Television producer/writer Richard "Rip" Crystal was born in New York and raised in Long Beach, Long Island. He moved to Los Angeles in 1975 to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. Over the past 30 years, he has produced and written countless television shows including Life's Most Embarrassing Moments, Planet's Funniest Animals, and with executive producer Rob Reiner produced the award-winning documentary on political standup comedy But Seriously. In 2003, he created and produced the feature film Murder by Numbers starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Gosling. He has sung and produced four pop/jazz albums performing the classic standards he first heard in the legendary Commodore Music Shop, his family's record store in Manhattan, managed by his late father. He lives in Los Angeles and has been married to his wife, Fran, for 40 years. Their daughter, Jackie, and her husband , Lee, have recently given them to lovely grandchildren - Coco, 5; and her younger brother, Maxwell Henry.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remains the scoring most player in the history of the NBA. He is a New York Times bestselling author, and a regular contributor to The Washington Post and Time Magazine. Kareem was also appointed to the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition.