Roger Memos scripts
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Finding aid last modified on 8 March 2016.
Title: Roger Memos scripts
Collection number: 2244
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
17.2 linear ft.
(43 boxes)
Date: ca. 1994-2006
Abstract: Television producer Roger Memos is best known for his work on television talk shows. The collection consists of script files
and occasional production information from the television talk shows
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends,
Donnie and Marie,
The George and Alana Show,
The Megan Mullally Show and
The Suzanne Somers Show.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Memos, Roger C.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roger Memos Scripts (Collection 2244). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Roger Memos, 2007.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of scripts files related to the career of television producer and clearance administrator Roger Memos.
Included are script drafts and occasional production information representing television talk shows: Caryl and Marilyn: Real
Friends, Donnie and Marie, The George and Alana Show, The Megan Mullally Show and The Suzanne Somers Show. Additionally there
is a very small amount of background information about guests for The Suzanne Somers Show.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by project title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Memos, Roger C.
Television producers and directors--California--Los Angeles--Archives.
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends
Box 26
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96008-96020 scripts and production information.
1996 May-Jun.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Ron Popeil, David Carradine, Ed Begley, Barbara Billingsley, Florence Henderson, Thelma Houston, Julia Sweeney,
Dennis Franz, Dr. Joyce Brothers, among others.
Box 27
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96021-96029; 96031-96045 scripts and production information.
1996 Jun-July.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Tammy Faye Bakker, George Wallace, Eartha Kitt, Kathy Najimy, Phyllis Diller, among others
Box 28
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96042-96072 scripts and production information.
1996 July-Sep.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Casey Kasem, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Eddie Ciprian, Weird Al, Joe Piscopo, Carnie Wilson, among others. No script
for show 96068, only production information.
Box 29
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96073-96099 scripts and production information.
1996 Sep-Oct.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Ricardo Montalban, Patty Hearst, Eartha Kitt, Little Richard, Wink Martindale, Brian McKNight, Andrea Martin,
Lou Ferrigno, among others.
Box 30
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96100-96128 scripts and production information.
1996 Oct-Nov.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Sherman Hemsley, Richard Simmons, Kris Jenner, Gabrielle Carteris, Tammy Faye [Bakker] Messner, Sheryl Lee
Ralph, Tippi Hedren, Dweezil Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa, Deidre Hall, Amanda Bynes
Box 31
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96129-96162 scripts and production information.
1996 Nov-Jan 1997.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Mackenzie Phillips, Rodney Dangerfield, Casey Kasem, Dick Clark, Little Richard, Gavin Macleod, among others.
Box 32
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96163-96194 scripts and production information.
1997 Jan-Mar.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Deepak Chopra,among others.
Box 33
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96195-96224 scripts and production information.
1997 Mar-Apr.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Jackie Collins, Suzanne Somers, Erik Estrada, Vicki Lawrence, Shirley Jones, among others.
Box 34
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96225-96250 scripts and production information.
1997 Apr-May.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Robert Guillaume, Tanya Tucker, Esther Williams, Dick Clark, Dick Van Patten, Art Linkletter, among others.
Box 35
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - shows 96251-96256 scripts and production.
1997 May.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Dr. Demento, Wink Martindale, among others.
Box 35
Caryl and Marilyn: Real Friends - talent grids.
1996-1997.
Box 6
Donny and Marie - test shows 1-8 scripts and production information.
1998 July-Aug.
Scope and Content
Shows 00A-00H.
Box 6
Donny and Marie - shows 1001-1006 scripts and production information.
1998 Sep.
Box 7
Donny and Marie - shows 1007-1025 scripts and production information.
1998 Sep-Oct.
Box 8
Donny and Marie - shows 1026-1044 scripts and production information.
1998 Oct-Nov.
Box 9
Donny and Marie - shows 1045-1064 scripts and production information.
1998 Nov-Dec.
Box 10
Donny and Marie - shows 1065-1088 scripts and production information.
1998 Dec-Jan 1999.
Box 11
Donny and Marie - shows 1089-1110 scripts and production information.
1999 Jan-Feb.
Box 12
Donny and Marie - shows 1111-1117; 1121-1131 scripts and production information.
1999 Feb-Mar.
Box 13
Donny and Marie - shows 1132-1151 scripts and production information.
1999 Mar-Apr.
Box 14
Donny and Marie - shows 1152-1171 scripts and production information.
1999 Apr-May.
Box 15
Donny and Marie - shows 1172-1182; 2001-2008 scripts and production information.
1999 May-Sep.
Box 16
Donny and Marie - shows 2009-2025 scripts and production information.
