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| Name: | Shelley Miller |
| E-mail address: | goghshell@sbcglobal.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.livingwithaspergers.com |
| Comments: | I worked at NBC Burbank first as a Guidette then later as a Page in the early 70's....when the Carson show moved to the west coast. I remember those days with great fondness.
I am totally up for a reunion! I would love to hear from the Pages from the days of Dean Martin, Sanford & Son, The Hope specials, Carson, Midnight Special, Laugh In, etc. etc. My co-hort in crime in those days, Caryn Weiss, who remains one of my dearest friends, and actually sent this website to me this morning. Best to all! Shelley These days I live in Carlsbad, CA. with my son who is recovering from Autism (thus the website address) and my sweetheart, John. My last name is Smith now (after a 20 year marriage). |
| Name: | Paul Slaughter |
| E-mail address: | paul@slaughterphoto.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.slaughterphoto.com |
| Comments: | Hello,
Fifty years ago, 1957-58, I was a Page at NBC, working both the Hollywood and Vine and Burbank Studios. I have some great stories to tell about meeting Jimmy Durante, Jack Bailey, Dinah Shore, Jack Benny, Groucho Marks, Mike Todd Sr, Inger Stevens, and Rosemary Clooney plus others. Rosemary presented me with a birthday cake in front of the attendees of the Emmy Awards at the old Coconut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel. We are both from Kentucky. Since working at NBC I have been an actor, Jazz disc jockey in L.A., 1967-69, and a professional photographer since. One of my loves is Jazz Music. Dizzy Gillespie was a good friend and I have personally known and photographed many of the jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins and Wynton Marsalis. And most recently I photographed at the 50th Monterey Jazz Festival, September 21-23, 2007. See my web site for my biography and photographic portfolios on my web site. Especially see Jazz Musicians and Jazz Stories. Also during my photo career I have photographed many celebs like Julia Roberts for Samuel Goldwyn Productions on her film, "Mystic Pizza" and a very young Pierce Brosnan on an ABC mini-series "Mannions of American" filmed in Ireland in 1979. In 1984 I ws the Chief Photographer for the L.A. Oylmpic Committe. I had top access during the 1984 Games and was able to create a fine portfolio of images. I have also traveled and photographed in more than 75 countries. Portfolios of Olympic Games and World Travel Destination also on my web site. Web Site: http://www.slaughterphoto.com/ See this web site for an article with my photos I did on Theatrical Lighting for Rangefinder Magazine. It will give you information on my experience photographing in the theater, and on film and t.v. productons. Especially see story about Mikhail Barysnikov and chocolate covered strawberries. Article: http://www.rangefindermag.com/magazine/Sep07/16.pdf I reside in Santa Fe with my wife, Inee Yang Slaughter, is the Executive Director of the Indiginous Language Institute. We have a 17 year old son, Alex. |
| Name: | Bob Blume |
| E-mail address: | Rblume@BlumeMediaGroup.org |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | stumbled on this...great to see some old friend's names....it sure was fun and carefree in those days!
Remember working on Showcase '68 starring Lloyd Thaxton at Waldorf...we were hungry and they wouldn't feed us pages, so I called up room service and ordered food and drink for us when show was done...signing it as a current NBC exec...that bill must have floated around for years....never found out! Miss that era...Johnny, Ed, Marcy Peterson (then became Carsey), etc. Hurley's, Kate Jackson's roomie, Coco... |
| Name: | O Kelvin |
| E-mail address: | kelvinokeze@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | www.okelvin.org |
| Comments: | I as a page way back when 1971-72. I have some woderful memories ans a bunch of stories that I aleays thought would make a great bunch of short stories.
I remember an incident when I was stuck in a hallway on the 7th floor between two locked corrida doors with a very angry Johnny Carson who told me he was going to see to it that I was fired for not having a key to the locked doors.After screaming at me for several min. he tried the door again and it was never locked, he was turning the knob the wrong way. He said he was sorry he lost his temper, I told him I thought he was a "Dick" he laughed and said that was his brother. He was always nice to me after that incident.The other pages never knew why he would actually say hello to me when passed in the hallway. Warmth was not his strong suit. If I had more time I can tell you a story when several pages decided to tell the people on the Tonight Show ticket holders line in main hall that the show was overbooked by mistake and we had to turn 50 people away and the way we would decide which 50 were not getting in was to play Simon Says.The scene that followed was too funny for words. |
| Name: | Susan Fitzgerald Sutter |
| E-mail address: | ssutter@whdh.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was a "GUIDETTE" in the 60's and 70's and was a guest at the 50th Page Reunion. It is now time for the 75th! What's happening? Let's get it going! |
| Name: | Herb Rosenblum (Don Herbert) |
| E-mail address: | nooseline@roadrunner.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I recently retired after 53 years in broadcasting. I was also an NBC page the summer of 1957 while attending college. I worked such shows as Masquerade Party, Bride & Groon, Julius La Rosa, The Price Is Right, The Steve Allan Show, Howdy Doody and Pinky Lee and along with the other pages got sick from all those cupcakes and chocolate milk the kids did not drink or eat. I eventually, after graduation, moved to Television as a newscaster in Little Rock, West Palm Beach, Washington DC and Los Angeles and worked for NBC, CBS, and CNN among others. And was mistaken for Mr Wizard hubdreds of times. I just published my first book. |
| Name: | Jerry Syevenson |
| E-mail address: | gsonnyboy@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hope all is well! Great idea! |
| Name: | Rick Traum |
| E-mail address: | RickTraum@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Wow..I just saw that my last posting was January 2, 2005! So if any of my old friends and colleagues want to contact me, my current email address is RickTraum@aol.com
Is everybody enjoying "Studio 60..."? Hope you guys & gals are all well. -Rick |
| Name: | Larry Wayne |
| E-mail address: | ilstorp@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.waynejazz.cjb.net |
| Comments: | I must be the oldest page boy veteran alive (82), having worked at NBC, Chicago in 1941. Joined the Air Edition of the Chicago Sun with Clifton Utley & Mike Wallace same year and made acting appearences on WBBM and WGN. Later was announcer on WEDC and WHFC and stations in Wisconsin, Texas, and Florida. Retired from the Voice of Germany in Cologne after 35 years on a personality show and am still on radio in Sweden doing a weekly jazz show. Wonder if any of my contemporaries are still kicking? |
| Name: | Craig Foucht |
| E-mail address: | idesguynyc@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Thanks for this site!!
Obviously, one of the many things that make the NBC Page Program so great is all of the great memories it produces... I was a NBC 30 Rock Page from March 1991-February 1993. It really was like the West Point of network broadcast training... I was lucky enough to be assigned Key Page for the 8H "SNL" assignment when the cast included Dana Carvey, Mike Meyers, Kevin Nealon, Victoria Jackson, Phil Hartman, Chris Rock, Chris Farley, Julia Sweeney, Ellen Cleghorne, Rob Schneider, Adam Sandler, and Melanie Hutsell. Everyone was really great-they used to hang out at the Page desk during rehearsals. I still remember the cast party for the end of that season at the restaurant where the skating rink is. Speaking to Glenn Close at the bar and then seeing Woody Harrelson in the Men's room...I used to live a block from NBC, so work was basically like an extension of home for me in those days. Worked all over TV production and TV Finance (Robin Leach Productions, The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop, A&E Networks). Now in a great spot at Random House in Audio publishing, but I do miss those days in the blue and tan polyester!!! Still have the uniform in my parent's house somewhere.... PS Someone mentioned Lara Spencer, she was a Page during my time. I remember thinking how "telegenic" she was, and it looks like she is proving me right!! |
| Name: | Stephanie C. Ramos |
| E-mail address: | sramos@wistv.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | This site is absolutely wonderful. I am so glad it exists!!! I was an NBC page in 2005 and it was indeed a wonderful time. During those days I was fully aware of the opportunities and advantages of working at 30 ROCK, however I can now a year later fully understand and appreciate how valuable that experience was. Once my Page days were over I went to the Army officer course in SC and decided to stay and work for an NBC affiliate. Definitely not the same as NYC but, hey I'm still in the family.
BIG BIG HELLO TO EMIO TOMEONI the best page friend ever!!!!!;) AND ROBERTA SPRING WHOM I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SHADOWING AS A PAGE. THX! |
| Name: | ARNOLD GORDON |
| E-mail address: | arniegordon@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was an NBC-TV video camera operator for a summer relief period of 1968. Although it was only four months, it was the most fun I had in my entire career which included a 33 year run at another network. I worked with Richard M. Nixon on "Meet The Press" two days before he was elected president and I was so exited that I drove home at 90 miles per hour. Another highlight was working on "The Dean Martin Show". The "Hong Kong Flu" hit me before I could finish the last two days but it was a dream job that memories will always be cherished. |
| Name: | Roylance H Sharp |
| E-mail address: | rsharp@tampabay.rr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I joined the NBC page staff in 1939 just in time for the World's Fair on Long Island. Among my group was Efram Zimbalist, jr; Gene Rayburn(rubessa); Earl Wrightson; Bill Garden; Dee Englebach; Bill Whitfield; Herm Dayton et al.
I progressed to Night Steno stencilling scripts, the funniest of the lot was the Fred Allen Show which we typed on Tuesday night. From there I joined the Telegraph Dept and at the split of the Red and Blue networks, joined NYTO (Traffic Dept arranging network line facilities and overseas communications. I left NBC for late service in the U S Army, landing in Japan shortly after the surrender. As a returned civilian, I joined the ABC network, then the Dumont TV network and finally, the Hughes TV Network. Later created my own TV consultancy and now am retired in Florida. It was a great ride@ |
| Name: | Maureen Pelisson (Clancy) |
| E-mail address: | mpelisson@tellurideskiresort.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I just found this web page. I was a page in 93' and then went to work in the PR dept for the News Division of NBC, then on to MSNBC, and back to the PR dept at NBC. I still think about those days as a Page and about all the people I worked with back then, Megan, Rachel, Mike, Amy, Stephanie, Jill... If you're out there, send me an email! I'm living in Colorado now, working for a ski resort. Marreid, no kids, just a dog and the same cat I got when I was working as a page and living in Hoboken. After 12 years working in PR, I decided to move to the mountains for the simple life ;-) This is a great site! Thanks! Maureen |
| Name: | Bill Wulff |
| E-mail address: | bill@atrevents.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.atrevents.com |
| Comments: | Just read the guestbook and heard about Tom Wade's passing. I saw him last August when I came in to 30 Rock to visit friends. He was still the same, same hat, same shuffle and same positive greeting and smile. Tom always seemed to have nothing but good things to say.
