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.
The Glenn Mack Photos…A Small Sample Of Things To Come This is a gorgeous photo of NBC Studio 6B taken by Glenn Mack shortly after ‘The Tonight Show’ moved to California. Just behind the RCA TK44, who’s tally lights are lit, would have been where Johnny’s desk and guests would have been. More on Glenn […]
London Olympics Coverage…From Studio 8H This is where most of the commentary marries the video…on the floor of Studio 8H at 30 Rock. With SNL on summer break, the studio is transformed to the Announce Center. Each of these eight or so sound proof booths has 2 sides…a small producer’s side and a larger talent […]
A Learning Moment; The First Mobile Units and Field Cameras In 1939, RCA designed and built the first mobile television production units ever. They were a pair but between them, supported only two cameras as one unit was a control room truck and one was a generator/transmitter truck. This is one of those two RCA […]
November 19, 1959…America Meets Rocky And Bullwinkle Today is the anniversary of the debut of one of my all time favorite cartoon shows…probably one of yours too. The show debuted as ‘Rocky And His Friends’ on ABC and although done in color, it was broadcast in black and white. Before third season began in 1961, […]