Surprise Discovery! Sam Donaldson…Cub Reporter, 1967
At 11:05 you’ll see WTOP TV shooting film then picking up the story in the studio with a very young Sam Donaldson on the set with an RCA TK41. You’ll even see him in the viewfinder! Sam’s part actually starts at 10:27 and he is back with the TK41 at 13:15. Enjoy!
Clarabell #1, Bob Keeshan As we all know, Keeshan later became Captain Kangaroo, but few knew that he was a decorated marine in WWII. Keeshan met Bob Smith at NBC radio where he was a page and came with Smith as a page/assistant to the Howdy Doody Show and wore his NBC page blazer as […]
An Hour With Rocky & Bullwinkle…The Whys, Hows & Whos Of The Show The Wayback Machine is set for 1963 and everybody is here! On top of tons of cartoon footage, we meet the voices, writers and masterminds – Bill Scott and Jay Ward – of the most beloved TV cartoon characters of our generation. […]
Rare! Behind The Scenes…Shooting “Batman” First Episode January 12, 1966…’Batman’ Debuts On ABC There are two rare video pieces here for you to see including this embedded clip (no audio) of a location shoot of a scene from the first episode with Frank Gorshin and Bert Ward. In this second clip, we see the competing […]
Who Knew? NASA Got An Emmy For It’s Pictures From The Moon! 45 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. They also sent back live television pictures and Mr. Aldrin became the first lunar cameraman. Five years ago, the TV Academy presented NASA with an […]