IN THIS CLIP FROM WHAT'S MY LINE, KOVACS HAD CANCELLED AS A PANELIST ,BEAUSE HE HAD TO TAKE A TRAIN TO LOS ANGELES AND WAS REPLACED BY "FATHER KNOWS BEST" STAR, ROBERT YOUNG. WHEN THE TRIP WAS CALLED-OFF, KOVACS RE-BOOKED AS A MYSTERY GUEST.HERE, HE REIGNS INSANE IN THIS EXCERPT FROM CBS'S STALWART, SUNDAY NIGHT PANEL PROGRAM.ENJOY!!!!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
ABC -AESOP BROADCASTING COMPANY- FROM ERNIE KOVACS
A PIONEERING TELEVISION PRODUCER AND A GIFTED COMEDIC PERFORMER, ERNIE KOVAC'S TAKES VIEWERS BACK IN TIME TO GET THE LATEST UPDATE FROM ABC NEWS-MEANING HEADLINES THAT ARE BOTH HISTORIC AND HILARIOUS FROM AESOP BROADCASTING COMPANY.
ERNIE KOVAC'S 1961 PRODUCTION OF THE MUSICAL OFFICE
A brilliant work of video artistry from tele-visionary Ernie Kovacs, the Trenton NJ native who made his reputation doing inspired comedy rooted in the use of television technology in the late 1940's and early 1950's on Philadelphia's KYW-TV(then WPTZ-TV). It is, given technology available when this was produced in 1961, a marvel of media!
KYW-TV'S MYSTERY WEATHERMAN -CIRCA 1972
A SUBLIME AND SILLY MOMENT FROM KYW-TV'S EYEWITNESS NEWS IN PHILADELPHIA, THE HOME OF 1970'S, HAPPY TALK, TV NEWS.WHEN WEATHERCASTER BILL KUSTER HAD TO CALL OUT SICK AT THE LAST MOMENT, INVENTIVE PRODUCERS, LEAD BY THE EXTRAORDINARY DAVE NEAL, DRAFTED ANCHORMAN MORT CRIM, DISGUISED AS THE MYSTERY WEATHERMAN, TO FRONT THE FORECAST AND CORRAL THE SO-CALLED "KUSTER KIDS.". THE VIEWERS AND THE PRODUCERS GOT MORE ( OKAY, LESS:)THAN THEY EVER EXPECTED.ENJOY!!!
WBBM-TV, CHANNEL 2 NEWS AIRCHECK FROM THE LATE 1970'S
A 'SCOPED DOWN NEWSCAST FROM A MYTHIC ERA IN LOCAL NEWS, WHEN KURTIS, PORTERFIELD AND JACOBSEN RULED THE WINDY CITY AIRWAVES AND WERE SUPPORTED BY AN AMAZING NEWSTEAM.
LOOK-OUT, THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS AT SIX IS NEXT!
LOOK-OUT, THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS AT SIX IS NEXT!
SHINDIG - FEATURING DOBIE GREY, ZSA ZSA & MORE- ABC'-TV'S , 1960'S ROCK AND ROLL REVIEW
IN THE MID-1960'S, WHEN NBC AND ABC FIRST DID BATTLE FOR THE LOYALTY OF TEENAGE VIEWERS ( CBS THEN HAD MOM AND DAD SEWN UP WITH RURAL SITCOMS AND LAVISH VARIETY SHOWS -THAT WAS FINE FOR THEM), ABC PREMIERED SHINDIG. IT WASN'T A DANCE SHOW , ALA AMERICAN BANDSTAND, NOR WAS IT A VARIETY HOUR, LIKE NBC'S,YOUTH ORIENTED EFFORT, HULLABALOO. THIS WAS STAGED LIKE A ROCK AND ROLL REVUE AT A LOCAL THEATER OR NIGHTCLUB. ORIGINATING AT THE ABC STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD, IT FEATURED AN ECLECTIC ARRAY OF PERFORMERS AND MUSIC RANGING FROM THE BRITISH INVASION, TO MOTOWN AND EVEN THE PHILLY SOUND. GIVEN ABC'S STATUS THEN AS 1/2 A NETWORK , PRODUCTION VALUES WERE NOMINAL. IT LASTED TWO SEASONS, BUT LEFT A LEGACY OF GREAT PERFORMANCES.
