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
September 16, 1949…ABC’s KECA TV In Los Angeles Signs On On May 7, 1949, Billboard revealed that ABC would spend $2.5 million to convert the old Vitagraph/Warner East Annex in Hollywood into The Prospect Studios, and construct a transmitter on Mount Wilson in anticipation of the launch of KECA-TV, which went on the air on […]
An Interesting Story about TK41s and American Bandstand I’ve often wondered if TK41s were ever used to shoot American Bandstand and I have found out that the answer is yes, but only for a couple of weeks, and it wasn’t in LA…it was at WFIL in Philadelphia. ABC was really the last of the big […]
The BBC’s State Of The Art Television…1956 On the 10th Anniversary of the return to the air after World War II, here is a look at the history of television in The UK. From the early Emitron cameras to the Marconi BD 848 color cameras and even zoom lenses, it’s all here. By the way, […]
‘The Larry Sanders Show’…August 15, 1992 – May 31, 1998 It’s hard to believe that it was 22 years ago this week that HBO debuted ‘The Larry Sanders Show’, but it was. Out of the box, they knew they had a hit with Garry Shandling’s new show that took us behind the scenes of late […]