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The Coolest Talk Show You’ve Never Heard Of
Posted by TheBigPicture in Broadcast, Staff and Crew Stories on September 15th, 2011
After watching the success of such figures as Oprah, Dr.Phil, Maury and Ricki Lake, who hasn’t dreamed of hosting their own talk show? Luckily for George Lang this dream became a reality when he got the chance to host a talk show of his own.
Since nobody had anything to do during the day, like work or go to school, his early afternoon show was an obvious hit. On a set they built themselves walked the likes of prominent community figures like the head of the library and the “how to keep your family safe” police officer you can see pictured below. Everyday George got to wear a flashy new tie sponsored by Ernst Ties, who of course got full credit. To lure in viewers the show had an amazing and exciting daily contest, whose terms we fail to remember. We couldn’t, however, forget what the grand prize was. New potholders! A prize indicated beneath the Almanac sign on the set, but due to having no mail budget if you wanted them you had to come get them yourself. Memories like these help to reinstill the life old lesson of never forgetting where you came from.
Circle Bank uses The Big Picture in Northbay Advertisement
Posted by TheBigPicture in Advertisements, Staff and Crew Stories on July 26th, 2011
Circle Bank chose The Big Picture to represent an example of their local small business clients for a recent advertisement featured in Northbay Biz Magazine.
We are a company that prefers to work with local businesses. Circle Bank has provided us with great service for several years, and they also always have fresh baked cookies in their office. We are honored to represent them in Northbay Biz Magazine.
Office Twins
Posted by TheBigPicture in Staff and Crew Stories on April 6th, 2011
Sometimes after having worked together for so long you start to look like each other.
The Jack LaLanne show reached far and wide
Posted by TheBigPicture in Staff and Crew Stories on January 27th, 2011
Jack Lalanne had a show in the ’50s on KGO called… “The Jack LaLanne Show” touting fitness, exercise, and nutrition. Little George Lang, then 9 years old, wrote a fan letter to Jack, and got one back. He’s preserved it all these years and it really is a treasure to behold:
Years later as George Lang himself worked at KGO, he was able to meet Jack LaLanne in person for the shot below. Jack LaLanne was a good man with a strong and healthy message, and he will be missed.
The Big Picture Holiday
Posted by TheBigPicture in Staff and Crew Stories, Uncategorized on December 23rd, 2010
We wanted to share photos from a little holiday gathering we had at the office for some friends and neighbors. We love this time of year because it gives everyone a great excuse to have a little negg nog (George’s version of egg nog) and celebrate with people we don’t get to see very often. We are blessed to have a great community of friends and neighbors.
Check out our flickr album of all our holiday activities, from decorating the tree, to exchanging gifts. Click any picture below or follow this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebigpicturetv/sets/72157625661372044/
Happy Holidays To Everyone!!!
Pacific Grove Triathlon
Posted by TheBigPicture in Staff and Crew Stories on September 16th, 2010
Two members of our team at The Big Picture (Abel Machado and Mike Peters) participated in the Pacific Grove Triathlon last weekend in Monterey, CA. They were part of a three person relay. Abel did the 40k bike ride (a windy run up and down the Monterey coast) and Mike did the 1.5k swim (a unique “Kelp Crawl” through the 55 degree, hopefully not shark infested water). They both love the challenge of competing and look forward to their next event.
Rough Linen by Tricia Rose
Posted by TheBigPicture in Staff and Crew Stories on August 31st, 2010
Cherished Mum to Producer/Editor Claudia Lang, Tricia Rose has been creating lovely rough linen bedspreads, and the trend is kind of taking off.
She is featured today on the Apartment Therapy Design Showcase, click here to vote for her: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/bedroom/rough-linen-bedding-by-tricia-rose-design-showcase-2010-125838
Her website can be found here – http://roughlinen.com/press.html
A few words about her product:
There are so many influences on Rough Linen.I have always wanted to recreate the linens from my grandmother’s house in Scotland and from vintage textiles I found in France. It took years of searching to discover the traditionally woven coarse linen fabric I use in my range of bedding.
I have always gravitated to natural fabrics: wool, cotton, linen. For years I lived near Ian Mankin’s iconic shop in Primrose Hill in London and loved every fabric he stocked, including a double-width linen sheeting now sadly discontinued. Ian’s natural weaves and stripes are timeless.
Working with beautiful materials has simplified my taste and complicated my life, because I am always looking for the definitive texture, or weave, or color. When I found this linen I recognized its beauty immediately, and as I work with it I appreciate its virtues more and more: easy care, relative stability, strength, straight grain, wonderful texture.
I always cut to the thread for accuracy and fold the fabric as precisely as origami before sewing so my minimal seaming is exact. I sew French seams on the horizontal for strength and neatness, and overcast raw seams. I use the selvedges whenever I can.
Gutermann thread, YKK invisible zippers, and the simplest buttons – but the search and the temptation goes on. I am still trying to find a finer textured wide linen sheeting here in the US, but no luck so far. One day.
Historical Snapshots
Posted by TheBigPicture in Staff and Crew Stories on July 26th, 2010
Just for fun, I’ve pulled up some photos from the Historical Archives in the Life of George Lang. Enjoy the sneak peak into his life adventures, where work and play and sometimes trouble overlap.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebigpicturetv/sets/72157624414544639/
Walter Cronkite and George Lang
Posted by TheBigPicture in Staff and Crew Stories on July 12th, 2010
It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since veteran anchorman Walter Cronkite passed away in July of 2009. The “Most Trusted Man in America” can be seen here with George Lang, at least a few years before that.
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