QUICKY QUIZ! #29 WHAT FAMILY OF FISH IS TUNA?
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Year Published: 1950s
Format: 16mm
Description: This short film is one of a series entitled "Quicky Quiz!", which were developed and produced by Los Angeles TV personality Jim Hawthorne. Billed as the "TV's biggest, little show", each Quicky Quiz! posed a question for viewers to answer. In this case, the question is "What was John R. Cobb's international record speed at Bonneville in 1947?" If you got the right answer you must be very smart so take a bow! Footage shows Sicilian tuna fishermen from Trapani at work, circa 1950. Short format shows of this type don't really exist today, but back in the early era of television -- especially during the live era when show lengths were irregular -- programs such as Quicky Quiz! were important to fill dead air. Jim Hawthorne (1918 –2007) was a beloved radio personality, disc jockey and TV comic actor who produced (in addition to Quicky Quiz!) the short format show "Jim Hawthorne's Funny World". He worked for a variety of TV stations including KLAC / Los Angeles Channel 13, where he created the
Complete Record: This short film is one of a series entitled "Quicky Quiz!", which were developed and produced by Los Angeles TV personality Jim Hawthorne. Billed as the "TV's biggest, little show", each Quicky Quiz! posed a question for viewers to answer. In this case, the question is "What was John R. Cobb's international record speed at Bonneville in 1947?" If you got the right answer you must be very smart so take a bow! Footage shows Sicilian tuna fishermen from Trapani at work, circa 1950. Short format shows of this type don't really exist today, but back in the early era of television -- especially during the live era when show lengths were irregular -- programs such as Quicky Quiz! were important to fill dead air. Jim Hawthorne (1918 –2007) was a beloved radio personality, disc jockey and TV comic actor who produced (in addition to Quicky Quiz!) the short format show "Jim Hawthorne's Funny World". He worked for a variety of TV stations including KLAC / Los Angeles Channel 13, where he created the
Transcription
foreign 's Biggest Little Show Sicilians from Trapani set out on Mediterranean as robots ride high in water bottomless barrel is used to spot School underwater as fishermen signals for catch to begin fish fight valiantly as stacks of freshington are pulled from Nets fill these stories to gunnels what family of fish is tuna stand by for answer quickie quiz answer tuna largest of mackerel often called horse mackerel
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