
  • Bill Dana on the famous kiss between Archie Bunker and Sammy Davis Jr on the "All in the Family" episode he wroteBill Dana on the famous kiss between Archie Bunker and Sammy Davis Jr on the "All in the Family" episode he wrote
    Clip begins at: 02:16, Duration: 00m 46s
  • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the "Went with the Wind!" sketch spoofing Gone with the Wind on <i>The Carol Burnett Show</i>Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the "Went with the Wind!" sketch spoofing Gone with the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show
    Clip begins at: 19:44, Duration: 00m 55s
  • Chuck Barris on a contestant's answer to the question, "What's the most unusual place you've ever made love?" on <i>The Newlywed Game</i>Chuck Barris on a contestant's answer to the question, "What's the most unusual place you've ever made love?" on The Newlywed Game
    Clip begins at: 01:46, Duration: 00m 54s

All Interviewee clips on this topic

  • Edie Adams
    • Edie Adams on how Ernie Kovacs would tune a television
      Clip begins at: 11:56, Duration: 00m 54s
    • Edie Adams on memorable moments from Ernie Kovacs' acts and shows - playing the giant piano
      Clip begins at: 14:37, Duration: 00m 44s
  • Steve Allen
    • Steve Allen on Kim Novak as a guest on Tonight
      Clip begins at: 27:16, Duration: 01m 23s
    • Steve Allen on the openings of The Tonight Show
      Clip begins at: 16:18, Duration: 01m 07s
    • Steve Allen on dressing as a cop and going out onto the street for The Tonight Show
      Clip begins at: 17:25, Duration: 01m 35s
    • Steve Allen on the fake car accident stunt on The Tonight Show
      Clip begins at: 20:52, Duration: 00m 45s
    • Steve Allen on sketches on The Tonight Show - The Question Man
      Clip begins at: 04:20, Duration: 02m 21s
    • Steve Allen on sketches on The Tonight Show - Crazy Shots
      Clip begins at: 08:06, Duration: 03m 59s
    • Steve Allen on a tug-of-war with an elephant on The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show
      Clip begins at: 10:19, Duration: 02m 00s
    • Steve Allen on a tea-bag sketch on The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show
      Clip begins at: 16:44, Duration: 00m 57s
    • Steve Allen on funny phone call sketches on The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show
      Clip begins at: 18:38, Duration: 04m 13s
  • Edward Asner
    • Ed Asner on the classic The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
      Clip begins at: 13:28, Duration: 04m 23s
    • Ed Asner on The Mary Tyler Moore Show  episode "Chuckles Bites The Dust"
      Clip begins at: 35:12, Duration: 06m 36s
  • Larry Auerbach
    • Larry Auerbach on the final episode of M*A*S*H: "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"
      Clip begins at: 06:01, Duration: 01m 49s
  • Thomas Azzari
    • Thomas Azzari on designing the bedroom set for the final Newhart episode
      Clip begins at: 51:14, Duration: 01m 49s
    • Thomas Azzari on set designing for the Seinfeld  episode "The Finale"
      Clip begins at: 27:51, Duration: 01m 52s
  • Bob Barker
    • Bob Barker on the most memorable Price is Right contestant (who lost her tube top)
      Clip begins at: 13:52, Duration: 01m 26s
  • Chuck Barris
    • Chuck Barris on a contestant's answer to the question, "What's the most unusual place you've ever made love?" on The Newlywed Game
      Clip begins at: 01:46, Duration: 00m 54s
  • Ken Berry
    • Ken Berry's long F-Troop tracking shot
      Clip begins at: 42:13, Duration: 01m 28s
  • Steven Bochco
    • Steven Bochco on "The Venus Butterfly" episode of L.A. Law
      Clip begins at: 16:18, Duration: 01m 39s
  • Ernest Borgnine
    • Ernest Borgnine on being "Center Square" on Hollywood Squares
      Clip begins at: 34:42, Duration: 01m 57s
  • Bernie Brillstein
    • Bernie Brillstein on getting Muppet Ralph the dog on The Jimmy Dean Show
      Clip begins at: 27:14, Duration: 02m 16s
  • Carol Burnett
    • Carol Burnett on the famous "Went with the Wind!" sketch on The Carol Burnett Show
      Clip begins at: 28:09, Duration: 00m 49s
    • Carol Burnett on her Tarzan laugh
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 00m 44s
  • Allan Burns
    • 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