We all have lost a good friend. |
| Name: | george satterthwaite |
| E-mail address: | gsattert@nps.edu |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | HI,
I was a page from 1956 to 1958. I was on the part-time staff and worked the late night shows, and the weekend programs at theatres away from NBC studies at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. I went to the 1983 reunion, and had a blast. It may be time for another!!!! What do you think?? Cheers, George Satterthwaite |
| Name: | Don Gould |
| E-mail address: | dongould@ptd.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I just learned about Tom Wade's death this morning. I didn't have the pleasure of meeting him as a page in 1968, but as soon as I got to NBC as a sports anchor in 1982, Tom made sure he introduced himself. He was always coming by the sports office which was on the way to the 7th floor commissary. What a wonderful gentleman and an example of how we should treat each other. He was as familiar a figure around 30 Rock as was Dave, Johnny, Tom or Bryant in their days. His picture, wiith the cap, should go up in the hallway leading to 8-H. |
| Name: | KAY SPIEGEL ULLMAN |
| E-mail address: | KMS450@AOL.COM |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was a page from 1972-74 and then continued to work in GR for another 3 years. Tom Wade was such a vivid and entertaining part of the whole experience. Always kind and generous...never a bad word about anyone. When I got married in 1987 he even flew out to Ohio for the wedding and gave us his own video of the event as a gift. He was always so private and secretive about his life...and yet every once in a while you'd get a glimpse. He was well acquainted with so many celebrities...all of whom seemed to value his friendship as we all did. My middle daughter now works on Late Nite with Conan O'Brien. She became friends with Tom as well. He transcended generations! When our daughter was stricken with MS last October...Tom fedexed a lovely card to our house for her. He always had time to reach out to his friends. He will be missed by me...my daughter and thousands of others who were lucky enough to be his friends. I hope he is running the show in Heaven! |
| Name: | Angela Ladas |
| E-mail address: | avierville@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I have known Tom for over 40 years...I left NBC in 1971 but every visit to NY included a visit to Tom Wade at NBC. Just about two months ago a package came in the mail from Tom...it was a DVD copy of an old teen dance pilot he produced back in 1962. At the time he had asked a group of pages and "guidettes" to come to studio 8H where the pilot was shot and be dancers on the show.
I don't know if he knew his time was short, but for him to send the video less than two months ago... after 40 years...is truly amazing. When I received the DVD I called some old friends who were also featured in the pilot and we all had a small reunion in New York about three weeks ago.. We tried to call Tom at NBC and ask if he could come...but he was already in the hospital. I spoke to him briefly at the hospital and he said he would try. Even though he sounded weak and disoriented at the time, news of his death is still a shock. Tom will be missed...It is not surprising to read how many people knew and loved him. I am among them. Angela Ladas |
| Name: | Jeff |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Sad news everyone. For those of you who remember the beloved Tom Wade with his trademark conductor hat, he worked in NBC reprographics in NY - printed all of the tickets for the shows, I just got word he passed away this weekend. I have no word as to what he died of or memorial service. As of the last few weeks, it was rumored he was out due to illness in Philadelphia, but because he was so private, no one knew what was wrong. Sadly, word came today of his passing over the weekend. |
| Name: | Hilary Schacter |
| E-mail address: | cyuru@verizon.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi folks...have moved back to the NY area and am looking for work in programming/production. Would appreciate any leads. |
| Name: | Roberta Spring |
| E-mail address: | BootSpring@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi...
To Flossie Kress Topol: I remember you from 1975. We went on many coffee trips together! I'm still at NBC News, now an Associate Director for NBC Nightly news and Special Reports (freelance). I spoke to Lonnie Lardner a few days ago and occasionally bump into 1975 Page alumns. Hoping for a reunion one of these years! |
| Name: | Hank Smith |
| E-mail address: | bagel5@earthlink.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I found this site while trying to track down a former page and friend from high school. Wow, there are many memories to relive! I was a page at NBC 30 Rock from 1967-1969. If there is any word about a 75th Guest Relations reunion (I was at the one in 1983) please send word. |
| Name: | Jill Berardi |
| E-mail address: | jillkberardi@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hoping someone who worked at NBC in 1952 can help me. Looking for a recording of the game show, 'Bride and Groom' from March 10,1952. My parents are the bride and groom in that episode. They are still happily married 53 years later, but never got a recording of their wedding day. Help! |
| Name: | Flossie Kress Topol |
| E-mail address: | floto1@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | A little late...but just found this site. I was a page in 1975. I have often wondered what happened to those who were in my page class...well now I know!
I live in Mamaroneck, NY and work in Special Education in the Eastchester School District. Like the rest of you, I have very fond memories of my days at NBC. After NBC, I freelanced a bit in production and post. I do remember seeing a lot of you at the reunion in the 80's, and am sure that I have missed any others. Oh well! Reading the emails have been a hoot! I often tell my daughter who is a senior in college about the fun time I had and the great people I met and worked with. One person I do have to thank is Ilana Hirst, for without her I would have none of these memories. From time to time I still find myself singing "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions....." I also remember sneaking up to the Executive Gardens with the guys so they could spy on the Rockettes who were sunbathing on the roof of Radio City Music Hall! Please note that I was not interested in the Rockettes!!!! Chipp, Allen, Artie, Hillary, Vickie, Kaye, Matt, and more glad to know all are well. |
| Name: | Maxine |
| E-mail address: | Maxzone2004-7@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I don't know how I even found this page, but... wow. I was a "guidette" in the late sixties... If I remember this correctly, I met Vic Lombardo on the beach one weekend and on Monday I went to his office and he gave me my first job after college. The only one I stayed in touch with after leaving NBC was the remarkable Claudia Stern. Are any of you around from those wild old days?? |
| Name: | Elizabeth Wagner |
| E-mail address: | e.wagner@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I came across this website while looking for information about the Page Program before I applied. I just started my first week as a page, and am fascinated with the history of NBC and the page program. This site is wonderful! Thank you! |
| Name: | Dave Evans |
| E-mail address: | snave47@adelphia.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Anyone interested in the whereabouts of Ziggy Zicarelli, please e-mail me directly as my post was deleted snave47@adelphia.net |
| Name: | Dave Evans |
| E-mail address: | snave47@adelphia.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Here is a link to Pat (Ziggy) Zicarelli's Real Estate Web Site. Known as a crazy DJ in Mississippi and a camera stealing wedding dancer in The Godfather and, of course, an NBC Page.
http://resource.realtor.com/display/?id=12197299& |
| Name: | Hilary Schacter |
| E-mail address: | cyuru@verizon.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi guys,
Just stopping by to update things. Did a stint as a segment producer on The New Tom Green Show on MTV. Then did the same for Alf's Hit Talk Show on TV Land. Now finishing up at the new FOX Reality Channel. So ready to move back to the East Coast. If any of my old page buds have any work back there, please be in touch. Thanks. Hope everyone is fat and happy. |
| Name: | Josh Shurtleff |
| E-mail address: | josh.shurtleff@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I was a NY Page last year (2004-05). There is absolutely nothing like the Page Program, and I hope it continues. I am glad I was part of a program rich with history and excellence. Thanks Page Program. |
| Name: | Elizabeth Wagner |
| E-mail address: | ewagner@usc.edu |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am awaiting my second interview for the Page Program. Any advice? Help a girl out! And, thank you! This site is wonderful! |
| Name: | John J. Fried |
| E-mail address: | jjfried@comcast.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was a page at NBC from October 62 to about February 63.
Because I was in the Journalism School at Columbia and had to be at the school from 9 am to 4 pm or so, I worked at NBC evenings and, as a result, mostly in and around the Carson show. Two major memories. I was ushering the audience into the Tonight Show studio during a particularly crucial day of the Cuban Missile Crisis (it may have just as the Russian freighters loaded with missiles were bearing down on the American blockade of Cuba). I am standing there, waving this group of happy people to their seats, all the time thinking that we were all probably going to be dead in a couple of hours. On another evening I had been assigned to work in the Tonight Show studio before the audience filed in. All of a sudden this kooky young woman starts prancing around the stage, humming and generally acting strangely. Taking my duties seriously -- to keep nut jobs and others out of the studio, at least before show time -- I start steaming down the stairs to throw her out. Luckily, I realized just in time that the "kook" was this up-and-coming singer named Barbra Streisand. It was a fun and interesting few months until I had to leave to bear down on work at school. |
| Name: | Meghan Schlinder |
| E-mail address: | meghanschlinder@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Forgot to mention I was a page in NYC from Summer 03-04...to all future pages.... Snake Bites hurt!!! |
| Name: | Meghan Schlinder |
| E-mail address: | meghanschlinder@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hey I was an NBC Page in NYC! I am back home in Chicago now, working in Advertising at Leo Burnett. I loved the Page program, and all the people I met in it! Peace and love to all past/present/and future pages.... |
| Name: | Adelle Waldman |
| E-mail address: | adellewaldman2000@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi, I am a writer working on a story for a New York-based publication about what it's like to work/intern at a major television network as a young person just starting out. I am looking for people who have worked as pages in the past five years. If you have any interest in talking to me for this piece, please email me at this address (adellewaldman2000@yahoo.com) or call me at (212) 280-2557, and I will be happy to give you more information about the story. Many thanks.
