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It aired for a half hour at 3:30 pm or 4 pm depending on the month. Microphones were hidden in the outdoor scenes all over the place. Once a horse ate one. |
It aired for a half hour at 3:30 pm or 4 pm depending on the month. Microphones were hidden in the outdoor scenes all over the place. Once a horse ate one. |
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One time, the stagecoach rolled down the hill and smashed into a car parked in the WCAU parking lot. "Imagine calling your insurance agent and trying to explain that," said Bill Bode, director of the show. |
One time, the stagecoach rolled down the hill and smashed into a car parked in the WCAU parking lot. "Imagine calling your insurance agent and trying to explain that," said Bill Bode, director of the show. [http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/bp3/aita.html] |
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Everything was live. The outdoor shots. The indoor ones. Everything. If things moved along too fast, the time would be filled by Jack Valentine singing a couple of songs. Once after a couple of tunes, there was still time so Jack said, "Everyone, let's dance" and the Tommy Ferguson Trio played an instrumental melody. |
Everything was live. The outdoor shots. The indoor ones. Everything. If things moved along too fast, the time would be filled by Jack Valentine singing a couple of songs. Once after a couple of tunes, there was still time so Jack said, "Everyone, let's dance" and the Tommy Ferguson Trio played an instrumental melody. |
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Revision as of 05:27, 4 February 2008
Action in the Afternoon was a television show that originated out of the backlot of WCAU-TV, Channel 10 in Philadelphia. It was broadcast live over the CBS-TV network. Whether the weather was clear or not, the show would go on.
Sometimes, you could hear an airplane in the background. Once in awhile, you would see a big truck drive by, even though it was to take place during the days of the old west.
It aired for a half hour at 3:30 pm or 4 pm depending on the month. Microphones were hidden in the outdoor scenes all over the place. Once a horse ate one.
One time, the stagecoach rolled down the hill and smashed into a car parked in the WCAU parking lot. "Imagine calling your insurance agent and trying to explain that," said Bill Bode, director of the show. [1]
Everything was live. The outdoor shots. The indoor ones. Everything. If things moved along too fast, the time would be filled by Jack Valentine singing a couple of songs. Once after a couple of tunes, there was still time so Jack said, "Everyone, let's dance" and the Tommy Ferguson Trio played an instrumental melody.
WCAU-TV also originated Candy Carnival, the Big Top and Willie the Worm for CBS-TV.