      Clip begins at: 03:16, Duration: 02m 10s
  • Sid Caesar
    • 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
      Clip begins at: 21:52, Duration: 01m 36s
  • Dann Cahn
    • Editor Dann Cahn on editing the famous candy factory episode of I Love Lucy entitled "Job Switching"
      Clip begins at: 17:01, Duration: 02m 14s
    • Editor Dann Cahn on editing the famous Vitameatavegamin episode of I Love Lucy entitled "Lucy Does a TV Commercial"
      Clip begins at: 19:15, Duration: 01m 28s
  • Dick Cavett
    • Dick Cavett on interviewing friend Groucho Marx
      Clip begins at: 29:08, Duration: 02m 31s
  • Glen Charles
    • Glen and Les Charles on the series finale of The Bob Newhart Show
      Clip begins at: 09:55, Duration: 01m 58s
  • Les Charles
    • Glen and Les Charles on the series finale of The Bob Newhart Show
      Clip begins at: 09:55, Duration: 01m 58s
  • Tony Charmoli
    • Tony Charmoli on receiving a Dance Magazine Award on The Tonight Show for his choreography on Hit Parade and walking off The Tonight Show
      Clip begins at: 01:54, Duration: 03m 55s
  • Tom Cherones
    • Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Finale"
      Clip begins at: 32:08, Duration: 00m 31s
    • Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Junior Mint"
      Clip begins at: 20:03, Duration: 01m 32s
    • Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Bubble Boy"
      Clip begins at: 17:50, Duration: 01m 13s
    • Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld episode "The Contest"
      Clip begins at: 16:06, Duration: 01m 41s
    • Tom Cherones on the Seinfeld  episode "The Parking Garage"
      Clip begins at: 10:44, Duration: 03m 01s
  • Robert Conrad
    • Robert Conrad on his Eveready Battery Commercial
      Clip begins at: 04:04, Duration: 01m 32s
  • Tim Conway
    • Tim Conway on his favorite sketches on The Carol Burnett Show
      Clip begins at: 18:50, Duration: 00m 49s
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the "Went with the Wind!" sketch spoofing Gone with the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show
      Clip begins at: 19:44, Duration: 00m 55s
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the dentist sketch on The Carol Burnett Show
      Clip begins at: 10:32, Duration: 03m 06s
  • Hal Cooper
    • Hal Cooper on Allan Sherman insisting Bill Cosby be a guest on the Tonight show
      Clip begins at: 00:04, Duration: 02m 00s
  • David Crane and Marta Kauffman
    • David Crane and Marta Kauffman on the first time Ross and Rachel kiss on Friends
      Clip begins at: 37:37
  • Bill Dana
    • Bill Dana on the famous kiss between Archie Bunker and Sammy Davis Jr on the "All in the Family" episode he wrote
      Clip begins at: 02:16, Duration: 00m 46s
  • Dick Ebersol
    • Dick Ebersol on Eddie Murphy wanting to kill "Buckwheat"
      Clip begins at: 17:25, Duration: 01m 19s
  • Jamie Farr
    • Jamie Farr on cross-dressing as "Klinger" on M*A*S*H and reaction from fans from the "Big Mac" episode
      Clip begins at: 47:56, Duration: 02m 45s
  • Charles Fox
    • Composer Charles Fox on Ed Ames' famous tomahawk stunt on The Tonight Show
      Clip begins at: 26:47, Duration: 02m 33s
  • Marla Gibbs
    • Marla Gibbs on creating the memorable sequence from classic The Jeffersons episode "Mr. Piano Man," which had her crawling under the piano in a crowded party to try to answer the front door before George Jefferson
      Clip begins at: 15:54, Duration: 01m 41s
  • Patricia Heaton
    • Patricia Heaton on the final episode of Everybody Loves Raymond as a "brilliant way to end the series"
      Clip begins at: 26:57, Duration: 02m 06s
  • Barry Kemp
    • Barry Kemp on the Newhart series finale
      Clip begins at: 00:01, Duration: 02m 28s
  • Don Knotts
    • Don Knotts on Andy Griffith Show co-star Howard McNear ("Floyd, the Barber") and the episode "Convicts-at-Large"
      Clip begins at: 09:18, Duration: 02m 00s
  • Harvey Korman
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the "Went with the Wind!" sketch spoofing Gone with the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show
      Clip begins at: 19:44, Duration: 00m 55s
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the dentist sketch on The Carol Burnett Show
