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Desilu in game shows
Matt Ottinger:
Some insights from an industry professional who lurks here and occasionally shares nice things with the class. It actually relates to two threads we have going (see last sentence):
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I think there were a few other game shows that Desilu was involved with that
might have aired on KTLA in Los Angeles.
After You Don't Say completed its NBC run in 1969, a year's worth of shows
were syndicated. From what I remember it was a mixture of shows from the
last few years on NBC. It is possible that they have the 2" tapes (remember
Sony had the 2" tapes of The Perfect Match from 1967), but it is probably so
buried in their vault that nobody wants to take the time to search it out
since it is not a big money maker.
Ren-Mar studios was the facility where the last years of I Love Lucy were
filmed. The 3rd season of Lingo is being taped there now.
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rugrats1:
--- Quote ---After You Don't Say completed its NBC run in 1969, a year's worth of shows were syndicated. From what I remember it was a mixture of shows from the last few years on NBC....but it is probably so buried in their vault that nobody wants to take the time to search it out since it is not a big money maker.
--- End quote ---
Though of course, on Steve Beverly's site, the Tom Kennedy interview had a few screengrabs from a 1960s You Don't Say episode (with Mel Torme and Pat Carroll), which appears to be pristine, meaning that he must've gotten that episode somewhere.
chris319:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 12:48 PM\'] [quote name=\'Tim L\' date=\'Oct 16 2003, 05:35 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Oct 16 2003, 04:28 PM\'] [quote name=\'Tim L\' date=\'Oct 15 2003, 11:34 PM\']Desilu also did the NBC Sunday Night Comedy "The Mothers-In-Law". (1967-69)[/quote]
That wasn't Desilu, that was Desi Arnaz striking out on his own. Pretty good show from what I recall of it. [/quote]
I agree..I thought it was onw of the better sitcoms of that era. You were right about it not being strictly a Desilu production. The show was actually a Desi Arnaz Production Though I think it was produced using Desilu Facilities, which may account for the confusion[/quote]
By 1967 the former Desilu lots were referred to as "Paramount." They rented to Arnaz and Sheldon Leonard continued to do his shows from there.
Desilu had more than one lot in Hollywood--I believe one's now the Ren Mar facility and I believe the other's the Raleigh facility where "Cram" is now shot, which is near the original Paramount lot on Melrose (and the LA bunch are free to correct me).
The original "Desilu Playhouse" was in the General Service Studios, which is now known as Hollywood Center and is home base for Stone-Stanley and many other game shows of recent years, among other things. [/quote]
I don't think Desilu ever had the current Raleigh Studios. You are right about Ren Mar, formerly Desilu-Cahuenga. Desilu-Gower in Hollywood was the former RKO lot which is now the western slice of the Paramount lot (what is now Paramount used to be two separate movie studios: RKO on the west facing Gower street and Paramount on the east). When Lucy sold to Paramount, the DOJ decided that Desilu-Gower was the only lot Paramount was allowed to keep.
Desilu had studios in Culver City as well, where The Mothers In Law continued to be filmed after Lucy sold in 1967. What became of Desilu-Cahuenga and -Culver immediately after Lucy sold is the subject of further research.
AFAIK they never referred to the studio in which You Don't Say taped as "Desilu-Burbank".
Legend has it that Citizen Kane was filmed at what are now the Raleigh Studios.
Matt Ottinger:
[quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Oct 18 2003, 12:31 AM\']
--- Quote ---After You Don't Say completed its NBC run in 1969, a year's worth of shows were syndicated. From what I remember it was a mixture of shows from the last few years on NBC....but it is probably so buried in their vault that nobody wants to take the time to search it out since it is not a big money maker.
--- End quote ---
Though of course, on Steve Beverly's site, the Tom Kennedy interview had a few screengrabs from a 1960s You Don't Say episode (with Mel Torme and Pat Carroll), which appears to be pristine, meaning that he must've gotten that episode somewhere. [/quote]
Kennedy has his own stash of episodes from his shows over the years. I had the chance to see a few of them the last time I was in California. Though I didn't see that one specifically, my guess is that the nice screen grabs that Beverly has came from Kennedy himself.
mmb5:
[quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 11:31 PM\']
--- Quote ---After You Don't Say completed its NBC run in 1969, a year's worth of shows were syndicated. From what I remember it was a mixture of shows from the last few years on NBC....but it is probably so buried in their vault that nobody wants to take the time to search it out since it is not a big money maker.
--- End quote ---
Though of course, on Steve Beverly's site, the Tom Kennedy interview had a few screengrabs from a 1960s You Don't Say episode (with Mel Torme and Pat Carroll), which appears to be pristine, meaning that he must've gotten that episode somewhere. [/quote]
The last time I was at UCLA, I saw an episode with Mel Torme and Pat Carroll, so it's probably the same one.
--Mike
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