NBC Tour Time #2…30 Rock As Only David Letterman Can Show It
Just for fun, here a clip from around 1985, just before the GE sale, with Dave bring out some of the many selling points. I particularly like the trip to the Tom Brokaw news set;>) Thanks to David Crosthwait for the clip. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6RKlrq5sbs
Ghosts and headlocks.
If you are lucky, you learn something new every day, and today, we are all lucky! I had no idea that what you are about to read and see here ever happened, but thanks to yesterday’s post on the first mobile units, we have fascinating new images and video to share. Thanks to David Breneman […]
September 12, 1954…Brooklyn 1, NBC’s Second Color Studio Debuts [evp_embed_video url=”http://CDN.eyesofageneration.com/Content/Daily_Posts/2016/9-16NBCBrooktour.mp4″ preload=”none” template=”mediaelement”] The full story is below, but at this link is a tour of Brooklyn 1 by Steve Allan, just after NBC’s first color spectacular “Satin & Spurs”, aired live from this new color studio September 12, 1954. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee […]
These Photos Unlocks Some Mysteries! If you ever wondered what happened to NBC’s “Felix The Cat” mechanical camera after tests were concluded in 1932, here’s the answer. It was on display at the RCA Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. In the diagram, we see it in the Museum being displayed along […]
January 5, 1970…’All My Children’ Starts A 41 Year Run On ABC This 1993 video is a fantastic look behind the scenes of the show in ABC’s TV 23, but more on what you can see and where in a moment. From 1970 to 1990, ‘All My Children’ was recorded at ABC’s TV 18 at […]
He had many great years but, if you’ve seen him lately, it’s time to go.
I always loved him simply because he was, and is, such a punk LOL. He’s hard to watch now though because of Paul Schaeffer. I really wish he would just shut up and play the music.
I’ve always loved the behind-the-scenes ‘tours’ Dave took us on. This is another great example.
Conan O’Brien continued this tradition during his tenure as host of ‘Late Night’.
Brings back great memories of when David Letterman was funny.