Wizard Of Oz – Behind The Scenes
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When the ‘Wizard of Oz’ had it’s last network broadcast on CBS (May 8th, 1998), the bumpers around the commercial breaks had interesting behind the scenes tr…
In 1956, Edward R. Murrow’s “eyes and ears” visited Hal March on Person to Person, then one of CBS’s most prestigious and widely watched programs. March was at the height of his fame as host of the smash‑hit quiz show The $64,000 Question, a ratings powerhouse for the network. Audiences already knew him from his […]
Remember Watching Rootie Kazootie? I Do! Did you know this was the first of two early children’s TV shows that introduced an interactive technique called “the magic screen”? The “magic screen” (a thick piece of green vinyl that you sent away for) would cling to the TV screen via static electricity. Kids could follow along […]
Today, he would have been 100 years old. “Whatever the cost of education, the price is cheap compared with an ignorant nation”. -Walter Cronkite This is Mr. Cronkite in Studio 42 at the CBS Grand Central studios. Source
Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention The Colonial Theater in NYC was literally ground zero for RCA color testing and innovation. Note the steering ring under one of the first TK40s. The TD 1 pedestal was all there was at the time, but with the size of the TK40, the small steering ring was to […]