Rare Classic! Ed Sullivan Taping Holiday On Ice With TK41s

On February 20, 2015 - TV History, Viewseum


Rare Classic! Ed Sullivan Taping Holiday On Ice With TK41s

Here is some great home movie footage of the taping at Madison Square Gardens in 1967.

I notice Producer Bob Precht and Floor Manager Eddie Brinkmann are wearing different clothes in later shots, but I think this was all shot in one day. They may have changed after rehearsal and cut ins when an audience was brought in. I understand part of the budget included spiked golf shoes for the crew so they could walk on the ice without slipping.

Although the RCA TK41s have CBS Color logos, they are not from a CBS mobile unit, as there were no CBS owned color mobile units before the Norelco cameras came along. The cameras are most likely from a truck rented from either WOR or Video Tape Center.

I see Director Tim Kiley at the front (blue shirt white pants) of this and I think I see AD John Moffitt too. Producer Bob Precht is the tall blond man (red shirt blue pants). At around 4:20, there is a very familiar looking man in glasses. Do you know who that is? I think he is a comedian, but I can’t call his name. Enjoy and share. -Bobby Ellerbee

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4 Comments

  1. Deirdre Wexler February 20, 2015

    I guessed by body language….was looking for “the nose”, lol

  2. Nancy Boxman February 20, 2015

    I will have to look again when I get home. I wasn’t sure either. I did think that I spotted him a couple of times.

  3. Deirdre Wexler February 20, 2015

    I didn’t see it. The footage is so bad, I wasn’t sure which one he was. Is he in the green sweater??

  4. Dave Miller February 20, 2015

    Note this is the building known as Madison Square Garden III, formerly at West 50th Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan. An apartment building/office complex is there now.