Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz – LIVE – The Girl From Ipanema – 1964
January 12, 2011
Great live recording of Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto performing The Girl from Ipanema. I love the set design. Enjoy it here on The Invisible Agent before YouTube takes it down for copyright infringement…
Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour – Early 1960’s
December 8, 2010
Wilson Pickett killing it in mohair and a skinny tie with 3/4″ of cuffs…obsessed!
CBS Didot Font – Lou Dorfsman – Early 1960’s
November 26, 2010
Graphic designer Lou Dorfsman in front of his cafeteria wall designed for the Saarinen's CBS Black Rock building - 1966
Rod Serling Style – Early 1960’s Twilight Zone
March 17, 2010
It baffles me that Rod Serling never makes a best dressed list. Here’s a look back at some of my favorite looks for Mr. Serling from the Twilight Zone.
From "Dust" - January 6, 1961 - Amazing 2 button sack suit, satin tie, and spread collar white oxford shirt
From "A Most Unusual Camera" - December 16, 1960 - Great 3 roll 2 sack suit, satin tie with vertical stripes, and white oxford spread collar shirt
A more relaxed Serling from "A World of His Own" - July 1, 1960 (One of Serlings first appearances as host of the show)
From "Four O'Clock" - April 6, 1962 - Great flecked 3 roll 2 sack suit and white oxford tab collar
From "King Nine will not Return" - September 30, 1960 - Classic Serling, black mohair 3 roll 2 sack suit, white oxford spread collar, foulard tie, Hamilton Ventura and a paratroopers bracelet
From "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" - May 8, 1964 - Great Tweed 3 roll 2 blazer, white oxford button down collar, and tie
From "The Dummy" - May 4, 1962 - Amazing sack suit, tab collar, and skinny tie. You'll also notice Mr. Serling's paratroopers WWII bracelet on his right wrist.
From "The Trouble with Templeton" - December 9, 1960 - Amazing Repp Stripe tie
From "The Obsolete Man" - June 2, 1961 - Signature Serling, black 3 roll 2 blazer with pleating details, white oxford spread collar, and skinny tie. Also note Mr. Serling's signature cigarette
From "The Man in the Bottle" - October 7, 1960 - Again, Signature Serling at it's best. If you look closely, you'll notice the flecked wool detail on Rod's blazer. The foulard skinny tie is also amazing!
From "Two" - September 15, 1961 - Amazing combination of a 3 roll 2 tweed blazer, white oxford club collar with a tie bar, and skinny printed madder tie.
From "Night of the Meek" - December 23, 1960 - Bundled up in a great tweed overcoat and plaid scarf. I'm sure there's an amazing mohair sack suit, white oxford, and skinny tie underneath.
From "A Kind of Stopwatch" - October 18, 1963 - Amazing mohair shark skin sack suit!
Eagle Clothes provided lots of clothing for Mr. Serling
Old Television Network Logos
February 9, 2010
Colgate Toothpaste Commercial – Early 1960’s
February 2, 2010
Radio Men – 1950’s
July 30, 2009
Walter Cronkite (1916 – 2009)
July 19, 2009
JFK Inagural Address on Television – 1961
May 15, 2009
I love the old television set!
CBS Style
January 17, 2009
CBS Blackrock Building in New York City
The following photographs are from the LIFE Magazine photography archive. Here is a look back at some of the people and places that made CBS such a stylish and illustrious network.
Busy scene in CBS newsroom on election night - November 1952
TV entertainer, Jackie Gleason, sitting at coffee table, signing new contract with CBS while manager and executives watch - 1956
Actors John Ericson (L) and Ralph Bellamy (R) rehearsing scene for Playhouse 90 "Heritage of Anger" at CBS TV City - 1956
Composer Frank Loesser, CBS TV producer Edward R. Murrow, Samuel Goldwyn (L-R) & unident. others in Goldwyn's office during CBS crew's visit to set of filming of motion picture "Hans Christian Andersen" - 1952
CBS News correspondent Daniel Schorr working at press table (pipe in mouth) w. unident. others during Watergate hearings - June 1973
CBS President Frank Stanton sitting at his desk - 1948
Designer William Golden with his new "eye design" logo for CBS which was influence by "Shaker Design"
CBS White House correspondent Robert Pierpoint - 1965
Dr. George Gallup appearing on CBS-Television series called "America Speaks." - 1948
CBS Pres. Fred Friendly - 1967
Actor Bob Crosby working on a TV commercial at CBS TV City - 1956
Overall exterior view of new CBS Television City complex, consisting of offices and station studios - 1952
Pres. of CBS Frank Stanton - 1966
Chairman of CBS William Paley - 1966
Men working in the control room of CBS TV City - 1956
Pres. of CBS Frank Stanton - 1966
CBS newsman Walter Cronkite filing a report - 1956
Mr. Frank Sinatra during recording session at CBS - 1947
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