tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post6259804465890870413..comments2024-03-29T02:30:53.003-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Strike it Rich! New York CityMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-35973136814706451872015-03-16T22:26:29.585-07:002015-03-16T22:26:29.585-07:00Actually fascinating to find out that exploitative...Actually fascinating to find out that exploitative reality shows are not unique to the current day.Jackie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06322613989851869319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-28329740813680981552015-03-14T16:22:34.932-07:002015-03-14T16:22:34.932-07:00Major-
I like to say I know enough about 'a ...Major-<br /><br />I like to say I know enough about 'a lotta things' to get me in trouble. If I was truly brilliant, I would know the exact number of venues CBS called TV Studios back in the day.<br /><br />Also - my brain is actually <i>'Autotronic'-!</i>Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-1878494176362392102015-03-14T15:08:56.954-07:002015-03-14T15:08:56.954-07:00TokyoMagic!, all I care about is the minty taste. ...TokyoMagic!, all I care about is the minty taste. My guess is that they weren't so worried about photography in the 50's… I'm surprised these came out as good as they did, though TV studios are famously bright.<br /><br />Nanook, I knew about Studio 62 (while CBS had several studios around the city, I wonder exactly how many there were?); I guess I thought that if records of the show had been destroyed, they must have been early tapes, but I guess they were the dreaded kinescopes.<br /><br />K. Martinez, ha ha! Also, I am beginning to suspect that Nanook is an android.<br /><br />Nanook, we will need to make some adjustments to your positronic brain, I just can't forgive your original statement that the camera was a TK11! Outrageous!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-49046818648348976542015-03-14T09:35:18.085-07:002015-03-14T09:35:18.085-07:00@ K. Martinez-
Thanks for the kind words. And to...@ K. Martinez-<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. And to keep me on the straight and narrow, I think I'd like to recant my original ID of the camera. It looks more like a TK10.<br /><br />Also, the theatre is now known as the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, currently playing <i>Constellations</i>.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-14452402452288768832015-03-14T07:48:25.126-07:002015-03-14T07:48:25.126-07:00Ghoulish and vulgar. Sounds like my kind of show....Ghoulish and vulgar. Sounds like my kind of show.<br /><br />Nanook - Your wealth of knowledge never ceases to amaze me. Great info.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-34710786446274997182015-03-14T00:41:34.839-07:002015-03-14T00:41:34.839-07:00Major-
What wonderful-looking images. That set s...Major-<br /><br />What wonderful-looking images. That set seems awfully elaborate for both a game show and one from the early days of television.<br /><br />That "big television camera" is most-likely an RCA TK11, B&W ('natch) - much to the chagrin of CBS's William Paley, who by 1955 was more than pissed with RCA & "General" David Sarnoff for 'stealing-away' the approval of what would become known as the NTSC television system - and color TV.<br /><br /><i>Strike It Rich</i> was produced at CBS's "Studio 62" Theater, on West 47th Street - which was formerly the Biltmore Theatre - co-owned by George Abbott and the Warner Bros.<br /><br />And, sorry, 2" quad tape didn't make its first appearance until November 20, 1956. Prior to that, shows were broadcast live, and delayed broadcasts thru the rather miserable-looking kinescope. <br /><br />Love the last image with a forced, toothy-grin on host Warren Hull. He could be a politician-!<br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-89899920164666489082015-03-14T00:22:28.138-07:002015-03-14T00:22:28.138-07:00By the way, these are some pretty incredible photo...By the way, these are some pretty incredible photos, Major. I went to some television tapings in the seventies and eighties and there was absolutely no photography allowed. I wonder if it was different in the early days of television audiences, or if this photographer just went unnoticed.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-58781797771864075432015-03-14T00:18:35.104-07:002015-03-14T00:18:35.104-07:00Colgate helps to prevent halitosis and pyorrhea.Colgate helps to prevent halitosis and pyorrhea.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com