ABC 1982 Fall Promotion - "Come On Along" (Full Version)

[@TheDAExperience]

Watching this and realizing how many actors have passed on just makes you think about how much time has passed since this aired.

[@DP-hy4vh]

The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center makes it more obvious.

[@steve9473]

And how much worse the world has gotten since then. The 80's were amazing and always had this feeling of positivity like anything can happen a far cry from what the world is today.

[@kellyhughart9600]

I remember this! What a fun, feel-good promo! I was 14 years old when this promo was on TV in 1982, and I remember it well. It's so great to see it again! Brings back memories! Back when TV was family-friendly! It makes me feel nostalgic! Anybody gave a time machine? I wanna go back to the good ol' days!

[@elizabethbee3763]

Brings back memories. I was an extra for crowd shots in a 1982 ABC "Come on Along" series of promotions, similar to this video link. They used a busload of students from the University of Southern California. Managed to smooch Scott Baio on the cheek and won a television in the drawing afterwards.

[@VPR2B]

Good story! Thanks for posting that little nugget.

[@greateranointingtabernacle7882]

Question Elizabeth Do you Recall A version of come on along where they had all the stars on a stage doing a sort of chorus line high kicking type of number? I was only in the 4th grade but I swear I remembered that..Help me out here anyone.

[@elizabethbee3763]

@@greateranointingtabernacle7882 This video probably: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoSTc5xnl6qMetU Glad that your question prompted me to further explore memories of that era.

[@greateranointingtabernacle7882]

@@elizabethbee3763 Thank You For The Try. I Distinctly Remember Them Saying Come On Along With ABC... And I Remember Seeing Stephanie Powers From Hart To Hart. High Stepping/ Kicking. It's Driving Me Bonkers Trying To Solve This Conundrum.

[@ChrisCooling]

Elizabeth, I'd like to talk to you about your experience for my upcoming book where I will cover the classic ABC fall campaigns.

[@rawrvintageisclassic]

They had the best graphics and the best campaigns! ABC was dripping with GOAT!

[@TnseWlms]

go over any terrain?

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

@@TnseWlms no, Greatest of all time... TJ Hooker, The Fall Guy, Scooby-Doo, The Greatest American Hero, Monday Night Football... The list goes on... ABC had a great 1982-83.

[@benjammmin7180]

What a trip. This brought back a flood of memories. I was 12 years old, and it was certainly a happier time than the chaos were in now. Come on along WJLA TV 7 Washington, D.C.

[@DreamDancer82]

This is going to be stuck in my head all week. It's so catchy!

[@jasonbeard4713]

I loved watching this promo when it first aired.

[@montana_patriot]

Fonzi and Chachi jump out of a helicopter and get nyc all excited.......love these cheesy 80's network promos.

[@NikkiSmith3372]

I still remember the words! Such a simpler time. 😊

[@BetheasByteRELOADED]

You're not the only one. I actually did this for karaoke. I promised it was one time only.

[@GStrongRAW]

Back when "Family TV" was actually a thing!

[@adriancustodio5818]

3 jingles of 1982 1. NBC Just watch us now 2. CBS Great moments 3. ABC Come on along

[@hanabelay1558]

9 still the one 7 just watch us now

[@lashawnbulluck7244]

Share the spirit of CBS '86 is my fave...and this one🎉

[@TnseWlms]

ABC: A bland channel CBS: Countless bad shows NBC: Needs Bill Cosby PBS: Pretty boring stuff.

[@wturner777]

@@TnseWlmsFOX: Doesn’t exist yet.

[@rynwin1]

I remember this promo...so many people now dead. I feel old! Oh well, I'm still here!

[@fmm10970]

Loved when the big 3 had slogans and promo commercials every year in the 70s and 80s

[@jimryan5280]

Certainly ABC's very best image campaign, exceptionally well done and very catchy!

[@icecol22]

I couldn't agree with you more. ❤

[@musicaltheatrefan2k226]

0:50 “When you wanna be in great company…” gets me every time

[@td2658]

Ah good times. Sad that so many of those people have passed on.

[@bernardadolphus9724]

It's bring back remembers And I was 11 year old back then

[@CatStanleySpaceDemon]

I kept looking for the cast from Taxi but this was the year they moved to NBC for the final season.

