[Erasmus]

I didn't mention in my last note, but Bruce DuMont is the founder of the MBC, in Chicago.

[[Due to funding problems, their long-suffering project to reopen in their own building has been stalled for several years, so you can't go and actually see it today.]]

They had exhibits with historical Chicago broadcast connections, such as Fibber McGee's closet, Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy, and a TV camera used in the first Presidential debate (Kennedy-Nixon).

The coolest exhibit they had was a news studio (with room for a small audience) where you could sit in the anchor's chair and do an entire newscast. It came complete with director, floor manager, teleprompter, and taped inserts for on-the-scene reports, weather, and sports. You could buy the tape and take it home with you.

[abb]

http://telecruiser.com/
DuMont Telecruiser Model B, Number 101
“The Golden Telecruiser”T

http://www.dumonthistory.tv/
DuMont Television Network
Historical Website

[nickcarraway]

Can you say that Francisco Franco is still dead at that exhibit?

[nickcarraway]

The coolest exhibit they had was a news studio (with room for a small audience) where you could sit in the anchor's chair and do an entire newscast.

I've never thought about what it would be like being a news anchor. Sitting behind that desk thinking., "I'm an egotistical dunderhead who thinks about my hair all day long."

[jaydubya2]

[[Due to funding problems, their long-suffering project to reopen in their own building has been stalled for several years, so you can't go and actually see it today.]]


Yes, Blago stiffed DuMont out of donations for the museum he promised.