Remembering ‘Graduate’ Screenwriter Buck Henry

Remembering ‘Graduate’ Screenwriter Buck Henry

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Buck Henry, who died Jan. 8, co-wrote the film ‘Get Smart’ with Mel Brooks and made regular appearances as a guest host on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in the show’s early years. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1997 at the New York Film Forum about his masterpiece, ‘The Graduate.’

Also, we remember jazz trumpeter Jack Sheldon. He sang with Benny Goodman and was bandleader and sidekick for Merv Griffin’s talk show for many years. He spoke with ‘Fresh Air’ in 1993.

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