Sincerely, Adelle Waldman |
| Name: | Matt Howe |
| E-mail address: | Howe.Matt@nbcuni.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.maverick.com |
| Comments: | great site...kudos to all!
best wishes to future pages... ciao, -Maverick |
| Name: | Hassan H. |
| E-mail address: | hassan.heyward@nbcuni.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | This site is cool. I am also a new Page in this program. I really would love to stress the importantance of networking and not so much with the assignments. The assignments are great, but when it comes down to it, at the end of the day who can get you a job. Contacts, contact, contacts.
Looking forward to becoming a big success! Good luck to all!!! |
| Name: | Emio Tomeoni |
| E-mail address: | emio.tomeoni@nbc.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hello All.
I am a current NBC page at 30 Rock in NYC. I happened up on this site, but I am so inspired and intrigued by your stories. I'm going to attempt to contact as many of you personally as I can. I would love to hear more, learn, and listen about how this whole page thing has turned out for you. Thanks for your (virtual) time -Emio Tomeoni |
| Name: | Dave Michaels |
| Homepage URL: | http://michaelsd.tripod.com |
| Comments: | About Ted Steele...
Ted's Orchestra backed Perry Como's big recording of Temptation on RCA in the mid-forties. He also accompanied Perry on the Chesterfield broadcasts from December 11, 1944, through to July 27, 1945. Ted Steele used to host an afternoon variety show on WPIX-TV when it was owned by the Daily News. And, when the NY Giants Baseball games would get rained out Ted and Jerry Jerome's Band were there to fill-in. Very pleasant low key personality. Nice to know he was a Page. |
| Name: | Judy Martin |
| E-mail address: | judy40@bellsouth.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Ted Steele, bandleader, singer, radio and TV personality, was a page at NBC, perhaps in the late thirties or early to mid-forties. He was paid $65 a MONTH. He left an announcer's job in Hollywood when he was notified that he had a job as page. It must have been important. Does anyone remember him, or have information about him? He also had a farm in Bucks County, PA and my dad managed it for a while. Ted is the reason our family moved from Nebraska to New York where I spent most of my life. I do have lot of information about him and photos as well. But there are many holes. Knowing about his life as a page would be great. Incidentally, my husband worked for RCA/NBC/GE at 30 Rock beginning in the early sixties retiring in 1998. Computers were his line.
Judy Martin - Jax, FL |
| Name: | George Alexander |
| E-mail address: | gfainla@mindspring.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was at 30 Rock from mid-summer 1954 through Sept. 1956, my last two years of college [Fordham]. Worked the Tonight Show, when Steve Allen had it; Sid Ceasar [very funny on-camera; very unfunny off-]; Perry Commo; Horn & Hardhart Kiddies Show; Howdy Dowdy; Main Hall, 6th Floor, 8th Floor and godknowswhatelse.
I thought a man named McChesney was the GR manager then, but I see Peter Tindle's name in some of these posts and I do remember that name. Supes I remember were Peter Cunningham and Ted Tobias. Other pages were Jack Reynolds [later an NBC correspondent in the Far East]; his younger brother, Tom; Charley Spinella [later changed to Spencer]; Ted Reinhardt [went into TV sales, I think] and Jack Catoir. Catoir, a ferocious lefty "gnip-gnop" [as we called it] player in the locker room, became an RC priest, based in the church on the west side of the theatre district. He conducted the funeral mass of actor Jimmy Cagney. Wish I could remember the name of that Page whose face and cheerful manner I'll never forget. He was summarily axed one winter night when a supe caught him giving some gal a very special, very private tour in one of the small radio studios on the 8th floor [empty but for the two of them]. Johnny [I think his first name was] was in Hurley's, when we joined him after work, and he told us what had happened. After a few more beers, he used the special NBC phone-line at the end of the bar, conned the NBC operator to patch him through to Robert Sarnoff's home on the Island and the conversation went something like this, at around 12:30 or 1:00 a.m., as I recall: "Bob? John here. I just wanted to tell you I cleaned out all my stuff a few hours ago and I want to thank you for the privilege of working at NBC. I have absolutely no hard feelings about being let go." At which point, Sarnoff interrupted: "John? Did you say John? John who? I'm afraid I don't know exactly who you are. What department were you in and why were you dismissed?" John: "I've been a page in GR, Bob. My supe caught me tonight screwing a girl in 8H and fired my ass on the spot. You'll probably hear all about it tomorrow when you get in, but I wanted you to hear it first from me." There was a sharp click as the phone out on the Island was slammed down. Of course, Hurley's --which had been preternaturally quiet when word got around that John was talking to Sarnoff, Jr. -- then exploded in laughter. Even Connie chuckled. An hour or so later, we began worrying about the NBC operator who'd put John through: Would she be fired, too? We never found out, for to ask would have been to reveal we'd been in Hurley's when the call was placed and no one wanted to walk into the line of fire. Anyone out there from the mid-1950s? Give me a call. Best, George Alexander |
| Name: | art davis |
| E-mail address: | art4gate@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | i was a new york page, and now live in l.a. i can offer space for a reunion. i own night clubs, and hotels, have lots of venues to choose from, let me know |
| Name: | Mike Colonna |
| E-mail address: | BestBeachBuys@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | MikeColonna.com |
| Comments: | Reunion sounds great! L.A. is First Choice...maybe tie the renunion with one of the live shows in either Burbank or the "Rock." Count me in! Could help in tracking Pages in Burbank from 88-89. |
| Name: | Bill Sobel |
| E-mail address: | bill@sobel.com |
| Comments: | Hi Dave!
For your members who are intersted, I met Bob Wright this past week (Feb 10, 2005) at a conference. I mentioned we have an NBC Page Group at Yahoo and we've been hoping to do another reunion (like the one back in 1983). Anyway, he was supportive and asked me to stay in touch with his head of communications. If anybody is interested, either send me an email or, better yet, join the NBC Page Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nbcpages/ Thanks, Bill |
| Name: | Richard Barry |
| E-mail address: | rbarry@pcipr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Q: Whose missing on this wonderful NBC Guide Web site?
A: NBC Chicago Guide/Pages! I was a member of the NBC Night Guide Staff who roamed the 19th, 20th floors and other nooks and cranies of the " world's largest private office building," --the Merchandise Mart on the Chicago River while working my way through undergraduate school at Loyola University Chicago during 1953-56. We worked a 37-hour shifts. The team covered nights from 4 pm. to 10:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. Sometimes to get all your hours into a week it was common to work Friday nights sometimes until 1:00 a.m. covering the " Howard Miller Show," and then bunking out in the NBC First Aid Room until the night watchman called you at 7:00 a.m. to begin to greet an audience of 250 youngsters who had arrived in the Mart lobby for " Uncle Ned Locke's Flying Squadron," radio program. Our night Guide Staff team ( the dayside team were all girls whom we seldom saw, including a charming, energetic red head who led the Girl Guide Staff) was led by Captain Victor Nelson of North Park College and his able assistant, Jim Jennings, a U.S. Navy Reservist. Others whom I recall were: James Harris McCall,of Northwestern University; Mark Braun, who was studying medicine; Charles Napier, also a medical student; Frank Cimarusti,who wanted desparatly to be a crooner; Ralph Miller, a Navy vet who was a cool clarinetist, young Bill Cosmo who wanted to break into show business and others whom I just can't recall tonight. Our bosses were Guest Relations Night Manager George Gilbert and his right hand, assistant night manager, Robert Hammerstrom. Me, I was interested in the news side of the business, but after watching my Dad spend 42-years as a writer at the Chicago Tribune, I opted for the public relations field. Today, I can look across the Chicago River at the Merchandise Mart from my office at 35 East Wacker Drive where I own the second largest independent PR firm in Chicago and the 32nd largest in the U.S. We're 41 years old this year and still growing! One of my current clients is the Museum of Broadcast Communications which is building a new facility just down the River from the Merchandise Mart. The experiences and opportunities to learn about the communications industry were wonderful while serving as an NBC Guide. One of my big thrills was after a year or two building up seniority, there were some Sunday evenings when the management team was unable to make it to work and I was tapped to stash my blue serge uniform, don a sport jacket, and answer the phone: " Dick Barry, acting night manager, NBC Central Division, may I help you?" During the mid-fifties, our team was at the tail end of the glory days of the " Chicago School" of broadcasting.We had the opportunity to work with such giants as Burr Tillstrom, Fran Allison of Kukla Fran & Ollie fame; Studs Terkel of " Hawkins Falls," and other programs;Francis Horwich of " Ding Dong School;" Ev Mitchell of the " National Farm & Home Hour;" and such personalities as Hugh Downs, then a staff announcer and would be writer about space travel; Howard Miller, a pioneer late-night host; Captain Ned Locke, of " Uncle Ned Locke's Flying Squadron," and later the ringmaster on WGN-TV's famed " Bozo Circus." While we didn't have the same name talent that those of you on the coasts had, we still had our share of characters. We gave tours, handled guests, and took lots of calls and ran messages as well as handled special assignments when VIPs came to town. One weekend, I was assigned to assist Bob Hope when he came to Chicago for an O&O meeting and a special event at the old Studebaker Theatre on South Michigan Avenue where " Welcome Travelers" was telecast five days a week. Bob was true blue, he was old shoe, and very thoughtful. A vivid memory was election night, 1954. It was approaching midnight and Len O'Connor, a giant of a man who had a very compelling and stern delivery was about to deliver the latest local returns live. Just before the red light went on someone asked me to walk across the set and deliver a message. When the bit was over, O'Connor's Irish temper exploded," don't you ever walk into a shot of mine again!" I would love to hear from anyone who spent time on the NBC Guide Staff in the mid-fifties. Regards, Richard A. Barry Public Communications Inc. 35 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 rbarry@pcipr.com |
| Name: | Rick Traum |
| E-mail address: | executive@icehousetheatre.com |
| Comments: | Wow...I just stumbled across this site! I see a lot of old friends here! I was a Page and Guide in 1959-1960 and spent about 20 years of my life in 30 Rock at NBC. I was Director of Late Night Programming from 1976-1980. Since the subject matter on this site has been memories of Johnny Carson and by way of introduction (or re-introduction to old friends), I thought I'd attach an article that came out on me this week.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lkltraum29012905jan29,1,4489931.story Mount Dora man recalls Carson as shy By Christine Cole Special to the Sentinel January 29, 2005 MOUNT DORA -- Rick Traum, executive director of the IceHouse Theatre, who got his start with The Tonight Show, remembers Johnny Carson as a kind and generous man, but one who was painfully shy off-stage. "If you passed him in the hall, he wouldn't make eye contact," Traum said of Carson, who died Sunday. "People often took it to mean he was aloof, but that wasn't true." Traum worked for NBC as a page when Jack Paar was the host of the late-night show. He made a side trip to the network's department of program merchandise -- acquiring trips and prizes for game shows such as Jeopardy! and Concentration -- before moving back to The Tonight Show as a commercial producer in 1965. In those days, The Tonight Show included live commercials. Carson, who had taken over the show in 1962, would hold up a product or sometimes make an unscripted appearance in an on-air commercial produced by Traum. One of the show's most memorable moments happened spontaneously during a commercial for Alpo dog food. When a dog turned up its nose at the Alpo, Carson crawled onto the set on all fours and made for the dog-food bowl, pretending to eat. "I think he actually ate some," Traum said. "Of course, the sponsor loved it. They couldn't buy that kind of advertising." The clip became one of the show's most frequently rebroadcast. Carson, who ruled late night for 30 years, often taped welcomes for new sponsors or thank-yous to longtime sponsors to show at their conventions or in their boardrooms. Traum also produced these. That's when his prized photograph of himself and Carson was taken. But he does not have it framed and hanging in his office. He keeps it in a folder at his Mount Dora home, where he also keeps the Emmy award he won in 1985 for Displaced Person, an adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut short story he produced for American Playhouse on PBS. Traum went on to be an executive for Saturday Night Live, the executive in charge of production at Radio City Music Hall, and a freelance entertainment producer and consultant in Orlando. He joined the IceHouse Theatre in 2002. He said his office on Unser Street is not as showy as one he once had in Rockefeller Center, which during the winter had a prime view of the ice-skating rink and Christmas tree. "Everyone I knew wanted to watch the tree-lighting from there," he said. "But someday, if I have the right office again, I'll display all the stuff I keep at home." |
| Name: | Suzi (Marman) Hanks |
| E-mail address: | suehanks@clearchannel.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was a page in Burbank 89-90.
