Another Magic Moment! The Photo AND The Video To Match!
Just before the video clip, which will start at 6:44, there is a classic live Ajax commercial, complete with the “bubba buma bum bum” lyric many of us still remember. This beautiful color photo was taken during rehearsal of ‘The Photographer’ sketch on the March 23, 1952 ‘Colgate Comedy Hour’. It was live from NBC’s Radio City West studios at Sunset and Vine in Hollywood. Dean is a fashion photog and Jerry is an inept window washer.
Exclusive Photos From NBC Studio 8H: Apollo 8 News Headquarters The First Moon Mission: Part 2 As mentioned in the post just before this, the TK41 solo photo post, there was another anchor position which can be seen in the photo on the left. The darker space is a “green room” for guests, and in […]
http://www.emmytvlegends.org/news/april-17-1967-fifty-years-ago-today-the-joey-bishop-show-debuted-on-abc Here is the story I wrote for the Archive Of American Television site…home of the Emmy TV Legends video collection and histories. Enjoy and share! It’s quite an interesting story! -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 […]
70 Years Ago Today…Dominick George Pardo Joined NBC Radio David Schwartz, one of television’s top historians, has put together an exceptional – one of a kind timeline of Dan Pardo’s career at NBC. He was kind enough to share it with us. With thanks to David, here is one of the most impressive collection of […]
How much of the country could see it live in March of 1952? Did NBC have coast to coast live feed capability by then? Would the East Coast get it live and then the West on kinescope?
Fantastic!!!!!
Beautiful! <3
This pic is from the rehearsal… The clothes are not the same. There is lots of Martin and Lewis’ photos from the rehearsals, with another clothes, and also from not used sketches. 😀