Frank Gaeta “In The Bucket” At NBC Brooklyn Studios
NBC Brooklyn Studios History Coming, But For Now…Check This Out!
This opens with a great shot of Sammy standing in front of an RCA TK41 operated by veteran cameraman Frank Gaeta. This was the fifteenth and last episode of ‘The Sammy Davis Jr. Show’ from NBC’s Brooklyn Studios on April 22, 1966. Notice at the end, there is a VO announcing the premier of ‘Sing Along With Mitch Miller’ at the same time next week.
I’ve recently come across some new and interesting photos of NBC Brooklyn and I’ll be sharing them with you as soon as I get just a bit more first hand confirmation on some historical facts from some of the men that worked there, so stay tuned. I’m not sure which studio this came from, but given that Studio 1 was much larger, I’m thinking this was done in Studio 2. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjKNl0C-AU
from April 22, 1966. thanks to fromthesidelines and wmbrown6 for the great comments and info on this clip.
Bobby, I think the cameraman is actually Frank Gaeta, who went on to become a TD in Brooklyn on the soaps. Wish it was Dad.
The 1966 “Sing Along” were actually selected repeats of the original 1961-1964 series.
For you kids out there: ‘Sing Along With Mitch’ was what you call ‘Karaoke’