My claim to fame..... Bob Hope said "Get the Hell Outta My Way," to me while I was seating audience for his tribute to Lucille Ball. My favorite memory of Johnny Carson? He joined one of my tour groups, and they didn't know it. As I walked past the hall, I pointed out that Mr. Carson's office was down the way, he piped up from the rear "WHO?"...the tour turned, he waved and darted down the hall just before they figured out who he was! Freddy De Cordova always made comments about my legs everytime he saw me. I'm now in Houston on the radio, part of the Dean and Rog Show, 93.7 The Arrow. |
| Name: | Don Gould |
| E-mail address: | dongould@ptd.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I wonder if Dave Evans also remembers what happened near the end of that 6th anniversary party in 1968. Johnny was gulping them down at a pretty good rate and started looking around the stage of Studio 6B where the show was produced and the party was being held. While sitting on a stool, the only seat on the stage, he started insulting us in the manner of Don Rickles and Jack E. Leonard before him, very funny but with an edge to it. After an increasingly vituperative number of jokes, Ed McMahon, standing next to Johnny, turned to him and said, "Well, I think it's time for Number 1 to go home." Carson looked at McMahon and replied, "Number 1 knows when it's time for Number 1 to go home, and if Number 2 doesn't realize that, he won't be Number 2 much longer." it was funny and uncomfortable at the same time.
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| Name: | Dave Evans |
| E-mail address: | snave47@adelphia.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.greatlostbear.com |
| Comments: | No matter how many times I stood in the back of Studio 6B watching the taping of the Tonight Show at 30 Rock, the opening drum beats of “Johnny’s Theme” gave me goosebumps every time. When I was a GR Supervisor a package would appear every Christmas with a bottle of Chivas Regal with a note signed ....“Thanks, Johnny”. I was on the Page staff for about a month when I got a surprising special assignment to work the backstage “after party” for the Sixth Anniversary Show. Mayor John Lindsay and Bill Cosby were two of the guests that I remember. A small bar was set up and Johnny was really enjoying himself. At one point he offered me a drink and he couldn’t believe we were not allowed to imbibe “on duty”. I wonder if anyone else remembers the drink holder built in to the wall just behind the curtain where Johnny made his nightly entrance...... rumor had it that Johnny would start and finish his drink as Ed would say “Here’s Johnny”. He was the best. Rest in Peace. |
| Name: | Chuck Schwartzman |
| E-mail address: | cruise66@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Just a short note to express how sorry I am to have heard about the passing of Johnny...it truly is an end to an era, and watching all the media coverage today brought back some great memories of working on the Tonight show from 1970-1972 in NY....I will miss him....
Chuck Schwartzman 1/23/05 |
| Name: | Mike Colonna |
| E-mail address: | BestBeachBuys@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://MikeColonna.com |
| Comments: | Just heard the news of Johnny Carson's passing. Like many of my fellow pages,back in the late 60's and early 70's, we are saddened by his death. I had the honor of working the Tonight Show, standing next to Johnny while he roamed the studio audience playing "stump the band" handing out albums. Carson was one of the funniest guys in the world.
No wonder all the big names in entertainment wanted to sit next to Johnny on his show. I received the "Rat Pack" DVD for Xmas,with Sinatra, Dino, Sammy, and Carson....it brought back many memories since the NBC pages I worked with had the pleasure of working with all of the great ones. Not to many left! |
| Name: | Hilary Kayle (Crist) |
| E-mail address: | hkaylecrist@earthlink.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi, all. Thanks to Alan tullio and Google, I am signing in. I paged twice -- first right out of graduating from the University of Michigan in late spring of 1974...Back then we had the red or navy dresses....I remember doing the commercial loudness testing -- good grief-- did we really sit there for hours monitoring audio for hours at a time? I remember Rick Carson, bless his soul, with "R. Ricarson" on his nametag (or somesuch) to fool the tourists. Did my radio sound effects demo for a tour and in the middle of my show one day, sound effects started going off that I wasn't doing. Talk about improv! I remember opening that little hollowed out door to show the tourists how such a little thing made a big shutting door sound, and there was Rick's face and I screamed!...I remember being afraid to go out on a tour before Imus went off the air and having a group of nuns. I dreaded to think how he was going to behave. Thank goodness, he only said, "I have a bunch of Penguins looking in at me now." They loved it. I got the biggest kick out of doing the TV demo...my hair was short and i looked a little like vicki lawrence, and I would sing "I'm so glad we had this time together" at the end of my tour when I would go on short circuit TV.
I got an job at NBC radio and then got a job with the Voice of America in DC...Imus, the dear, annouced that I was leaving to join the World Football League, and he had women calling in to replace me because, as he said, "I gave good phone!" My claim to fame...I missed NYC too much and came back and in Feb. 1975, returned to the page staff and was assigned to Barbara Walters' "Not For Women Only" show -- a precursor to "the View"...then I got a job in Unit Managers -- worked the first SAturday night live shows, then worked on the primaries and Conventions on location... got a job at TODAY where I stayed for 10 years....Left the business in 1986...Was interviewed for Jane Pauley's new show this last summer for a segment on NBC pages, but don't know if it will see the light of day.... I remember Vicki and Chip, Ray and Robin, Alan Tullio, of course and lots and lots of faces I can't put a name to so many years later... Jenna and Peter Hamilton and Mr. Tintle -- seems like another lifetime. A reunion would be great. I was there in 8H for the 50th and perhaps they'll do a 75th -- but let's bring it on and do one sooner! Am living in Central West Jersey now in Stockton, with my husband, Peter. We met singing in NYC in the Collegiate Chorale in the fall of 1991 and got married in the summer of 1992. (whirlwind!) He had custody of his daughter, who was about to turn 7 when we met so I became an instant wife and mother. Talk about culture shock! Now I'm pursuing an acting career, studying with actor George diCenzo in Philie and doing a lot of regional and community theatre in the NJ/PA area. Made my professional debut this last spring and, in the midst of it all, am trying to bring a show written for and by Breast Cancer survivors to the UK for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October 2005. I have a handful of theaters who are booking us and we will raise money for the UK charity, Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The show, "Women Who Have Walked Through the Fire" raised money for some US research groups in 2004, so onward if we can get financing. Stay tuned. I also review fiction and do interviews for Publishers Weekly and I published 2 paperback novels in 1988 and 1991 ("Winners and Lovers", and "Players) Meanwhile, it would be great to hear from my page buddies! Write when you can! What a great resource to have this page for the PAGES! (groan) |
| Name: | George Thompson |
| E-mail address: | george.thompson@nbc.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I guess I grew up listening to NBC on the radio and watching my favorite programs on NBC as well. I watched as local personalities at WMAQ went on to the mothership in NYC. Any wonder that I have spent the last 24 years at 30 Rock in the engineering department?
Love your site. George W Thompson NBC Engineering |
| Name: | Alan Statsky |
| E-mail address: | astatsky@siriusradio.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was an nbc page in 1969/70. had a great time doing game shows, tonight show, giving tours. worked with randy mantooth, but gutkowski, don gould and bob pearstein. still in touch with gould. have been at nbc/cbs/cnn/abc and various other broadcast organizations over the years. now toiling at sirius radio. |
| Name: | Mike Colonna |
| E-mail address: | ForMRHB@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.MikeColonna.com |
| Comments: | It's Bill Woodley, not Dave....sorry Bill. Hope to see you soon! |
| Name: | Mike Colonna |
| E-mail address: | ForMRHB@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | MikeColonna.com |
| Comments: | It was great to recieve an E Mail from Stan Zieve's son! Stan scheduled all the film crews in the late 60's, 70's and 80's for NBC and KNBC in Burbank.
