As you look at these numbers, consider this. What cost $100,000 in 1975 dollars now costs $440,030. If you remember from a few days back, “Miami Vice” cost almost $1.3 million per episode when it debuted in 1984. Anyone have a chart like this for today’s shows? Enjoy and share. -Bobby Ellerbee
Do You Remember This? I do… In the screen shot above from ‘Art Linkletter’s House Party’ on CBS, you can see a small, white square in the upper right corner. If you were watching the show, and paying attention, you may have noticed that soon after it appeared, a commercial would miraculously appear too. At […]
THIS IS A HUGE DISCOVERY!!! Over the years, I have seen the occasional reference to Saturday rehearsals of ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ and have wondered if that was correct and here’s why…Jackie Gleason. Since signing with CBS in 1952, his live shows always came from Studio 50 and always aired on Saturday nights. Only after […]
Computers And Automation vs Manpower And Innovation This shot from Houston’s KPRC is a great example of how news graphics were done in the 50s and 60s. Some stations had a nice drum like this, but others had easels, or old music stands. The images were faxed in daily from either AP or UPI. The […]
CLASSIC! RCA TK41s In Action At NBC Brooklyn Studios At 12:58 and 23:35, you’ll see the great RCA TK41s in action at NBC Brooklyn. The date was March 13, 1966 and the production was ‘The Bell Telephone Hour’. That episode was ‘The Music Of The Movies’ and in the clip you’ll see (Oz scarecrow) Ray […]