Ooooooooooooooooo. On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> [snip] (The first few weeks were taped at another Teletape facility in >> Manhattan, but "Clock" had to vacate for a new show called "Sesame Street.") >> > > This is becoming a Ken Burns opus, and it's my turn to testify. My > neighbor's cousin worked for Reeves (later Reeves Teletape) as a sound > engineer on the Frost show. I was brought to the Little Theater to meet Art > when I was considering going into television (in some capacity). He made it > clear that I didn't need to go to college for that, just technical school, > and that if I wanted to be a creative, this was the wrong path. For no > reason that I can explain, Art and I stayed in touch, and I used to go hang > out with him at the 81st Street Studio where Sesame Street and Electric > Company were produced. (The facility is gone, replaced by a Staples and an > apartment building, but the marquee remains, even though almost no one > realizes what it is.) I'm older than the Sesame Street firsters, so wasn't > the least bit traumatized when I looked up in the rafters and saw > Snuffleupagus hanging there -- in two pieces. Art decamped for Los Angeles, > and spent most of his last years doing what he called "bleeps and blonks" > for The Price Is Right. > > End of detour. > > -- > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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.