My intro to NBC after college is on an earlier message. Again working as a page, production asst. and overnite assignment editor/newswriter in the early 70's turned out to be a great experience. Some of the pages I worked with, Bob Gould, Dave Woodley, Hap Chamberlain, Allan Godrey hopefully are still above the ground. I know Woodley is still working @ KNBC News. We had a great group of guys. We all worked together on the Tonight Show with Carson, Jack Benny and Bob Hope Specials. Perry Como's Xmas Shows, Dino's Show, Jerry Lewis Shows, all the game show's that were taped in Burbank...Let's Make a Deal, PDQ with Dennis James, Hollywoood Squares when Wally Cox and Charlie Weaver were Big. Phyllis Diller,Etc. My first day on the Job after my incident with Tony Bennett(mentioned previously), was in my estimation, meeting the most beautiful woman on the planet..at that time. Elke Summer...man what a beauty! As all pages we were trying to impress the top brass. Forgot his name but one of the high "muckety mucks" from the sales department past through the "artists entrance" when I was manning the counter...and I had just popped a lifesaver in my mouth. I tried to impress this guy with my suave and de boner personality...hoping to get a promotion into the sales dept. (that's were all the money was made) anyway...my mouth was moving a mile a second..my tongue was really flapping...and out popped my lifesaver...flew onto this big time sales guys tie...he looked down at his tie...I looked at my lifesaver...and it started sliding down his tie....we cracked up...needless to say my first interview @ the artists entrance for a promotion into sales was not the way I planned it! Have more stories will come back soon! Incidently saw my old Long Beach State buddy John Roland in NY City last December, he got me my first job at KNBC ...he now does the Fox 10 o'clock news in New York City....actually has been doing the news in the big apple since the late 70's. |
| Name: | Wallace C.Rooney,Jr.,M.D. |
| E-mail address: | wcrooneyjr@Yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was the first page to be hired while still in college -after WWII. and worked fulltime at 30 Rock from June 1949 through July 1952.
This was a period of major transition - from the Red and Blue Networks to NBC and ABC, with the Korean War taking away many staff . Television was still quite new. Shos were broadcast from such locations as the Belasco Theatre (radio) and Circle Theatre -Columbus Circle ( TV-Sid Ceasar/Imogene Coca) ALL LIVE . One of the most wonderful periods in my life -Hooks Teaney, Tex Swearingen, Jack Utley, the McCue twins, Jim Gains, and a dear close friend -Jim Murphy - overseen by Peter Tindall. and Bill Grainger............ Would lke to "hear" from some who were on staff then..... |
| Name: | Mike Zieve |
| E-mail address: | THeDude0322@msn.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://beatitdork.com |
| Comments: | Great Storie About my dad Stan Zieve...Thanks Mike Colonna
oh yeah sorry about the hastle i would coz when i would get tickets to the carson show..u guys were great also my dad retired now after 36 some years a NBC..wow what a party..o yeah i use to work thier as a gaurd omg that sucked thanks guys.. Mike Zieve |
| Name: | Dick Jamison |
| E-mail address: | jamiwinc@toast.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was a Guide at NBC Chicago in 1950 & '51. At that time we gave tours of the NBC studios in the Merchandise Mart as well as tours of the ABC studios, ABC (the "Blue" Network having been split off by the courts, leaving the "Red" Network to remain as NBC; earlier physical separation of the facilities was inhibited by WWII). Staff announcers at NBC at that time included Hugh Downs, and Mike Wallace did a late night celebrity interview show at a Chicago nightclub called the "Chez Paris" with his then-wife Buff Cobb. One of the Staff Announcers, George Stone, taught Radio Announcing at Northwestern University, citing Wallace's commercial announcing style as the nonpareil of the business. I can still hear Mike doing commercials for Mars Candy Bars that made one drool. The Sunday Night Dave Garroway Show originated from the NBC Chicago studios in those days, with the Art Van Damme Quintet, Joseph Gallicchio and the NBC Orchestra, singers Connie Russell and Jack Haskell, and comedian Clif Norton. Clifton Utley was the star staff News Commentator, and his aide-de-camp was Jack (John W.) Chancellor. I am now retired after a 35-year hiatus from broadcasting, but am doing a weekly classical music show on the local public broadcasting station, using my own discs. |
| Name: | Dave Evans |
| E-mail address: | snave47@adelphia.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.greatlostbear.com |
| Comments: | Brief note that my e-mail has changed snave47@adelphia.net
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| Name: | Wally Lawton |
| E-mail address: | wallylawnbc@cs.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I worked for GR NY from approximately 1957-1960. I printed the tickets. I came across this site accidentally and while reading the various listings was surprised to see someone I knew back then referred to as the late Judy Sullivan. I last saw Judy sometime in the 80's, at that time she worked in Personnel. Can somebody please advise as to what happened to her? I would welcome any correspondence with anyone that may remember me. I preceded Tom Wade. |
| Name: | Chuck Kalus |
| E-mail address: | ckalus@myacc.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Noticed your message that you lost touch with Jenna Whidden. So have I and she is my sister. i've been trying to locate her for several years. If anyone has contact with Jenna, please elt me know.
Thanx! |
| Name: | Hilary Schacter |
| E-mail address: | cyuru@verizon.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hey folks,
My time at 30 Rock was in 1968-9. I just stopped back here to leave my new email address. Would welcome any words from old Main Hall buddies. Of course, I'm waiting for another reunion. Health, love, and continued success to all. |
| Name: | Charles Coleman |
| E-mail address: | a1cec@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Tripped over this web-site; so glad to see it exists. I'm not a former page. Finance Director for NBC Enterprises '82-'87. One of the best things about NBC is Page program. We in Enterprises were very honored to "mother" the group during our short existence. For me the highlight was getting the Tour started again; and the NBC store: a little "hole-in-the-wall" to start, and originally staffed by Pages. Three cheers to a great group of people: the NBC Pages. |
| Name: | Bill Wulff |
| E-mail address: | bill@atrevents.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.atrevents.com |
| Comments: | Was a page from Sept 1983 to Jan 1984. I have great memories of working in 1M48. Worked in Guest Relations for a few years till 87, then Corporate Events till 93. Sometimes took work too seriously, but as most of you know . . . it wasn't easy to get there (unless you knew someone in the business). That being said, would not trade that experience for anything. Building my own company now and doing very well, but I must admit . . . it was AMAZING on what you could live on in New York as a page. Best to all of you who walked in blue! |
| Name: | Roberta Spring |
| E-mail address: | bootspring@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi...I was a page from May-August of 1975.
I've spent my entire career with NBC News, most of it spent on Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. I am now a freelance Associate Director working on Nightly, Weekend Nightly and NBC News Special Reports. I've enjoyed reading the emails and recognize many, many names. I saw Lonnie Lardner a few years ago in L.A. and would love to attend a reunion if one can be organized. I was a page with Lonnie Lardner, Terry Ewert, Chip Keyes, Robin Sandler (Ewert), Liz Wald, Carol Goldberger, Beverly Washington, Dorothy Lissner, Artie Davis, Heather Hirson. Tony Pontauro's name rings a bell too. I remember Pete Hamilton, Peter Tintle, Mary Rothschild... Hoping you're all well and happy. Roberta Spring |
| Name: | peter johansen |
| E-mail address: | peterjohansen@sbcglobal.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Love the fact that I stumbled upon this site.
I had the pleasure of experiencing the joys of Page life following my exit from graduate school in 1979. That ten months or so remains one of the most joyous experiences of my life...ranking just below the arrival of my son Kristoffer and the advent of the DirecTV Sunday Snap NFL package. For those among you who happen to follow page fashions and such, I will say that while we enjoyed our page time, my class happened to be bedecked in perhaps the worst uniforms in the annals of page-dom. Gray quadruple knit polyester jackets...black rayon pants, with matching flammable vests and a red tie. There was a reason we weren't allowed to smoke, and it had nothing to do with decorum or image: we were walking fire hazards. And we were hideous. But damn if we didn't have a great time. I'd love to hear from my cronies.... Peter |
| Name: | Doug Wilson |
| E-mail address: | Manypeaks@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hello, Dave and all former pages, though former really doesn't work, does it. Once one, always one.
My year was 1957-58. Could go on and on about it. Met my future boss, Roone Arledge then. He was producing a show called "Sunday Schedule" seen on WNBC-TV. 7:00 to 11:00 AM Sunday mornings. I sang on it -- in my page uniform. I had become a contestant on "Name That Tune" on CBS. Used that as a hook. Sang a Disney song called "The Lord Is Good To Me." Little did I know that at ABC Sports he would be my boss 25 years during the 46 I have now been at ABC. Also did a very brief "gig" on The Tonight Show, starring Jack Paar. Again, the hook was being an NBC Page that worked the Paar Show. I wanted to sing. He didn't want me to sing. I was on during the first 15 minutes, which I think was local only. Anyway, it was the Jonathan Winters era, when Winters used to hillariously break up the show and Paar and he had a schtick about it being in control. Paar would put Winters down and remind him that it was, "My show." Winters would reply, "Yes,King." Well, as the dialogue with Paar unfolded, he was interested in Page anecdotal stuff and at one point, when I believe he asked my whether the pages liked working the show -- or some such -- I replied, "Yes, King." Well, that was it! He talked for the next rather brief time. Did not ask me another question and gave me no opportunity to say anything! I was whisked off the stage rather quickly as we went to commercial. I guess that was my attempt at 15 minutes of fame. Anyway, I have pride in the fact that my colleague of many years, Dennis Lewin was a page (former Senior VP of ABC Sports, who recently left the TV Coord. slot at the National Football League. Lara Spencer was a page. She now hosts The Antique Road Show after a long stint on Good Morning America and Local ABC News in New York. By the way, she was a great athlete in her collegiate days at Penn State. A nationally ranked high diver. You know, one of those insane folks who dive of the equivalent of a many storied building. She was originally from Garden City, New York. Her parents were high school classmates of mine. I'd love to connect with anyone who was a page during my time. I have a college fellow Colgate alumn, Richard Frank, an outstanding photo artist and former assistant on The Today Show whom I see every now and then. He was there then. I'd love to hear from others. Looking forward, Doug Wilson (NBC Page '57) |
| Name: | artie davis |
| E-mail address: | art4gate@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | mary mary mary, you were the bright spot at g.r. always made me and larry laugh. all is well i will write you one day and fill you in. |
| Name: | Mary Rothschild |
| E-mail address: | Mary.Rothschild@morganstanley.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hello everyone: Stumbled upon this web-site and almost fell off my chair. I worked in Guest Relations from 1972-1995. I remember most of the names on this website and they bring back such great memories. My 23 years in Guest Relations was a life altering experience. Have some great stories and some not so great stories. I now work at Morgan Stanley where the atmosphere is a little bit calmer for these old bones! Would love to hear from you. |
| Name: | Ray D'Ariano |
| E-mail address: | Junglemilk@verizon.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Cool site.....Great to see the names of some of my old friends...like Dave Evans...Hello David..The comedy group you talk about was made up of all pages and a guidette, as the ladies were called back then. Penny McDonald, Jeff Baudo,Bob Tassie, myself, and, the guy you couldn't think of, Roger Nikaido. We were called Cain's Children. The Tonight Show did give us an audition and they passed. We didn't do Merv, but we were on The David Frost Show. That's where you all showed up to give us support. We did some recording for Kama Sutra, sort of a try out thing, and the group broke up. I don't remember why exactly. I think Jeff was running around with Yoko Ono, but I'm not sure. It was a long time ago. Last time I saw Bob I was VP of MCA Records in N.Y. and he was a successful guy with CBS Sports....Penny and I last were together when I had a solo stand up gig at the old Playboy club in N.Y....Roger and I last hooked up way back in 77 when we were both out in L.A. I hated it and he convinced me to move back to N.Y. I took his advice and moved, never got to thank him. I never saw Jeff after the group, but I wish him and all past and present pages nothing but happiness and success.
