Founded in 1997, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation launched the Archive of American Television to "capture the stories behind the making of television and preserve them for future generations" by conducting long-form interviews with TV professionals across a range of specialties and genres. In 2017, the Archive was renamed The Interviews: An Oral History of Television.
The archive has digitized over 4,000 hours of original content, making hundreds of interviews accessible online, for free. The collection covers a variety of professions, genres, and topics in television history. Many individuals with careers related to the Muppets have been interviewed as part of the archive - including Muppeteers Caroll Spinney and Kevin Clash.
Interviews[]
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Lewis Bernstein Recorded July 21, 2004 |
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Frank Biondo Recorded October 2, 2019 |
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Bernie Brillstein Recorded November 14, 2001 |
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Ed Christie Recorded July 21, 2004 |
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Kevin Clash Recorded July 20, 2004 |
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Joan Ganz Cooney Recorded April 27, 1998 |
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Danny Epstein Recorded July 20, 2004 |
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Tony Geiss Recorded July 20, 2004 |
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Loretta Long Recorded July 21, 2004 |
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Sonia Manzano Recorded July 15, 2004 |
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Bob McGrath Recorded July 15, 2004 |
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Lloyd Morrisett Recorded July 21, 2004 |
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Roscoe Orman Recorded July 20, 2004 |
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Caroll Spinney Recorded May 12, 2001 |
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Norman Stiles Recorded December 12, 2014 |
Interview Mentions[]
Other individuals and collaborators who talked about their work with Jim Henson or the Muppets during their interviews:
- Army Archerd on Jim Henson
- Garrett Brown on working on short films for Sesame Street
- Vince Calandra on The Muppets' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
- Michael Fuchs on developing Fraggle Rock for HBO
- Julian Goodman on meeting a young Jim Henson at WRC-NBC in Washington, D.C.
- James L. Loper on the introduction of Sesame Street
- Gary Smith on working with Jim Henson