#vintage television
#TalkieTuesday Chris Wade’s book tells the story of Buster Keaton’s often overlooked later years. Today’s quote touches on television & what better way to illustrate it than this wonderful skit with Lucille Ball in honor of his late compatriot in comedy, Stan Laurel.
This Day in Buster…May 9, 1951
“The Buster Keaton Show” premieres. The LA Times got a preview two days before & urged readers to “drag the kids away from the wild westerns at 7:30 tonight, twist the dials to KTTV (11) and sit back and enjoy a real slapstick Keaton show.”
This Day in Buster…May 8, 1964
Buster Keaton appears in season one, episode 32 “Who Killed ½ of Glory Lee?” of Burke’s Law. The once silent actor remains silent in the role of Mr Lovely…almost.
On this night in 1976, Lorne Michaels invited The Beatles to reunite live on SNL — for $3,000.
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Grass Valley 1600 4P1L // Broadcast Video Control Panel // US 1975
Good variety in buttons and controls here, something for everyone!
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Buster’s in the zone…
Mr. Freeze (aka Eli Wallach) - BatmanEpisode:Ice Spy, Airdate: 29 March 1967. Wallach played the third Mr. Freeze in the Batman TV series which was also the character’s last appearance.
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