Flying By The Seat Of Her Pants…Almost
Before mounting the Chapman Electra stage crane for another round of ‘Family Feud’, our friend Donna Quante ‘checks the oil’ on her Norelco PC70. Very nice shot and we thank Donna for it, and many others. Do you have pix to share?
Here is a great, four page story that covers 20+ years of ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ from the guy that was the stage manger for the whole run, BUT HIS PERSONAL ARCHIVES ARE HERE, SO USE THE SEARCH FEATURE AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE PAGE TO FIND THEM ALL! [pdf-embedder url=”https://eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CBS-Stage-Manager-Supreme-Eddie-Brinkmann-LIB-bk.pdf” title=”cbs-stage-manager-supreme-eddie-brinkmann-lib-bk”] This is […]
30 Rock Set: Silvercup Studios This is the studio set that stands in for NBC’s Studio 8H, home of ‘Saturday Night Live’. The main lot is at 4222 22nd Street in Long Island City. Other shows taping there are ‘White Collar’ and ‘Person Of Interest’. To see more, click the link. http://www.silvercupstudios.com/ Source
May 21, 1992…Johnny Carson’s Final Guest, Bette Midler, 3 Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pH60UR5HAg First 2 Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGh6ZgPZFhs Final Song On the night before the final show, there could not have been a more perfect final guest, or send off than the one seen here. Most mostly remember Bette’s final song, but before you watch that, watch the […]
CBS Broadcast Center…Studio 41, 1975 Remember ‘Beacon Hill’? I didn’t think so…it was a huge waste of time and money for CBS. This was basically “borrowed” version of ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ about a wealthy 1920s Boston family and their Irish servants. The show lasted less than a season, but did leave behind some interesting photos that […]
I am probably asking Donna to adjust the red “LF” pot on the pre amp. This was C-1 used on the audience left side of the stage for shots of the family on the right side of the stage. I did so many of these shows I lost count. We used to shoot 5 shows a day, 4 days a week, every other week in Studio 54. Donna was a great camera “lady”. She now lives in Alaska and raises sled dogs.
Thanks for the nice shot of Donna.
Chuck I still have an optics chain from one of those when they were decommissioned. All the dichroics and prisms. Must be 15_20 pieces.
More ABC Prospect photos please!
I also did camera on Fued…. On the stage, 2 Norelco camera’s mounted on Chapman Sidewinders were used, as well as 3 cameras on peds in back of the audience.. Richard Dawson wanted the studio temp so cold, we mounted penguins on the cameras…..
I sytill have a 4.5″ I.O. from a RCA TK-41
Directing _Family Feud_ must have been a lot different than directing _To Tell The Truth_ for Paul Alter.