Wait! Now You’re Telling Me Big Bird Is Not Real Too?
Sorry again! It’s really a man named Caroll Spinney. Actually, Mr. Spinney retired a few years back, but he was the original Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch.
Here’s an NPR interview with him…he’s 81 now. Enjoy and share!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1249919
I’ve Got A Secret: Philo T. Farnswroth, 1957 Philo T. Farnsworth: The Boy Who Invented Television. http://farnovision.com Get the whole amazing story: http://farnovision.com/book.html Thumbnail sketch: … Source
Another Great Glenn Mack Photo! From 1964 till 1975, Art Fleming hosted Jeopardy! in NBC Studio 8G at 30 Rock. The game board would be at the far right and it appears that the RCA TK44 on the left is shooting it from across the studio (you can see the layout in the clip below). […]
‘Bonanza’…September 12, 1959 – January 16, 1973 In the photo below we see Pernell Roberts, as Adam Cartwright, filming an episode from the first season, which was almost the last season. Initially the show aired opposite CBS blockbuster ‘Perry Mason’ and the ratings were so bad that NBC wanted to kill the show, but RCA […]
Ralph Levy: Director Extraordinaire Ralph Levy, TV pioneer and two-time Emmy winning director, is remembered by TV historians as the man who directed the original ‘I Love Lucy’ pilot in March, 1951 — which made his passing on the date of Lucy’s 50th Anniversary all the more poignant. Born into a family of Philadelphia lawyers, […]
