Memories of WPIX 1951- 1979

Memories of WPIX Channel 11 in New York during the Baby Boomer era. Many thanks to WPIX Archives as well as those who assisted in the making of this video.
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[@robertbright-jc3sd]

This was and will always be the best time to have been a kid. Television will NEVER EVER BE THE SAME.!!!!!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Robert !!! I so agree !

[@AllieJ123]

It was a great time to be a kid. I am so glad we had shows like these.

[@GuitarAnthony]

WPIX! The days of only having 7 channels! 2, 4 & 7 was the new stuff, 5, 9 & 11 was the reruns & 13 was public broadcasting.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hi Anthony !!! So few channels and yet so much to watch :)

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

We were extremely lucky with 7 channels!! Most markets back then had only 1 or 2 channels, 3 if they were lucky. There were very few locations in America back then that had 7 channels of TV to watch.

[@zzzombie888]

Dont forget tuning the antenna to pick up WNJN 55(?) in NJ for Dr Who Saturday nights in the 80s)

[@jjnyc4610]

Guitar Anthony And don’t forget...channel 47 the “Cat” the one Spanish station...I would watch the novellas when I was in Jr. High school after awhile I knew what was actually going on😊

[@Bill23799]

Hey we had a few UHF channels too.

[@streetlawyer8423]

Every once in a while i go back to this video and think...i wanna go home. I wanna go back to 1979, i wanna be a kid again

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks so much for watching !!! :)

[@VicMartino]

WPIX TV channel 11 here in NYC was one of my all time favorite tv stations when I was a kid growing up in the sixties.

[@Johnnyboy792]

It was the greatest Vic !!!!

[@VicMartino]

@@Johnnyboy792 It certainly was John. We "babyboomers" were very fortunate in this regard! We grew up with some of the best television shows and personalities ever.

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@VicMartino All the best my friend and Happy Easter !!!!

[@VicMartino]

@@Johnnyboy792 U as well.

[@bsmith9506]

Who remembers "Catch Max"?

[@vicmartinoofficial331]

One of my all time favorite television channels growing up and to this very day I have fond childhood memories of watching WPIX TV Channel 11 here in New York City. A good way to end this video with Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners" which is still being sown on channel 11 to this very day.

[@arthurtalmadge4396]

Having been born and raised in New Haven Connecticut picking up wpix in the 60s as a kid was the most memorable times absolutely amazing thanks so much pix

[@guymandudely324]

Castro convertibles, Palisades Amusement Park ... so many memories and feelings came flooding back. Thank you from the bottom of my Flatbush heart.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Back at you my friend !!!

[@mr.djcooncoon8196]

I loved both of those commercials.....

[@bsmith9506]

Saw Chubby Checker at Freedomland, saw The Three Stooges (w/Joe DeRita as Curly Joe) at the Colonial theater on Broadway near Chauncy St.

[@irvinggallo9371]

I still remember all the songs to each omgosh! Thank you for the memories. Those were grand times. Way better than today!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks.....I hope it brought a smile :)

[@mrmacfilms1]

I am so blessed to have been born in 1971 and to grow up with great television! Great memories!

[@musicalme27]

Thank you for all the wonderful memories. Pardon me while I lay down to cry.

[@paulvalentine4157]

I used to watch cartoons on WPIX in Owego, NY. I still remember kids would call into the station and play a video game for prizes.

[@jamessollazzo4860]

yeah "pix", "pix", "pix"!

[@AlRivera-ve2vm]

Great times growing up in NYC... thank you!!!

[@mrmjb1960]

Brings tears of remembrance.

[@bigbass421]

The 1960's, and Channel 11. Life for us kids, was great... these programs, took us into our teens... great memories.

[@Johnnyboy792]

I so agree... spent more hours on this local channel than all the prime times ! :)

[@luvs2cover]

I can just cry i love this so much i just want to go home when i was a child with my parents and silblings not a care in the world just playing with friends and awsome tv shows. I'm so glad i subscribe to your page this is awsome thanks so much from the heart let me know if you're going to have it for sale. 💕😢💕💯

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hi Janice ! I hope this brought back some warm memories for you and that's the nicest compliment i've heard in a long time. All the best to you Dear :):):) - JB

[@TheJetfighter666]

janice brown I know. All I do is watch Me tv. Antenna tv. I love that era. Magic. I am looking for a Halloween special from about 1963 or 64. May have included Chuck McCann??

[@kevins.butler3402]

Chuck hosted three Halloween kids tv specials on Ch.11"A Children's Halloween Party","A Children's Halloween Party At Freedomland"(which was taped on location at "Freedomland USA"Amusement park in The Bronx,NYC)and He hosted a live kids Halloween Party at the end of Walter Lantz' animated holiday tv special"Woody Woodpecker's Spook A Nanny".

[@coolaunt516]

@Sherrie Owen Me too! We were so lucky! I grew up in a little house in suburbia and my mom would take my brother and I into NYC on the LIRR. And we had the best tv!

