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#5905A: WORLD SERIES 1955 (GAME ONE)

1955-09-28, WNBC, 11 min.

The World Series, GAME ONE, September 28, 1955, at Yankee Stadium.

The Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees.
This is the NBC TV broadcast with Vin Scully calling the play by play.

Jackie Robinson’s most famous time stealing home plate came against the New York Yankees in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 1955 World Series. He was called safe, much to the dismay of Hall-of-Fame catcher Yogi Berra, who even in retirement insisted Robinson was out.

The Dodgers icon racked up 197 stolen bases in 1,382 career games. Robinson led the National League with 29 stolen bases when he was named Rookie of the Year in 1947, and he paced the Majors with 37 two years later en route to earning the MVP Award.

*This successful single straight steal of home in a World Series has been, to date, the last time this feat was accomplished, over 68 years ago (Hear Jackie Robinson state to Mel Allen why he stole home when the Dodgers were trailing the Yankees, in the 8th inning, during this game on ATA#107, July 29, 1961).

Top of the eighth inning, Carl Furillo singles to center field.
Gil Hodges flies out to left field.
Jackie Robinson gets on base when his ground ball goes through the legs of New York Yankee third baseman, Gil McDougald...Furillo advancing to third base and Jackie winding up at second base. Don Zimmer flies out to center field allowing Furillo to tag up from third base making the score now 6 to 4, in favor of the New York Yankees. Robinson tags up from second base and advances to third base. Frank Kellert pinch hits for Brooklyn Dodger pitcher reliever, Don Bessent. On the second pitch by Whitey Ford, Jackie Robinson steals home, only the fifth player to accomplish this feat in World Series history, and the last to do so.

NOTE: Not included in this air check is Kellert's single, after Robinson steals home. We pick up Vin Scully's play by play with Casey Stengel leaving in Whitey Ford to continue pitching and Don Hoak pinch running for Kellert, whose single is missing from this recording. Jim "Junior" Gilliam pops out to third base ending the inning. Mel Allen is heard doing a Gillette commercial with Casey Stengel.

Brooklyn Dodger Line-Up as described in
www.baseball-reference.com

Jim Gilliam LF
Pee Wee Reese SS
Duke Snider CF
Roy Campanella C
Carl Furillo RF
Gil Hodges 1B
Jackie Robinson 3B
Don Zimmer 2B
Don Newcombe P
Don Bessent P
Clem Labine P
Frank Kellert PH
Don Hoak PR

NOTE: In a phone conversation with Vin Scully (October 19, 2021), Phil Gries plays the steal of home by Jackie Robinson audio track to which Scully states that his "trademark was to call a play and then shut up."

This conversation between Vin Scully and Phil Gries can be heard on the ATA website Home Page (Scrawl down right column to locate).

When Jackie Robinson stole home Scully stated, "Robinson is dancing off third, shaking up the crowd. Robbie is coming to the plate. The throw to Berra. He steals it!"

Only the roar of the crowd can be heard for over a minute afterwards, with no additional commentary from the greatest baseball announcer of all time, Vin Scully, as agreed upon by most baseball journalist historians.

NOTE:
Angeles City Council on Friday officially renamed Elysian Park Avenue after the revered announcer, Vin Scully, who's been the voice of the Dodgers for 67 years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

By: Ed Sherman
September 14, 2016

There are many ways to measure the incredible longevity of Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. Given my background, I will go with the sportswriter perspective.

When Scully made his debut in 1950, Grantland Rice, the most influential sportswriter of all time, was writing columns about Jackie Robinson for a Dodgers teams located in Brooklyn.

Now that is some longevity.

Well, it turns out old Vin couldn’t go on forever. After 67 years in the booth, he finally is hanging up the microphone at the end of the Dodgers season.

It truly has been an epic run for Scully, and the fanfare will be unprecedented for his final game broadcasts. In the vast pantheon of great announcers in baseball history, there is no debate about No. 1.

“He’s so much greater than anyone who has ever done this,” Cubs radio announcer Pat Hughes told me for a Chicago Tribune column on Scully. “It’s not even close. It’s an embarrassment of riches. He’s the best, he’s done it the longest and he’s been with one franchise. It’s amazing all of this can be said about one man.”

