What is the “ten-minute ticker”?
The “ten-minute ticker” is a rule devised by Michael Weisman, NBC Sports producer, requiring production assistants covering a game to update the scores for other games every ten minutes.
The “ten-minute ticker” is a rule devised by Michael Weisman, NBC Sports producer, requiring production assistants covering a game to update the scores for other games every ten minutes.
John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) of “Cheers” (NBC, 1982) was a staff person at NASA Mission Control in Houston in Superman II (1980).
It was eleven-year-old Robert Strom, who won $192,000 on the game show “The $64,000 Question” (CBS, 1955-58).
Lalo Schifrin wrote the catchy theme song for “Mission: Impossible” (CBS, 1966-73). He was also the composer for Clint Eastwood movies like Dirty Harry (1971) and Magnum Force (1973).
The song that made Carol Burnett famous was “I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles,” which she introduced in a New York nightclub in the late 1950s and debuted nationally on “The Tonight Show” with Jack Parr.
Much of the credit for the visual style of the TV series “Miami Vice”goes to art director Jeffrey Howard, who won an Emmy for his efforts in 1985.
Walter Winchell (1897-1972), the veteran newsman who began his television career with “The Walter Winchell Show” (ABC, 1952-55), narrated “The Untouchables” (ABC, 1959-63).