HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY LOS ANGELES TELEVISION (TV)
Summary
This anniversary special salutes the history of local television in Los Angeles on the occasion of station KTLA's 30th birthday. Host Art Linkletter provides a short overview of the medium's growth, presents clips from early KTLA programs, and interviews special guests. Excerpted programs include the following: KTLA's first broadcast, hosted by Bob Hope; "Time for Beany"; "Space Patrol"; "Bandstand Revue" (with an appearance by the McDonald Sisters); "Frosty Frolics"; "Western Varieties"; "Hometown Jamboree" (featuring an appearance by Tennessee Ernie Ford); "Harry Owens and his Royal Hawiians"; "Skipper Frank"; "Lunch Brigade"; "Bozo the Clown"; "Popeye's Pier Five Club"; "The Table-Hoppers"; and "Cartoon Express with Engineer Bill." Special guests include Hope; Bob Clampett, Daws Butler and Stan Freberg ("Time for Beany"); Broderick Crawford ("Highway Patrol"); announcer Dick Lane; wrestler Baron Leone, "The Continental Nobleman"; Virginia Hewitt Meer, Nina Bara, Ken Mayer, and Ed Kemmer ("Space Patrol"); newsman Stan Chambers, Doye O'Dell ("Western Varieties"); Harry Owens; Cliffie Stone ("Hometown Jamboree"); Vance Colvig ("Bozo the Clown"); ventriloquist Jimmy Weldon and "Webster Webfoot"; children's television hosts Tom Hatten ("Popeye's Pier Five Club"), "Skipper Frank," "Engineer Bill," and "Sheriff John" of "Lunch Brigade."
Further excerpted programs include the following: "Criswell Predicts"; "Musical Adventure with Korla Pandit"; "Hawthorne," "Glamour Girl"; "Juke Box Jury" (with appearances by Mickey Rooney and Jerry Lewis); "Mike Stokey's Pantomime Quiz"; "Jack Rourke's Beauty Parade"; "I Want to Get Married"; "Wheeler and Rourke"; "Liberace"; "Life With Elizabeth"; "Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music"; "Carson's Cellar" and "Carson's Cooking Lesson" (with Johnny Carson); "Handy Hints"; "Hopalong Cassidy"; "The Oscar Levant Show"; "The Continental"; and "The Spade Cooley Show." Special guests include Criswell; Korla Pandit; Harriet Nelson; Peter Potter ("Juke Box Jury"); Mike Stokey; Jack Rourke; Betty White ("Life With Elizabeth"); Lawrence Welk; former news anchor Jack Latham; and others.
Details
- NETWORK: KTLA
- DATE: January 22, 1977
- RUNNING TIME: 1:38:31
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T82:0512
- GENRE: Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Specials; History; Television
- SERIES RUN: KTLA (Los Angeles, CA) - TV, 1977
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jerry Birdwell … Executive Producer
- Arnold Shapiro … Producer, Writer
- William Rainbolt … Director
- Jack Bielan … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Director
- Art Linkletter … Host
- Nina Bara
- Daws Butler
- Johnny Carson
- Stan Chambers
- Bob Clampett
- Vance Colvig
- Broderick Crawford
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Stan Freberg
- Tom Hatten
- Bob Hope
- Ed Kemmer
- Dick Lane
- Jack Latham
- Baron Leone
- Jerry Lewis
- Liberace
- Ken Mayer
- The McDonald Sisters
- Virginia Hewitt Meer
- Harriet Nelson (See also: Harriet Hilliard)
- Doye O'Dell
- Harry Owens
- Peter Potter
- Mickey Rooney
- Jack Rourke
- Mike Stokey
- Cliffie Stone
- Jimmy Weldon
- Lawrence Welk
- Betty White