Comforting Glow: Television Nostalgia from the 1970s and ‘80s | Sleepcore

[@picsnportraits]

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[@theoldar]

It's easy to look back at a period of time from a distance and lump it together. We all do it. But in 1970 I was a nine year old kid. In 1989 I was a 28 year old father! Remember that when you think about time. Time is a crazy thing.

[@puppets.and.muppets]

i watched these on an old tv, now im a grillionaire, and i dont even have a tv anymore.

[@Deadpandemiccomics]

man I bet that was awesome to be 28 and a dad in 89

[@MichelleCWeber]

I was a first time mom in 1987. Born in 1966.

[@texarkana3781]

The 1970s in California was paradise, we didn't know it at the time but it was...It's been downhill ever since.

[@WTJM-z5m]

the evolution of popular culture over the last 40 years has been astounding.

[@brianregan75]

Unfortunately it sometimes feels like a devolution

[@aardoin83]

That ABC “come along” was pure joy. 🤣💕

[@paulj0557tonehead]

I found this quote in a search ( funny how they did the filming in Hollywood, with New York City shots): "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". Mar 25, 2018

[@Charles-ke2po]

Closest thing to a time machine

[@ferociousgumby]

I remember when people were intimidated by their VCRs! They couldn't figure out how to set up a recording. I remember not being able to believe the TV didn't even have to be on. Times change. . .

[@uhdudewhy7980]

I used to fix VCRs and once I told a customer that even I had to refer to the operator's manual to properly set up a certain time to record. Other than that they were easy to fix with just a little training except for Mitsubishi which was too complicated for me to fix and I learned that the hard way.

[@thatpaulschofield]

Sleepcore is such a good concept, it deserves its own channel.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

5:42 - That woman play's Adam Sandler's maid in the 1995 movie Billy Madison. It's odd, and comforting for me to see this, even if it was before my time. Having been born in the mid 80s, I didn't really come to consciousness until perhaps 1990 where I can remember my first favorite sitcom, Parker Lewis Can't Lose. And even then I was too young to understand it fully as it was a teenager comedy. But having grown up in the 90s, I had access to 80s shows, such as What's Happening, and Head of the Class, Alf, Perfect strangers. My point is that because I saw 80s reruns, I still feel connected and initiated with that era, even though I wasn't old enough IN the time to process. But seeing something from even further back- like the 70s, it's funny. You just assume that television evolves. But much of this stuff felt like late 80s and early 90s stuff to me. the bumpers. The quality. The thought put into the production. The sitcom formats. The jokes. The 70s seem like they were such wonderful times. If I had a magic wand, I would wave it and give everyone their good old days back just the way they remember them.

[@bigbadchang]

This is astonishing! It’s like it was always there, the background radiation of my youth! Soaked in greedily thru mine own eyes via the cathode ray tube of which I take my musical nom de synthesizer from. Thank you so much! This changes everything!

[@junkboxxxxxx]

The vibe of the networks in the early mid 80s: ABC bubblegum, Americana, family NBC city folk and New York CBS mature, parental, grandparental

[@AquarianNomadic]

This!

[@ernestcruz6316]

4:35 - The couple drinking coffee is Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill. Mitzi just passed away recently,but Charlie's still with us. 5:35 - Clifton Davis of That's My Mama was a successful songwriter. He wrote "Never Can Say Goodbye", which was a huge hit for The Jackson Five, Isaac Hayes and Gloria Gaynor. 7:37 - Interesting how the movie version of Paper Moon starred one cast member of TV's Peyton Place (Ryan O'Neal) and the TV version starred another (Christopher Connelly). That's Burton Gilliam of Blazing Saddles at 8:12.

[@nikolaykrotov8673]

2:17 OJ Simson? OMFG

[@ernestcruz6316]

@@nikolaykrotov8673 Not O.J. Simpson. Robert Guillaume of Benson.

[@m.r.frisbee1646]

The Texas Wheelers was a wonderful sitcom that starred a young Mark Hamill. Unfortunately, CBS was running it up against The Rockford Files, so it was cancelled after six episodes. However, that freed Mark up to audition for the new George Lucas movie STAR WARS... 🙂

[@joealomar-cu3qb]

hamills gone crazy in his old age

[@jaymzbeesez]

at 9:12...that bottle of wine...over $2,000 today for a 1959 Chateau Margaux...I'm suddenly very thirsty!

[@crystalwaterzworld]

Ugh, now I distrust that shady character even more 😅

[@havaham]

I haven't been 18 to 34 in years and I still demand performance

[@luisreyes1963]

When MTV used to be a music video channel. Now it's a Reality TV septic tank. 🚽

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Ah, yes, back in the day when the "M" in MTV stood for Music! And they didn't need another channel called "MTV Music", like here in the UK.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

@@Sheffield_Steve Sheesh- you guys actually GET an MTV music channel in the UK? Here in America, MTV just throws a drink in our face and tells us that we're lucky that we aren't beaten.

[@GeekFilter]

WBZ-TV seems full of itself!

