I’m pretty sure this is a photo from “The Art Linkletter Show” or his “House Party” show at Television City. I can’t imagine being the person who had to write these cards daily, but reading them live from 8 feet away is a pretty good trick too!
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 […]
July 31, 1995…The Circuit Is Reversed As Disney Buys ABC Did you know that in the beginning, ABC invested in Disney? In the early 1950’s, Walt Disney sought corporate sponsorship for his Mickey Mouse themed amusement park. Desperate to trump its more established competitors, the American Broadcasting Company, stepped in as one of Disneyland’s primary […]
‘Westinghouse Studio One’, The Scarlet Letter: April 1950 In 1948, ‘Westinghouse Studio One’ made a quantum leap from radio to television. The television series was seen on CBS from 1948 through 1958, under several variant titles: Studio One Summer Theater, Summer Theater, Westinghouse Studio One and Westinghouse Summer Theater. CBS produced the show in New […]
What A HOOT! You MUST See This! Take 5 minutes to watch this ULTRA RARE clip. This is Merv Griffin’s first TV show ‘Play Your Hunch’, but the GUESTS…WOW! Three of the biggest song writers of the day (early ’60s) and you’ll be stunned at what their songs were, even then! You know them all […]