A Tour Of CBS Television City With Edward R. Murrow
This is a November 1953 broadcast of ‘See It Now’. In the first part of this half hour show, we’ll see the extensive and state of the art lighting in Studio 31, Art Linkletter’s show in Studio 41 and Jack Benny rehearsing upstairs in the space where James Cordon’s “Late, Late Show” is now done. We’ll also see “My Friend Irma” (one of the first network shows to originate at TVC) in production in Studio 43.
In the second half, we continue with Jack Benny rehearsals, but quickly move to the huge scenery and paint shop. We’ll visit camera maintenance and get up close and personal with a new RCA TK11. After that, we go to Telecine, see a fabulous custom patch panel and we’ll get to spend about five minutes on the set of “My Favorite Husband” for camera rehearsals in Studio 33. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
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What is interesting is there were a number of modern microphones he could be using that CBS had in 1953 and Murrow is using a WE 618a from 1931.
Oh, one of my all time heroes and role models! He’d have too much “class and professionalism” to make it today!
Bobby… this is a great find! Thanks! OBTW, “My Friend Irma” wasn’t just the 1st series to originate from TVCity, it was the 1st show! It was broadcast on October 3rd, 1952, almost 2 months before the building was completed. The broadcast was rushed to air when CBS found out NBC was doing their 1st show from Burbank on October 4th and wouldn’t accept 2nd place.