September 5, 1949…NBC Studio 8H Make Its Television Debut On this day in 1949, NBC’s famous Studio 8H made it’s television debut, as did “The Voice Of Firestone” radio program in a special simulcast. Every Monday night since 1928, the show had been heard on radio, but in the ’49 season, it also came to […]
How Football’s Magic Yellow Line Technology Works…Two Videos Here are two videos to lay out how the yellow first down line is applied to live action on the field. This first one is a good history and general overview of the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oqm6eO6deU This second one shows us how the equipment is linked to the […]
‘The Munsters’…Unaired Color Pilot And Some Surprises! What do ‘The Musters’ and ‘Leave It To Beaver’ have in common? The two men that produced ‘The Munsters’…Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher…that’s what. They created ‘Leave It To Beaver’ and before that, wrote over 1,500 episodes of ‘Amos ‘n’ Andy. Here’s another surprise…the show only ran for […]