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Actor-director-author Henry Winkler describes how he discovered that he was dyslexic. Time magazine's Richard Zoglin, author of Comedy at the Edge, explains how stand-up comedy in the late '70s changed America.
Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler
Full Interview. (12:57)
Best known to millions as "The Fonz" on TV's Happy Days, Henry Winkler has enjoyed an award-winning career as an actor, director and producer, spanning some three decades. He grew up in New York and began his career in commercials. Winkler works with numerous children's groups and is a founding member of the Children's Action Network. He's also written a series of best-selling children's books, inspired by his own struggle with dyslexia. The latest in the series is Hank Zipzer: The World's Greatest Underachiever.
Richard Zoglin
Richard Zoglin
Author of "Comedy at the Edge" explains how stand-up comedy in the late '70s changed America. (3:03)
Full Interview. (10:14)
Richard Zoglin is a senior editor and theater critic for Time magazine. He joined the publication as a staff writer in '83 and has examined media coverage of major news events and written on a variety of cultural topics. A Kansas City (MO) native, he began his journalism career as a copy editor for Saturday Review and covered the start-up of CNN for the Atlanta Constitution. He also helped launch Time Inc.'s TV-Cable Week. Zoglin honors an important generation of stand-up comics in his book, Comedy at the Edge.