The Man Behind The Curtain…The Wizard Of Ollie Here is a rare look behind the curtain at the creator of the great ‘Kukla, Fran And Ollie’ show, Burr Tillstrom at work. He had two monitors to see how he was doing on the other side. Burr was the creator and only puppeteer on the show, […]
The Original Mickey Mouse Club’s Broadcast History The series ran on ABC Television for an hour each weekday in the 1955–1956 and 1956–1957 seasons (from 5:00 to 6:00 pm ET), but went to a half-hour show in the ’57-58 season airing weekdays (5:30 to 6:00 pm ET). This was the final season to feature new […]
A First! Here is a photo of Bing Crosby’s first appearance on television. With a shortfall of funds facing the U.S. Olympic team, Hollywood luminaries gathered on the stage of the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles and pleaded, cajoled and implored the television audience watching on both NBC and CBS to phone in their […]
September 21, 1970…’ABC Monday Night Football’ Debuts Most think this was a marriage made in heaven, but infact, it was really more like a shotgun wedding. During the early 1960s, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle envisioned the possibility of playing at least one game weekly during prime time for a greater TV audience. While the NFL […]