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7 records found for Ted Williams
1954-04-07, WNBC, min.
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY: April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm. In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. NOTE:: The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. Headline News: Indochina crisis, Ted Williams. Today's Guests: Fred Allen, Billy Rose.
#10506: SALUTE TO BASEBALL
Order1957-04-13, WNBC, 55 min.
- Gene Kelly
- Mel Allen
- Babe Ruth
- Joe DiMaggio
- Stan Musial
- Don Larsen
- Ted Williams
- Ed Gardner
- Johnny Antonelli
- Bob Friend
- Mel Ott
- Frank Lefty Odeul
- Robert Strauss
- Tony Bennett
- George Kell
- Herb Score
- Ernie Banks
- Ford Frick
- Mickey Mantle
- Ed Matthews
- Don Newcombe
- Billy Pierce
- Pee Wee Reese
- Robin Roberts
- Harry Simpson
- Eddie Yost
- Happy Felton and Knothole Gang
- Ted Kluszewski
- Harvey Kuenn
- Paul Winchell
- Jerry Mahoney
- Frank Fontaine
- Bill Hayes
- Pat Marshall
- Janis Paige
- Robert Alda
- Pie Traynor
- Gabby Hartnett
- Lefty Grove
Baseball personalities on this television special ushering in the start of the 1957 baseball season include Johnny Antonelli of the New York Giants, Don Larsen, Bob Friend, Billy Pierce, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio, Mel Allen, Ernie Banks, George Kell, Harvey Kuenn, Ted Kluszewski, Ed Matthews, Don Newcombe, Pee Wee Reese, Robin Roberts, Herb Score, Harry (Suitcase) Simpson, Eddie Yost, and Happy Felton and his Knothole Gang. Mel Allen recreates Don Larsen's perfect game. Show Business guests include: comedians Ed "Archie" Gardner, Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney, Frank Fontaine, singers Tony Bennett, Pat Marshall, and Bill Hayes, Singer-comedienne Janis Paige, actors Robert Alda and Robert Strauss. Also participating are baseball commissioner Ford Frick, sportscaster Mel Allen, and baseball Hall Of Fame members Joe DiMaggio, Pie Traynor, Lefty Grove, and Gabby Hartnett. Gene Kelly is the host. Highlights: Gene talks to Don Larsen about his no windup pitching approach. Also, Gene in conversation with Billy Pierce, Johnny Antonelli, and Bob Friend. Kelly introduces Ed Gardner...comedy routine about Baseball's greatest pitchers. In a brief segment, Mel Allen states his dream outfield. Gene Kelly talks with Stan Musial, who states that his favorite ball player was Mel Ott, Ted Williams, chairman of the Jimmy Fund states that his favorite baseball player was Joe DiMaggio, and DiMaggio's favorite ball player was Frank Lefty Odeul. Gene Kelly mentions that his favorite Baseball Player of all time was Babe Ruth. Other Highlights: "This Is The Year" Ensemble 1956 Most Valuable Players: Mickey Mantle, Don Newcombe Sketch: "Rookie Of The Year" Robert Alda Song: Janis Paige World Series Film: Gene Kelly Interview: Don Larsen, Gene Kelly " Know-How" Kelly, Paige, Tony Bennett, Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney, Robert Alda Knothole Gang- Happy Felton Dugout Sketch- Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney Song- Tony Bennett Pitchers Interview- Gene Kelly "Two-top Gruskin" Ed Gardner, Robert Alda Baseball Medley- Ensemble Song- Pat Marshall Dream Outfield- DiMaggio, Williams, Musial Waite Hoyt's Tribute To Babe Ruth- Gene Kelly Old-Timer's Film- Mel Allen Rock-'n'Roll Number- Bill Hayes Comedy Interview- Robert.Alda Commissioner's Message: Ford Frick Hall Of Fame Sequence- Gene Kelly Finale- Ensemble
#13158: SALUTE TO BASEBALL
Order1957-04-13, WNBC, 8 min.
- Gene Kelly
- Babe Ruth
- Joe DiMaggio
- Stan Musial
- Don Larsen
- Ted Williams
- Mell Allen
- Ed Gardner
- Johnny Antonelli
- Bob Friend
- Mel Ott
- Frank Lefty Odeul
Baseball personalities on this television special ushering in the start of the 1957 baseball season include Johnny Antonelli of the New York Giants, Don Larsen, Bob Friend, Billy Pierce, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio, Mel Allen, and Ed Gardner. Mel Allen recreates Don Larsen's perfect game. Gene Kelly is the host. Highlights: Gene talks to Don Larsen about his no windup pitching approach. Also, Gene in conversation with Billy Pierce, Johnny Antonelli, and Bib Friend. Kelly introduces Ed Gardner...comedy routine about Baseball's greatest pitchers. In a brief segment, Mel Allen states his dream outfield. Gene Kelly talks with Stan Musial, who states that his favorite ball player was Mel Ott, Ted Williams, chairman of the Jimmy Fund states that his favorite baseball player was Joe DiMaggio, and DiMaggio's favorite ball player was Frank Lefty Odeul. Gene Kelly mentions that his favorite Baseball Player of all time was Babe Ruth. NOTE: An almost complete air check of this program is archived in the ATA collection.
#10538B: MIKE WALLACE INTERVIEW, THE
Order1957-07-07, ABC, 9 min.
