TV History in a nutshell

From a New York Times article about South Park comes this interesting tidbit of TV history:

It brings to mind a similar arrangement made by another visionary, the sorely underestimated Desi Arnaz. In 1951, for “I Love Lucy,” the show he did with his wife, Lucille Ball, he suggested that CBS use three cameras and film the show in 35 millimeter instead of just the rudimentary technology they used to broadcast the show nationally.

The network balked at the $3,000 expense, reasoning that preserving it on film was pointless: why would anyone ever want to watch a show more than once? Mr. Arnaz said he would pay for the film as long as he got the rights. We all know how that turned out.

Huh. Never knew that. Very cool.

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