[@johngardner4379]

The "Come On Along" slogan was used by ABC Television in 1982 as part of their Fall promotion.

[@joeymak351]

I really like your videos, my favorites are preferably 1950s. Those ones specifically help me fall asleep on days when i can’t so thank you!

[@notsocrates9529]

The world I grew up in no longer exists, and I am not even that old. Fvck. We threw it all away, and for what?

[@chrisbakke567]

We didn’t give it up. Communists took it from us. They won.

[@TayWoode]

Diversity apparently

[@OnionFestival-si7tr]

“convenience”…

[@DillLynnPickle]

Everything is always in constant change nothing was or will ever be the same

[@notsocrates9529]

@@DillLynnPickle Disagree, but I do not care enough to elaborate or spoon feed you.

[@stevedickson5853]

Different world

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Alexander Scourby making a rare on-camera appearance for Zenith.

[@texarkana3781]

I'm jealous of that wine cellar

[@handsomedan1997]

Thanks Pics. At least we got Pics and Portraits

[@Randar1077]

All those WBZ spots brought me back. That was one of the few channels we were able to pick up with a giant antenna.

[@jaibhimadevi5805]

Two things: I didn't realize how tall Liz Walker was until seeing her in person at Stop & Shop, and for a while (until seeing it captioned) I thought Joyce Kulhawik's name was "Joyscul Haywick" :P

[@AquarianNomadic]

14:15 we just took control back from the "news" 😂

[@clutch2827]

The future is in video monitors. LOL!

[@0neIntangible]

A period of time we all had to endure... some came through it with minimal cognitive impairment... others weren't so fortunate, however...

[@garrettblack]

Something about television in America being akin to the lead in the pipes that drove the Romans mad?

[@starmnsixty1209]

If only we could send you back...

[@wnepper]

Some of the featured shows clued me in on some very obscure MST3K references.

[@garrettblack]

24:28 "Today's and tomorrow's video consumers have jobs, incomes, and lifestyles that are virtually recession-proof" 😂😂😂

[@NickLeeds]

Does this apply today more than back then?

[@SpiritualHearts1]

I used to repair electronics and VCRs console TVs were great money makers. When people tossed out their electronics garbage became gold because most repairs were usually documented bad solder joints or bad electrolytic caps. Now everything made is digital garbage and not worth servo I

[@Sheffield_Steve]

I think I could've lived with that 45 inch TV from Zee-nith!! 🤔😉 I wonder how many they sold?

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

They definitely don't make em like they used to.

[@johnbryan5608]

Paper Moon was Tatum. Not Jodi. Thanks for the clips 🐾

[@theskilz00]

Tatum starred in the motion picture version, Jodi appeared in the TV series.

[@deathmagneto-soy]

@@theskilz00 - Yup, that was definitely Foster in the clip.

[@SpiritualHearts1]

Love big afro hair

[@rayceeya8659]

This is going to date me but we used to say you could fly to the moon with enough RCA co-ax cables.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Just wondering as a Brit only used to seeing UK TV where they would launch each day, with a caption with the name of the ITV region and it being brought to us "by transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Authority", were those WBZ-TV promos just played on their start-ups or whenever they felt like bragging?!

[@crystalwaterzworld]

The internal video for WBZ TV, was this about a local affiliate buy out, and was the comments about "big government" commentary about the FTC limiting monopolies, er shall I say, a Media-opoly before the bill was overturned in 1996 mentioned on SNL's TV Funhouse? Xennial here asking. Thank you for posting!

[@FrancisJFox]

KOLCHAK!!!!

[@jonwashburn7999]

Did I miss your posting The Night Stalker?

[@starmnsixty1209]

Yep. Couldn't believe ABC mentioned it!

[@brbernardini]

You could have warned us this video contains Scott Baio. 😂

[@fringestream990]

You poor baby, you must need a Cooties-19 booster shot and safe space to crawl into a ball and rock back & forth

[@securityrobot]

Harry O, he lives off a Policeman’s disability pension, and he moonlights as a Private Detective. So he’s committing fraud by drawing such a pension as he’s able to work as a Private Detective with no problem, and he’s supposed to be the good guy!

[@SpiritualHearts1]

Was that a trs80 colour computer near the end with the rca commercial?

[@AquarianNomadic]

I had no idea MTV was so insidious. 😂😢

[@AquarianNomadic]

Absolutely insane to see just how manipulative it was. I watched the first day and didn't even realize how much they actually hated me. 😂

[@Anood25.]

Followed up Channel 2.

[@mattyust6127]

At 5:33 what building is this?

[@cherkas009]

Now MTV plays zero videos

[@FrancisJFox]

TED MCguilney!!!

[@jamielacourse7578]

I thought it was a burger joint commercial........

[@stevedickson5853]

...😂 true

[@marcorinfret9147]

At 02:46 lucky guy being kissed by Priscilla Barnes. I hope he didn't get paid for it. I would have done it for free.

[@SpiritualHearts1]

Remember the twin towers

[@pipestone67]

Its pretty weird to see the twin towers in videos.