Don Gillis & The Celtic

[Kevin Vahey]

Amazing to think that back then the NBA Finals were only shown on local TV.

What is also amazing is that a copy of the game even exists. Back then
an hour of 2 inch videotape cost almost $300 an hour which is why so
little footage from the 60's survived.
NBC even erased 99 percent of the Carson shows from the New York days.

What is frustrating is only 30 seconds of live coverage of the 1967
World Series survived and that was only because it was shown on
Huntley-Brinkley.

Only 45 seconds of the first Super Bowl exists which was shown on both
CBS and NBC.
A few gems exist from the old Channel 5 days as WSBK bought the
archive from the old Herald-Traveler and later it was donated to the
Sports Museum.

On 7/4/08, Maureen Carney <m_carney@yahoo.com> wrote:
> NBA TV is running the 1966 NBA Finals Game 6 between the Celtics and Lakers
> as part of their NBA Hardwood Classics series. The game announcers are Don
> Gillis and Tommy Heinsohn. It will be playing at various times over the next
> few weeks. Given that Don Gillis died recently it serves as an introduction
> of his great abilities to anyone who didn't get to see him in action over
> the years. It's also interesting to watch a game without court signage from
> sponsors, mascots, dancers/cheerleaders and graphics festooning the screen.
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