Network Notes…
On October 4, 1950, Atlanta was finally able to bring live network shows to Georgia via the new coaxial cable. Before the AT&T connection, network shows came in the mail as kinescopes and films.
By Request: A Look At NBC Burbank, Studio 1…1963 The first :45 seconds of this pilot for ‘Let’s Make A Deal’ gives us a nice wide angle shot Studio 1, which would later become Johnny Carson’s home. Notice the RCA TK41 still has three cables and is mounted on the old Houston Fearless TD 1 […]
Sunday Matinee #2…Veteran Stage Manager Doug Quick, BTDT BTDT = Been There, Done That, and where television is concerned, that pretty much sums it up for 45 year veteran Stage Manager Doug Quick, who’s been running “The Price Is Right” for 35 years. There are lots of great war stories in nearly 7 hours of […]
Most Excellent! Thanks to Thomas Buckley for this great photo. This is Roger Mudd filling in for Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News around 1966 or so. The Norelco PC60, camera 1 in the background is probably one Dave Dorsett used in his many years as ‘Walter’s cameraman’. Source
Two True Rarities… Rarity One…the striped banding on the RCA TK11/31s. This was fairly common on the TK10/30 at CBS and this was actually a quick grey scale adjustment for cameras. The TK11/31 handle in front of the grey bars diluted their purpose, so they quit using the bars on the TK11/31 cameras soon after […]
The Camel News Caravan…with John Cameron Swayze…
9 out of 10 doctors prefer Camels…the other one likes girls…
We used to wait for the REA truck to bring our shows. Imagine when the mountain was covered with snow and ice. (I guess all we could do was reruns.)
It takes a licking and keeps on ticking!
I find it amazing how the history of “The Network” furnished by AT&T Long Lines shows parallels in television stations being connected to The Network for their shows and the local telephone operating company getting faster access to long distance.
Oct 4, 1950 was one month before I was born.
I remember this guy. Did they ever find that Timex watch?
I remember one “live” commercial where they fastened a Timex to the propeller blade of an outboard motor, lowered it into a tank and started it up. After a few minutes, they found out the Watch had come loose and there it was at the bottom of the Plexiglass tank and it was still ticking !