Jane Pauleys First Today Show (October 11, 1976)

This is the first few minuites of Jane Pauleys fist TODAY show.

[@phakeAccount]

Such a classy woman. Thank you for making my childhood that much more memorable, Jane.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Well Jane Pauley went from the Diva of Daytime Morning News to now doin' CBS News Sunday Morning and she still looks good and hasn't lost her touch God Bless Her and God Bless Tom Brokaw, he's a legend and my grandfather, God rest his soul loved watching Tom Brokaw Glad that Tom & Jane are still close friends to this day

[@darrylseamans4644]

Gene with the creepiest remark possible

[@johngibson3914]

He looked like a monster up there with her. Imagine that happening today. "I wish you were younger"???? WTF

[@BlackNGoldRules]

He looked like he was trying to get her to sit on his lap, he was so close next to her. Geez.

[@michaelnelson1128]

@@johngibson3914 monster ? Why you say that? Maybe you're one

[@encinobalboa]

Was thinking the same thing.

[@outinsider]

@@johngibson3914 "I told you not to do that."- Jane's response. Good response.

[@BookClubDisaster]

Ahhhh when sexual harassment was as common as instant coffee.

[@swankydog]

Under extreme pressure she flubbed her first lines on her new show...but she powered through it while the boys drooled!

[@nazur72]

Kept forgetting this was NBC news thank god for that watermark.

[@jtinaman]

Forgot how much class Jane Pauley added to the Today show.

[@SashaKimbell]

This looks like a comedy spoof newscast that would fit right in the movie "Airplane"

[@brookehanley3659]

Jane was a wonderful choice for this show. She should NEVER have been replaced by Deborah Norville. Deborah's forte was in her news delivery.

[@brookehanley3659]

Pill Box Maybe, but the gorgeous babe was a flop on the show. Jane was doing very well there still. FACT.

[@Stalley75]

Brooke Hanley because too many old and ugly fat women, hogs and pigs, forced Norville out because of their profound jealousy

[@brookehanley3659]

Pill Box She was not a good fit for the morning show. She was very serious for one and unable to kick back and have a little fun and joke around. IT was not jealousy at all. Katie Couric came in and recued the show after Deborah left only a few months after she arrived. At that time Katie was no beauty and she maintained excellent ratings for years

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

+Pill Box Jane Pauley was only 39 in 1989.

[@CityGirlCountry]

+Meade Skelton Which made her dismissal/resignation/whatever seem more unfair. And, to call Jane Pauley old and ugly is a low blow: there are many attractive women who just happen to be "over the hill". Putting best before dates on people limits too many people and ends careers before their time.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

This was the beginning of Jane Pauley's 13 years anchor of Today and her 27 year journey with NBC News. Jane was one of 3 beautiful blondes who anchored the network morning news shows by the early 80s (the other two were Diane Sawyer on the CBS Morning News and Joan Lunden from ABC Good Morning America).

[@gregoryfujita8265]

Jane is still a looker....lovely looking lady...its always fun to see my Uncle Neil Fujita's artwork from the 70s...he designed the Today Show sunrise artwork and the TODAY letterhead....

[@joemartines3545]

Nice design... the set is not so nice though...

[@Bongwater33]

I never quit thinking of Jane Pauley as "the New News lady"

[@ab348]

I had such a crush on Jane back then. I just found her incredibly attractive in a girl-next-door kind of way but also funny and smart. I remember being shocked to read in People magazine shortly after this aired that she was a heavy smoker, going through 2 packs of Kools a day! I presume she quit somewhere along the way.

[@CityGirlCountry]

It could be worse. You could kill a kid while DUI, have half your brain cells fried with drugs, and shoot your wife and kids during a domestic dispute. I hate cigarettes myself, but they were still socially acceptable in Jane Pauley's youth.

[@terrihenricks4160]

True up to a point Irene Markoja, but this was 11 years after the landmark Surgeon General's Report. Jane Pauley probably wonders herself what she was thinking back then.

[@phonelay1754]

ឋឋ

[@brookehanley3659]

Jane and Bryant were great together. She was good with Tom too. But she and Bryant were Golden.

[@44032]

Jane had the sexiest pony tail. I got an instant crush on her. She did a great job for 13 years and should have been on it for 13 more. Does the logo have to be right in the middle of the screen? The news sounds like the same thing that's happening now.

[@davanmani556]

To describe Janey, listen to the song "Magic" by Pilot. Every word describes her to perfection.

[@JHollowayNetwork]

Jane Pauley came from WMAQ-TV Chicago, to be the female co-host of Today.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Jane Pauley was young but still gorgeous

[@corrupt200]

just 20 days before her 26th birthday!!!

[@ApartmentKing66]

Incidentally, this video's description is incorrect. This isn't the "first few minutes" of Jane's 1st "TODAY." She'd already been on the air for an hour on the East Coast.

[@MrRemark21]

When this program was aired, school lunch menu courtesy of the Glendora Unified School District: Taco Treat, Shredded Lettuce, Seasoned Green Beans, Chilled Pears, Sweet Potato Bread.

