Happy Trails & Many Thanks To Bill Plante….
CBS News celebrates career of Bill Plante, retiring after 52 years
Plante covered many major stories of the past half century, from the Civil Rights Movement to the Vietnam War
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your day, but take a close look at that turkey…it may be an old friend. All my best to you and your family. Bobby Ellerbee Happy Thanksgiving from Nathan Love & NBC. Client: NBC Artworks Animation Studio: Nathan Love Director: Nathan Love Creative Director: Joe Burrascano Art Dir… Source
Television & The Presidential Inaugurations…Part 2 Today, pictures from President Eisenhower’s first and second inaugurations in 1953 and ’57, and the inauguration of President Kennedy in 1961. Although the Kennedy oath and speech was in glorious black and white, the parade was the first to be broadcast in color. The first two images are from […]
Memory Lane…Inside MTV Studios During Their First Month On Air I’ve never seen much behind the scenes footage of the MTV production crew in action, but from an August 1981 “PM Magazine” episode, here is a good look. I thought you may enjoy it too. Thanks to ABC’s Howie Zeidman for making this available. -Bobby […]
The Amazing Center Theater…Gone But Not Forgotten The Center Theater was Radio City Music Hall’s little sister and when it was converted by NBC for television in August of 1950, it became “the world’s largest television studio”. It’s big sister seated 6,000, and while the Center seated 3,000, it was just as opulent and a […]