Fabulous story within about McCord inviting Feherty into the tower and Director Chirkinians vehement refusal.
“NO,NO, NO...DON’T PUT THAT CRAZY IRISHMAN ON THE AIR, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.”
McCord: “OK, we’re in.”
Side note: I once had a pre-production meeting with Chirkinian at the AZ Biltmore—from which—he was directing a live, on air tennis tournament from the comfort of his suite.
“Ready one, take one. Ready 2, take 2.” Not much to that one.
Further, we masterminded a :30 TV commercial, which Frank directed, resulting in a :38 second commercial, which had to be mangled down to :33 and run from the tournament site trailer because NY can’t handle :33 second commercials.
My first exposure to network TV exposed how the big guys, too, are run by the seat of their pants