[@lakebay972]

Screw that! I'm hopping in my Nova and heading over to Taco Bell.

[@JCNDCIII]

The news reader of TODAY then was actually Jane's old co-anchor from Chicago.

[@djack4125]

A true beauty.

[@susanbrogan3267]

1976 was the bicentennial year.

[@gatolocoverga152]

DAAAAMMNNN FUCK!!! JANEY SOOOOO BEAUTIFULL LIKE ANGEL ...I WISH WOULD HAVE A TIME MACHINE AND GO 1976 FOR MEET HER

[@sneezepal]

I dig Jane.

[@stevenmandl4920]

jane pauley now on CBS

[@michaelhasenstein721]

She's always been adorable.

[@KiddBloo86]

"... Jane Pauley's 'fist' Today Show." Just goes to show you nobody's perfect. 😂👌

[@terrihenricks4160]

Back when telling a woman she is pretty was considered to be an uncontroversial compliment.

[@ApartmentKing66]

Yeah, a guy doesn't dare do that nowadays, at least not if he doesn't want to be on the ass end of a sexual harassment suit.

[@FedericoT69]

It was an unnecessary compliment. Would he have complimented Gumbel for his attractive looks as part of his assets?

[@toddanthony6664]

Telling a woman she looks pretty is NOT sexual harassment. Telling a woman how her looks make you feel sexually is.

[@mrever1212]

you clearly missed the part right after where he cued in the other man who said "i wish she were younger" to which she replied with a nervous uncomfortable laugh "i asked you not to do that." It is about respect in a work environment...it shows she said something prior and they both ignored what she said to do something like that on national television....

[@davidpar2]

@@FedericoT69 since he was straight, probably not 😆🤡

[@SevenFootPelican]

News used to be so simple...

[@abinashmishra329]

SevenFoot Pelican and very real, unlike today (no pun intended) #fakenews

[@kelleydavis1010]

actually,...i'm not quite sure about this as her first on that date. they toured america during the bicentennial and everyone of them was there then over a complete 50 state tour. someone should check this, if you don't mind. thx.

[@AarHan3]

Bon jour, Jane Pauley! :^)

[@jensotube]

Did I detect a bit of bossa nova in the theme music?

[@ScoopNemeth]

Didn't the Floyd "the Big Tuna" Kalber co-anchor with Jane Pauley at WMAQ before they both came to Today?

[@Lafayette320]

Jane was gorgeous then and has remained gorgeous today!

[@HRpuffnstuff23]

i miss her

[@jess4metoo]

She on CBS every Sunday Morning now.

[@iamgermane]

26 years old back then. Pretty looks get you on TV. She replaced Barbara Walters who left in July of 1976.

[@lorireece1970]

But the old male geezers could stay on as long as they wanted.🙄😔

[@lsmftymf]

She left WMAQ-TV just as the notorious Ron Hunter was coming on board.

[@poefan95]

A bunch of kids making history. What happened to television?

[@thepleiadianlightgridproje4337]

i wish i knew... where have you gone Joe Dimagio... lonely generations hating the internet have turned our lonely eyes to you

[@ApartmentKing66]

I don't know if I'd call Gene Shalit and Tom Brokaw kids here.

[@starwarsrebel2006]

@@ApartmentKing66 Brokaw was 36 here. Not a kid but pretty young.

[@brookehanley3659]

Jane had to have had some connections. She was an unknown at the time who came out of nowhere. She ended up being a good fit thought for that show. At the time though I thought WTF. Who is this average looking nobody? Somebody knew what they were doing. I have repeatedly said Jane should NEVER have been replaced with Deborah Norville. and I was right.

[@brookehanley3659]

Vftyh G Ft hhvbj My opinion was that she was average cute at best. Jessica Savitch, Deborah Norville, Connie Chung were in the beautiful category.

[@brookehanley3659]

Vftyh G Ft hhvbj I am much more attractive.

[@CityGirlCountry]

Jane has this every girl quality about her, and that's made her so relatable to many viewers. And, I've heard that she has lead a private, reclusive lifestyle even at the peak of her career. And, as a fellow depressive, I also applaud her coming out as one a few years ago.

[@terrihenricks4160]

She didn't have connections. When Barbara Walters left the Today Show for ABC News, Jane was one of several women who were brought in as guest hosts for a few days each. In effect, they were auditioning them to be Barbara's replacement. Jane started out as the least known of the contenders, but she scored very highly in audience surveys and was eventually hired for the job.

[@davanmani556]

Terri henricks I don’t know about connections or merit but Barbara knew her when she was in Chicago because in her words, she had a face that jumped. She sent notes to producers at WMAQ telling what a good job she was doing and keep it up. Barbara knew the TV writer Marilynn Preston. She wrote many columns praising Jane. Ed Planer, who was the producer at WMAQ, said that she was going to be National in three years.

