October 3, 1961…”The Dick Van Dyke Show” Debuts On CBS
If you compare photos of this show’s sets and layout to “I Love Lucy” stage photos, you’ll see that they are strikingly similar. Even today, filmed sitcoms adhere closely to this layout and 3 camera arrangement. Enjoy! -Bobby Ellerbee
Forgotten Gem! Steve Martin’s “The Great Flydini” Sketch…CLASSIC! That “wild and crazy guy”, Steve Martin, has done so much great work, for so long, it’s easy to have missed some of his sketches. Even though I am a big fan, I had not seen this till recently. This is one of the best pieces of […]
Press releases and documents regarding coverage of the 1948 political conventions. [pdf-embedder url=”https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/TV-Pool-Coverage-1948-Political-Conventions-LIB-bk.pdf”]
TeleTales #1…Ever See One Of These Before? I think it was January of 1954 when RCA introduced this tri-view set. Notice the remote jack box for the ear pieces that gave you isolated audio on the screen you were most interested in. The speakers are in the bottom two panels and behind the top panel […]
CBS Television City: Art Linkletter’s House Party Here in Studio 41, Art is doing a last minute run through on a Maytag live spot in the background. In the foreground, the children from the interview segment are made comfortable with the studio’s activity. Behind this TK11 is the ‘school days’ set for the ‘Kids Say […]
Even today, millions of homes have pass through windows between the kitchen and the dining area (not a dining room distinct from the living room), often with shutters. The window allowed cameras to shoot to/from the kitchen and the shutters could hide the camera but the feature became popular in real houses,
It was the first show I ever saw filmed. I was about 12 and was amazed that the office shared a wall with the apartment. It ran like a play, afterward they did a pickup or two.
More commonly we use 4 cameras today labeled A, B, C, & X. X is an homage to Desi because it is the “Extra” camera. Same shooting theory as 3 camera though with a spare for Master, 2-shot or another Single.
What kind of cameras are they using and were they the most commonly used cameras for sitcoms of the early 60’s? Thanks
Very cool
If you look closely at the side of the camera dollies you will see the Desilu logo.
Did the film at the old Desilu Cahuenga studio?… I know the name changed later.
Indeed; although our multi camera sitcoms are now 4 digital cameras, the set up is very familiar.