There’s older. NBC TV started it all and was active throughout the mid 40s especially around NYC and there’s a few kinescopes from them that date back around that era on UA-cam.
He had an unmanageable ego but he made television a successful format which was still doubtful when this was recorded. As a small child I recall watching with my parents, other friends and relatives would come over to our house to watch also. Fantastic this old recording has survived. These things weren't saved back then because no one seen any further use for them. Most suspected television was only a passing fad and would never replace radio.
Love these clips of early television history and, especially, of Arthur Godfrey who was a giant in early television but has been lost in the mists of time.
She really didn't get far in show business. But Julius LaRosa, who appeared as a contestant- and won- in 1950, *DID.* Arthur told him that when he finished his hitch in the Navy, he had a spot waiting for him on his daily radio and Wednesday night TV shows. LaRosa filled that spot for two years before Godfrey told his audience on October 19, 1953 that Julie's appearance at the end of his daytime show was his "swan song".
@@fromthesidelinesLaRosa's popularity eclipsed Godfrey's and of course didn't like it. Plus LaRosa and Archie Bleyer were recording and Godfrey tried to control his stars.
Interesting to see how Godfrey at this point is still completely in his radio mode, wearing headset and playing to the microphone rather then a camera. He and his guests are reading from a script in this simulcast.
Excellent sound engineering. Arthur commented to the third talent scout - about the pin on her lapel - maybe trying to bring attention to the “wings”!pinned on his lapel. He’s been a pilot since 1930 and in the AF Reserves flown every plan type in the AF inventory. He lost popularity for being mean and firing people. They were following a script. BUT the time stamped transcript -,is that a. UA-cam feature? Very cool how the transcript follows the spoken word.-,like a teleprompter. Maybe 95% spelling is accurate.
Despite his problems he'd later have, there was some good in him. For one thing, he only promoted the sponsors he truly believed in. He was also pretty good at playing the banjo and guitar. And, he was a US Coast Guard.
Godfrey got his commercial pilot’s license in the early 50s and when he took airline trips the pilots would literally approach him asking if he wanted to fly the plane. That wouldn’t happen today in the least… but the passengers were just thrilled Godfrey was flying their plane. He was a true legend. Pretty great track record for a guy who only had a 6th grade education.
Vinegar Syndrome is given as an excuse when old films, especially those made from nitrate, break down from age and produces a vinegar odor. This is particularly dangerous because nitrate is extremely flammable. A new type of film was created in the 1950s called Safety Film which does not contain nitrate.
He sure did even after Arthur Godfrey fired him… which Godfrey did to quite a few talented folks. CBS gave Godfrey way too much reign… but Godfrey was the problem… not them. That’s how it went back in those early days.
Aurthur Godfrey.....had everything going for him it wasn't going to hurt him to be nice to people....I don't know where his meanest came from......I think more power an person has......they can act the way the hell they want....???
That can be true. When you think about it, a lot of these people are achieving these very high goals, and really work at it, because they are seeking approval from an audience. They may have been deprived of it from a parental figure. When you think about it, there are also those kinds of personalities we hear about that want it to be about "me me me". They want to be number one and are highly competitive. They will do _anything,_ even shady, to achieve their goal. Its a spotlight hogging personality. These are highly insecure complex individuals with yet a narcissistic problem.
Godfrey was an arrogant POS in real life… that is true. He ruined many good folks that worked for him and many good careers. It was all about him and CBS gave him way too much reign since he was their most popular star in the late 40s. He would travel the country and give CBS notice where he was like a day or two before his normal Monday night broadcast… and CBS would scramble to try to figure out remotes to air it. He wasn’t a team player in the least. Everything centered around him.
This is, without a doubt, the rarest of the early tv kinescopes, and unquestionably, a classic.
Even earlier was Don McNeill's Breakfast Club (1948, DuMont Network) which is posted on UA-cam
There’s older. NBC TV started it all and was active throughout the mid 40s especially around NYC and there’s a few kinescopes from them that date back around that era on UA-cam.
He had an unmanageable ego but he made television a successful format which was still doubtful when this was recorded. As a small child I recall watching with my parents, other friends and relatives would come over to our house to watch also. Fantastic this old recording has survived. These things weren't saved back then because no one seen any further use for them. Most suspected television was only a passing fad and would never replace radio.
Thank you for posting this. Very rare, I'm sure and I am just glad it was preserved.
