By Request: A Look At NBC Burbank, Studio 1…1963


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 pedestal and it’s fitted with a Zoomar Studio lens. Thanks to Ed Mitchell for requesting this. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvNXm_5kLmo

This 37 minute pilot, produced on May 25, 1963 with Monty Hall as host and Wendell Niles as announcer/sidekick, led to the premiere of Let’s Make a Deal on N…

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3 Comments

  1. Dan Conroy November 22, 2014

    The audience members weren’t wearing Halloween costumes in those days. I wonder when that started?

  2. Bob Batsche November 21, 2014

    Three cables then and now many studio cameras have none.

  3. Russell Ross November 21, 2014

    Can anyone identify Monte’s mic? To me it looks like a BK1A