The CBS Color Girl…
NBC had auburn haired Marie McNamara in New York as television’s first and original “color girl”, but Television City had the pretty, blond Ann Palmer.
Adjusting the primary colors was one thing, but getting the fleshtones right was critical. Both Ann and Marie spent hundreds of hours posing for the cameras, but were never seen on television.
This is Television City Studio 33 and this may be ‘The Gary Moore Show’ on a summer visit from New York around 1960. Enjoy and share!
Picture Parade #5…Who Knew? The ‘Playboy Penthouse’ Show This show, shot at WBKB in Chicago, was a syndicated production that aired late nights in some major markets for a little over a year. Below is a clip from the debut episode, October 24, 1959 with Hugh Hefner as host…his first guest was the great Lenny […]
SPECIAL 3 DAY BIRTH OF COLOR EVENT: DAY 1, PART 2 Today is the eve of the 63rd anniversary of commercial color broadcasting in America. Over these next 3 days, Eyes Of A Generation will tell the most complete story of the development of RCA’s Compatible Color System, ever presented on the internet. Pass the […]
Last Of The Monochrome Cameras: The RCA TK60 The great TK60 actually began as the TK12 and was introduced at the 1960 NAB. the TK12 was RCA’s first new camera design in 8 years and had what would become the “RCA New Look”, blue color for all their TV equipment. Electronically it used the new […]
Inside CBS Studio 42…1940 These rare photos from 1940 are some of the first ever of CBS television operations from their new studios, and were most likely taken in Studio 42, as it was 1,000 square feet bigger than Studio 41. In 1939, W2XAB (now WCBS) began broadcasting with an all electronic system it had […]
what a job
And then the cameras & monitors drift.
I’ve been in Studio 33 four times….three times to see “The Price Is Right” and once for an unofficial tour. I was so excited that the time zoomed by and I wasn’t able to take it all in.
Not only is more and more television done with remote cameras, people today don’t know how much time was spent in setup and adjustment.
This picture of Studio 33 is fantastic =)