Conan's Late Night audience, and 0ne randomly picked guy, get a GREAT running tour (literally)…
This 100+ pages containing over 2,700 articles of television history is unique in all the world! This is a living history of broadcasting that spans the decades, as far back as the first radio transmissions, to the latest in the network studios and everything in between. These are stories that I have written and posted on the Eyes Of A Generation Facebook page, that go back to 2011. There are video tours of historic TV landmarks, stories on rescued cameras and VTRs, funny odds and ends and a hundred surprises that come in every shape form and fashion.
One of the most important elements of all of this, is the comments that were made when these stories were written and posted on Facebook. The comments came from industry veterans…the people that were there at the time, either directing, or on camera, in lighting, writing, producing or whatever and those have been wrapped into the original stories that you see here. To see the original comments and stories on Facebook (and if you are a FB user), just right click on the story title, open it in another tab, and click the green SOURCE text at the bottom left of the post to see the original…sometime with more details and photos. Enjoy! -Bobby Ellerbee
American Masters: Johnny Carson
What more can one say about the man who has said it all himself? ENJOY!…
The Elvis Comeback Mystery TK41s
The photo above shows Elvis Presley with his Road Manager Joe Espisito at NBC Burbank…
All You Ever Wanted to Know About NORELCO CAMERAS
This is mostly technical but a little political in places as this unnamed engineer was…
April 17, 1967…50 Years Ago, “The Joey Bishop Show” Debuted
ABC's conversations about getting serious in late night programming began in the fall of 1966.…
1 PICTURE…SO MANY QUESTIONS?!
Since I saw this photo, I've been mesmerized by it. I've asked all the…
ABC Studio 15, a/k/a The Elysee Theatre Unique Facility Tour
Every so often, a television show comes along that quietly resets the tone of an…
The $2,000,000 Broadcast Coverage of the LBJ Inauguration
Here is the February 1965 issue of the IBEW Technical Engineer magazine that spends 14…
“Battle Over Television” – Mechanix Illustrated, 1945
Thanks to Barry Mitchell, here's some glimpses into how the future of television looked…
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JACK PAAR Camera Cards
That I know of, these are the only two remaining camera cards from the wonderful…
HOW TELEVISION GRAPHICS CAME TO BE
Not long ago, I came across some excelent historical images of television's first experiments into…
OH YES, THEY DID!!!
As your Editor In Chief of Eyes of A Generation, I pride myself on trying…
HOW NFL FOOTBALL CAME TO TELEVISION IN 1956
Sig Mickelson was the first president of CBS News, and it is from that insider's…
TWO NBC COLOR PERFECT PROMOS FROM THE ’60S
Here, back to back, are two :60 second promo's from NBC, touting their color abilities…
THE HOUSE THAT ROONE BUILT
Modern sports television began in Athens, Georgia on September 18, 1965 when the University of…
The Surprising History of ABC’s First Handheld Cameras…LA vs. NYC
About six months ago, I met a character named Joe Maltz somehow. Turns out that…
Ultra Rare…Inside NBC’s New York Studios 1950
As TV was taking off in 1950, NBC and others struggled to find studio space…
MEET TELEVISION’S FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR! FRANCIS BUSS BUCH
She was born, Frances Buss and in marriage, became Francis Buch, but before she…
RCA’S FIRST ICONOSCOPE CAMERAS & THE PROTOTYPE
We will see three different Iconoscope cameras here...the first three all electronic cameras made by…
The First 50 Years of Broadcasting
Going back to 1931, the names Farnsworth and Zworykin ring out as the editors of …
A PRIMER ON RCA’S EARLIEST COMPATABLE COLOR CAMERAS
I've just recently been able see these stunning in-house marketing photos that reveal some news…