Ultra Rare! Meet Television’s Top Late Night Directors!
Thanks to Vinnie Favale, here is a one of a kind photo. From left to right is “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” director Dave Diomedi, “The Colbert Report” director Jim Hoskinson, “Late Night With David Letterman” director Jerry Foley and “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” director Chuck O’Neil. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
There are two videos here. The first is a great look at the first CBS portable and wireless camera developed in 1961-62 by CBS VP of Technology Dr. Joe Flaherty with help from Ikegami. There were three prototypes with one at CBS O&O KMOX in St. Louis to test for use as an “electronic new […]
September 21, 1948…Berle Named Permanent Host, ‘Texaco Star Theater’ On June 8, 1948, there were two major debuts at NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza and they both happened in the same place at the same time as ‘The Texaco Star Theater’ was broadcast live from Studio 6B. This was the first broadcast from 6B after it’s […]
Behind The Scenes Of ‘Wonderama’…WNEW This 6 minute clip takes us into the control room with Sonny Fox as our host some time in the early 60s. From 1944 till 1958 this was WABD, Dumont’s flagship station in New York, but in ’58 it became WNEW. There is classic Dumont TV equipment everywhere. ‘Wonderama’ was […]
The 1936 RCA Iconoscope Camera (1 of 2) This is the original version of the first commercially available television cameras in the US. You often see this same camera chassis style painted silver, but actually, they are the same cameras. The only difference is that the silver version, called the RCA A500 has a different Iconoscope tube […]
Chuck!
I recall back in the day when Hal Gurnee was the director of Letterman’s show.
I wonder if Foley opened his wallet and paid !!!! Love the guy.
Hey Dave! I don’t know the other fellas ….
Now I’m with Andre Allen on The Nightly Show!
I gotta get out more
Unfortunate, “Robert Richardson” style hard table-bounce lighting on view here…