Hmm, looking at it again, I guess you're right. The theater looks a little bit small to be The Ed.
On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 2:30:38 PM UTC-5, Steve Timko wrote: >> >> By the way, episode 5 has Merv entering through a door at the back of the >> theatre. I recognized then that it was being filmed in The Ed Sullivan >> Theater. >> >> > Actually, Merv's mid-60s Westinghouse series - the '65 - '69 one with > Arthur Treacher - was taped not at the Sullivan but at The Little Theatre > on West 44th - a.k.a. "The Little Theatre on Times Square," as Treacher > called it at the beginning of each episode. It's now the Helen Hayes > Theatre. It's much smaller than the Sullivan. And he did frequently enter > from the rear of the auditorium. > > His '69 - '72 CBS late night show originally taped at the Cort Theatre on > 48th before he moved it to Television City. > > His long-running Metromedia show did tape at the Sullivan on trips east in > the late seventies and early eighties. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
