CBS Television City: Studio 41
Each day on the ‘Art Linkletter House Party’, there was a segment where kids were interviewed. It was called ‘Kids Say The Darndendest Things’. That was always funny, but before the show they were always given a complete tour of the set to make them more comfortable. Here, they are looking at where some of the days Q Cards are kept.
1 Minute Radio-Canada Color Promo” 1968 Thanks to former CBC engineer Serge Bordeleau for sending this. It was shot on film at the IBC building ( Expo67). Fast montage showing talent and equipment including the RCA TK42. Publicité québécoise du bon vieux temps de Radio-Canada mettant en scène de l’équipement technique, un mime et un […]
October 5, 1947…First Live Television Speech From The White House On this day in 1947, President Harry Truman became the first president to broadcast a speech live from the White House. The subject was food conservation, and Truman asked Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. At […]
In 2005, I had the pleasure of spending some time with Van Cliburn, who was a frequent guest of a good friend of mine in Miami. Although his background is classical, he’s very down to earth and can tell some great jokes. I had heard his name since I was a kid, and frankly, to […]
July 31, 1995…The Circuit Is Reversed As Disney Buys ABC Did you know that in the beginning, ABC invested in Disney? In the early 1950’s, Walt Disney sought corporate sponsorship for his Mickey Mouse themed amusement park. Desperate to trump its more established competitors, the American Broadcasting Company, stepped in as one of Disneyland’s primary […]
I can still hear the clarinet and accordion playing Art’s theme song.
Could the writing be any smaller?
I remember the opening w/the sign and the lights that blinked around the sign and Jack Slattery said, “COME ON IN..It’s Art Linkletter’s House Party!”