I usually never post on one of these sites, but I have to say my time as a page, Carson Tonight Show late 60's/ early 70's, were great days. To quote Bernie Taupin..."I never had a better time and I guess I never will." |
| Name: | Allen -- ANGEL ANIMALS NETWORK |
| E-mail address: | angelanimals@angelanimals.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.angelanimals.net |
| Comments: | I enjoyed visiting your website. You site has a intereting concept and I enjoyed the different entries in your dreambook. Willard Scott is of special interest to us since Willard gave a heartfelt endorsement for our new book, GOD’S MESSENGERS: What Animals Teach Us about the Divine. On January 22, 2004 Willard Scott told his 11 million viewers that God’s Messengers is a wonderful book. He added by saying “God’s Messengers is a book about how animals teach us about life. This book is available in your favorite bookstore. It’s a wonderful book!”
Willard is such a nice man to share his thoughts and feelings by giving his heartfelt endorsement for this book. If you have a moment come visit us at www.angelanimals.net to read details about our book and why Willard Scott thinks as we do about sharing stories showing the human/animal spiritual bond. Thanks |
| Name: | Mike Colonna |
| E-mail address: | Formrhb@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://MikeColonna.com |
| Comments: | Got an interview at NBC Burbank with Stan Zieve KNBC News in 1968. John Ginger,(he and I both graduated from Long Beach State) now John Roland (John's Anchored local news in New York since the early 70's) arranged the interview with Stan who's charge was assigning film crews and sending messengers out to pick up film @ LAX from arriving from Viet Nam and snatch raw footage from News reporters in the field. My job was to join two gentlemen that rode Harley's from KNBC to various spots throughout Southern Ca. After picking up film on our "slick" motorcycles...we were to ride back to the studio, drop
the "can" with the film dept. and "bam" we were assigned another pickup. I lied to Stan, told him I was somewhat of a "biker" and could handle the job opening without any problem. My first test ride was a doozey. We started out in the back parking lot. Never been on a bikbefore. Gunned it and lost control, the two wheeler flew out from under me...hit five different cars,caused "mucho" damage....but somehow I survived, was assigned a car, and as soon as the bike was repaired...I begged Stan Zieve for another job. He sent me to Guest Relations. Jay Michels, heard the story...as did everyone in the News Dept. (Tom Brokaw, Bob Abernathy, Jack Latham,etc) Michels was belly laughing for 10 minutes. He gave me a job as a page...my first day @ the "Artists Entrance" Tony Bennett asked me to carry luggage to his dressing room..took out a "wad" give me 20 bucks...and it was all uphill from there. Worked on the Tonight Show, Dean Martin Show,(held Dino's drink while he slid down the fire pole). Let's Make a Deal, Hollywood Squares, PDQ, greatest years of my life! Got some great stories....will save them for later. Glad to be a part of history! Mike Colonna 1968 |
| Name: | HILARY SCHACTER |
| E-mail address: | CYURU@AOL.COM |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | MY FRIEND DAVE EVANS HAS APPARENTLY FORGOTTEN HOW NUTTY HE WAS AS A PAGE. DAVE WOULD STAND, STIFF AS A BOARD, AT THE STUDIO DOORWAY AS WE WERE LOADING AUDIENCES. WITHOUT CHANGING HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION OR EVEN PUTTING HIS ARMS OUT TO BREAK THE FALL, HE WOULD JUST KEEL OVER WITH A THUD.
DAVE WAS NEVER SIZE PETITE. MANY TIMES THOSE OF US IN THE STUDIO WOULD JUST HEAR THE RUMBLE. DAVE'S DOWN AGAIN! BOTTOM LINE, THEY HAD TO MAKE HIM A SUPERVISOR BECAUSE HE WAS TOO CRAZY TO BE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE PUBLIC. |
| Name: | Jay Cole |
| E-mail address: | divingjay@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi,
I was a page in New York from 1985-87. It was a great job. I am back in Cleveland now, and practice law. I miss the many people I worked with back then. I loved to hear from you. |
| Name: | Jill Flegenheimer (Abel-Lipman) |
| E-mail address: | Jill828@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was a page after finishing college in 1971. I went on to marry another NBC grad who I actually didn't know during my years at NBC. Lasted 4 years. Presently live in NJ (boring!) with 2 kids and 2nd husband. They're not boring only the state- and admitting that I live here. Anyway, am between careers and promised myself that I would look after 1/2. After NBC worked in the computer training industry and tried to raise kids as a single mom until I remarried and moved to Jersey. I would love to know if anyone lives near Livingston- Jill |
| Name: | Lisa Inserra |
| E-mail address: | linserra@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | This is so strange. An old roommate of mine was trying to find me. He did a Google search and found my name on the web in reference to my thesis project about television drama. So I decided to do a search myself and found this website!
I'm assuming, from a quick scan of the threads, that this is a site for former NBC pages? I'm afraid I can't remember too much about those days, except that if anyone wants to e-mail me so we can reminisce, please do! Cheers and happiness to all, Lisa Inserra |
| Name: | Dave Evans |
| E-mail address: | snave@prexar.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.greatlostbear.com |
| Comments: | Well, I see my old friend Hilary has posted again....I guess I will as well. Hilary was the I.S. in Main Hall booth one day when Morey Amsterdam came up and asked him what floor the Tonight Show was on and Hilary looked at Morey and said "Yukka Puk..Yukka Puk" (For all younger people and most older people who haven't a clue...it was some kind of song Morey used to do on his own show long before the Dick Van Dyke era) Morey essentially...no, literally, said Fuck you and stormed off...Hilary also was occasionally seen sending people going to CONCENTRATION (starring....over 13 years..Hugh Downs, Bob Clayton and Ed McMahon...announcer Bill Wendell) with the classic "WELCOME TO CONCENTRATION... ....camp"...one of the funniest people I have had the pleasure to know. One more rant...how old is Gene Shalit??? He looked pretty damn old in 1968...when he does his segment on the Today Show it almost looks like strings are making his mouth move and...do think he dyes his moustache??? I have consulted friends and my deep memories for more names from the ?Johnny in 6B Era?. I have noted Mary Lease?s post and as I was a PAGE (as opposed to a guide) first, that is my first attempt at an apology to her and the wonderful Vali Lipsicus......I , of course, was MUCH younger at the time and was intimidated by their flirtations and in the manner that they called me ?Teddy Bear?.....I did open a restaurant called the Great Lost Bear years later so maybe their attention molded my future career in a way. I love and miss them both to this day. I did Stump the Band once and only once (as opposed to Milt Gittens who probably was on camera 20 or so times.....when I was training I actually recognized him from his many stints in the aisle. Actually when I did Stump the Band it was when Jerry Lewis was guest hosting (in Conan?s 6A, as 6B was being refurbished).....through the magic of the internet and the insane Jerry Lewis fanbase, there exists copies of the tape of the 90 minute show I was on with Jerry, and, yes I did buy a copy and there I was at twenty one years old with a normal sized Jerry and his guests Charlie Callas, a guy who played a musical saw and a very young George Carlin. Another time Jerry was guest hosting the Tonight Show some kid was waiting for like five hours to get Jerry autograph...Jerry came down after the show to an empty Main Hall and the kid comes out to get his autograph and Jerry takes his paper and writes "I don't sign autographs" and laughs...the kids mother runs over to Jerry and says "I hope you get cancer" as Jerry runs off. Moving on, I have to apologize to a great friend, who I neglected to mention before (ALAS, AGAIN HE WAS A guide) Joe Schorle.....I basically got him the job while he was in college, we had many a wild time together on the Jersey Shore and even more in NYC.....I moved to New England and he became an engineer and executive at Colgate Palmolive. Another apology is offered to Freddy Ruffin....another legendary Page who I have not seen since I left NYC. The rest....again in no particular order...Tommy Muradian, Geoff Stefan, Monte Abramson, Steve Chaplick, Peter Markowitz, Ron Canada (yes, the actor), Dave Fisher (author), Jose Endara....another good friend, Rex Lardner (Lardner family), Paul Levine, Ray Goulding Jr...(Ray?s (as in Bob and Ray) son), Jay Gould, Buzz Mathesius, Ken Friedman, Mark Hoffman, Bob Gutowski (President MSG), Drake Levin, Bob Raser, Mark Hahn (who used to shoplift beer for us), Mr.Fuji, Bruce Purlstein, Tom Power, Doug Koenig, Kenny Shreull A/K/A ( {the first) Kevin James who became Marty Allen?s singing partner when he and Steve Rossi first broke up) Bob Tassie (part of Ray D?ariano?s improv group...Cain?s Children along with Penny and Jeff and one more member whose name is lost ......(this group btw, appered on the Merv Griffin Show in the Little Theatre on 48th? St with Sonny and Cher.....half the page staff from NBC was in the first two rows for support)....more posts will be coming.
