When ‘I Love Lucy’ debuted October 15, 1951, the first episode to air was “The Girls Want To Go To A Nightclub”, but the first episode to be filmed was “Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Murder Her” which was filmed on September 8, 1951. It aired as the fourth episode on November 5th.
This rare schedule shows the rehearsals and shooting times at The General Services Studios location, which is where the show was done for the first three seasons. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
NBC was televising shows from a few of their radio studios before they were converted to TV studios. This photo was taken in Studio 6A on October 5, 1949 during a radio-TV simulcast of ‘Break The Bank’. There were four in house “mobile units”…the red, green, blue and yellow units, and each had three TK30s […]
Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade: 1939, In Color Very nostalgic home movie footage with lots of recognizable characters. Found 8mm footage of the 1939 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Floats and balloons featuring: Pinocchio, Donald Duck, The Tin Man, The Scarecrow, Old King Col… Source
CBS Broadcast Center Studios Here is the layout of the studios at the Broadcast Center in New York. This is a great mental guide when discussing where shows came from. In case you haven’t see my 126-page report called, The History of CBS New York Studios 1937-1965, just follow the link below for the amazing […]
November 19, 1959…America Meets Rocky And Bullwinkle Today is the anniversary of the debut of one of my all time favorite cartoon shows…probably one of yours too. The show debuted as ‘Rocky And His Friends’ on ABC and although done in color, it was broadcast in black and white. Before third season began in 1961, […]
General Service Studios…later, Zoetrope, and now Hollywood Center Studios. Spent a lot of years on that great old lot. Loved walking on Stage 2 and just imagining all of the activity to put that first show on.
Great…thanks Charlie
There were problems editing the first filmed episode because they used 4 cameras. Thats why it was delayed. (Source: Bart Andrews book.)
This is a model of the I Love Lucy Set.