Studio 6B…Time Lapse Remodeling For ‘Tonight’ Return To NYC
If you look closely, you can see that at the start, the column that was forever behind Carson’s homebase set is still there, but not for long. You can see the side entrance and back stage scenery doors being widened too. A busy bee hive with a great result! Thanks to Caz Bielen for bringing this clip to our attention.
The Baughman Pedestal This little mobile pedestal was a real work horse from the 1950s till the 80s. Originally made by Baughman, Houston Fearless copied it as did other camera support makers including ITC. There was a hydraulic version and this one, the manual crank version for height adjustment. This is my RCA TK11/31 mounted […]
Tonight is Oscar Night! A year of planning comes together into tonight’s three hour show, but here’s a look at the second by second work that goes on in the truck. This great clip from 2009 shows us how the pros do it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vLVbhuzWOk I would have loved to see a PIP of the live […]
Chapter One: by Bobby Ellerbee Over a period of months in 2009, I spoke to former RCA engineers Lou Bazin and Larry Thorpe, and to Fred Himelfarb of NBC, about a troubled period for both companies…the 1960s. Those conversations focused on topics from how the RCA TK41 cameras continued to evolve, to what happened […]
The Original Beauty Of The Ed Sullivan Theater…Rare Images From 1927 More of the history of the venue is in the original article below. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee Rare Ed Sullivan Theater Photos…1927 I love it that these rare photos are now pouring in! Take a look! This is the theater as is looked […]
How is that building still standing after all the renovations?
They don’t build ’em like they used to. 🙂