Have you ever checked out the Academy of TV Arts & Science's fantastic Archive of American Television, which showcases comprehensive interviews with the legendary actors, writers, producers and crafts folk of tube history?

These one-on-ones with icons like Alan Alda, Angela Lansbury and Dick Van Dyke run for several hours apiece. The off-camera interviewer leads these luminaries through their life stories, with each offering insight and information about themselves that make for worthwhile viewing.

You can find them by CLICKING HERE. Unfortunately, only a small fraction of the interviews can be shared across the internet. The academy refuses to post the videos' embedding codes so that bloggers and scholars with websites can showcase these video clips, too. Sharing video is now standard industry protocol. Any time you see video at any blog or website it's because the embedding code is open. You'd think that an educational venture from a nonprofit TV academy would have openness and sharing as their highest priorities, but apparently not. Thus, a Bob Newhart fansite, for example, can't showcase the archives' video chat with that TV giant. It can merely provide a link where fans might find it. That's a shame. However, here and there some embedding codes are featured (by accident?) — like for this sample video below. It's part one of a 10-part chat with producer Norman Lear ("All in the Family," "Maude" and many other Emmy-winnging classics).