 link letter that originally aired on August 8, 1962, on NBC's Here's Hollywood. The interview took place on location in Europe while Garner was filming The Great Escape. According to Phil Grice, it is the oldest known interview of James Garner that is still in existence, at least in audio form. The original NBC videotapes of Here's Hollywood were erased long ago and are lost forever. James Garner did not always open up to interviewers.