Kevin, have you written up the info you have below here in some sort
of blog somewhere? I'd like to read it.


> Certainly, there can be no Tonight Show without hosts and guests, and
> that's who people remember. But people might also want to remember and
> thank the Tonight Show for stereo television, since audio engineer
> Charlie Weeks was the first person to convince NBC brass the
> technology could be achieved largely by turning one knob to the right
> and another knob to the left. And that palm-sized camera you all carry
> around is courtesy of a guy who once worked on the Tonight Show named
> Ray Figelski, who was the first person in history to disconnect a
> camera from its base, slap it on his shoulder (permanently damaging
> his shoulder in the process) and show viewers images that would have
> otherwise gone unseen. Believe me, the list goes on. For being a
> simple, formulaic talk show, The Tonight Show has impacted history in
> more than a few ways. I hope that is the legacy that continues,
> because the crew is comprised of good people, and NBC owes them a
> debt.
> -- 
> Kevin M. (RPCV)

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