If you look at this long enough, you begin to wonder. The props are amazingly real looking aren’t they? They are from 1957’s “The Incredible Shrinking Man”. To simulate giant rain drops, prop men filled hundreds of condoms with water…many of which never made it to the set because of frequent water balloon fights. Condoms were used because they were clear and not colored like balloons, which looked more real as they fell. Enjoy and share. -Bobby Ellerbee
February 9, 1953…ABC Is Born Again With A Mega Merger That was the day United Paramount, led by Leonard Goldenson, came to the rescue and saved the company from bankruptcy. On October 12, 1943, Edward John Noble, the owner of Life Savers candy, and the radio station WMCA in New York, bought NBC’s Blue Network […]
Just For FUN! One Of The Funniest Ever Roast Clips Don Rickles finally get’s his “come uppence” from the great Foster Brooks. Enjoy and share! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdPcjIrSvcs Source
Short But Sweet…RCA TK41 & Norelco PC 70 In New York Given that NBC bought 35 Norelcos of their mobile units in 1967, I suspect this is about ’68 or ’69. This 20 second clip seems to be on the steps of a church at a press event in NYC…possibly a wedding, a draft dodger […]
September 21, 1948…Berle Becomes “Texaco Star Theater” Host This is an ultra rare photo of NBC’s newly converted Studio 6B, where “Texaco Start Theater” is about to go on the air. Berle hosted the debut show June 8, 1948, but over the summer, Henny Youngman, Morey Amsterdam, George Price, Jack Carter and Peter Donald rotated […]