Picture Parade #3…Followup Photo, Kukla, Fran And Ollie
I finally found the photo that shows the band I had mentioned in the network debut anniversary story earlier today. Part of the show’s success was due to the adults that watched, and the laughter from the crew and band was always there. Like ‘Beany And Cecil’ and ‘Rocky And Bullwinkle’, there was always a thread of adult humor woven into the fabric of KFO. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
The RCA TK30 Era Extends to Studio 50: This second TK30 part is to commemorate the move from CBS Studio 51 (The Maxine Elliott Theater at 109 W. 39th Street) to CBS Studio 50 (at 1697 Broadway) in January of 1953. The cameras were still RCA TK30s but it was a much larger venue. (THE […]
HUGE AND FUN TRICK SHOT SURPRISES From The 1920s!!! If you are like me, seeing Harold Lloyd hanging from this clock always gives me chills and makes me wonder about his sanity, BUT…now we know how they did this, and more very slick effects. As you scroll down the page, a half dozen or so […]
‘Peter Pan Live’…Camera Rehearsals Start Tomorrow… Our friends Rob Balton, Tore Liva and Charlie Huntley are among the 14 or so camera operators that started work yesterday at The Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York, about 25 miles outside NYC. This is the same site used for last years NBC live presentation of ‘The Sound […]
Just For Fun, And Lots Of It! Johnny Caron’s 25th Anniversary Show The opening billboard of famous names is just staggering, and they are all here in clips, but so are some of the show’s greatest disasters, which start at about 31 minutes in. There are also clips of first time appearances from the likes […]
Thank you, good memories
The guy on the far left with glasses looks like Buddy Joseph, the cameraman on the chair (what else!!!) looks like Paul Frank. The adult humor comment was a major part of The Soupy Sales Show also.
Again, note the field Zoomar/
Paul Frank, he always wore short sleeve dress shirts, collar unbuttoned, and a colorful tie with a big Windsor knot.
Would love to know the names of those musicians?