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This is something I didn't know about the El Capitan / Hollywood Palace Theatre (now the Avalon) on Vine Street.
It was once leased by NBC for the west coast home of “The Colgate Comedy Hour”.
NBC’s El Capitan Theater.
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Here's a photo of Martin & Lewis taken at a rehearsal at the El Capitan for the March 23, 1952, episode.
It's a sketch called "The Photographer."
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You can see this sketch below, at 6:47, from Season 2, Episode 30:
(The numbering system on the video is the person's numbering for his youtube posts.)
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Six months later, this was the location that Vice-Presidential candidate Richard Nixon gave his famous
"Checkers" speech on September 23, 1952, during the Presidential campaign!
The campaign arranged to use the El Capitan Theatre, in Hollywood, where several NBC variety shows were then broadcast, since its lighting was superior to that of NBC Studios. [...] The El Capitan Theatre, at Nixon's insistence, was entirely deserted. Press members were confined to a nearby room, where they could watch on television; stenographers were standing by at the Ambassador Hotel to ensure an accurate transcript of Nixon's remarks for the press. Aides Chotiner and Rogers would watch from behind a screen in the theatre; Pat Nixon, wearing a dress knitted by supporters, would sit on stage a few feet from her husband. The chosen set was a "GI bedroom den" with a desk, two chairs, and bookshelves. The senator usually preferred to work from a memorized text, but would work from notes for this speech to make the talk sound more spontaneous. Nixon spent some time practicing movements for the cameramen and finally went into the dressing room with his wife for a few minutes of solitude. He told her that he did not think he could go through with it, but she reassured him. Wiki
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In March of 1953, NBC aired a special 100th episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour.
Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Eddie Cantor and Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis appeared on the telecast. They were all revolving hosts of the weekly show at the time, along with Bob Hope and Donald O'Connor who appeared from New York City. The following is some great home movie footage of the Hollywood talent, arriving for rehearsals at the El Capitan.
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