Garroway At Large 1950. Guest Al Capp. NBC Network, live from Chicago.

An entertaining visit with Dave Garroway in the early days of live TV from Chicago. Watch for the unintentional bloopers, like stagehands walking all over, shadows, and loud off stage noises! Dave takes everything in stride, although he states on the air “no more animals” when a live turkey gets loose and knocks him over! Al Kapp is guest introducing a funny Little Abner sketch. All this with a bevy of song and dance numbers. A single television camera, with Garroway walking among the sets casually, talking to the audience and guests, is know as the Chicago Style of live TV. The Chicago Style is improvisation, scriptlessness, and interpretive cameras. Cast includes Connie Russell, Jack Haskell, Bette Chapel, Cliff Norton, Jimmy Russell, Aura Vainio, Joseph Gallicchio and His Orchestra, the Hamilton Trio, and guest Al Capp. Commercials for Congoleum, makers of wall tile and linoleum floor coverings. Airdate November 19, 1950. Mastered from 16mm b-w film.