Perry Como Welcomes Bob Hope, TK41 On Set
The Masters At Work…Perry Como Welcomes Bob Hope
This great video clip starts with Hope “waiting in the wings” in front of at RCA TK41. This was just two months after the debut of The Ziegfeld Theater as NBC’s newest color studio. As you can see, Perry is a cool a customer as you will ever find. He was always relaxed and made his guests feel the same.
Como was so comfortable with live television that on Saturday afternoon at the dress rehearsals, he would often leave for an hour to go to confessional at the catholic church down the street. Unfortunately, they don’t make them like that anymore. He and Andy Williams were two of a kind and missed greatly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwA8MmXq9-E
Excerpts from a November 1956 Perry Como Show featuring Bob Hope, Yvonne De Carlo and eleven-year-old keyboard whiz Glenn Derringer. I’ve posted a separate v…
Notice the white boxes flashing in the upper right corner at around 8:12 which indicates to local stations that a spot break is coming up in 2 minutes. At the 10 minute mark, the white box flashes sold indicating the break is only seconds away. This was called Net Cue by NBC & EPSQ by CBS. Thanks to Gady Reinhold for pointing that out.
…totally agree with the talents of Como and Williams !