Remember Hullabaloo? January 12, 1965 – August 29, 1966, NBC
This was NBC’s answer to ABC’s ‘Shindig’, a half hour primetime music show for us teenagers. I remember both well, do you?
The show was taped in three different locations for some reason. It usually came from NBC Brooklyn, but Studio 8H also hosted some episodes. NBC Burbank also did some shows there, but I think there were less than a dozen from there.
George Jetson Would Be Proud! Thanks to Benoit Prégent for sending this photo of the Kuba Komet set at the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montréal. Below is a 30 second video of the set working in Germany. The KUBA Corporation manufactured the Komet from 1957 to 1962 in Wolfenbuttel, West Germany. This set stands 5′ 7″ […]
WPIX, New York City June 15, 1948 was the sign on day for WPIX. Welcoming viewers for the first month or so of operations to this independent station was done with the help of famous radio comedian Fred Allen (left). Like it’s sister station, WGN in Chicago, WPIX was owned by The Tribune Company. The […]
A Leisurely Stroll Down Memory Lane…WBOC, Circa 1964 This video will start at the beginning of the television studios tour, but for engineering and radio fans, the tour starts at the transmitters and radio studios just before this. WBOC is in Salisbury, Maryland and this twenty minute video has a very generous helping of RCA […]
Ampex Training Tape: VR 2000 In a super rare set of tapes from Ampex, here are all three parts of the 1964 master training session for all new owners of the Ampex VR 2000, color capable, video tape recorder. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bFPPJgFUJg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVmqqNitHJg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjC-TsFbClI Ampex training on the operation of the VR-2000 2″ Quad VTR, part […]
Was 20 in 1965 but I did watch the program now and again.
Watched both religiously. Liked Shindig better, Hullabaloo was too overpriced for Rock and roll…
I remember those white go-go boots!
Those were the days……back then NBC used to be in the business of show business.
Watched this and Shindig. I don’t remember much about them except that they were clear attempts at appealing to the ‘younger generation’ (of which I was a part).
Hullabaloo was a great show on NBC. What now seems subliminal is that at one point, almost every guest host had an NBC Show on for a little bit of cross promotion. Robert Vaughn, Michael Landon, etc. One of the dancers on the show was Donna McKenzie who had dark hair and was one of the girls who escorted Jerry and Gary Lewis. She went on to great fame and won a Tony for ‘A Chorus Line’.
I got this photo from the Hullabaloo Dancers FB page.
Most all the shows erased…another victim of the late 60’s NBC bean counters.
Has to be the worst rendition of “Help” ever. Gary knew the lyric, Jerry obviously reading the cue card. LOL.
This makes me feel so old as it was one year before my time at NBC.
What wonderful memories. I remember them both very well. I liked Hullabaloo better!
Loved that show! I wanted to be Joey Heatherton.
I remember them both very well. there was a “Hullabaloo” dancer that I hated and I still don’t know why! Her name was Lada Edmond Jr ..they couldn’t keep the camera on her and it drove me nuts! Funny the things you remember as you get older!
I have to admit that I’m one of those oldsters who grew up watching Hullabaloo and Shindig. End of an era and pretty much an end to a generation.
A lot of amateur shenanigans based on the promise of a 3 minute fame.
I recall Shindig was 45 minutes long. This was attempt by ABC to hold an audience.
Bobby..thanks for posting…4pm /ct weekdays…NBC even sent their stations Hullabaloo posters as give-a-ways &
COLORING BOOKS for the pre-teens.
I still have a Hullabaloo sweatshirt packed away somewhere! The time slot for this show was replaced with The Monkees in 1966!