Rare Color Home Move…WRVA ‘Sailor Bob Show’, Early 1960s

This was just sent in by Tom Griggs, son of ‘Sailor Bob’ Griggs who hosted this kids show in Richmond Va. for many years. Yesterday, January 12, was the 56th Anniversary of him taking to the air as Sailor Bob on the WRVA TV Schooner.

Here, we’ll see Dumont 5098C cameras and AMPEX VR 1000 quadruplex machines in action. There is studio action for the first couple of minutes followed by five minutes of goofing, but around 7:30, we get back to the good stuff.

Tom has given us the names of the people in the silent video. They are Hank Didot (looking in camera) Dick McCray (mugging) Dave Davis (on stool) Judie Miller (red dress) Dave Davis (Cactus Pete w/beard) Bill Bedwell (wearing headset) and Anna Inge (Hazel Witch)…Anna Inge would be the future Mrs. Gordon Jump. 7:40 Irv Wonders (white shirt and tie) Bob Almond (seated at Master Control) 7:48 Jerry Chamberlain (glasses and jacket) Cecil Spicer (blue shirt 2″ quad tape) . 9:14 Dave Smalley (skinny tie and smoking) 9:23 Don Johnson (wire glasses) 9:27 Roy Lamont (Teenage Party host) 9:35 Dick McCray, Walter Edel (engineer in middle) and Bob Griggs. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee

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