Roy Leonard

One of the great screenwriting teams of all time talk about the old Hollywood with stories about Bogart and Bacall, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, and Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. (October 22, 1981) Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

An amazing, serious interview about the art of comedy with one of the funniest men alive. (1982) Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

In 1986 we talked about the difficulties of being Ernest Hemingway’s son and his service with our OSS in WWII and parachuting behind enemy lines. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

We traveled to New Orleans back in 1980 to talk to Clint Eastwood, Ronnie Milsap, Merle Haggard, Scatman Crothers and other stars of Clint’s movie Bronco Billy. Here’s a one-hour version of what happened over two days. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Comic David Brenner examined his career in a book back in 1983 and also released his first album. He talks with Roy about both. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Lily Tomlin told us where the character “Edith Ann” came from and shared more from her show biz career back in an early 1970’s visit. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

One of the great lyricists of all time, Johnny Mercer (On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, Moon River, Days of Wine and Roses, Laura, One For My Baby), in a classic show. (June 2, 1971) Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Founding member of Monty Python and the “Ministry of Silly Walks,” John Cleese joined Roy back in 1986 and talked about Faulty Towers as well Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

“Blue Man Group” has been playing at the Brian Street Theatre for 16 years.  Back in 1997, the three founders joined Roy to explain how it all started. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Funny man Steve Martin wrote a play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and brought it to our Steppenwolf Theatre in October of 1993.  Naturally we wanted to talk with him about it. (October 16, 1993)

Marcel Marceau, the world’s greatest mime, visited with us many times in the 1980’s and we’ve combined all his interviews into one great hour and eighteen minutes. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Clint Eastwood talked about the making of “Play Misty for Me” on October 18, 1971. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

In October, 1975, Art Garfunkel introduced his new album “Breakaway” on The Roy Leonard Show. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

James Michener, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of sweeping sagas like Hawaii and Centennial, talked about his new novel, Poland, in this 1983 interview. (September 15, 1983) Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Bette Midler joined us on October 31, 1979 to plug her new movie and song, The Rose, as well as the problems of become a blonde. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

In May, 1985, Billy talks about his family owning the Commodore Jazz Record label, Billie Holiday being one of his babysitters, and how Roone Arledge  gave him his start in showbiz. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

For over a decade, John Chancellor occupied the anchor chair on NBC Nightly News. He’s also credited with inventing the concept of the red state/blue state map that would come to dominate presidential election discussions, although originally the colors were reversed. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy […]

The top interpreter of The Great American Song Book from two visits in ’89 and ’90. (January 16, 1989 and March 13, 1990) Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

The great film and stage actress was here in Woman of the Year. She was one of the best guests of year 1984. (February 23, 1984) Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

The most respected humorist of his generation with examples of why he made us laugh (1991). Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Director John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen) talks about his life and times. (1980) Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

The humorist sat at the piano in our studio and told us how it all started.  And, he performed as well! (September 27, 1979) Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Michael Caine talks about his role as Scrooge in the 1992 film “The Muppet Christmas Carol” Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.

Alan Alda and Roy talked about everything from M*A*S*H to the Equal Rights Amendment in three visits. (March 1975, May 1986, March 1988) Bonus: Here’s a WGN Radio TV commercial from the 1980s featuring Vanna White, Alan Alda, Mark Russell. [ooyala code=”BxMzRyYzE6rQPUKYUx1PK7EQA7vVJOZc” player_id=”44dad7a985464be18c03e4457558d5d8″ auto=”true” width=”...

Woody Allen talks about “Bananas,” his clarinet playing, and God, in two visits in 1971 and 1982. Click here to return to the Roy Leonard Audio Archive. For more about Roy Leonard, visit royleonard.com.