April 28th, 1957-September 14th, 1958-ABC A half-hour interview series with host Mike Wallace. Nine minutes highlighting salient topics. Steve's discussion includes: -Ed Sullivan -Criticism of TV Awards -Impressions of Westbrook Pegler, Ted Williams, Eddie Cantor Billy Graham, Bob Harrison of Confidential Magazine.
1958-09-21, CBS, 10 min.
The Sunday Night News (15 minutes from 11:00 - 11:15pm) provided a weekly anchoring role for Walter Cronkite at WCBS in New York. He originally served as anchor of the network's 15-minute late Sunday Night News "UP TO THE MINUTE" from 1951 to 1955, at which time the title was changed to simply CBS SUNDAY NIGHT NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE. The Premiere broadcast on April 17, 1955 during this transition was the only occasion that this newscast was broadcast in color during the run of this weekend Sunday newscast concluding its final broadcast with Walter Cronkite anchoring on April 22, 1962. The following Sunday, April 29, 1962 Eric Sevareid would replace Cronkite as anchor. NOTE: After extensive research there appears to be no surviving broadcasts of this Sunday night News broadcast, with the exception of eleven episodes archived (AUDIO ONLY) in the collection of Archival Television Audio, Inc., including the archives at The Paley Center for Media, UCLA Film & TV Archive, Library of Congress, other prominent national news repositories, and non- extant in any private collection or posted on media platforms. Highlights: The Russians criticize the US on Quemoy and Matsu, an interview with a US serviceman who was wounded in the bombardment, in Little Rock, school teachers will offer television courses, students want the high school to reopen regardless of integration, Dr. Martin Luther King survives a stab wound in New York City, Paul Robeson will make his home in Great Britain, the Milwaukee Braves clinch their second straight National League pennant, hot-tempered Ted Williams hurls a bat at a spectator.
#9539: TED WILLIAMS
Order1970-04-19, ABC, 30 min.
Tom Harmon interviews Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters and prolific players in Major League baseball history.
1972-09-30, WRGB, 215 min.
- Al Kaline
- Joe Garagiola
- Dick Williams
- Bob Prince
- Arthur Godfrey
- Jimmy Piersall
- Sparky Anderson
- Willie Horton
- Brooks Robinson
- Curt Gowdy
- Tony Kubek
- Roberto Clemente
- David Frye
- George Blanda
- Duke Sims
- George Scott
- Joe Coleman
- Ken Brett
- Skip Lockwood
- Norm Cash
- Al Michaels
- Ted Williams
- Ron Theobald
- Ellie Rodriguez
- Dave May
- John Briggs
- Frank Linzy
- Joe Lahoud
- Mike Ferraro
- Rick Auerbach
- Jim Colborn
- Tommie Reynolds
- Syd O'Brien
- Earl Stephenson
- Brock Davis
- Ken Sanders
- Ollie Brown
- Dick McAuliffe
- Tony Taylor
- Mickey Stanley
- Jim Northup
- Aurelio Rodriguez
- Ed Brinkman
- Gates Brown
- Chuck Seelbach
- Bill Verdon
Al Kaline leads a 16-hit Detroit Tiger attack with four hits and an eighth inning home run as the American League Western Division champion Detroit Tigers pummel the Milwaukee Brewers 13-4 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Joe Coleman wins his 19th game of the year and George Scott connects for his 20th homer of the year in the sixth inning for the Brewers. Prior to the game the final pre-game show, "BASEBALL TODAY" with Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek discuss the end of season teams in contention of getting into the playoffs. Interviews include Jimmy Piersall talking with Dick Williams, Bob Prince talking with Bill Verdon, Sparking Anderson speaking with Al Michaels. Following the game on BASEBALL TODAY: A PLAYOFF PREVIEW Tony Kubek interviews Al Kaline and Duke Sims, who also homered in the eighth inning. Announcers are Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek. Final NBC Game of the Week broadcast for 1972. NOTE: During the game announcements by Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek discussing yesterday's what seemed like a hit taken away from Roberto Clemente and later in the broadcast flashing the news on Roberto Clemente's 3000th hit today. Also commentary about the retirement of Ted Williams as manager of the Texas Rangers. *OCCASIONAL NBC TV Broadcast reception at times. Seconds gap in continuity from track 1 at 3 hours 07 minutes in broadcast to second track which lasts for 28 minutes. COMMERCIALS include: Armstrong Carpets, Mohawk National Bank, Tapp Furniture, Promo for film "Cactus Flower," Promo for TV's "Wonderful World of Disney," Anacin, Perpetration H, Bell Systems, Sears Car Batteries, Major League Baseball, 1973 Plymouth Satellite Automobiles with Spokesman, Arthur Godfrey, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Vitalis, David Frye for Copy Machines, Gillette Track Two Blades, Right Guard Deodorant, Gillette Foamy Face Saver Cream, Schlitz Beer, Chrysler Electronic Systems, Aqua Velva, Williams Electric Shaver, El Producto Cigars, Dodge Dart Sport Convertible, J.C. Penny, Shell Super Regular Gasoline, Joe Garagiola for Dodge Charger, Alka Seltzer ("I can't believe I ate that whole thing"), Gillette Double Edge Blades Platinum Plus, Florsheim Boots, Dodge Plug Cam Suspension, Guinness Beer, Atlas Tires, Brooks Robinson for Anti Drug Use, Promo for film "The Beguiled," George Blanda for Dodge. NOTE: Even the magnificent BASEBALL REFERENCE website guide gets the facts wrong on occasion. The game is not 2 hours and 51 minutes long but actually lasts 3 hours & 25 seconds.