My dads band “The Murrary Men” performed on this show around 1955, I believe it ended in a three way tie. Love to see it if you can find it.
Love these clips of early television history and, especially, of Arthur Godfrey who was a giant in early television but has been lost in the mists of time.
Thanks for sharing! We're lucky this exists. What a great snapshot.
Wow, Helen Damone was awesome, had a Judy Garland quality. I didn't find any history on her on the net.
She really didn't get far in show business. But Julius LaRosa, who appeared as a contestant- and won- in 1950, *DID.* Arthur told him that when he finished his hitch in the Navy, he had a spot waiting for him on his daily radio and Wednesday night TV shows. LaRosa filled that spot for two years before Godfrey told his audience on October 19, 1953 that Julie's appearance at the end of his daytime show was his "swan song".
@@fromthesidelinesLaRosa's popularity eclipsed Godfrey's and of course didn't like it. Plus LaRosa and Archie Bleyer were recording and Godfrey tried to control his stars.
Arthur Godfrey looks like he is always about five milliseconds away from a knock-down knives-out temper tantrum of Biblical proportions.
Interesting to see how Godfrey at this point is still completely in his radio mode, wearing headset and playing to the microphone rather then a camera. He and his guests are reading from a script in this simulcast.
Excellent sound engineering. Arthur commented to the third talent scout - about the pin on her lapel - maybe trying to bring attention to the “wings”!pinned on his lapel. He’s been a pilot since 1930 and in the AF Reserves flown every plan type in the AF inventory. He lost popularity for being mean and firing people.
They were following a script. BUT the time stamped transcript -,is that a. UA-cam feature? Very cool how the transcript follows the spoken word.-,like a teleprompter. Maybe 95% spelling is accurate.
Despite his problems he'd later have, there was some good in him. For one thing, he only promoted the sponsors he truly believed in. He was also pretty good at playing the banjo and guitar. And, he was a US Coast Guard.
Godfrey got his commercial pilot’s license in the early 50s and when he took airline trips the pilots would literally approach him asking if he wanted to fly the plane. That wouldn’t happen today in the least… but the passengers were just thrilled Godfrey was flying their plane. He was a true legend. Pretty great track record for a guy who only had a 6th grade education.
He could be a nice guy, but, like so many others, his huge success went to his head.
Sure enough, regular weekly simulcasts began on December 6, 1948.
Thank you to the channel owner for this program with its several very fine musicians. I just have one question: what is vinegar syndrome? Thanks
Vinegar Syndrome is given as an excuse when old films, especially those made from nitrate, break down from age and produces a vinegar odor. This is particularly dangerous because nitrate is extremely flammable. A new type of film was created in the 1950s called Safety Film which does not contain nitrate.
Archie Bleyer became instrumental in the success of the Everly Brothers on his Cadence records label!
He sure did even after Arthur Godfrey fired him… which Godfrey did to quite a few talented folks. CBS gave Godfrey way too much reign… but Godfrey was the problem… not them. That’s how it went back in those early days.
@@MikeJones-do1xvJulius LaRosa.
Jim Pollock has a gorgeous voice!
1948, the second and last time the Cleveland Indians would win the World Series.
If you have the A&E biography of Godfrey, please upload it.
Yes..please add the complete "Biography"Tv tribute to Mr.Godfrey.
Aurthur Godfrey.....had everything going for him it wasn't going to hurt him to be nice to people....I don't know where his meanest came from......I think more power an person has......they can act the way the hell they want....???
That can be true. When you think about it, a lot of these people are achieving these very high goals, and really work at it, because they are seeking approval from an audience. They may have been deprived of it from a parental figure. When you think about it, there are also those kinds of personalities we hear about that want it to be about "me me me". They want to be number one and are highly competitive. They will do _anything,_ even shady, to achieve their goal. Its a spotlight hogging personality. These are highly insecure complex individuals with yet a narcissistic problem.
Godfrey was an arrogant POS in real life… that is true. He ruined many good folks that worked for him and many good careers. It was all about him and CBS gave him way too much reign since he was their most popular star in the late 40s. He would travel the country and give CBS notice where he was like a day or two before his normal Monday night broadcast… and CBS would scramble to try to figure out remotes to air it. He wasn’t a team player in the least. Everything centered around him.
Loks like Arthur's interview with Mrs. Hayward was scripted, just like in radio.
My God, the things we used to accept from men.
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