TK41s 1957 CBS Red Skelton show

[old_tv_nut]

Monsanto ad showing Red Skelton rehearsal with CBS/Skelton TK41s.
Note the old style triple coax and the required cable handlers.

[Penthode]

This is a great ad. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Funny, I could not spot in the write up that the TV production was color.

The ad did mention however that the wire insulation was made in bright Monsanto colors.

[bozey45]

Red Skelton's production company had some of the first color cameras in use in Hollywood, on CBS no less. As I understand it, he experimented with color on his show as early as 1956. I remember the annoucement about his show being in color back then, not every week, which I thought was strange. The announcer would say "Live, in color from Hollywood, the Red Skelton Show...."

[IsthmusTV]

Interesting that they required not one but two cable grips to handle that beast!

Very neat ad, thanks for sharing it.

-Clark

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by bozey45

Red Skelton's production company had some of the first color cameras in use in Hollywood, on CBS no less. As I understand it, he experimented with color on his show as early as 1956. I remember the annoucement about his show being in color back then, not every week, which I thought was strange. The announcer would say "Live, in color from Hollywood, the Red Skelton Show...."

I owned two of those three CBS cameras... Actually they're TK-40s. UCLA now has one; the other is with a private collector and retired KTLA official.

Charles

[vallieone]

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