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.
Rare…CBS Studio 52 Spec Sheets From 1961 At one time, the CBS production office had a big book listing all their studios, complete with diagrams of the stage and all the technical specifications. Thanks to Gady Reinhold, we get to see these pages on Studio 52 from the 1961 edition. Having just seen this studio […]
Ultra Rare! RCA TK40 Prototype Color Camera…November 1952 Since posting this a year or so ago, new details on the first use of this camera have surfaced. As you remember, a few months back, I published the first and only timeline history of the NBC New York Studios. While doing that research, a tiny blurb […]
The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, had an interesting beginning in Bristol, Connecticut, and believe it or not, came to be with the help of Getty Oil. The whole story is at the link and this photo is from Day 1 and shows their first cameras, the Norelco PC70s on the Sports Center set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ESPN […]
Network Notes… On October 4, 1950, Atlanta was finally able to bring live network shows to Georgia via the new coaxial cable. Before the AT&T connection, network shows came in the mail as kinescopes and films. Source