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TV's
Greatest Turning
Points with Professor
Robert J. Thompson
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In this TV Time Machine
audio interview, Syracuse University
Professor Robert J. Thompson explores
the moments, people and events that
made up some of Television's Greatest
Turning Points. Host Jim Benson and
Professor Thompson examine the medium's
incredible impact on society and culture-ranging
from I Love Lucy to the Watergate
scandal.
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Interview with
Mad Men Creator Matthew Weiner
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TV Time Machine
host Jim Benson presents a
one-hour interview with Matthew
Weiner, creator and Executive
Producer of AMC TV's Emmy
Award-winning drama Mad Men.
Also co-hosting this special
program is Lisa Rothstein,
whose Madison Avenue career
has included positions as
copywriter and creative director
for such advertising firms
as Young & Rubicam and
Ogilvy & Mather.
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It's Good to Be the
King: The TV Career of Mel Brooks
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Joining Jim on
the latest trip aboard the
TV Time Machine is entertainment
legend Mel Brooks. The man
who brought you the award-winning
The Producers on stage and
screen, as well as comedy
classics Blazing Saddles,
Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs,
got his start in the golden
age of television and went
on to create the character
of the 2000-Year-Old Man and
hit series Get Smart. Listen
as the king of "it's so-silly-it's-genius"
comedy goes back to his roots.
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Directors Guillermo
Del Toro and Jeannot Szwarc honor
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Part Two
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Part two of a
very special TV Time Machine
interview as directors Guillermo
Del Toro (Hellboy 2) and Jeannot
Szwarc (Heroes) honor Rod
Serling's Night Gallery. Listen
as host Jim Benson and the
director of the Academy Award-winning
Pan's Labyrinth explore this
classic series and the remarkable
work of Jeannot Szwarc, director
of twenty-two Gallery episodes.
A lifelong fan, Guillermo
Del Toro discusses his passion
for the show, his favorite
episodes, and his participation
in the upcoming DVD release
of Night Gallery: Season Two.
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Just One More
Thing... Columbo interview with Peter
Falk
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TV Time Machine
host Jim Benson interviews
Peter Falk about his legendary
TV character, Lt. Columbo.
Author of The Columbo Phile
and TV critic Mark Dawidziak
joins Jim and Peter as three
men examine all of the clues
that has made this detective
series a true television classic.
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A Charlie Brown
Christmas interview with producer
Lee Mendelson
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TV Time Machine
host Jim Benson celebrates
Christmas as he presents an
interview with Lee Mendelson,
producer of the classic TV
special, A Charlie Brown Christmas.
With his late partner Bill
Melendez, Mr. Mendelson has
produced scores of Peanuts
TV specials since 1965, including
It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie
Brown and A Charlie Brown
Thanksgiving.
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TV DVD Interview
Showcase:
Interview with Night Gallery co-author
Scott Skelton
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TV Time Machine
host Jim Benson interviews
Scott Skelton, his co-author
on Rod
Serling's Night Gallery: An
After-Hours Tour. Scott
and Jim discuss the history
of the series, and Universal
Home Entertainment's DVD release
of Night Gallery Season Two.
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