Tis The Season To Be Jolly!

On December 12, 2014 - TV History

Picture Parade 1…Tis The Season To Be Jolly!

Here’s ‘Today’ show host Dave Garroway pushing a camera sled around the ice rink at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. He hosted for nine years, from the show’s start in 1952, till 1961. Thanks to John Schipp for the photo. Enjoy and share. -Bobby Ellerbee

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9 Comments

  1. Jay Rich December 14, 2014

    When was the last time you saw talent doing any physical assistance to the crew… in 40 years, I haven’t seen it once.

  2. Steven Winkler December 12, 2014

    Where’s the monkey

  3. Wally Roper December 12, 2014

    Garroway was a man whom I grew up admiring and one of the reasons I love broadcasting…

  4. Chris Thornton December 12, 2014

    Looks like the turret is 1/2 racked thus saving the IO.

  5. John Roger Bolin December 12, 2014

    Another posed picture with the lens turret half racked to protect the IO.

  6. Gary Walters December 12, 2014

    How I wish there was a Kinescope of this segment.

  7. Rob Balton December 12, 2014

    The more things change… That’s me as a young grip pushing Jimmy O’Donnell around on the Olympic ice in Lake Placid! The camera was a first generation Sony Hi Def rig. c.1989

  8. Mike Hemeon December 12, 2014

    The Today Show is exactly one month older than I am.

  9. Robert Howe December 12, 2014

    Peace.