a lot of people were watching that night, and it introduced a lot of people to kennedy. would you let me see the tight shot on camera one, please? can you hear me now speaking? is that about the right tone of voice? good evening. the television and radio stations of the united states and their affiliated stations are proud to provide when the networks offered a debate, kennedy immediately said yes because he was sure he could do better than nixon. i think mr. nixon is an effective leader of his party. i hope he would grant me the same. the question before us is which point of view and which party do we want to lead the united states. mr. nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? i have no comment. if you are live on television and there is a camera right here, there is really no place to hide.
television more than ever in the 60s was a place to escape to. let s go. seemed like it was almost sort of a willful respite from the stuff that was going on out in the world in real life. here s a bulletin from cbs news. there s been an attempt as perhaps you know now on the life of president kennedy. he was wounded in an automobile driving in the early 60s, television was by and large seen as something of a backwater to print journalism. and even to radio. but the kennedy assassination was the moment that television journalism came of age. we ll continue full-day coverage of the presidential funeral and final procession. more and more people were depending on television to give them the headline news of the day. 330 americans were killed in combat last week in vietnam. but the number of wounded, 3,886
good evening, ladies and gentlemen. tonight, live from new york. from hollywood. from beautiful downtown burbank. here is the star of our show, bob hope! [ applause ] variety was the backbone of television back then. one year there were like 18 different variety shows. everybody had a variety show. it s the jimmy dean show everyone was different because of who was helming the show. everybody loves somebody some time dean martin was just so loose he acted as though he was doing the whole show drunk without a rehearsal. this is a real international show. now, where else could you see a smooth italian and a slippery pole?
bring a silencer? it ruins the line of my suit. with i spy, robert culp and bill cosby were equals. cosby is this pioneer in terms of a black male lead in a drama. he made race a non-issue because he s undeniable. the winner is bill cosby in i spy. [ cheers and applause ] bobby and i tried to put forth an example of the way it should be racially in this country. we need more people in this industry to put forth that message and let it be known to the bigots and the racists that they don t count. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] as television changed, it was helping all americans to understand that this is what america looks like.