Legendary television producer/director Don Mischer
His credits include: The Oscars; The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial; the 100th Anniversary of Carnegie Hall; Motown 25 - Michael Jackson’s moonwalk on national tv; Super Bowl Halftime Shows (Michael Jackson, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen to name a few)... and more!
His book is entitled
":10 SECONDS TO AIR"
Don Talks:
-Motown 25 and did he know Michael Jackson would be doing the Moonwalk on national television for the very first time
-How did a white guy from Texas end up with the Motown 25 job
-Having to deal with Diana Ross' band being arrested
-The uncomfortable moment with Frank Sinatra on live television at the Presidential Inauguration
-The Academy Award LaLa Land blunder
-Prince halftime show when it started to rain
-What Prince said to Don right before his performance
-Paul McCartney's halftime show followed the year after the 'wardrobe malfunction'
-Springsteen's halftime show slide XLIII