‘The Edsel Show’ first videotaped TV special 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 13 1957)


Video: 'The Edsel Show - CBS-TV (October 13, 1957)'

(Sunday, October 13, 1957, 8:00 p.m.-8:58 p.m. EDT)The Edsel Show, an hour-long television special to promote Ford Motor Company’s new, ill-fated Edsel cars, was broadcast live tonight on CBS, starring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Rosemary Clooney.

The Edsel Show was the first television entertainment special to use videotape technology to delay the broadcast to the West Coast.