Sonny Fox on how being held as a POW in Nazi Germany changed his life

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
North Hollywood, CA, United States

Host/executive Sonny Fox describes being held as a POW in Germany during World War II. It was a harrowing, life-changing experience, which he survived, though he notes:

"I came home, but I came home changed. I had left a skinny, uncertain kid from Brooklyn. And I came home a much different person.”

Watch Sonny Fox's full interview, which chronicles his career from Candid Camera to his time as Vice President of Children’s Programming at NBC.

TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews

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The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

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