[@greggshipp1394]

These commercials always pumped me up for some reason! (dork I know 😂)

[@CatStanleySpaceDemon]

You weren't the only one! 😂

[@NikkiSmith3372]

Me too! I loved them! 😊

[@sejejo7565]

Ok ABC you win lol That’a an epic promo

[@BetheasByteRELOADED]

THE LYRICS: Verse 1 When you want to be in great company Come on and join our family Come on along to the place where you belong Verse 2 Strike up the band, they're playing your song There's new excitement coming on strong Come on along to the place where you belong! CHORUS Come on along with ABC We're reaching out it's you and me Come on along Come on along with ABC! (2x) Verse 3 Chasing a dream or taking a chance Striking it rich or finding romance Come on along to the place where you belong! (Chorus) (INSTRUMENTAL BREAK) Bridge With every generation Whatever mood you're in Let's all get together And let the fun begin For the folks out in the country To the cities along the way We're reaching out to all of you All across the USA! (CHORUS) COME ON ALONG COME ON ALONG COME ON ALONG WITH ABC!

[@softrockrules]

Might be the best one.

[@EddieGaster]

And THAT Australia is how u do a network promo!

[@TheTvGuru3]

Yeah... we (9) copied it later on haha, but I prefer this version despite being Australian.

[@EddieGaster]

@@TheTvGuru3 Nine just modified it to be "Come on Along, we're Still the One".

[@TheTvGuru3]

@@EddieGaster along with using stock footage from this, and imposing the 9 logo over ABC's

[@EddieGaster]

@@TheTvGuru3 That screams laziness.

[@augh8773]

Eddie Gaster Sunny Japan did the same years later, but they changed it to “Come on along, we are the one”

[@brensmama57]

OMG...the Twin Towers :(

[@BillO-od3bg]

The great Henry Winkler kicks off an elegant wave of joy never seen quite like this before. It’s breathtaking.

[@GeorgeRother]

I love this.

[@softrockrules]

Beautiful

[@GP40Milepost72]

In 1982 I watched ABC in the Huntington/Charleston, WV market on WOWK Channel 13 Huntington, WV until the network moved to WCHS TV 8 and CBS moved to WOWK in 1986.

[@MichaelVLang]

Dear God that was over the top. Wild!!

[@rizmid]

Excellent crisp recording!!

[@debfan74]

When times and life was much simpler! I was a kid in grade school and it is so sad that we live in the mess we do today, this is how it used to be

[@money7373]

Come on along with Channel 6! WPVI-TV Philadelphia, PA

[@25FADIII]

I've seen all 13 episodes of Amanda's by the Sea with Bea Arthur, which premiered on February 10th that season.

[@lard_lad_AU]

Who is the beautiful lady at 2:05 ?

[@VPR2B]

Priscilla Barnes

[@AlphanPeter]

What great song. It sticks in head all day !

[@VBaskin2010]

And music composed by Jonny and Mary-Lyn Wolfert of JAM Creative Productions, Incorporated.

[@VPR2B]

I did not know that -- thanks for the info!

[@VBaskin2010]

@@VPR2B You're welcome plus you can add to the bio too as well!!

[@VPR2B]

@@VBaskin2010 Done!

[@jimscott2050]

@@VPR2B Actually, the jingle was composed, recorded, and produced in New York City by Artie Schroeck of Frank Gari Productions.

[@SkyBlue-qn8me]

It's interesting they added Laverne & Shirley's Cindy Williams to this fall promo since she was only in the first two episodes of the season. I guess they didn't want to lose any viewers

[@brianfoster4664]

And it would appear that Cindy's solo shot was done prior to her becoming pregnant. I can't find her in any of the group shots, so the solos may have been done earlier and the group ones later in the summer. By then, Cindy had quit.

[@middleagenerd]

This was filmed way in the spring

[@JermaineMack-tn8vv]

Some of All the Great ABC Saturday Morning Cartoon Shows When it Debuted on ABC on Saturday September 25'th 1982 all part of ABC's 1982-83 Saturday Morning Line Up The Best of the Superfriends The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour Schoolhouse Rock The ABC Weekend Specials American Bandstand

[@bradleyelsken622]

God this is cheesy as hell but it makes me so happy

[@Kamandi1971]

yeah 40 years later its chessy but it was a different america in 1981 fits the three networks were like family in millions of housholds

[@rockandroller8352]

very

[@ericsondesiongco1745]

Gives me great memories!!!