Scully will leave behind numerous lessons for current and prospective members of the media. First and foremost is his emphasis on preparation. Hughes and Cubs TV announcer Len Kasper each made a point of marveling at how much research Scully does for a broadcast.

Yet something Kasper said really gets to the essence of what makes Scully so great.

“It’s so striking that what he says, and the words he uses, plays as well on paper as it does on a broadcast,” Kasper said. “He’s like a great author. His pen is his voice.”

#13166: MASQUERADE PARTY

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1957-04-24, NBC., 10 min.

Broadcast from July 14, 1952, to September 23, 1960, on NBC, CBS & ABC Networks. Host for this run was Bud Collyer (1952), Douglas Edwards (1953), Peter Donald (1954-1956), Eddie Bracken (1957), Robert Q. Lewis (1958), and Bert Parks (1958-1960). 
After a fourteen-year absence, "Masquerade Party" reappeared briefly as a syndicated series in 1974 & 1975 with host Richard Dawson and announcer Jay Stewart. 

NOTE: At the beginning of this broadcast the announcer states this short lived standard opening used to indicate an NBC COLOR TV transmission.  
"This program is brought to you in COMPATIBLE COLOR  on NBC."
Shortly after, the word "COMPATIBLE" was changed to "LIVING."

Only one episode is known to exist from the 1974-1975 syndicated series which is archived at UCLA FILM & TV ARCHIVE. These Richard Dawson shows were broadcast initially from September 9, 1974, to September 1975. During 1976 syndicated re-runs were telecast. 

Even the original 1952-1960 programs are mostly "lost." 
The library of Congress has only one episode. 
UCLA Film & Radio Archive has only two episodes.
Paley Center for Media has five episodes.

In this episode, the masquerader is Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford.

Eddie Bracken is the host.

#132: N.Y. YANKEES 1961 PENNANT VICTORY

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1961-09-20, WPIX, 47 min.

Yankee announcer Mel Allen does the play-by-play, as Roger Maris hits his 59th home run and the Yankees win their 26th American League pennant. In a victorious Yankee locker room, Mel Allen interviews Elston Howard, Yogi Berra, Ralph Houk, Rollie Sheldon, Jim Coates, Luis Arroyo, Bobby Richardson, Clete Boyer, Roger Maris, Roy Hamey, Ralph Terry, Bill Skowron, Wally Moses, Bud Daley, Bill Stafford, Whitey Ford, Hector Lopez, Billy Gardner, Bob Hale, Johnny Blanchard, Tex Clevenger, Hal Reniff and Bob Fishel.

#137: 1961 WORLD SERIES GAME NUMBER 5: N.Y. YANKEES VS. CINCINNATI REDS, THE

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1961-10-09, WNBC, 34 min.

Mel Allen does the play-by-play for the 8th inning. Joe Garagiola does the play-by-play for the 9th inning. Allen, from the victorious Yankee clubhouse, interviews manager Ralph Houk, Del Webb, Johnny Blanchard, Elston Howard, Reds manager Fred Hutchinson and Whitey Ford. Joe Garagiola wraps up the broadcast. Note: Also heard are three Chrysler Corp. auto commercials promoting their new line for 1962.

#274: ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE

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1962-09-30, WCBS, 20 min.

Guests are Bill Dana, Eddie Fisher, Al Hirt and appearances by Sonny Liston, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle. There is a CBS News Bulletin reported by Charles Collingwood, interrupting the Ed Sullivan Show. It relates to "Negro" James Meredith, who successfully entered the University of Mississippi as a student.

#7077: ED SULLIVAN SHOW

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1962-09-30, WCBS, min.

Sonny Liston makes a cameo appearance. Season premiere.

Dupe Of 274, a twenty minute excerpt.

#282: 1962 WORLD SERIES: N.Y. YANKEES VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, THE

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1962-10-16, WNBC, 30 min.

Mel Allen, Russ Hodges, and Joe Garagiola broadcast game seven from the 8th inning and conduct interviews with the winning N.Y. Yankees team. Interviewed are Ralph Terry, Ralph Houk, Alvin Dark, Elston Howard, Del Webb, Whitey Ford, Jim Coates, Dale Long, Roy Hamey, Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio.