      Clip begins at: 10:32, Duration: 03m 06s
  • Vicki Lawrence
    • Vicki Lawrence on specific episodes of The Carol Burnett Show  such as "Went with the Wind"; on Harvey Korman being nervous about playing Clark Gable
      Clip begins at: 50:54
  • Sheldon Leonard
    • Producer Sheldon Leonard on the classic Dick Van Dyke Show episode "That's My Boy?" (airdate: September 25, 1963)
      Clip begins at: 05:50, Duration: 02m 15s
  • Bob Mackie
    • Bob Mackie on the famous curtain-rod dress he made for Carol Burnett "Went With the Wind", a spoof of Gone With the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show
      Clip begins at: 27:11, Duration: 02m 17s
  • Garry Marshall
    • Garry Marshall on Jack Paar walking off the set of the Tonight show in 1960
      Clip begins at: 04:38, Duration: 00m 21s
  • Dick Martin
    • Dick Martin on directing the series finale of Newhart  and its surprise ending
      Clip begins at: 12:50, Duration: 04m 10s
  • Mary Tyler Moore
    • Mary Tyler Moore on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (airdate: October 25, 1975)
      Clip begins at: 19:49, Duration: 03m 48s
  • Suze Orman
    • Suze Orman on how she handled meeting Kristen Wiig after seeing her parody on Saturday Night Live of Suze's show
      Clip begins at: 46:23
  • Marty Pasetta
    • Marty Pasetta on The Academy Awards infamous streaking incident 
      Clip begins at: 25:24, Duration: 01m 34s
    • Marty Pasetta on Marlon Brando refusing his Oscar
      Clip begins at: 26:58, Duration: 01m 20s
  • Suzanne Pleshette
    • Suzanne Pleshette on her cameo in the series finale of Newhart
      Clip begins at: 24:03, Duration: 03m 43s
  • Madelyn Pugh Davis
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy is Enciente," where she tells Ricky she's pregnant
      Clip begins at: 13:20, Duration: 00m 47s
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Does a Commercial" (Vitameatavegamin)
      Clip begins at: 08:32, Duration: 00m 39s
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the birth of "Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy
      Clip begins at: 09:11, Duration: 00m 57s
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on writing the I Love Lucy episode "Job Switching" (candy factory)
      Clip begins at: 10:28, Duration: 01m 03s
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy's Italian Movie" (grape stomping)
      Clip begins at: 12:26, Duration: 00m 52s
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "L.A. at Last" (nose catches fire)
      Clip begins at: 13:18, Duration: 01m 33s
  • Phylicia Rashad
    • Phylicia Rashad to why The Cosby Show was so popular
      Clip begins at: 17:47, Duration: 01m 34s
  • Phil Rosenthal
    • Phil Rosenthal on the "Bad Moon Rising" episode of Everybody Loves Raymond
      Clip begins at: 22:47, Duration: 01m 27s
  • Jay Sandrich
    • 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
      Clip begins at: 12:14, Duration: 01m 22s
    • Jay Sandrich on a favorite episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Toulouse-Lautrec is one of my Favorite Artists"
      Clip begins at: 25:15, Duration: 01m 28s
    • Jay Sandrich on the episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show that won Mary an Emmy
      Clip begins at: 26:57, Duration: 01m 28s
  • Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf
    • Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on "Lucy Does the Tango" episode of I Love Lucy
      Clip begins at: 26:35, Duration: 02m 03s
  • George Schlatter
    • George Schlatter on Richard M. Nixon's appearance on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
      Clip begins at: 12:21, Duration: 01m 53s
  • Jack Shea
    • Director Jack Shea on "George Jefferson's" walk on The Jeffersons
      Clip begins at: 03:16, Duration: 00m 39s
  • Jerry Stiller
    • Jerry Stiller on working with Michael Richards on the Festivus episode of Seinfeld
      Clip begins at: 27:24, Duration: 01m 52s
  • Tucker Wiard
    • Tucker Wiard on funny moments on The Carol Burnett Show
      Clip begins at: 05:04, Duration: 02m 02s
  • Henry Winkler
    • Henry Winkler explains how his character "Fonzie" first said "whoa" on Happy Days
      Clip begins at: 22:30, Duration: 00m 48s
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