[@Server2008]

back when the world was great..

[@Cyginjv6vu]

Outstanding!

[@rasalghul9331]

Seems people were happier a few decades ago. Having the ability to whine, bitch, and moan in anonymity made us more misterable.

[@mrchopsticks3]

I gave up social media a month ago and I already feel happier.

[@jwilliams7554]

Back when the networks promoted themselves with pride like amusement parks.

[@JermaineMack-tn8vv]

Some of All the Great ABC Daytime Game Shows/Sitcom Reruns & Soap Operas that are all part of ABC's 1982-83 Daytime Line Up The Love Boat Family Feud Ryan's Hope All My Children One Live To Live General Hospital The Edge of Night ABC News Brief F.Y.I. with Hal Linden

[@jermainemack8482]

Some of the great ABC Saturday Morning Cartoon Shows when it debuted on September 12'th 1982 all part of ABC's 1982-83 Saturday Morning Line-Up The Best of the Superfriends The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour The ABC Weekend Specials Amercian Bandstand

[@davidwesson6381]

Come on along w/ ABC!

[@wrussell7273]

Good times

[@anthonykence9954]

What a great moment I was in jr high Starting another school year. Time goes fast.

[@Jeff98177]

2:20 I believe that's Eve Smith! She had a full career and lived to 91.

[@Youngstown529]

Once you see it, you can't stop seeing it. How many guys did you count smoking cigars?

[@jhzenor61481]

Come on Along with Channel 5! WOI-TV Ames/Des Moines, IA

[@Mike179]

When TV was actually good

[@wrussell7273]

No place but America!

[@Bugiddle]

I can't stop singing this! 😂 Was "Joanie Loves Chachi" on that fall? I thought it had been cancelled...

[@AHouseDivided1998]

Not yet. Only lasted 1982-1983.

[@marknordby9809]

Pink, knit, skinny ties...I'm back to my HS graduation year!

[@uhf001]

Scott Baio, a fine actor and a great patriot!

[@djsammy25]

"Come On Along With Channel 7!" KGO-TV San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, California (an ABC O&O station)

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

"Come On Along With TV-11!" KNTV 11 Monterey Bay/San Jose, California (now an NBC O&O serving all of San Francisco by the name of "KNTV 11 NBC Bay Area")

[@JHollowayNetwork]

1:49-1:52 they didn't even bother to show Cindy Williams in this promo although she left "Laverne & Shirley" by the start of the 1982-83 season. (which proved to be it's last)

[@Youngstown529]

No, she's there at that time.

[@thecomicdrill]

TV was so much more enjoyable before shows had to check all the boxes.

[@diler2006]

I would like to know the lyrics. I'm not an English speaker.

[@uhf001]

at the end of the promo the Chinese took over...very prophetic.

[@wturner777]

Chinatown in NYC. Big difference.

[@adailtonmarques1487]

1:57 guess This Cartoon character that did you watch was a kid!

[@gerawallstar3487]

Back when cartoons were added in promos of the three networks.

[@adailtonmarques1487]

@@gerawallstar3487 Which of The Three TV Networks is owned by The Walt Disney Company

[@jamesthompson4027]

At 1:1:33 is the man after Joanie?

[@TnseWlms]

Who is the majorette at 1:38?

[@jamesthompson4027]

Romano from TJ Hooker

[@danield4559]

1:56 Rooby Roo! (Scooby Doo!)

[@mikemercado5223]

Come on along with KSAT 12 san Antonio

[@kwyz1234]

Good, good, good, Y Love New York! 🤔

[@aaronz7056]

C'mon and join... Scott Baio...

[@brianp2025]

what yo anwer to dat?

[@jbro8934]

0:35 9/11/01

[@DP-hy4vh]

Was the ABC logo at the end created with animation or primitive CGI?

[@SuperAV21]

Primitive CGI.

[@DP-hy4vh]

@@SuperAV21 Since TRON was also released in 1982 and used CGI for the light cycle scene, it was probably the same effects artists or similar technology.

