‘The Doctors’, NBC Studio 3B…Early 1969 1 of 3
This show debuted in 1963 and ran till 1982, with color starting in 1966. Thanks to our friend, NBC cameraman Bob Batsche, we have some great pictures from the set. Here’s a rehearsal shot with a gray scale chip chart and my favorite camera, the TK41.
ULTRA RARE! ‘The Match Game’…Unaired Pilot Episode This was taped in NBC’s 8H on December 5, 1962 with Peggy Cass and Peter Lind Hayes as guest panellist. Gene Rayburn is the host and Johnny Olson the announcer, but as you will see, the game has changed a lot and so have the questions. In the […]
Behind the scenes of John Cameron Swayze’s “Camel News Caravan.” [pdf-embedder url=”https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/NBC-News-Swayze-Article-Jan-1953.pdf”]
NBC’s “Radio Ear”…The First IFB or Ear Prompter To help radio crews and floor reporters cover the 1944 political conventions (both held in Chicago), NBC came up with the “radio ear”…a one way voice link from control. The television people in Studio 3H saw this and thought it would be a good way to make […]
On A Related Note…1954; The Year In Color At NBC Just a month before NBC Brooklyn Studio I went live in September of 1954, the NBC Color Caravan wrapped up a three month sojourn through the midwest and mid Atlantic states, but that was just a small part of a year brimming with color at […]
It’s funny how a simple thing like a grey scale chart flooded my brain with TV studio memories from all the stations where I worked.
Fun show to work on, small studio, cameras were frequently backed up against the wall because fixed focal lenses were used on soaps. It took four hours per episode, camera and audio setup, camera blocking, run through, dress and live to tape (no edits), with breaks in between. Every Friday there was a little party on the set…those were the days.
Favorite, the TK-41? Really? I never used it, so I can’t say I dis-agree, but I’m impressed.
Enjoyed those parties. It was a hard show to do cables on.