The Dinah Shore Show - Random Episode #1 1/2 (1956)

[fromthesidelines]

For this kinescope, the announcer's disclaimer that this was coming to you "live from Hollywood" at :21, was silenced at the word "live".

[FURY1958]

When USA started to air TV color programs? I ask it 'cause I'm from Spain, and we started air them regularly in 1973.

[hebneh]

Did you notice, at the very beginning, the announcer saying sternly, "Quiet, please!" That wasn't supposed to be broadcast.

"Compatible color" meant that the show could also be seen on regular b&w TV sets, which was what nearly everyone in the USA had in 1956. Another comment posted here says that "less than a quarter" of homes had color TVs then; I believe it was VERY much less than that.

Even using my imagination (as Dinah told us to), I can't picture what this would've looked like in color.

[MiscVideos78rpm]

@hebneh I'm not actually sure that was broadcast. I have a feeling that was only on the kinescope. Somebody might be saying, "Quiet, please!" so there would be no background noise on the film print. However, it could have been the TV announcer, too. Thanks for your comment.

[dmine45]

@MiscVideos78rpm Kinnescopes were common back then. Many TV stations didn't have a direct network feed (landline via AT&T) since they were VERY expensive. Hence many shows were sent via kinnescope. This show aired live and had really no chance for editing. It was probably filmed, developed, printed and shipped without edit. No one thought back then that a show had a life after it's first airing anyhow.

[fromthesidelines]

...to put this telecast in perspective, less than a quarter of all homes in the U.S. had color sets [mostly RCA, the leading manufacturer, and NBC's corporate parent at the time] to see this in "compatible color"...NBC was virtually the ONLY network to schedule color shows in prime-time AND daytime in 1956 (only a small handful were regularly colorcast)- CBS had about one or two every week- they weren't eager to follow RCA's lead. The average price of a color set was between $1000 and $2500.

[kallemick]

wow i cant believe this is from before color tv was expensive pretty funny to think of

[MiscVideos78rpm]

@kallemick Times have changed.

[FURY1958]

@MiscVideos78rpm In many aspects for worse.

[intervibist]

@FURY1958 The compatible color standard was approved by a US government board at the end of 1953. NBC immediately started color broadcasts, but they were restricted to 1-2 hours per evening in the first 2 years. Through the 1950's NBC gradually expanded its color broadcasts, and some local stations converted their studios to color. Unfortunately, the earliest color record of these broadcasts are from 1958, when color videotape began to be used. Prior to that, recordings were made on b/w film

[FURY1958]

@intervibist Thank you very much for the explanation. As I can see, USA always was between 15-20 years in advanced than Spain in those era.

[Skulldini]

How old is she in this ?

[MiscVideos78rpm]

She is 40 years old in this.

[fromthesidelines]

This was during the period when Dinah was on twice a week {Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-7:45pm(et)}, just before John Cameron Swayze's "PLYMOUTH NEWS CARAVAN" on NBC. This edition was originally telecast live, in color, but only this black & white kinescope film recording exists...