Dave Evans |
| Name: | HILARY SCHACTER |
| E-mail address: | CYURU@AOL.COM |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi everybody. I haven't stopped by in a while. I check in to see if there is any momentum for another reunion. No word yet. Anyway, I am looking for a couple of Page brothers who were immensely talented and seem to have disappeared. Is anyone in touch with Roy Ravio and/or Larry Ross. I'd love to know about them.
I'm still kicking around in Los Angeles picking up work where I can. This past summer I segment produced on THE NEW TOM GREEN SHOW on MTV. A nightmare! Just completed segment producing a talk show pilot for TV LAND. ALF'S HIT TALK SHOW. Of course, it stars Alf. Co host is Ed McMahon. Alf insisted on having the guy from the Tonite Show as a co-host. Since Johnny no longer does television, Alf settled for Ed. It's a wonderful half hour of televison...hope we get to do 13 more. I'd love to hear from anyone who did their time at 30 Rock in "68-70. And how do we get the reunion going? Hilary Schacter |
| Name: | Bill Sobel |
| E-mail address: | bill@sobel.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nbcpages/ |
| Comments: | I was an NBC Page during the Summer of 1979 shortly after my graduation from The University at Albany (SUNY) and spent only 3 weeks on the staff...I was almost immediately promoted to Broadcast Operations where I spent a few years in Broadcast Routine (the day desk...also known around 30 Rock as "the bowling alley").
I spent the past 25 years in a variety of production and production related work at places such as ABC, MTV, Disney and independent production companies. Currently I am an independent "digital media solutions" consultant providing a variety of services to networks such as A&E, ESPN, NBC, Lifetime, MTV and many others. I look forward to hearing from old friends and hope you take advantage of our new Yahoo Group "NBC Pages" at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nbcpages/ Bill Sobel |
| Name: | Bruce McNichols |
| E-mail address: | muskrat@bestweb.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://okom.com |
| Comments: | Page & supervisor 1967- 1970
Although I've been here before (a long time ago)I stumbled on the site today. What's the big idea? How do you expect me to get any work done, when I can't tear myself away? I have loads of stories that I'll share with you in the future (I really do have to get some work done today). My main reason for writing is to be sure that I'm on the list, to find out about any re-union that might happen. I'LL BE THERE! McN P.S. Hi to Dave Evans & Glenn Sklaren (fellow page/supes) |
| Name: | ilana Hirst Knapp Saporta |
| E-mail address: | ilanita@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I found out about this site from Robin Sandlaufer Ewert whom I had not seen or spoken to in over 28 years (I can't believe that these memories were from SO long ago...). Anyway, I was the "class" of 1973 -1975, on the Tour Guide staff. As I scrolled down past all the other comments, it amazes me were we all landed, and how many of you stayed in touch. That first summer of '73 I gave tours, with very few paging assignments to break things up. Fall of '73 I started graduate school, but continues working Thursdays thru Mondays, and Eddie Deep had me working the cash booth exclusively from that point on. I married Richard Knapp, a Unit Manager from the sports department. We have two fabulous children, and I became a wall streeter. Richard got caught up in the famous Steve Weston Unit Manger scandal, and things were rough for a while. Eventually, Richard got jobs with Bill Moyers (and won two production Emmys) then Cahnnel 11/Yankee baseball. We divorced in 1985, and he moved on to be Vail Colorado, where he has been running their local TV station. I am remarried and run my husbands medical office. I remember those days so fondly and although I admit I haven't thought about it in a very long time, suddenly all the stories and adventures are coming back to me. I didn't know about the first (and only) reunion, but would definitely like to be included if they do it again. It made me smile to see that I was remebred on some of the lists. Be in touch..... |
| Name: | Tony Burton |
| E-mail address: | tbnbc@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Tony Burton (former NBC page 1992-1993)
As a former page, I thought you would like to hear that I am a finalist for my sitcom submission based on the life and times of the NBC pages. If I am the winner of Pilot Project, it will be made into a network pilot, for next fall. If you are interested in seeing my treatment or voting for this idea, you can read the email I have sent out to all my friends. My page experiences are still very near and dear to my heart and it's wonderful to see how many others on this site feel the same way as I do. Thank you in advance, Tony Burton Thank you one and all for your support so far on Pilot Project. I am now in the final voting round of Pilot Project www.pilotproject.tv the television version of Project Greenlight. And it's all thanks to you! Now, I need your help one LAST time. This final stage of voting determines who will move onto the final five shows and determine whose show will be made into a network television pilot. If you've voted before, you are still registered and you will have to vote for my show "pages" again. It will prompt you to vote for 2 other submissions and you can randomly decide who you'd like to vote for. If you haven't registered, it's very easy and you won't be sent any mail from them, unless you check the box that you want to get their mail. (Their site is www.pilotproject.tv )The voting window is very short--only a couple weeks, so if you are willing to vote for me when you get this...I would be forever grateful. Your support has been overwhelming and win, lose or draw--I can't thank you enough. Please e-mail me or call my cell if you have any questions. 914/907-8878 Warmest Regards, Tony p.s. Free craft services for anyone who passes this along to their friends! |
| Name: | Joel Altschuler |
| E-mail address: | jolierdale@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Enjoyed the tales of former Pages/Guidettes... I worked in Guest Relations from 1966-68 and then in the News Division of the Network Press Dept. Had some great times! |
| Name: | Larry Goldman |
| E-mail address: | lgoldman@lmnotv.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I worked as a page in the early seventies during the GoodsonTodman era. Worked To Tell The Truth, What's My Line and others. Jeopardy, Who What or Where, Sale of the Century, Jackpot, etc. Loved every minute of it including the tours. The best part was the ping ong tournaments in the Page locker room. My 18 months as a page was one of the great times in my life! |
| Name: | Joe Macoby |
| E-mail address: | joemacoby@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I was wondering if any of the former pages here ever worked at NBC during the Mark Goodson/Bill Toddman era, especially the early 1970s when "What's My Line?" and "To Tell the Truth" were taped in Studios 6A and 8H? |
| Name: | Mary M Lease |
| E-mail address: | mlease@coair.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | My friend, Susan Sutter told me about this website + won't be happy until I take part.I was guide/supervisor with NBC for"7ish" years.(It seems a lifetime ago,but still fondly remembered like it was yesterday..always brings a smile to my face).We knew time was meant to be enjoyed + still were able to do phenominal work. To the best of my recollection we were all talented + good-looking,as well.It breaks my heart that "Teddy Bear" Dave doesn't even remember Vali + Mary who sent him on those tours..growing old's rough,huh Dave?
I'm middle management(whatever that means)with Continental Airlines Reservation Center in Tampa..I live on a beach in Anna Maria..travel a lot..been a Tampa Buccaneer ticket holder since the beginning + could get real used to this Super Bowl Champion stuff.I stay in touch with Bambi,Susan,Don Skog once a year..sorta like church(+ I'm a preacher's kid.)Lost touch with Jenna Whidden,Jerry Stevenson,Nancy Miller+Vali Lipsicas! I have wonderful memories of my NBC stint..Kate Jackson was one of the funniest people I know..no Tommy Muradian,but great sense of humor.Diane Bonomo,+I knew we could always recognize a "guidette" from the limping/bad feet.We always wanted to fix Don Skog up with Susan Sutter(loved 'em both)..but I had no judgement..married Skip Painton for God's sake!(Even Dr.Joyce Brother's good wishes didn't help with that one).We've been divorced for years. I learned a lot..I'm twice as tall as Rod Serling+ half as tall as Wilt Chamberlain..and should've paid more attention to Dennis Lewin.Anymore from me requires a bottle of good wine.....Mary |
| Name: | Scott & Curry (Hoover) Simmel |
| E-mail address: | swsimmel@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Well, let's cut to the chase. Page and pagette married now for 27 years. Living in relative obscurity in Hopewell, NJ but "found" by Alan Toooo-lio. 2 wonderful daughters (1 in college, 1 going soon) and a getaway in VT which is where we first went when we left NBC. Gotta have a reunion; I'm old now and can't read all the entries clearly so we need to catch up face to face! What next? |
| Name: | Ron Kerman |
| E-mail address: | bklynbouy@excite.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Wow! Talk about the "The Golden Age of Television". I came upon this site completely by chance...or, perhaps, fate. A great many wonderful memories have been stirred up and just reading some of the names has brought a huge smile.
I was one of the TWEP pages. I went on to do some camerawork and then got into production. I was friendly with the likes of Janet Skelton, Jude Brennan, Larry Ketron, Eddie Deep, Danny LaMata, Corky Ramirez and so many others my mind is too befuddled to remember right now. I'm glad to have found this site though and will revisit it from time to time. oh, never one to leave the door of opportunity unopened, if anyone out there knows of a job in marketing or communications in Naples, Florida or thereabouts, I'm a writer/producer/director with over fifteen years experience. I sure could use the work. All the best...to all the best, Ron |
| Name: | Natasha Rogers |
| E-mail address: | natasha_rogers01@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hello Everyone! I was a NBC Page from November 2001 to November 2002. I really enjoy the program, and it was a wonderful experience!
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| Name: | Ruthe Staples Ponturo |
| E-mail address: | ruthepon@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi all you former pages from the Watergate years. Very funny, Chip. Anyway Tony Ponturo and I have been married 26 years and live in St Louis where Tony works at Anheuser Busch in charge of the media and sports marketing and I choreograph and teach at a high school. Tony has an office in NYC so we bought an apartment there a few years ago so get to spend alot of time up there. Every time we walk by NBC I think of those times. Steve Satterfield, where are you?? Tony and I attended Saturday Night Live as guests a few years ago and we got to sit in Tape and Holds. Remember that? It was pretty weird to be there again.
