Picture Parade #5…It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
The Andy Williams Christmas Specials were always great, but his weekly show was also a piece of art, in every way. There were always lots of crane shots and elevated performances, like the one seen here during rehearsal at NBC Burbank. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
Eastmancolor: 1950 It’s hard to believe, but single strip 35mm color film was not available until 1950. This rendered Three-Strip color photography relatively obsolete, even though, for the first few years of Eastmancolor, Technicolor continued to offer Three-Strip origination combined with dye-transfer printing (150 titles produced in 1953, 100 titles produced in 1954 and 50 […]
August 18, 1948…Vine Street Studios Debut Did you know this was originally the home of The Don Lee – Mutual Network? Or, that this is the first place Johnny Carson ever went on network television? This was also the home of “The Dating Game”, “The Joey Bishop Show”, and more. The building, at 1313 Vine […]
September 16, 1965…”The Dean Martin Show” Debuts On NBC This video goes to the heart of why the show was such a big success. It was as spontanious as a taped, network variety show could be, thanks to the unique relationship that Dean and director Greg Garrison had. The great open secret of The Dean […]
In 1963, KPRC‑TV in Houston deployed two advanced mobile television units that were custom-built for them by Southern Coach. Usually when stations in the west bought new GE cameras, the opted out of all the RCA equipment. Southern Coach became the logical next step for broadcasters who required expanded interiors, greater equipment capacity, and more […]
From the back, it looks like Roy Holm on the Chapman. Roy did most of the “biggies” from Burbank.
I remember Mitch Miller used a lot of crane shots also.
NBC Burbank in its prime. Are these shows out on DVD yet? Or restored at all?