You Didn’t Think I Would Come Home Without These Did You?
Since my first glimpse of an RCA TK44 mounted on the Chapman Electra crane on SNL back in 1975, I have wanted to sit in “the bucket”. I finally have and I’m a happy man!
For the full story on the Electra and 8H, here is an in depth article I did a few years back.
https://eyesofageneration.com/teletales/studio-8h-and-the-chapman-crane/
To update the story, Chapman wanted to retire 308 a couple of years ago. They took her out and put in a new Electra, but, it could not make the tight turns that the old 308 could. The only thing to do was give 308 a complete makeover and a new paint job and put her back to work in 8H where John, Louis, Robert and Phil take loving care of her. Bless her heart! If she could only talk!
