Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:12 am
Quality nerdy programming from my long ago and mispent youth. Ominibus was live theater for the TV camera. The show took lessons from all those pre WWII movies that were merely stage plays filmed. It truly tried to take advantage of the TV camera and sound stage. I first saw "Our Town" and "Waiting for Godot" on it. A quiz show called "What in the World" came on right after Ominibus. It featured a pannel of archoligists who tried to guess the provenance of an item.Keavy wrote:I just miss quality nerdy programming.
In those days TV was in B&W onry, and New York City had a whole 9 chanels, about 5 more than the second biggest market. Not yet a mass market item, the shows were designed to appeal to the elite and educatued classes.
Then came Milton Berle, Gunsmoke, Lucy, Tenisee Ernie Ford (who was quite sophistacated for the era and his own immage), and TV sets that cost less than a month's wages.
Since then it has been all downhill and uphill at the same time.