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.
Zoomar VS Varotal It would be interesting to see the difference. Here, two Pye cameras, which may be 1″ Videcon models, shoot side by side with the left camera using a Zoomar Field Zoom and the other using a Varotal Mark II zoom circa 1959. Source
Boy, do I wish I could have one owned one of these three Marconi Mark IV cameras from WCNY-TV! These three Mark IV cameras are very rare, and have a very interesting history. Here are a few shots of these historic cameras in action at WCNY, a PBS affiliate in Syracuse, NY circa 1969. Believe it […]
“That Thing You Do”… The Secret Gene Pitney Connection For a number of reasons, this is one of my favorite movies, but did you know that “Mr. Downtown”, and the fictional character that sings it, Freddie Fredrickson, is based on Gene Pitney and his “Town Without Pity”? Hear; Gene Pitney “Town Without Pity”… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7BRraVMZzc Hear; […]
Anyone Know Who Made This Pedestal? 2021 UPDATE: It is a GE pedestal. You don’t see many of these but there were a few around. This is built along the same lines as the old Dumont “milk wagon” pedestals used under their Iconoscope cameras. I’m pretty sure this is an electric ped with a small […]