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Day at Night was a
public television interview program airing from 1973-1974, hosted by
James Day , former president of both
KQED and
WNET . They are now available online via
CUNY TV .
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Interviewees include
Alwyn Nikolais , choreographer - November 29, 1974
Colleen Dewhurst , actress - June 6, 1974
George Rose , actor - June 3, 1974
William Schuman , composer - May 25, 1974
Anne Baxter , actress - May 17, 1974
Richard Rodgers , composer - May 13, 1974
Edward Teller , nuclear physicist - May 8, 1974
Marty Links , cartoonist ("EmmyLou") - May 8, 1974
Archie Moore , boxer - May 6, 1974
Tennessee Ernie Ford , singer - May 6, 1974
Herbert Gold , novelist from the Beat Generation - May 3, 1974
Jonas Salk , developer of the polio vaccine - April 28, 1974
Christopher Isherwood , playwright - April 25, 1974
Hugh Hefner , founder and publisher of Playboy - April 25, 1974
Vincent Price , actor and horror star - April 25, 1974
Irving Stone , novelist - April 23, 1974
Joan Baez , singer-songwriter - April 20, 1974
Wallace Stegner , author, historian, and environmentalist - April 18, 1974
Jacob Bronowski , historian of science - April 9, 1974
Noam Chomsky , author, lecturer, philosopher, and linguist - April 9, 1974
Howard K. Smith , TV newscaster - April 5, 1974
Sam Levenson , humorist and author - April 3, 1974
Cab Calloway , singer and bandleader. - April 2, 1974
S. J. Perelman , humorist and playwright - April 2, 1974
Hermione Gingold , actress - March 29, 1974
Alfred A. Knopf , publisher - March 28, 1974
Irving Howe , author - March 28, 1974
Kurt Waldheim , UN Secretary-General - March 22, 1974
Virgil Thomson , composer - March 18, 1974
Jan Peerce , opera singer. - March 15, 1974
Marya Mannes , author ("They") - March 15, 1974
Norman Cousins , author, journalist, peace advocate - March 12, 1974
Art Buchwald , newspaper columnist - March 7, 1974
Herbert Block , aka Herblock, political cartoonist. - February 28, 1974
Muhammad Ali , legendary boxing champion - February 19, 1974
Newton Minow , former chairman of the FCC - February 12, 1974
Norman Lear , renowned TV producer ("All in the Family") - January 23, 1974
Ray Bradbury , novelist and short story writer - January 21, 1974
Ozzie Nelson , actor and director - January 21, 1974
Stewart Alsop , newspaper columnist - January 1, 1974
Aaron Copland , composer - December 20, 1973
Theodore Bikel , actor - December 16, 1973
Victor Borge , Danish comedian, conductor and pianist - December 5, 1973
John Houseman , film and theatre producer, Part 1. - December 3, 1973
Joseph Papp , theatrical producer and founder of the
Public Theater . - November 29, 1973
Jonathan Winters , actor/comedian - November 27, 1973
Eli Wallach , actor/star of stage, screen and TV - November 20, 1973
Abe Burrows , playwright and screenwriter. - November 13, 1973
Billie Jean King , tennis champion - November 13, 1973
Isaac Stern , classical violinist. - November 13, 1973
Agnes De Mille , choreographer - June 25, 1973
Katherine Anne Porter , novelist and short story writer - June 25, 1973
Myrna Loy , actress - May 25, 1973
Ayn Rand , writer
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