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January 31, 2005 5:28 PM   RSS feed for this thread Subscribe

TV Tickets!A great gallery of tickets to TV show tapings, some going back to the 1950s. Includes some fascinating commentary by Mark Evanier.
posted by braun_richard (7 comments total)

The old ones are the most interesting--from sponsors to taglines, it's a different world. A couple of them say "In Color" -- I always assumed tapings were in color, the black and white was caused by the cameras/film. Shows what I know. Guess actors really were grayscale, back in the day.
posted by ThePrawn at 5:58 PM on January 31, 2005


Mark Evanier of 'Garfield and Friends' and 'Groo'? I used to chat with him long ago on the old CompuServe message boards. A really funny guy. I wonder what he's up to now?
posted by painquale at 7:16 PM on January 31, 2005


Damn, that whole site is unbelievable. Hours worth of pop culture. And they link to the website of Sergio Aragonés. Mark is indeed an interesting, passionate man. I wish I'd never seen this while at work. This is my kind of candy.

On preview: painquale, explore the rest of the site.
posted by Bdave at 7:24 PM on January 31, 2005


Beautiful. If I ever get out to Hollywood to see The Price Is Right (while Bob Barker is still alive, mind you) I swear I will have that ticket laminated onto my car. Or something. How much do tattoos hurt?

The tickets to see tapings of Soap make me teary-eyed with jealousy of the folks who held them.
posted by BoringPostcards at 7:41 PM on January 31, 2005


He has a very nice blog, too.

I am losing time here.
posted by Bdave at 8:26 PM on January 31, 2005


I first encountered "ME" from his helpful and knowledgable posts at the TVBarn discussion group.

For anyone skeptical of how interesting it can be to look at old admission tickets: it's the stories he tells about each show, the stars, the studio, etc.

Set aside some time, though; there are 36 pages of tickets. And then you'll start exploring the rest of his site and ...
posted by pmurray63 at 10:30 PM on January 31, 2005


Also would've killed to see Soap...

Season 3 will have to calm my woes.
posted by AloneOssifer at 1:11 AM on February 1, 2005


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