INTRO TO HULLABALOO- NBC'S ATTEMPT AT A TEEN VARIETY PROGRAM-CIRCA 1966
NBC WANTED TO MOUNT A MUSIC/COMEDY/VARIETY PROGRAM WITH GUEST HOSTS AIMED AT AN ADOLESCENT AUDIENCE. BUT THE PROGRAM SENT A MIXED MESSAGE. JERRY LEWIS,AN ADULT PERFORMER WHO WAS BELOVED BY YOUNGSTERS, CO-HOSTED THIS EPISODE WITH HIS SON GARY LEWIS, WHO ALONG WITH HIS BAND, THE PLAYBOYS, HAD SEVERAL HIT SINGLES. NOTE THE SPONSORS WERE ALSO A MIXED METAPHOR: CARNATION EVAPORATED MILK ( FOR MOM AND DAD'S COFFEE) AND CLEARASIL ( FOR TEENS WHO WANTED TO BLOT AWAY BLEMISHES). PRODUCTION VALUES WERE ALSO SOMETIMES A BIT SCHIZOID: THE SHOW WOULD RANDOMLY ORIGINATE FROM THE NBC STUDIOS @ 30 ROCK, THE NBC BROOKLYN STAGES AND NBC BURBANK. SOMETIMES IT WAS BROADCAST IN LIVING COLOR , AND SOMETIMES IN LUSTEROUS BLACK AND WHITE.HULLABAL0O LASTED ONLY TWO SEASONS.
CLOSING CREDITS FOR HULLABALOO- NBC'S TEEN VARIETY SHOW-CIRCA 1966
NOTE THE SLIDES AND ANNOUNCER JOHNNY HOLLIDAY'S VOICEOVER DETAILING PROMOTIONAL CONSIDERATION PROVIDED FOR AIR TRAVEL, HOTEL AND CAR RENTAL. ALSO NOTE PRODUCER CREDIT FOR THE LEGENDARY GARY SMITH.
Monday, December 29, 2008
NBC'S 30 ROCK WITH A COMIC TAKE ON MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
NBC'S HIP AND FUNNY 30 ROCK OFFERS A UNIQUE AND ABSURD TAKE ON GLADYS KNIGHT'S HIT SONG, MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA.EVEN MS. KNIGHT SHOWS UP.
GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS ON A 1973 EDITION OF THE FLIP WILSON SHOW-MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
FLIP WILSON'S VARIETY SHOW KICKED OFF NBC'S THURSDAY NIGHT LINE-UP,IN THE EARLY 1970'S , LEADING VIEWERS ON TO IRONSIDE AND THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW. GLADYS NIGHT AND THE PIPS WERE FREQUENT GUESTS
THE NFL TODAY - CBS-TV- CIRCA 1979
FROM 1979, WHEN THE CBS NFL PREGAME SHOW WAS MORE THAN FOUR EX-JOCKS IN NAVY BLAZERS FROM A BIG MAN'S STORE. BRENT, JACK, IRV, JAYNE AND JIMMY "THE GREEK" WERE STYLISH, DIVERSE AND COOL.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
KINESCOPE HD - A New Home for Vintage Video Content
Welcome to KINESCOPE HD, my blog dedicated to celebrating, preserving and recognizing the best, the worst and the most interesting content television has to offer.
There's nothing controversial, here. It's not an online arena for acrid rhetoric or partisan debate over the perceived messages or presumed bias behind television.
No smoking guns. No hidden agenda.
That said , this is also not an austere, clinical museum of broadcast history.
Just consider this the digital and dynamic equivalent of a curio shop at the beach. A place in which you leisurely browse to enjoy the salient and silly moments displayed over the last six decades on your home TV screen.
No pressure. Nothing to buy, because we have nothing to sell.
Post your reactions to the clips we display and share your television memories.
We will also , occasionally, include vintage radio and film content, if it's fun.
This will be,largely, family friendly content. You have a voice in this site, but, please keep it clean and on point.
So, enjoy the video, as it flails through the fiberoptics :)
Yours in TV,
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There's nothing controversial, here. It's not an online arena for acrid rhetoric or partisan debate over the perceived messages or presumed bias behind television.
No smoking guns. No hidden agenda.
That said , this is also not an austere, clinical museum of broadcast history.
Just consider this the digital and dynamic equivalent of a curio shop at the beach. A place in which you leisurely browse to enjoy the salient and silly moments displayed over the last six decades on your home TV screen.
No pressure. Nothing to buy, because we have nothing to sell.
Post your reactions to the clips we display and share your television memories.
We will also , occasionally, include vintage radio and film content, if it's fun.
This will be,largely, family friendly content. You have a voice in this site, but, please keep it clean and on point.
So, enjoy the video, as it flails through the fiberoptics :)
Yours in TV,
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WBBM-TV CHANNEL 2 NEWS PROMO FROM THE LATE 1970'S
The Chicago CBS O&O produced this promo that reflected the aggresive journalism that propelled them to the top of the ratings and in front of the competition in the 1970's.
Dinah Shore Chevy Show goes on location to Detroit in Fall of 1961
This is from her NBC variety show, when GM had enough money to take the show on location and use it as an informercial for the new Chevrolet car lines, from Impala to Corvair.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
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