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How blues legend Buddy Guy got his hands on his first guitar
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Hear Buddy Guy play the song by John Lee Hooker that made him want to learn guitar
Salman Rushdie on Saul Bellow's books
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Salman Rushdie talks about some of his favorite Saul Bellow books in this outtake.
How Henry Winkler helped Marlee Matlin through a turbulent time in her life
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Henry Winkler took Marlee Matlin in for two years while she recovered from a turbulent time.
Marlee Matlin changed how "CODA" was cast
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Marlee Matlin refused to allow a hearing actor to play her Deaf husband in the 2021 film “CODA.”
Marlee Matlin on her childhood in Illinois
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Marlee Matlin visits the house she grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois.
Where the term "Chicano" comes from
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The term "Chicano" has mysterious origins.
Rare studio footage of the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations"
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Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys work on "Good Vibrations" in the studio in 1966.
Brian Wilson visits his high school
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Brian Wilson makes a stop at his high school alma mater.
When journalist Jason Fine first met Brian Wilson
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Jason Fine describes how his friendship with Brian Wilson first started.
The origins of Shakespeare in the Park
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Papp built a stage on a 35 foot truck so he could bring Shakespeare to other communities.
Papp turned a dilapidated building into The Public Theater
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Joe Papp saved a historic building from demolition, which evolved into The Public Theater.
When Blake Edwards gave filmmaker Rob Marshall his iconic viewfinder
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Rob Marshall recounts the touching moment when Blake Edwards gifted him his viewfinder.
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