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The Lardine Tapes: Celebrity, History, Conversation
Bob Lardine (1924-2019) asked great questions.
As an interviewer, he knew how to keep . T things light, conversational. He got the information he needed, and wrote articles based on what answers the subject provided, but he did it in a way that never felt like he was prodding, or intending to catch someone out.
He held a number of positions in
journalism but one of the most health care physical examination male female memorable was as a Hollywood correspondent for the NY Post, where he would write up interviews with on-the-rise celebrities or long-established actors and directors about their current project and what they’d learned. If you’ve ever read a typical Sunday newspaper magazine with a couple pages of interview with a contemporary star of stage or screen, you’ve settled in with Bob’s bread and butter for decades.
Bob would share his interview tapes with his family (his niece Drew Wanderman and his nephew Todd Wanderman). Scrawled with all sorts of markings and ranging with dates from the 1960s to the 1980s. Ultimately, they came to the Internet Archive as a physical donation with the intention of being digitized and put up for all to enjoy.
A selection of Lardine cassettes from the original physical donation
For a number of years, after being donated, classified, and assigned an inventory number, the tapes were stored waiting to join a digitization queue. In 2025, the box was opened to be digitized using a tape setup and converted to .WAV sound files.
Tape Digitizing Setup – TASCAM 122mkIII deck to MOTU M4 USB Interface to Audacity
The box of audio cassettes, excepting a belgium business directory few in need of repair, are now digitized into the Interview Tapes by Bob Lardine collection at the Archive. 57 separate recorded interviews with celebrities, and two compilations of tapes, discussed further below.
Most people will be naturally drawn to
the celebrity interviews. With names like George Peppard, Sharon Gless, Ricardo Montalban and more, they represent a killer lineup of recognizable names, especially if you experienced television in the 1970s and 1980s. Many of these tapes were recorded during the height of their careers (Peppard in the middle of A-Team, Gless while appearing in House Calls, and Kate Jackson just starting out on Charlie’s Angels) and they are more than happy to talk through their biographies and thoughts while in the salad days of nationwide celebrity status.
