Short Clip: Cameraman Dave Dorsette’s Interns
FYI, Dave retired a year or so again after 35 years at CBS but is back from time to time. Go Get Em Dave!
Karen’s a summer intern for Dave, the Cameraman
Ed Reitan’s Color Television History KTLA’s 1955 Colorcast of The Tournament of Roses Parade (clipping of Variety Review)CBS Color Television System Programming (1951) (added licensed Time-Life photo) CBS Color Television System Chronology – a “Magnum Opus” RCA Models using the CTC-10 Chassis has been added to the Receiver Gallery The Color Pioneers – Local Stations with Early Live […]
Behind The Scenes At “The Camel News Caravan”, 1953 This month, we’ve done several stories on the history of the early TV news shows, and I thought this would be a nice compliment to all that we’ve seen. This is a short but sweet article on how John Cameron Swayze’s show was done by his […]
30 ROCK: JACKPOT! 4 Must See Videos…. This first video is one of three I’m sharing here…it is a look behind the scenes of the 2010 ‘live’ show done from the REAL Studio 8H at NBC. It’s great! As you’ll see, the show is usually shot at Silvercup Studios in the Brooklyn area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6M1iWT16lo&ab_channel=nbcudirect ABOVE […]
On February 5, 1967, the Smothers Brothers debuted on CBS and went head to head with the Cartwright brothers on NBC’s Sunday night ratings giant “Bonanza”. To everyone’s (even CBS’s) amazement, in less than a month, they had taken the ratings lead! “The rest” as they say, “is history”…but it was a history that was as […]