Some other names I remember are Linda Gastel, Dorothy Lissner,Carole Goldberg, Marcia Swanberg, Heather ?, Barry Smith. It's been fun strolling down page memory lane. It would be fun to have a reunion. |
| Name: | Alan C. Baird |
| E-mail address: | acbaird@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://9TimeZones.com/b |
| Comments: | Hi!
TheMorningNews.org just published this "Page Daze" memoir: http://themorningnews.org/archives/alan_baird , and I hope it gives you a few laughs! Sincerely, Alan C. Baird (NBC NY GR '79-'80) |
| Name: | Shana Grannan |
| E-mail address: | shanagrannan@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | I am a new NBC Page (3 weeks old today) and I have truly enjoyed the experience so far. I hope to make the most of my time here, just as so many of you have done. What an amazing way to get your foot in the broadcasting door! I hope to one day reach the top, but I'm having a great time climbing the ladder so far. |
| Name: | Liz Berman |
| E-mail address: | Berman@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hey - great site...
I am currently a page right now and absolutely loving it. I am on assignment doing tickets for Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Saturday Night Live. It doesn't get much better than this! I am done in two months...looking for a new job...anyone looking to help out a fellow page? Let me know! Liz |
| Name: | Dave Evans |
| E-mail address: | snave@prexar.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.greatlostbear.com |
| Comments: | It's been a couple of years since I put my two cents in and I have to mention the 1968-1969 era pages/guides that I remember. I was a Page and then Part time Guide (Super Page) Key Man then AM Supervisor in NYC. Dave Anderson hired me G.T.G Kenyon-Slaney was the trainer, Jim Horn and Chuck Shipley were other managers. I trained with Ken Delahanty, Jerry Williams and Michel Chinich(prod Ferris Bueller), then in no particular order Bruce McNichols, Glenn Sklarin, Diane Bonomo,Don Vickers,Stanley Dorn, Dan Stone, Henry Boeringer, Tom Happer (Crawlspace),Bill Moody, Richard Stone, Gerry Maglio,Bob Brown,Hilary Schacter, Susan Sutter, Dr.Milton Gittens, Arthur Warren, Bob Blume, Joel Altschuler, Thad Mumford (prod M.A.S.H), Mark Gold, Mark Litwin, Eddie Schrull, Buddy Gilson, Ray D'Ariano(WNBC),Neil Carter,Ray Goulding, Chris Dickerson (Mr.USA), Joe Garigiola,JR (Gen Mgr Diamondbacks), Kate Jackson (Big Star), Randy Mantooth (Emergency),Larry Ross, Don Castaldi, Jim Robinson, Illinois Cummings, Rick Lede (Love Story extra), Pat Zicarelli (Godfather extra),Don Gould (sportscaster), Rob Shipp, Daryll Miller, Mickey Kelly (THE First female Page...who I trained and later Mrs Bill Murray for a while), Richard Stone, Don Leggett, Mark Spiro, Roy Ravio, Janet Cienski, Bambi, Scott Ritter (NOT the weapons inspector), Jenna Whitten (voiceover diva),Kathy Gold, Bob Considine, Kelly Houser, Tom Wade (Ticket Maker)
Jerry Stevenson (Quartermaster)...please send me other names from this era that I have forgotten!!! I have owned a restaurant for the last 24 years with thousands of employees so this is great mental exercise for me. Dave Evans snave@prexar.com |
| Name: | Sean Beck |
| E-mail address: | BeckSP2000@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | Hi all. It's great to discover this community (thanks Chris P.)! I've been a Page since 9/0 (originally from Northeast Ohio). I'm currently on assignment in Mr. Wright's office and SNL. I also did a 10 week stint with Dateline. This is truly an extended family that covers both geography and generations. I can't tell you how proud and privileged I feel to walk into 30 Rock every morning and to be a member of this great tradition.
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| Name: | Adam Wade |
| E-mail address: | awade33@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://adamwade.blogspot.com |
| Comments: | I kind of found this site by accident, but think it's great. I was a page in 1999 and 2000. It was a terrific experience and I feel very lucky to have been one. I moved to NYC from NH to make it in either TV or film and after a year and a half I became an NBC page. I have met some of the nicest people and made some great friends at NBC. I do freelance TV production work and every job I worked since the program, I have gotten with help of someone I've met through NBC or the page program.
ps growing up I used to watch reruns of 'The White Shadow' on ch 38 out of Boston. I was a huge Ken Howard fan (my dad was also a high school basketball coach- like his character, coach Reeves). I never knew he was an NBC Page. Best regards to all pages out there http://adamwade.blogspot.com |
| Name: | Chris Pereira |
| E-mail address: | guest.pages@nbc.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | This is a correction to my previous posting. Please use the email that I have posted on this message. As the GR, I am the point person for one wishing to communicate with the program on a daily basis. Again if you guys have any ideas for a big reunion please let me know. Please also send your contact information ASAP so we can get this list together, and please contact others that you know to do the same. Thank you very much for you help on this. |
| Name: | Peter M. Hamilton |
| E-mail address: | phamil@rubenstein.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.rubenstein.com |
| Comments: | Chris: this is a great idea; and it sounds like the company is assessing the scope of what this wonderful program has meant to the company and the industry. Alan Baker, my former boss in the NBC Press Dept., called the program "the West Point of the Airwaves."
As a matter of trivia, one of my last assignments for the Press Dept. was in doing the press for that reunion in 1983 ( I still have the press kit(!) if NBC Media Relations wants some research material. It was appropriate that I ended my NBC publicity career relating to a department that was so important to my starting one there. There were a lot of great memories from GR, and of course, after that at NBC and beyond. I'm still a publicist. And if I remember your extension, x 2180, it was at the desk closest to the door in room 1 M 48.. Bottom line: much applause for this alumni project! Peter Hamilton GR 1970-75 |
| Name: | Chris |
| E-mail address: | guest.relations@nbc.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Comments: | My name is Chris, a current Page here at NBC. I am the GR right now, and we are in the process of putting together an alumni contact list for the Page Program. If you are at all interested in this please contact me via email or by phone.
212.664.2180. This will be great to use to stay in touch and for networking as well. This is a great program and this list will greatly enhance the quality of it. |
| Name: | scott caplener |
| E-mail address: | scott@7years.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.7years.com |
| Comments: | I cannot believe it's been a year and half since I signed this book (way down below). I've enjoyed coming in from time to time to read up on all my fellow pages. We're so lucky to have shared in this great experience; thank you to Dave (again) for putting this up here. I did find a cool picture of some pages when I was there I'll be sending along tonight or tomorrow morning (have to fanangle the scanner just a bit).
I just have one question for everyone: ***when's the next reunion?*** We really need one. Time is not waiting, as evidenced by the clock on the wall. Wanna have it at my house? I live in Gilroy, California. I've got plenty of garlic for you. Actually, it would be a bit crowded, come to think of it. peace and love, scott |
| Name: | Chip Keyes |
| E-mail address: | chipkeyes@aol.com |
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| Comments: | Hello yet again.
Haven't been here for a while, am delighted to see so many people from my era emerging from the woodwork. (Alan Tullio and I have been corresponding, we've dubbed this group TWEP-- The Watergate Era Pages.) Nice to hear from Lee, Kay, Bob Mackler (I do remember you, Bob, tho it took me a moment.) I got together here in LA a little while back with Wendell Phillips, Artie Davis and Paula Nowak as well as my old comedy partner Jeffrey Lippa (not a former page) for a drink and visit at a rather hip dance club Artie (I guess he's known more as "Art" now) owns (among others.). Paula's visit west was the catalyst for this -- she was producing a sort of backers audition at the Friars Club for a show built around The Tokens. A mini-reunion. I hope a sign of more to come. I've assembled a list of TWEPs from my memory as well as Alan Tullio's and also other people who've posted on this site. (So there are a couple of names here I don't know.) I've put a "*" next to the names of people who've either surfaced here, or with whom I'm certain I (or someone I know) can get in touch. If someone out there is in contact with other TWEPs, I invite you to write me at the above e-mail address (chipkeyes@aol.com) , and I'll keep sort of a running directory. At some point that list might reach critical mass and maybe we can somehow make a reunion plan for the future, either under the aegis of NBC or on our own steam. Here is my list in what I hope is alphabetical order. I hope there aren't too many mis-spellings. Please feel free to write me with addresses, correct spellings and other names I might have forgotten, or didn't happen to serve with. I am frankly rather embarrassed to have not immediately recalled folks like Mr. Mackler, Larry Goldman, Joe Michaels, the lovely Lisa Inserra etc. THE WATERGATE ERA PAGES circa 1973-75 Roger Adler, Ned Alexander, Libby Beers, Jude Brennan, Hugh Brown, Rick Brown, Susan Buckley, Rick Carson (deceased), Don Cherry, Ann Correa, Artie Davis*, Edith Davis*, Victor Davis, Eddie Deep, Elise Ember, Terry Ewert, Glen Fitzgerald, Kathy Freeman, Larry Goldman*, Judy Gough*, Tom Goulding, George Gwin*, Victoria Hamburg*, Linda Hamel, Peter Hamilton*, Robin Hammerman, Kathy Hammill, Ilana Herst, Delores Hines, Curry Hoover, Lisa Inserra, Steve Jaffe*, Tim Jones*, Cheryl Kagan, Glenn Kagan, Hilary Kayle, Ron Kerman, Chip Keyes*, Ed Kreher, Jan Kreher, Flossie Kress, Danny Lamata, Lonnie Lardner, Lin "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, Jeff Lynn, Bob Mackler*, Joe Michaels*, Hazel Morley, Sue Neisser, Jennie Ng, Paula Nowak*, Mary Agnes O'Connor, Bill Parrish, Neal Patterson (deceased), John Peaslee*, Scott Peril, Conroy Peterson, Oliver Wendell Phillips*, Tony Ponturo, Erica Prince, Corky Ramirez, Kim Reiss, V |