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1959-10-08, WNBC, 17 min.
- Bill Veeck
- Roger Craig
- Don Drysdale
- Larry Sherry
- Duke Snider
- Warren Giles
- Joe Cronin
- Ford Frick
- Charlie Neal
- Jack Brickhouse
- Gil Hodges
- Vin Scully
- Walter Alston
Jack Brickhouse calls the play-by-play in the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers win the 1959 World Series against the Chicago White Sox in Game 6. Final Score Dodgers 9, White Sox 3. A world series record for The Los Angeles Dodgers coming from seventh place in 1958, their first year in Los Angeles after moving from Brooklyn after the 1957 season, and winning a World Series the following year. Vin Scully interviews the victorious Los Angeles Dodgers from their clubhouse. He talks to Warren Giles, Bill Veeck, and Gil Hodges, who mentions that it took "umpteen" years to win a Brooklyn Dodger series, and it took only two years to do the same in Los Angeles. Also at the mike with Vin Scully are Duke Snider, Joe Cronin, Walter Alston, Charlie Neal, Roger Craig, Don Drysdale, Larry Sherry, and commissioner of baseball Ford Frick. Vin Scully signs off the air for the Gillette Safety Razor Blades sponsor with the Gillette theme music in the background. This was the last year a Gillette sign off was used for a World Series Television Broadcast.
1972-10-27, ABC, 21 min.
- Bill Veeck
- Branch Rickey
- Jackie Robinson
- Jackie Robinson Jr.
- Howard Cosell
- Hank Aaron
- Ralph Branca
- Gil Hodges
- David Robinson
- Don Newcombe
- Bill Russell
- Jesse Jackson
- Bobby Bragan
- Buzzi Bavasi
- Martin Stone
- Marian Logan
A Special Report about Jackie Robinson by Howard Cosell on the day of Robinson's funeral (October 27, 1972). Admiration of Brooklyn Dodger baseball player (1947-1956), on and off the field, by the people who knew him and admired him. This ABC TV Special is joined in progress. There are reminiscences by Ralph Branca, and Bobby Bragan, teammates of Robinson in 1947...challenges for Jackie during his rookie year when he first played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Other reflections are espoused by Buzzie Bavasi, Bill Veeck, Hank Aaron, Martin Stone, who was Jackie Robinson's attorney, Marian Logan, who worked with Jackie Robinson, basketball great Bill Russell, and eldest son of Jackie Robinson, David Robinson. At the funeral of Robinson, Jesse Jackson talks to Howard Cosell about the eulogy he just delivered. Another segment included is an interview Howard Cosell had with Jackie Robinson as both were leaving the funeral of Gil Hodges (April 1972). Jackie looks back at his past and reflects on his life and career, including the tragic recent loss of his son Jackie Robinson Jr. NOTE: This SPECIAL Jackie Robinson tribute report produced by Howard Cosell is not only lost to history as a television broadcast, in any form, it is little known/remembered to even archivists that it ever was broadcast.
1977-03-27, NBC, 60 min.
Daytime sports special. Joe Garagiola looks at the impact of free agents, player agents and big salaries with five Major League owners.
1977-04-26, WNBC, 60 min.
"The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder is NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE. October 15, 1973-January 28, 1982. An hour-long talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. Network television's first entry into late-late-night programming on weeknights Monday thru Thursday, usually broadcasting on tape 1 AM to 2 AM. "Tomorrow" was expanded to 90 minutes on September 16, 1980.