Oral History Interviews

Over the past ten years, Jenni Matz has interviewed many celebrities for various oral history projects. She performs the research, conducts the interview, and in many cases also shoots the camera and edits the final product.

Past Interviews

Since 1996, Jenni Matz has researched and performed interviews with the following notables:

1. Bea Arthur  (Actor)
2. Kenneth Auchincloss (Editor-in-Chief, Newsweek)
3. Ed Begley, Jr. (Actor)
4. Shelley Berman  (Comedian)
5. Lewis Black (Comedian)
6. Ernest Borgnine (Actor)
7. Eddie Brill (Comedian)
8. George Carlin (Comedian)
9. Jack Carter   (Comedian)
10. Dick Cavett  (Comedian)
11. Tim Conway (Comedian)
12. Irwin Corey  (Comedian)
13. Norm Crosby (Comedian)
14. Bill Dana  (Comedian)
15. Vin Di Bona (Producer)
16. Phyllis Diller  (Comedian)
17. Sam Denoff (Writer)
18. Diane English (Producer/Writer)
19. Barbara Feldon  (Actor)
20. Budd Friedman (Founder, The Improv)
21. Larry Gelbart (Writer)
22. Shecky Greene  (Comedian)
23. Dick Gregory (Comedian)
24. Charles Grodin  (Actor)
25. Dave Grohl (Musician, Nirvana)
26. Pat Harrington  (Actor)
27. Hugh Hefner  (Publisher, Playboy)
28. Buck Henry (Writer/ Actor)
29. Doug Herzog (President, Comedy Central)
30. Arte Johnson  (Actor)
31. Rocky and Irma Kalish (Writers)
32. Hal Kanter (Writer)
33. Don Knotts  (Actor)
34. Norman Lear (Producer)
35. Rose Marie (Comedian)
36. Peter Marshall  (Actor)
37. Dick Martin  (Comedian)
38. Jamie Masada (Founder, Laugh Factory)
39. Jackie Mason  (Comedian)
40. Chuck McCann  (Actor)
41. Jayne Meadows (Actor)
42. Carlos Mencia (Comedian)
43. Jan Murray (Actor)
44. Howard Murray (Director)
45. Bob Newhart (Comedian)
46. Louis Nye  (Actor)
47. Gary Owens  (Actor)
48. Billy Persky (Writer/ Director)
49. Tom Poston  (Comedian)
50. Carl Reiner (Writer/ Director)
51. Jack Riley (Actor)
52. Tony Roberts  (Actor)
53. Paul Rodriguez (Comedian)
54. Andy Rooney (60 Minutes)
55. Jay Sandrich (Director)
56. George Schlatter (Producer)
57. George Shapiro (Manager/ Producer)
58. Joseph Solman (Artist)
59. Leonard Stern (Writer/ Director)
60. Howard Storm (Writer/ Director)
61. Dick Van Dyke (Actor)
62. Dick Van Patten (Actor)
63. Bruce Vilanch (Writer)
64. Betty White  (Actor)
65. Fred Willard  (Actor)
66. Jonathan Winters  (Comedian)
67. Weird Al Yankovic (Comedian)

TODAY

Currently, Matzorific Productions is producing a documentary about the iconic 60s performer and writer tentatively titled “Bill Dana: The Bar Mitzvah of Jose Jimenez".

We hope you’ll check out more on upcoming projects and information about recent productions on this site.

Tom Poston

Lewis Black

Eddie Brill

Betty White

Bill Dana

Bill Dana and Louis Nye