And what we have here is a 14-minute documentary made for schools (I suppose) telling how TV shows were produced at the time, which was the early sixties. The process is, of course, simplified down to the bare bones.
It was shot at KTLA, a local station in Los Angeles, and it covers the production of three programs — a musical show, a news round-up and the coverage of a live parade. The musical show is Dick Sinclair's Polka Parade, which we wrote about here. Mr. Sinclair is the host and the fellow you'll see doing the ham commercial is Tom Kennedy, who would soon become a top game show host. The newsman you'll see hosting the news show is Clete Roberts, who was a fixture of L.A. TV for decades, but may be best remembered for a classic episode of the TV show M*A*S*H called "The Interview" in which he played a newsman interviewing the cast members in character. Thanks to Scott Marinoff for telling me about this…
