Very Cool Gag Opening…’Red Shelton Hour’ 1962
Wait till you see what’s under the black dust cover on the RCA TK41! As you’ll see in this :30 clip, this is actually in CBS Television City Studio 33, but we are lead to believe otherwise. Enjoy! Thanks to William David French for discovering this.
A Rare And Detailed Look At NBC’s Brooklyn Studios…Part 2 of 2 Today, we will take a look inside what was once the world’s biggest color television studios…that’s biggest in size and reputation. Starting with the floor plan and sizes, Studio I was 163′ by 70′ with 24′ from the floor to the light grid. […]
Jimmy’s Last Late Night… Here’s the monologue from last nights final show. At the end of the show, Fallon walked out of 6A and down the hall to 6B, the new Tonight Show home where he was greeted by his cheering staff. Break a leg Jimmy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1S86FiI3HY In his last Late Night monologue, Jimmy recognizes […]
RCA Exhibition Studio…1964 World’s Fair To give the RCA TK41s on display something to do, RCA offered to do live and recorded public service shows from their facility. This is a taping of The Bronx Zoo Show. Many of us that visited usually saw only an empty studio, but at least we got to see […]
A Real Oddity…The EMI 10678 From 1956, this camera used by the BBC is one of the oddest looking things I’ve ever seen. The metal lens hood covered the four turret lens with 3,4 8 and 12 inch Dallmeyer lenses. This is possibly a good idea for rainy days in the field, but not so […]