Oh, the problems of working in New York's Garment District. As if trying to sell 1000 dozen dresses before they go out of style and finding a really great pastrami sandwich for lunch weren't enough, last spring TV came to Seventh Avenue. Hollywood filmmakers arrived to shoot opening sequences for Needles and Pins, NBC's new comedy series. And not only did the cameras film the show's cast, they also captured cinema-verite performances by the Garment District workers themselves. On a crowded street corner, associate producer Ernie Losso, actor Bernie Kopell and producer-director Hy Averbach set up a shot. On another location , Averbach works with star Deirdre Lenihan and Kopell. One sequence has star Norman Fell climbing out of a cab—greeted by dozens of curious onlookers. Averbach shot most of the sequences, like the one in which actor Louis Nye is seen in front of a hot-dog stand (with cameraman Ed Brown and Losso), at lunch time. Also, he used a concealed camera, which allowed the Needles and Pins characters to sip coffee, wait for buses and even, perhaps, jaywalk, along with a cast of unsuspecting thousands.
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source: TV Guide
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