Classic Intro

On August 7, 2013 - TV History

Classic Intro

Here’s a cameraman at CBS Television City getting ready for the opening shot of ‘Art Linkletter’s House Party’. At show time, the red chase lights come on. The camera is the RCA TK11.

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  1. Howard Malley August 7, 2013

    Does anyone know when the dress code for technicians on stage went from jacket and tie/dresses to t-shirts and jeans?

    There was an air of importance and respect that I remember as a kid going to a show seeing the people so well dressed.

    Same can be said for audiences dressed for the event rather than t-shirts and shorts.

  2. Dave Dillman August 7, 2013

    Tony Verdi when he was directing at NBC Chicago had a little song that went “High on the left/ Low on the right/ turn it counter-clockwise/ put it in the light”

  3. Dave Dillman August 7, 2013

    Not quite square to the card, where is the Bretzaliner?

  4. Brian Keith Read August 7, 2013

    When I entered the Broadcasting & Film program at U of Iowa. Iowa City in 1974, they were still using these cameras in the student-studio, at the “Old Armoury,” where I learned my first chops…we were told they were among the earliest prototypes, developed by RCA at U of Iowa’s School Of Engineering…

  5. Wally Roper August 7, 2013

    Remember it well, 3:00 PM est…