July 1970…The RCA TCR 100 Video Cart System Debuted
Some loved it, some hated it, but this was a real innovation, and came a full 2 years before the Ampex ACR 25. Thanks to Barry Mitchell for the reminder. -Bobby Ellerbee
For Vintage TV Props…”History For Hire” Is Ground Zero Our friend Richard Wirth has a new article I wanted to share with you, on the world famous History For Hire Prop House in Los Angeles. Vintage TV Studios in Modern Film and Television Aside from a dizzying selection of “other” period specific props, HFH is […]
Peter Jennings: Berlin Wall While the great Peter Jennings is on my mind, here is a photo of him preparing to go live in the fall of 89 at the fall of the Berlin Wall. Other ABC people in the photo are Jack Smith to the left of Jennings and Steve Tello on the right. […]
‘Scrooged’ Paramount Pictures, 1988 I’ll bet you never recognized all four of the street carolers insulted by Bill Murray…I didn’t either. The leader is Paul Shaffer and the others are Miles Davis, David Sanborn and Larry Carlton, three of the biggest names in jazz. The names of the Christmas television shows from the IBC Network, […]
June 1, 1980…CNN Debuts As The First All News Network 36 years ago today, The Cable New Network went live at 5 PM with anchors Lois Hart and Dave Walker after a brief dedication ceremony from Ted Turner…you can see the first hour here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2m8s&v=rWhgKuKvvPE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=BrandonMillman Below are photos from our friend Jeff Jeffares taken in […]