To me, the best examples of the great pictures the TK41 made are captured on The Andy Williams Christmas Specials on NBC. This is my second favorite clip of their great color. Wait till you see my favorite which is up next! Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
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 […]
Picture Parade #2…Classic Jackie Gleason This is early afternoon, Saturday February 5, 1955. Camera blocking is still going on and CBS veteran Pat McBride is just behind Jackie. This is Studio 50, or what we now call The Ed Sullivan Theater, although Gleason was the first big show from here. This is the variety show […]
Surprise! MSNBC Primetime Convention Coverage Was From NYC! Who knew? I watched MSNBC a lot, and it was just like Brian Williams and Rachel Maddow were there in the hall. Actually, they were in MSNBC Studio 3A, in a the space usually occupied by the “Morning Joe” set. The seamless blending was made possible by […]
November 3, 1956…The ‘Oz’ Tradition Begins On CBS The first time ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ was shown on television was a Saturday night in November of 1956. Many have said that the debut broadcast was not in color, but this add from the Vineland Times Journal, in Vineland NJ settles that argument. It was indeed […]
I was a child when these specials aired and watched them with my parents. Even at that young age, I was captivated by the sets, the movement, the music and the artistry. Still love watching these.
All RCA color cameras, right up thru the TK47, had beautiful colorimetry and matrixing, especially compared to the Marconis and Ikegami’s of the same era. Too bad they were so high maintenance.
Great restoration on these shows. From the look, I would guess late TK41 technology. Any idea as to the date of this clip?
Wow! It almost look “fake”, in a positive way 🙂
Interesting to see the blooper with the title card there at 2:50. By the 60’s, the show had to be on tape by then and you’d think they’d have done a pickup.