Re: Buffalo Bob Smith - RIP

["'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Peter Q. George wrote:

>      I also recall her doing the spots for "Ragsdale Chevrolet" (in
> "beautiful" Worcester), in the late 1970's. There were produced at
> WSMW-TV's Beverly Road studios in Worcester and were run throughout
> the market.

I wonder whether she was from this area.
  
>      You may be interested to know that when the original "Doody" show
> aired on NBC, it was in COLOR !  Unfortunately, most of the kinescopes
> and the new video tape were lost over the years.  But from 1956 until
> the end of the show's run in 1960, the show was broadcast in color. 

Actually, it began regular color broadcasting in 1955.  The first regular
color show, from September or October 1955 has been sold here and there on
home video, in black and white.  Most of the kinescopes survive, and
Buffalo Bob was trying to buy back the rights from NBC, in order to
colorize them and package them for cable TV.  NBC wasn't interested.

In fact, the first network color show ever was the Howdy Doody show of 26
June 1953, according to the show's producer, Roger Muir.

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