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Letterman Roams The Halls During the NABET Strike, 1987

Letterman Roams The Halls During the NABET Strike, 1987

  • May 13, 2014

The Poor Bastards Never Had A Chance...The NABET Strike, 1987 As we know, Dave loves…

You Mean There’s No SET??? Inside, ‘Inside Edition’

You Mean There’s No SET??? Inside, ‘Inside Edition’

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The Race Against Time And The Ultimate Dropout... Our friend Richard Wirth has a new…

’60 Minutes’…The Man Behind “The Look”, Arthur Bloom

’60 Minutes’…The Man Behind “The Look”, Arthur Bloom

  • May 12, 2014

'60 Minutes'...The Man Behind "The Look", Arthur Bloom Shown below are photos of the door…

’60 Minutes’ And The Green Screens At CBS

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  • May 12, 2014

'60 Minutes' And The Green Screens At CBS As a followup to the photos of…

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'60 Minutes'...On The Set With so much green screen around, it was a nice surprise…

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The Special Effects Lesson…More Classic Letterman

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The Special Effects Lesson...More Classic Letterman On March 17, 1983, Dave takes a walk down…

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  • May 11, 2014

'Tic Tac Dough'...NBC Studio 6B Below is host Jay Jackson with contestants on the primetime…

The “F” Word’s Television Debut!

The “F” Word’s Television Debut!

  • May 10, 2014

The "F" Word's Television Debut! George Carlin would love this. In March of 1947, nine…

Deep Inside The Ed Sullivan Theater, Part 2

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  • May 10, 2014

Deep Inside The Ed Sullivan Theater, Part 2 The 13-story, brown brick and terra cotta…

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Deep Inside The Ed Sullivan Theater, Part 1

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I’ve Seen Alligator Shoes, But Never An Alligator Camera…Till Now!

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You won't believe the paint job on these 1947 French cameras! The build is pretty…

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The Other Half Of ABC TV3 Last week, I posted a photo of me at…

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What Do These RCA TK41 Color Cameras Have In Common? Above is a bank of…

‘Today’…Then And Now

‘Today’…Then And Now

  • May 8, 2014

'Today'...Then And Now The photo above was taken January 14, 1952. This was the debut…

Camera Bashing…David Letterman’s Favorite Warm Up Trick

Camera Bashing…David Letterman’s Favorite Warm Up Trick

  • May 8, 2014

Camera Bashing...David Letterman's Favorite Warm Up Trick I hope Larry Thorpe and our friends at…

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NBC Studio 8G…’Late Night With Seth Meyers’

NBC Studio 8G…’Late Night With Seth Meyers’

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NBC Studio 8G...'Late Night With Seth Meyers' Yesterday, I showed you the "smoke machine" and…

The CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley

The CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley

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The CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley On April 19, 1962, Walter Cronkite took over…

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Final Wrap From New York... I leave for the airport at 10:30 this morning and…

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The men and women who shaped American television —producers, directors, engineers, studio crews, and the families of industry legends shared their stories, photos, documents, and memories with me. Many told me the same thing, even the historians for the networks:

“You’re preserving the only institutional knowledge we have left.”

Eyes Of A Generation has always been a collection of history, but now — it has, by default, become a home for the institutional memory of ABC, NBC, and CBS.

In the same way networks kept the videotapes tapes but erased the talent, skill, craftsmanship and even revenue those recorded shows represented…they have lost their histories too!

This is television’s story — created by the people who shaped it and safeguarded here, for those who come after.

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