advanced video processing techniques

I stumbled over this video today:
YouTube - KTTV - Television Tape - Early TV effects demo

What's with the narrator? Was everyone a wise-ass in 1961? Also, I find the clip of Divorce Court near the end really disturbing - was that a staged-drama back then? If so, it's a pretty weird concept for a show, or to include in a promo for your video-editing product.

This is a pretty interesting video. Video editing was shure a pain back then. Now we can do better effects quick and easy on a PC at home.