The ’60 Minutes’ Set…Another Glenn Mack Photo
At first glance, this looks like it could be a Betty White, Tim Conway sketch about a pregnant granny, but, it’s not. The is the famous green screen set on ’60 Minutes’ in the early 1970s. As you’ll see tomorrow, the camera is a Norelco PC70. According to Glenn, the ‘Captain Kangaroo’ set is behind him on the other wall.
TeleTales #89…The Early Days Of WMAR, Baltimore These are the new WMAR mobile units in 1948, shortly after they became the third CBS Television affiliate. Up till then, CBS only had WCBS in New York and WCAU in Philadelphia. By comparison, NBC had at least six affiliates, and by the end of the year would […]
The Story Behind The Classic…”Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” This, one of my favorites, was introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 movie musical ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’. The song was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane for a scene were Garland’s character, Esther, sings the bittersweet song to her little sister, […]
“In The Bucket” With the exception of the Chapman Electra in NBC’s 8H, there are virtually no crane cameras left in modern broadcast studios, but back in the day, when they were in wide use, the cameraman on the crane’s position was referred to as “in the bucket”. I suspect, but don’t know, that the […]
Hail To The Chief…And The ‘Sheriff’ Here is yours truly with Rob Lowe in the Oval Office. In a break between scenes, I got a chance to meet Rob and after a couple of minutes conversation, I told him I play the Sheriff on ‘Squidbillies’. He instantly lit up, laughed and said “I thought you […]
I do recall it was not a very large studio by NBC standards. But, large enough to share with the Captain Kangaroo set, which was directly behind me, when I took this shot.
I just realized my confusion. It was Mr. Green Jeans. Not Mr. Green Screen.