NBC Studio 8H: Pre Construction Artist Rendering
In 1950, NBC converted 8H from the world’s largest radio studio to a state of the art television studio. This is a beautifully detailed drawing of the layout. Thanks to William David French for the image.
‘I Love Lucy’, In Hollywood…The Details In a November 8, 1954 episode, the stage is set for the Ricardo and Mertze trip to Hollywood. This was the fourth season of the show, and the trip, the stay and the return home took 29 episodes to play out and ran six episodes into the start of […]
Picture Parade 3…A Sad Day At Boston’s WGBH October 14, 1961, a fire started in Studio A and it was a complete loss. In the center of the photo are a couple of RCA TK11/31s and amazingly the TVP pedestal’s compressed air tank did not blow up. This was a Friday, but they were back […]
October 22, 1962…In The Oval Office For The Cuban Missile Crisis As Told By The Guy In The Red Circle, A MUST READ STORY! From the October 21, 2012 edition of The Savannah Morning News, here is the story in his own words. ______________________________________________________________________________ Barry Ostrow was front and center for the Cuban Missile Crisis […]
30 Rock: FINAL EPISODES AIR TONIGHT! Great send off article in the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/bracing-for-30-rocks-sharp-witted-farewell/2013/01/30/a5d7aa1a-6b1e-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html Source
This is a great example of a network “biting the bullet” and acknowledging that this TV thing might have a future.
That “chorus room” looks pretty crowded.Who would have thought the chorus was jammed in the basement like that! >_<
My first memory of 8H was the intro to “Snap Judgment”, a “Password”-like game hosted by Ed McMahon. Johnny Olson opened each show with, “This is backstage at NBC Studio 8H in New York City…”
Don’t forget that Script Girl…
I visited this studio during an NBC tour a few years ago. My cousin and I stood in the Observation Gallery and watched a taping of the quiz show “Jackpot!”