#512: ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE

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1963-09-29, WCBS, 39 min.

Ed Sullivan's performing guests are Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra Jr., Helen Forrest, and the Tommy Dorsey Band. Ed introduces N.Y. Yankee stars Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Al Downing, Roger Maris, Elston Howard and Ralph Houk.

#742: MATCH GAME, THE

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1965-09-10, WNBC, 18 min.

December 31, 1962-September 20, 1969 (NBC); July 2, 1973-April 20, 1979 (CBS); 1975-1981 (SYNDICATED). Host: Gene Rayburn.  


Host Gene Rayburn welcomes Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle and Joe Pepitone, who challenge Joe Garagiola, Tom Tresh and Roger Maris.

NOTE: 
A LOST NBC SERIES. 
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MASTER NBC TAPE ERASED (1962-1969).

#9006: THE "NEW" NEW YORK YANKEES

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1967-04-12, WTEN, 30 min.

Host Bob McNamara looks at the "NEW" New York Yankees prospects for the 1967 season. 

A SPECIAL REPORT by sports director  Bob McNamara from Ft. Lauderdale Florida spring training facility about the prospects for the New York Yankees as they head for their 1967 season. Mikey Mantle has been targeted to play first base to save his ailing legs this season. We hear from Mickey on his approach to playing this position. Others give their opinions including Manager Ralph Houk and Whitey Ford.

Manager Houk runs down his new 1967 line-up position by position. 
Others interviewed include Joe Verbanic, Ruben Amaro, Mel Stottlemyre, Bill Robinson, front office personnel Bob Fishel, and Steve Whitaker. 

Commercials include Schick Auto Band Safety Razor Company, McDonald's Cheese  Burgers, and Channel 10 New Night Beat where host Bob McNamara is sports director.


NOTE:
 The 1967 New York Yankees played 162 games during the regular season, won 72 games, lost 90 games, and finished in ninth place.

#15320: CBS NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE

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1967-05-31, CBS, 23 min.

Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan sign a five-year defense pact against Israel, Whitey Ford retires after a 16-year career with the Yankees, actor Claude Rains has died, commentary by Eric Sevareid on the Vietnam bombing.

#9856: THE WAY IT WAS

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1977-03-26, SYN, 30 min.

October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977  

A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce. 

The Yankee Dynasty part 3 1949-1964 is featured. 

Host: Curt Gowdy.

#8881: MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW, THE

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1977-07-08, SYN, 90 min.

1963-1982 (SYNDICATED). Mike Douglas hosted one of television's longest-running talk shows (19 years). Each week Douglas was joined by a different co-host. In 1967, "The Mike Douglas Show" became the first syndicated talk show to win an Emmy Award.



Broadcast from 1963-1978 in Philadelphia
Broadcast from 1978-1982 in Los Angeles 

The cast of "What's Happening."

Co-Host: Tony Randall

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#5905A: WORLD SERIES 1955 (GAME ONE)

1955-09-28, WNBC, 11 min.

#13166: MASQUERADE PARTY

1957-04-24, NBC., 10 min.

#132: N.Y. YANKEES 1961 PENNANT VICTORY

1961-09-20, WPIX, 47 min.

#137: 1961 WORLD SERIES GAME NUMBER 5: N.Y. YANKEES VS. CINCINNATI REDS, THE

1961-10-09, WNBC, 34 min.

#274: ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE

1962-09-30, WCBS, 20 min.

#7077: ED SULLIVAN SHOW

1962-09-30, WCBS, min.

#282: 1962 WORLD SERIES: N.Y. YANKEES VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, THE

1962-10-16, WNBC, 30 min.

#512: ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE

1963-09-29, WCBS, 39 min.

#742: MATCH GAME, THE

1965-09-10, WNBC, 18 min.

#9006: THE "NEW" NEW YORK YANKEES

1967-04-12, WTEN, 30 min.

#15320: CBS NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE

1967-05-31, CBS, 23 min.

#9856: THE WAY IT WAS

1977-03-26, SYN, 30 min.

#8881: MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW, THE

1977-07-08, SYN, 90 min.