1999 Sep-Oct.
Box 17
Donny and Marie - shows 2026-2043 scripts and production information.
1999 Oct-Nov.
Box 18
Donny and Marie - shows 2044-2060 scripts and production information.
1999 Nov-Dec.
Box 19
Donny and Marie - shows 2061-2076 scripts and production information.
1999 Dec-Jan 2000.
Box 20
Donny and Marie - shows 2077-2093 scripts and production information.
2000 Jan-Feb.
Box 21
Donny and Marie - shows 2095-2108 scripts and production information.
2000 Feb.
Box 22
Donny and Marie - shows 2109-2125 scripts and production information.
2000 Feb-Mar.
Box 23
Donny and Marie - shows 2126-2143 scripts and production information.
2000 Mar-Apr.
Box 24
Donny and Marie - shows 2144-2160 scripts and production information.
2000 Apr-May.
Box 25
Donny and Marie - shows 2161-2177 scripts and production information.
2000 Apr-May.
Box 26
Donny and Marie - shows 2178-2180 scripts and production information.
2000 Apr.
Box 26
Donny and Marie - taped show index for seasons 1 and 2.
1998-2000.
Donny and Marie - Donny and Marie talent grids for season 2.
2000.
The George and Alana Show
Box 1
George and Alana Show (The) - back up shows 1-5 production information.
1995.
Box 1
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 101-122 production information.
1995.
Box 2
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 139-140 scripts and production information.
1995.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Ivana Trump, Genie Francis, Jonathan Frakes, among others.
Box 2
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 141-149 production information.
Box 2
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 150 and 154 scripts and production information.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Phil Hartman, The Temptations, Stefanie Powers, Robert Wagner, among others.
Box 2
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 151-153 and 156 production information.
Box 3
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 157-174 scripts and production information.
1995.
Scope and Contents note
No scripts for shows 159-162, 164, 165, 167-169, 172-173 Guests include: Kim Cattrall, Lloyd Bridges, Soupy Sales, Betty White,
Steve Harvey, Sheryl Lee Ralph, among others.
Box 3
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 178-187 scripts and production information.
1996.
Scope and Content
No script for show 180. Guests include: Peggy Lipton, Claudia Schiffer, Beverly D'Angelo, Diane Ladd, Wayne Newton, Bill Maher,
Timothy Busfield, George Wallace, James Cromwell, among others.
Box 4
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 188-207 scripts and production information.
1996.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Andy Dick, Judy Collins, Lynda Carter, Claudia Schiffer, Brian McKnight, Tea Leoni, Jody Watley, Mickey Dolenz,
George Segal, Charlie Sheen, among others.
Box 5
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 208-221 scripts and production information.
1996.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Morgan Fairchild, Ann Margret, Bridget Fonda, Rod Steiger, Tate Donovan, Bonnie Hunt, Jewel, among others.
Box 5
George and Alana Show (The) - shows 223-225, 228 scripts and production information.
Scope and Content
Guests include: Hunter Tylo, Dan O'Brien, among others.
Box 6
George and Alana Show (The) - segment producer's schedules.
1995-1996.
Box 42
Megan Mullally Show (The) - Test Show 1 and 2 scripts.
2006 Aug.
Box 42
Megan Mullally Show (The) - Evergreen 1-5 scripts.
2006 Aug .
Box 42
Megan Mullally Show (The) - shows 1001-1016 scripts.
2006 Aug-Sep.
Box 43
Megan Mullally Show (The) - shows 1017-1027; 1029-1033 scripts.
2006 Sep.
Box 35
Suzanne Somers Show (The) - launch shows 1-7 scripts and some background information.
1994 July.
Box 36
Suzanne Somers Show (The) - launch shows 7-12 scripts and some background research.
1994 July.
Box 36
Suzanne Somers Show (The) - shows 1001-1007 scripts and some background information.
1994 Aug.
Box 37
Suzanne Somers Show (The) - shows 1008-1021 scripts and some background information.
1994 Aug-Sep.
Box 38
Suzanne Somers Show (The) - shows 1022-1033 scripts and some background information.
1994 Sep-Oct.
Box 39
Suzanne Somers Show (The) - shows 1034-1042 scripts and some background information.
1994 Oct.
Box 40
Suzanne Somers Show (The) - shows 1044-1056 scripts and some background information.
1994 Oct-Nov.
Box 41
Suzanne Somers Show (The) - shows 1057-1065 scripts and some background information.
1994 Nov.
Box 41
Background information for Gabrielle Carteris, Lou Ferrigno, Loretta Lynn, Ed O'Neil, Jason Stuart, and Jean Stuart.
1994.
