The End Of An Era…
Don Pardo, the Voice of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Dies at 96
An announcer whose career began with radio and grew with popular game shows like “The Price Is Right,” he was best known for decades of introducing stars on the sketch comedy.
Delco Parts Commercial Form NBC’s ‘Wide, Wide World’ Here’s a nice look at an RCA TK30 on a crane as this announcer uses it as a prop in this live spot for Delco. At the start of this clip is the host of the show, Dave Garroway. ‘Wide, Wide World’ began in June of 1955 […]
Time For Beany! April 1950 Above is a photo from April of 1950 at KTLA. In the middle, doing Cecil is Stan Freberg and on the right is Daws Butler doing Beany. I’m not sure who the ‘spare hand’ is handling the seltzer bottle, but it could be producer Bob Clampett. If not, it may […]
American Bandstand, 30th Anniversary Finale! A one of a kind band of 20+ ALL STARS of is chosen and the best of the best is playing with the late Bill Haley. The video cut ins of the live version of ‘Rock Around The Clock’ and Haley’s performance are great. Enjoy! Source
Clarabell #2, Robert ‘Nick’ Nicholson This is Buffalo Bob Smith with Nick Nicholson in the 1980s. Nick had been with the show since early on because he was the voice of Cornelius J. Cobb. When Keeshan left in 1952, Nick stepped in as Clarabell for two years. Interestingly, he and his successor were also jazz […]