Del was one of the early employees of KING TV in Seattle, where he spent nearly all of his career. He had a front-row seat to the rise of this new medium in the growing city.
You can watch a video interview of him recounting the early days of TV here.
Del also had a hilarious stint as a regular extra on “Almost Live!” – here are some of his hilarious clips:
A former Boeing engineer who was hanging around with the cast of “Almost Live!” was roped into doing science experiments on the show. When those brief sketches spun into their own show, Del appeared from time to time on “Bill Nye the Science Guy.”