Bobby Ellerbee’s Eyes of a Generation is the only truly comprehensive repository of television history…
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Bill Johnson, NBCU Director Technical Operations, Project Management
Eyes of a Generation is more than just a website; it is a place where…
Margo Precht Speciale, Producer, Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Carrying the Ed Sullivan name means holding a piece of television history in my hands.…
Jay Kernis, Producer, CBS Sunday Morning
“I started in radio in 1969 at the age of 17. After years at NPR,…
John Pinto, Chief Cameraman, Saturday Night Live – NBC New York
Great job, Bobby. You’ve captured the history, excitement, and the people of our glorious business.…
Ron Simon, Curator, The Paley Center for Media
I remember talking to the late John Frankenheimer, one of television’s greatest directors of the…
Dr. James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A rich visual montage, reminding us how wonderfully cumbersome the first generations of television were. For…
Gady Reinhold, Technical Supervisor, CBS Broadcast Center (Ret.)
It has been 60 years since I started working for CBS at its New York…
Max A. Schindler – Emmy TV Legend
I spent 46 years producing and directing news for NBC. I started in the “gee…
Jim Hergenrather, Historian, CBS Television City
When it comes to the history of something that captured your imagination as a child,…
Richard Carter, TONIGHT SHOW With Jimmy Fallon
Having spent 45 years of my professional life behind the camera, including 33 years with…
Mike Conway, Indiana University – Author “The Origins Of Television News In America”
Bobby Ellerbee’s “Eyes of a Generation” project is one of the most important resources for…
Mike Clark, VP Sony Pictures Television (Ret.)
My television career began in 1968 at WCNY in Syracuse, where I was still in…
David Hazinski, NBC News – Chair, Broadcast Journalism UGA (Ret.)
You can’t talk about the Liberty Bell without talking about the American Revolution, and vice…
The Museum of Broadcast Technology
The sentiments expressed here are the sum of the feelings and emotions of the entire…
Jon Olson, Technical Director, NBC Burbank (Ret.)
Wow! What a lane of memories you’ve displayed on your website. I was with NBC…
Randy West, Network Game show, Talk, Variety, Award show Announcer, Author
From Philo Farnsworth’s first breakthroughs to today, thousands of people helped shape American television…
Dicky Howett, Author, “Television Innovations – 50 Technological Developments”
As an author, and lifelong student of television history, I consider The Eyes Of A…
Jan Kasoff, Lead Cameraman, NBC New York (Ret.)
As a retired NBC network television cameraman, I just wanted to tell you how much…
Charles “Cappy” Cappleman, CBS Chief of West Coast BO&E
In January 1954, I was hired at CBS Television City in Hollywood and worked there…
Joel Spector, 50 Year NBC Audio Pro (Ret.)
Eyes of a Generation lives up to its name – and then some. I’ve been…