[78-L] ^Survival of anything from The Best of Broadway (1954-55)

[David Lennick]

Remember Fred Allen's gag about the poor couple who got married on "Bride and Groom" but their marriage won't be legal in 14 states until the kinescope is shown?

 

That out of the way, were there color kinescopes made? Or just b&w? 

 

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> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:05:50 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ^Survival of anything from The Best of Broadway (1954-55)
> 
> The fact that it was before videotape means it is MORE likely to have
> survived. Videotape was erasable. Kinescope film wasn't. There are
> maybe 100 programs from the 50s on videotape, and 50,000 or more on
> kinescope film. Including shows that were on videotape. The would make
> a kine of the tape and erase the tape, but EVERY network show was
> recorded on kine because there were stations not on the wireline
> network. Every show. Every episode of every show. All of them. On
> all four networks. Every last network show was kinescope recorded if it
> was not on film already.
> 
> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> 
> From: David Lewis <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com>
> 
> Doubt that this inquiry will bear fruit, but check out this series of
> specials aired between 1954 and 55 on CBS entitled "The Best of
> Broadway."
> 
> http://www.eofftv.com/b/bes/best_of_broadway_main.htm
> 
> These were color broadcasts and done live. As they were made before the
> advent of videotape I suspect they won't have survived, but I'm curious
> as to whether any are known extant as black and white kinescopes. These
> programs used original cast members; for example, "Panama Hattie"
> featured Ethel Merman. And I'm also curious how they got them out to the
> West Coast in prime time in color (or if they did so at all).
> 
> Uncle Dave Lewis
> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
> 
> 
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