Listen to me on TV CONFIDENTIAL:
As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history, the more that fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truth really lies.
April 15, 1948
Hollywood
Screen Test debuts.
TV
talent show Hollywood Screen Test debuts on this day in 1948. Unlike
other talent shows, the program featured aspiring professionals, not pure
amateurs, performing in drama and comedy sketches with established stars. Grace
Kelly, Jack Klugman, and Jack Lemmon all got their big break on the show, which
ran until 1953.
The National Broadcasting Company launched
experimental television broadcasts from the Empire State Building.
These experiments aired only five hours a week to very few TV households.
These experiments aired only five hours a week to very few TV households.
To
quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
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Tony Figueroa
Doc: We are descending towards Hill Valley, California, at
4.29pm, on Wednesday, October 21st, 2015.
"Your future
is whatever you make it, so make it a good one"
Dr. Emmett Lathrop Brown
Dr. Emmett Lathrop Brown
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