In Honor Of Baseball’s Opening Day!
The classic, “Who’s On First” routine from Abbot & Costello.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=airT-m9LcoY
a funny monolog between Abbot And costello abou abbots baseball team.
In the fall of 1939, CBS began work on the area they had chosen to become their premier television studio facilities. When it was all said and done, Studio 41 and 42 were created in this space you see below, in this one gigantic hall. Studio 41 was 44 x 60, and 42 was 44 […]
August 18, 1948…Vine Street Studios Debut Did you know this was originally the home of The Don Lee – Mutual Network? Or, that this is the first place Johnny Carson ever went on network television? This was also the home of “The Dating Game”, “The Joey Bishop Show”, and more. The building, at 1313 Vine […]
Judy Garland Christmas Special…1963 From Studio 43 at CBS Television City, here’s the whole on hour special complete with commercials and notice how FEW there were back then, only 8 minutes per hour. I think this was shot with their new Marconi Mark IV b/w cameras. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzCL3FM9dDc In this charming live holiday TV special […]
NBC’s “Star Time Magazine”…1963-64 Guide To The New Season This is full of great memories, but make sure you take a look at the last pages, where you’ll see NBC’s new ‘Color Girl’ and a few of the first ever TK40 prototypes at The Colonial Theater. In 1951, Marie McNamara became the first ‘Color Girl’ […]