What to watch on your early color set!

[Steve D.]

Here's a good run down on Red Skelton's involvement with color tv in the 60's.

Information courtesy of Ed Reitan's Color Television History site:

Red Skelton Color Studios
"Red-EO-Tape" Studios and Remote Color Vans (1961)
Hollywood, Skelton Studios (former Chaplin Studio) on LaBrea, south of Hollywood Blvd.
Skelton was infatuated with his appearance on color television, cajoled CBS to occasionally colorcast his "Red Skelton Show", and was the first to attempt to market the rental of three remote vans which had full live, film, and color video tape capability. RCA TK-41C and TK-26 cameras with 16mm and 35mm projectors were used with Ampex Color Video Tape Recorders.
Although visionary, the venture was premature and when it failed, CBS bought Skelton Studios as part of renewing Skelton's contract. The mobile color camera vans were sold to KTLA. The Skelton cameras were eventually donated to California State University and later transferred to the UCLA Collection of Television Technology.

And as a follow up, I (Steve D.) was heavily involved, for many years, using these TK-41 cameras while working at KTLA, Los Angeles. The vans consisted of 3 Crown Coaches built on ultra heavy duty bus chassis.

-Steve D.