Riot Radio Network w/Evan Ginzburg - March 14, 2007                                  

• Chuck is gold as he talks about how he got started in puppeteering, the Garry Moore show and his early rounds in New York in the early days of television, acting, writing and fishing for costumes for his daily TV show. 

run time: 20 minutes

Time Travel w/ Don Hollis - New York radio show - December 2006                

• Chuck reminisces about his friend Stan Laurel, his early career in NY including playing Little Orphan Annie! He also discusses The Thing, Cool McCool  and Far Out Space Nuts.

run time: 1 hour

The Zigory Show - Solid Vox Network - November 19, 2006                   

(phone interview from Playboy Mansion)

• The first 3 minutes lists a ton of Chuck's credits - before Chuck can even speak! Hang in there to hear Chuck talking about his friendship with Hugh Hefner, his puppet concerts in clubs and his affinity for drawing.

• Chuck gives a little insight on his pal Hugh Hefner the movie buff and ends with the kind of program he would do today if he had the opportunity.

run time: 35 minutes

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• The links are from the www.TVParty.com site (which is a fun site). A telephone interview with Chuck and Billy Ingram, one of the main authors on the site. The article with the interview is also good, and you can read it or print it out on our press page: click here

   

  run time: 40 minutes

TV Party w/Billy Ingram - May 8, 2007 - part 1

Chuck talks about his early days performing on stage and on live TV. He details how his show was done, talks about Sandy Becker giving him his big break, and working with his mentor, legendary puppeteer Paul Ashley. Chuck has some great advice in this interview for performers.

TV Party w/ Billy Ingram - May 8, 2007 - part 2

Chuck talks about the time he was performing the role of Sailor Clyde on the Captain Kangaroo show in 1959 and about living and working (and becoming friends with Jason Robards) in New York in the 1960s. Stories about working on Cool McCool, Turn On (the notorious TV flop that lasted one episode, produced by Laugh-In's George Schlatter), and the Steve Allen Tonight Show. Chuck also talks a bit about playing W. C. Fields in the TV movie Mae West.

TV Party w/ Billy Ingram - May 8, 2007 - part 3

Turns out Chuck and his wife were friends with Mae West and he shares stories of the immortal comedienne and how she had a mini-comeback in the 1970s thanks to his wife Betty, a former agent & Vice President at the William Morris Agency. He also talks about Stan Laurel and the Brown Paper Pete Film Festival that highlights short films produced by young filmmakers. If you live in the L.A. area, look for this event on its website (link above) held currently at the Fine Arts Theater on Wilshire, a wonderful theater in Beverly Hills.  There's nothing like watching films in old movie theaters, a rare treat that is rapidly becoming an anachronism.