Ann Palmer: CBS Color Girl
At Television City, ‘Lady Ann’ spent as much time in front of their color cameras than most of the CBS stars. Very little color was done from CBS NY, and at TVC, color programs were on a rolling basis. Regularly scheduled shows would be done in color perhaps monthly or quarterly. Remember, it was 1970 before color sets outsold black and white sets.
December 10, 1932…The First Ever, Technicolor Christmas Feature Walt Disney’s ‘Santa’s Workshop’ was released to theaters on this day in 1932 and it was a huge hit. This was the third animated technicolor feature ever done, with the first being Disney’s ‘Flowers And Trees’ which debuted in July of ’32…an Academy Award winner. Disney’s Silly […]
ULTRA RARE! Joan Rivers Debuts Her Own Show…September 1968 Until yesterday, Joan Rivers was a pioneer in every way and we will miss her! 46 years ago this month, ‘That Show With Joan Rivers’ debuted as one of daytime television’s first ever syndicated talk shows. Like Joan, the show was a bit ahead of it’s […]
Bill Cullen’s & Goodson -Todman’s First Television Show… ‘Winner Take All’ began on CBS Radio on June 3, 1946. Original emcee Ward Wilson stepped down after just three months at the helm, and announcer Bill Cullen stepped in as a temporary host on September 9. Cullen’s work on the show stunned executives, who made his […]
Beatles Prelude: A Few SURPRISES! In 1964, today February 8th, would have been Saturday. The first Beatles rehearsal for Ed Sullivan began at 1:30 PM Saturday afternoon at Studio 50. Here is a rundown of the day and a few BIG SURPRISES! Surprise 1…The Beatles ‘THIRD’ appearance was actually their FIRST appearance! The Sunday afternoon […]
Another situation where cbs was using RCA cameras.
Because at the time RCA was pretty much the only game in town when it came to NTSC color. I bet CBS would have had more color early if they didn’t have to buy all their cameras from RCA. Of course when they did go full time color it was with Norelco cameras.