The Beautiful Color Of The RCA TK41 In this series of clips, you can see the rich colors and hues that the TK41 gave us along with great blacks. The editing leaves a lot to be desired, but the point is the pictures. The spelling tells me this is was done by someone outside the […]
Need A Lift Dinah? In a 1952 episode of the twice weekly, 15 minute ‘Dinah Shore Show’, our star hitches a ride on a Panoram dolly with an extra sideboard. In ’56, Shore began hosting a monthly series of one-hour full-color spectaculars as part of NBC’s ‘The Chevy Show’ series. These proved so popular that […]
Regis…The San Diego Days This is ‘The Regis Philbin Show’, his first hosting job at KOGO (now KGTV) that was on the air from ’61 till ’64. For budgetary reasons, he had no writing staff, leading him to begin each show with what has become his hallmark, the “host chat” segment which was influenced by […]
You Mean Godzilla Was Just A Guy In A Rubber Suit? Yes, but not just any guy! It was Haruo Nakajima who’s now 85. He was considered by most to be the best “suit actor” in Japanese monster movie history. He started in 1954 with ‘Godzilla’ and played the role, and many other monsters for […]