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Scopp, Alfie - Interview

Item number (ISN):

378469

Series title:

Live to Air

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2002-05-14

Item number (ISN):

378469

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MCKENNA, Jim

Accession:

2006-0176

Media:

Video

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

2002-05-14

Production company:

Jim McKenna (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Jim McKenna

Description:

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Unedited interview of actor Alfred "Alfie" Scopp about his experiences working in live television for the CBC. The interview is for a two-hour documentary entitled LIVE TO AIR, broadcast on CBC television on 16 September 2002. Among the subjects discussed are: the creative spirit of early TV; the writers; various performers; actress Barbara Hamilton playing pranks on the cast during HOWDY DOODY broadcasts; working with Norman Jewison and Don Hudson; George Murray and Billy O’Connor forgetting his lines; Larry Mann; singers such as Phyllis Marshall, Joyce Sullivan and Shirley Harmer; Jack Kane; Alex Barris; the camaraderie of the people who worked in the early days of Canadian television; how he started working in television; starting to get into entertainment when he was in the air force; studying at Lorne Greene’s Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto; acting in the STAGE series on radio before he graduated from the Academy; going to Los Angeles; being asked to return to the CBC by Jackie Rae to write an army show; the cancellation of the army show before it went on the air; the experimentation by early television producers to find types of shows that would be successful; working on Ross McLean’s short-lived show STOP, WATCH AND LISTEN; his appearing the live show the day he was married; Mavor Moore telling him that the show was cancelled; THE BIG REVUE; working with Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth; Norman Jewison; ; acting in Norman Jewison’s film of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF; the stress and excitement of doing live television; mishaps; the show HERE’S DUFFY; a picture falling during a sketch he did with Larry Mann; Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster; the close community of performers on live television; the tension during Wayne and Shuster productions because of Wayne’s volatility; working on the Canadian edition of the HOWDY DOODY show; guests on the HOWDY DOODY SHOW, including Barry Morse, Robert Goulet and Bernard Slade; and the camaraderie among the people who worked in live TV at the CBC. <1h 14mn 59s>

Language:

English

Original number:

612-5305-02001

Notes:

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1. Betacam SX dubs of originals shot on Betacam SP tapes.~2. The Canadian Broadcast Museum holds the Betacam SP originals.~3. Production date of the Betacam originals (date interview conducted) is 2002-05-14.~4. Some replies are rephrased at the request of the interviewer in order to create complete replies since the interviewer’s questions are edited out for the documentary.~5. Videotape and incomplete transcript available for consultation on LAC premises.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

435765

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2007-01-0068
V7 2007-01-0069

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

74:59

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

435971

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2007-02-0025

Number of items:

1

Duration:

74:59

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

795273

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

378469-001.MXF
378469-002.MXF

Number of items:

2

Made from:

V7 2007-01-0068
V7 2007-01-0069

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

795274

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

378469-001.MP4
378469-002.MP4

Number of items:

2

Made from:

V7 2007-01-0068
V7 2007-01-0069

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

981237

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2007-02-0055

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V7 2007-01-0068
V7 2007-01-0069

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2007-02-0025

Restrictions on consultation:

Open for consultation.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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