Posts Tagged ‘Dan Beach’
Control Rooms Across the Decades
A walk down the memory lane of control rooms past and present.
Read MoreRuss Connor: A Last Hurrah for a Friend
Fred Barzyk: How shall I remember him? I guess with a smile on my face as his witty comments on art and artists swirled around me… followed by his gentle smile and soft laugh.
Read MoreFred Barzyk’s Snapshots: Scene 2
I was asked to produce and direct a program for college kids during the summer of 1967. The show featured a young Englishman who was lecturing at Tufts University. His name was David Silver and he looked a lot like Mick Jagger.
Read MoreReunion 2015: Here’s your invitation!
We now have a formal invitation and final agenda for the reunion!
Join us at the new WGBH Studios on Saturday, May 2, at One Guest Street in Allston.
Dan Beach’s WGBH photo collection
From Dan Beach: I added some random shots through the years at ‘GBH to my Facebook profile. Feel free to use anything that might be of interest.
Read MoreSightings: Jean Shepherd on the Charles
From Dan Beach: Here is Jean Shepherd on the dock behind the Museum of Science for his first TV show with Fred Barzyk in 1961.
Read More“Yes Is For a Very Young Man”
From Don Hallock: Dan Beach just rediscovered this image from a play by Gertrude Stein, “Yes Is For a Very Young Man.” It was shot at 125 Western Ave. (and maybe directed by Fred Barzyk)
Read MoreJean Shepherd tells his first WGBH story
From Fred Barzyk: I first heard Jean on the radio in Boston. It was 1961. I was babysitting my young son and, while idly scanning radio stations, I heard this person, this intense personal voice, talking to me.
Read MoreLights, Camera, Auction! — In the New Western Avenue Studios
From Dan Beach – Studio 8H Website Design WGBH Auction with David Ives. The ubiquitous Al Hinderstein mans the Auction Cam. Playboy Bunnies and their “bodyguard” await cue to go on auction. (c 1965) From David Atwood — 12/5/2007 Those auction pix had to be 1966 or later. I came to GBH in the fall…
Read MoreProspects of Mankind (1959–61)
From Paul Noble Preparing for a taping of “Prospects of Mankind.” Left to right, Bob Moscone, Dave Davis, Virginia Kassel (behind Dave), Paul Noble, and Eleanor Roosevelt, at Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, fall 1959. Mrs. Roosevelt and her staff. Henry Morgenthau, Eleanor Roosevelt, Paul Noble, and Diana Tead Michaelis, fall 1959. Edward R. Murrow,…
Read MoreA Hot Time in the Old Town (1961)
From Dan Beach – Studio 8H Website Design Eighty-four Massachusetts Avenue on the fateful morning of October 14, 1961 when "it all changed." Studio A. Ed Salners and Dan Beach — performing maintenance on camera 2? Early that day, most of us were deputized to paw through the acrid wreckage in search of anything valuable.…
Read MoreBud Collins and Longwood
From Dan Beach Bud Collins prepares for a tennis shoot. Shot in the my Traffic/Film department office at 125 Western. The first or second year of Longwood Tennis. Read an in-depth biography of Bud Collins.
Read MoreThe 1961 WGBH Fire
From Don Hallock In the early morning hours of October 14, 1961, a raging fire at the 84 Massachusetts Avenue studios of WGBH completely destroyed the facility. WGBH FM and TV were located in the second and third floors of a three story roller former skating rink. The fire, which began in the studio-A area,…
Read MoreFred Barzyk Honored For “Personal Vision in Television”
From Don Hallock At first glance this man looks sane enough. In fact, his lifelong career has been skating the crazy edge of the barely possible, a madcap minister to the risky marriage of art and broadcast. And it’s won Fred Barzyk (shown here speaking at the 2000 Reunion) yet another round of honors. In…
Read MoreMargy Pacsu on Jazz FM
From Dan Beach If you’re into listening to radio on the web, try JAZZ FM 91, Toronto, Canada: www.jazz.fm That’s Margy Pacsu doing the tags.
Read MoreThe Party XX
268. Lo Hartnett, Moon Nimon, Nora Sinclair, Fred Barzyk, Jo Madden and Emily Lovering. 269. Henry Morganthau and Al Kelman. 270. Mary Lela Grimes Sherburne. 271. Judy Osborne and Dan Beach. 272. Wil Morton with John Labounty. 273. Lilly Hollander. 274. Brooks Leffler and Paulette Noble with the class of ’58. 275. Ed Donlon and…
Read MoreThe Party VIII
145. Julie Piens, Phil Collyer and Greg Harney. 146. The back of Dan Beach, the front of Henry Becton and the back of Olivia Tappan. 147. Ron Blau, Nancy Troland, Nancy Porter and Sharon Rivo with Syrl Silverman. 148. Chris Pullman, Nora Sinclair and Paul Souza. 149. Lo Hartnett, Moon Nimon, Nora Sinclair, Fred Barzyk,…
Read MoreDan Beach and Michele Colbert wed
From Dan Beach The wedding was wonderful. Held in a beautiful downtown facility on the edge of Lake Eola, our Boston Public Garden, complete with swan boats. It was amazingly mellow and fun. I was even enticed to sing a couple of songs to my bride (cliché, I know, but “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your…
Read MoreRelics from the Fire
Text by Don Hallock A small collection of memorabilia which survived the 1961 fire. This brass plaque adorned the entrance to the 84 Massachusetts Avenue studios. We who worked there walked past it almost every day of the year, where it was affixed to the column just left of the front door (circled in the…
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