[@SuperAV21]

@@DP-hy4vh The light cycles, themselves, were done by MAGi/SynthaVision (of Elmsford, NY), while everything else [between 15 to 20 minutes of CGI animation] was done by Information International, Inc. (A.K.A. Triple-I; of Culver City, CA), Digital Effects Inc. (of New York, NY), & Robert Abel & Associates (of California). All four of those computer graphics firms [in 1981-82] weren't collaborating on Tron as a unified party, but as separate parties whose styles plus technology differed from one another as well as each other in the finished film.

[@leecremeans5446]

@@DP-hy4vh I believe Abel worked on the 1981 and 1982 IDs with Harry Marks, but I can't confirm that (someone on Logopedia said they were involved).

[@toddanthony6664]

Back when networks spent money promoting their fall seasons. Even if the shows were garbage.

[@kmart3697]

Come along to CH 6 WBRC (now FOX)

[@realabstract9000iii]

I got vibes from Plasticity’s parody of this

[@tommartin4089]

Taxi Moved To NBC For The Final Season

[@wandak7577]

anyone else worry about that kid getting "shaken baby syndrome" at 2:37 ?

[@jbro8934]

0:07 The World Trade Center ☹️

[@epicxfire4370]

aww 9/11

[@polarcier]

9/11 never forget

[@jwilliams7554]

Smh they would be gone in less than 20 years

[@user-macquine]

The PATH train stopped at WTC

[@Bugiddle]

I know! Made me sad to see the Twin Towers in this promo...😢

[@gangsnapp_yt5945]

7 network: nbc channel 9: abc thats the australian networks that used american jingles

[@peterthomasluchavez2006]

Don't forget Channel 10: CBS

[@titustan5902]

​@@peterthomasluchavez2006wdym?

[@jeresmart678]

interlaced footage

[@jeresmart678]

Ok, I don't know why I added the comment, but it looks like it. Note: I think I just typed better.

[@jamesrockford6700]

Sad 90% of them are now dead.

[@LachlanMadsen]

Channel Nine in Australia did a clone

[@closetedhippie]

sadly MTV ruined the attention spans of viewers and three minute image promos like this would never fly in today's quick-cut, Pokemon seizure inducing flashing media landscape... 😔

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

That seizure-inducing Pokemon episode (Cyber Soldier Porygon) was banned from airing outside of Japan in 1998, after kids were hospitalized after watching the episode when it premiered in Japan in 1997.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

That seizure-inducing Pokemon episode (Cyber Soldier Porygon) was banned from airing outside of Japan in 1998, after kids were hospitalized after watching the episode when it premiered in Japan in 1997.

[@danielslade9485]

Sounds like PAL pitch.

[@brianp2025]

The questionable citizens we need for the jobs lazy people do...........

[@aaronz7056]

What's ironic here is that Happy Days, Three's Company, Too Close for Comfort are some of the most abysmally and painfully unfunny shows every made...

[@johnnymason2460]

I don't know. Happy Days seemed pretty funny to me. Three's Company was okay.

[@CatStanleySpaceDemon]

Times change. Sensibilities change. At the time people thought they were good. Not everything ages like wine.

[@NikkiSmith3372]

Really? I LOVED Three’s Company and thought it was hilarious.

[@middleagenerd]

Wheres shatner?

[@nicoleberry2750]

@VPR2B I would like to know if I can make requests of promos. Can you please send me a notification via KZbin?

[@VPR2B]

Not sure what you mean by “notification,” but if you reply to this with what you’re seeking, I’ll see if I have it.

[@nicoleberry2750]

@@VPR2B I am looking for ABC Saturday Morning Promos with the jingles,"Still The One" and "We're The One"(1977, 78 and 79) as well as ABC Saturday Morning Previews( 1977 and 1978 commercials not included). Can you please upload them so I can see them and send me a message via KZbin?

[@nicoleberry2750]

​@VPR2B I would like to know if you have commercials aired on KNXT, KNBC and KABC as well as Girl Scouts PSAs from the 70s and 80s in your collection and if you could please post me a list and your email address via KZbin under The ABC Come on Along video clip. Thanks.

[@nicoleberry2750]

​@@VPR2BI mean the full version of Come on Along is where you could post a response under.

[@nicoleberry2750]

​@VPR2B l would like to know if I could have your email address so I can possibly send requests on what I would like to see on your KZbin channel.

[@soonermodels1173]

Good times