Picture Parade #2…Followup Photo, Kukla, Fran And Ollie
This is an amazingly rare 1947 photo of ‘Junior Jamboree’ at WBKB in Chicago, starring “The Kuklapolitans with Fran Allison”. This was the first embodyment of the show on television and this aired locally Monday thru Friday, from 6 to 7 pm Central Time. In case you missed it, see today’s story on the network debut of the show on this day in 1949. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
Ultra Rare! CBS Studio 43 And 44 (Grand Central) Spec Sheets Yesterday, I showed you Studio 41 and tomorrow, we’ll see Studio 42. Today we are going to look at “Studio” 43 and 44 which are actually control rooms. This has caused some confusion over the years as the Grand Central location has always been […]
That’s One Small Step For Man… Leading up to the July 16, 1969 launch of Apollo 11, and continuing through their July 24th return, the eyes of the entire world were fixed on the three men seen here in a live interview with an unknown network. From left to right is Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong […]
The End…Universal Stage 28 Demolished, September 22, 2014 The Joni Mitchell lyric, “they tore down paradise to put up a parking lot” comes to mind now. As I understand it, the space where Stage 28 was will now be used as part of the Universal Theme Park expansion. Although this was built in 1925, there […]
What A HOOT! You MUST See This! Take 5 minutes to watch this ULTRA RARE clip. This is Merv Griffin’s first TV show ‘Play Your Hunch’, but the GUESTS…WOW! Three of the biggest song writers of the day (early ’60s) and you’ll be stunned at what their songs were, even then! You know them all […]
I love the wood floors !!!!
…How great! …and a woman on camera 1.