[@wheelfan100]

45 years ago today

[@coolcrabcakes1287]

jane pauley looks like pam halpert from the office

[@BookClubDisaster]

Ooooooo good observation.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Gene Shalit's entire career would have been ruined with a comment like that nowadays.

[@radic888]

I dont get that 'wish you were younger' joke.

[@Bob31415]

1:01 - "I wish YOU were younger" ????

[@KyleF11231]

that was TOM BROKAW?

[@ApartmentKing66]

Yup...I take it you never saw him in the mid-70s.

[@encinobalboa]

2022 NBC would never mention Columbus Day on air. How times have changed for the worse.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Who Posted this video? Minuites? Fist? Misspellings

[@radiodj1520]

I Believe This Was A Video Clip Of NBC News' Today Video Open From Monday Morning, October 11, 1976.

[@ApartmentKing66]

That's What The Description Says. Why Must You Capitalize Each And Every Word?

[@kennyscivally7059]

@@ApartmentKing66 why must you?

[@ApartmentKing66]

Incidentally, Floyd Kalber also came from 'MAQ-TV in Chicago, though I doubt he and Jane were there at the same time. Jane was all of 26 when this aired.

[@davanmani556]

She was with Floyd. The ratings weren’t that good but she had National appeal. She turned 26 on Halloween of that year.

[@ApartmentKing66]

Oh, OK. Didn't know when Kalber left for NY or when Jane started at WMAQ-TV. They didn't go to NY together did they?

[@davanmani556]

@@ApartmentKing66 Floyd went in June of that year.

[@jeffreyrichardson]

Kim remember Pup and Herc?

[@staxoffunk1863]

She kinda og looks like lindsey Wagner here

[@MoilAndToil]

What sort of accent does Miss Pauley have, anyone? Is it from a particular state, or is it an accent that she's developed so as to sound like a bit of from everywhere ?

[@funkmike]

"What sort of accent does Miss Pauley have..." a SEXY one.

[@brookehanley3659]

Midwest. I think they also groomed her with a trained accent.

[@MoilAndToil]

funkmike Thanks, Mick; you're quite right.

[@MoilAndToil]

Dear Brooke Hanley, Thanks for your response. The accent does seem to be a bit mixed or contrived-in-a-nice way. . Cheers.

[@brookehanley3659]

MoilAndToil They definitely had coaches back then and were training them to speak in a certain way. Jessica Savitch had the same intonation.

[@plofus]

How come people who look like Gene Shalit aren't allowed on network TV anymore?

[@lakebay972]

only Gene Shalit can look like Gene Shalit

[@starwarsrebel2006]

@@lakebay972 I was 9 years old and remember lots of guys with big afro hairstyles like Gene Shalit. Black guys, especially, but also plenty of white guys with hairstyles like that back in those days.

[@stephanielaurenbounds4958]

“Obama: The Movie” costarring Harrison Ford as Tom Brokaw of NBC News!!!

[@lennyzefflin9876]

Holy fuck!!!! Who is that weird looking guy on the left?????!!!!!😂😂😂

[@lanuiiohu]

very 1970's

[@starwarsrebel2006]

Very much so. Tom Brokaw calling her pretty and Gene Shalit agreeing. You could get away with it back then. Today, you'll have sexual harassment lawsuits coming at you left, right, and center.

[@therealmg8675]

@@starwarsrebel2006 Brokaw calling her pretty seems harmless... Gene’s comment on the other hand seems kind of offensive. Gene would be cancelled if that happened nowadays.

[@thomash.schwed3662]

Very '70's, indeed! The last real decade, in my book. I'll take the '70's over any so-called decade since!

[@seannewhouse1943]

Jane pauley!!!!! Shut up Sean!!!! Funny lady gals and dudes they can't help it it's like a bunch of cats

[@770WT]

Tom Mumbles Brokaw

[@seannewhouse1943]

Lady gals we think you're CUTE!! it's how were wired......kitties r nice.....

[@ApartmentKing66]

Yeah, I think it's a sad commentary on a society when the simple act of paying a woman a compliment is taboo. Why do women gussy up if the guys aren't supposed to notice? Doesn't make sense to me.

[@andrewpollard_]

What world are you living in? People still do that now, just not as loud and greasy. And how about the girl "gussied up" for herself to just live her life? Not for the attention of some guys. lol

[@lorireece1970]

@@andrewpollard_Yes!👏

[@SniffyPoo]

sexist introduction by Brokaw

[@latengocomoburro]

That was 1976, people were not afraid to say what was in their mind.

[@ApartmentKing66]

Yeah, and it was great. Before the politically correct Thought Police took over.

[@SniffyPoo]

@@latengocomoburro by that you mean, sexism was perfectly socially acceptable.

[@thomash.schwed3662]

@@latengocomoburro Actually, this is 1976, but I agree with your point.

[@latengocomoburro]

@@SniffyPoo You should not be afraid to say what it in your mind.

[@rpjunk1]

That has got to be the ugliest news set I've ever seen! Looks like a cross between the game shows Password Plus and Match Game.... and all beige.