[@bobmangels1485]

Chuck did 2 Halloween specials from Freedomland. He talks about it on the DVD Freedomland America’s theme park vol 2. Freedomlandusa.net

[@kalzone60]

I was SPEECHLESS watching this and still amazed at how great this collection is! Lots of laffs and almost cried thinking of how much fun it was back then. I don't think u left anything out. Bravo, dude.

[@luislaplume8261]

I was around in those days in my old hometown of NYC in the 1960s. We had the most TV stations in America ch.2,4,5,9,11,13. The others were in Nassau and Suffolk County on Long Island.

[@ardevenuta37]

I hear ya bro.

[@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462]

Wow this was my life as a child. Thanks for posting.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you - Johnny

[@luisreyes1963]

Reminds me a lot of our own WGN-TV in Chicago from my youth. So sad that independent TV stations are just fond memories now. Thanks for the memories. 🙂

[@Johnnyboy792]

The Horror hosts were awesome too..I think you guys had Marvin :)

[@Catskills39]

WPIX was one of the first stations to also air greeting to Jews for the Jewish New Year, Hanukkah and Passover. They had great programming back then. No politics involved. Was a great independent tv station. As Bob Hope would sing, Thanks for the memories.

[@jessicagreene1773]

A total piece of my childhood in NY. The shows, commercials and how you perfectly placed them all in order had to be a monumental task! This is the best one yet! Thank you Johnny!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hi Jessica ! Thank you so much for watching. I was working off my memory banks from my childhood. WPIX taught me to appreciate older movies ( Kids today won't even attempt to watch a B/W movie ). There was always something on WPIX in the way of Movies, TV Shows & Sports. It's our part of our childhood and I hope it brought a smile. Thank you again :):):) - JB

[@Lolabelle59]

WPIX was and still is such a big part of my memories and life. Thank you for posting this.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks for watching !!! :)

[@Lolabelle59]

@@Johnnyboy792 You're welcome.

[@Johnnyboy792]

:)

[@johnnyd63]

We've lost so much. I grew up on Long Island and clearly remember WPIX as well as WNEW and WOR.Amazing collection here, I must have seen thet Grease commercial 19,000 times...😀. Reminds me of after-school and Sunday mornings with Bud & Lou (and Satch & Slip).sad this life is gone and replaced with what have now.

[@Johnnyboy792]

I agree Johnny... it was a wonderful time... this video was a labor of love for me :)

[@AlRivera-ve2vm]

This was before TCM too, wow thanks for posting this, awesome!

[@barbaramurch6883]

It Was An Awesome Time To Be A Kid Having All These Shows With Just A Few Channels That We Had! Thank You For This Trip Down Memory Lane!👌😀

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Barbara !!! :)

[@INSDOC13]

Oh Johnny, the best one yet!! Thanks for your endless dedication! So many laffs, yet brings some tears too at the memories - in 10, 20 30 years, when we have all passed, who will remember these many LEGENDS only WE grew up on. GOD BLESS! Frank

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Frankie Boy ! I went onto the NY Times Time Machine site. I looked at old TV guide sections and had fun doing it for the research. This one felt good :):):) All the best Buddy !

[@INSDOC13]

:)

[@sambradley2975]

Many people, they live on in DVD & other forms, the great ones never go away.

[@Portugal2025]

Johnnyboy792 i could spend ages on the NY Timed Machine

[@coolaunt516]

@@Portugal2025 I'll have to check it out thanks for the tip!

[@bobredford9237]

Thank You!!!! so many memories were reaffirmed watching this video. We only had a black and white tv back then. Did not know that some of these shows were in color! "1960s- 1970s"

[@lguzmn66lg]

I don't understand we only had 7 channels but it seems we had more to watch than now. Born In1966 in Brooklyn I remember most of these. Thanks

[@Johnnyboy792]

Ive been saying this for years my friend LOL :)

[@user-gs3wv2id6j]

This was GREAT. It is my childhood compressed to 36 1/2 minutes. I had forgotten about a lot of this. Great to see it again!

[@Johnnyboy792]

It was a labor of love, John. Thank you for watching. 😊👍

[@JP-yw4wx]

Thank you very much. Memories of days gone by. My beloved NY and WPIX. 👍

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks for watching my friend :)

[@sambradley2975]

I even remember "New Zoo Revue " with Henrietta Hippo, a frog, & a Spanish looking couple.

[@Boddissatva]

Sam Bradley I watched that with my little brother. Great memories

[@Boddissatva]

Loved them so !

[@sanfrancisco89]

Doug Momary & Emily Peden. They're both alive and run a short film production company.

[@PaulTesta]

Freddie the Frog and Charlie the Owl

[@Juliaflo]

@@PaulTesta Charlie The Owl was played by Sharon Baird of Mickey Mouse Club fame.

[@shibolinemress8913]

I LOVED every one of those cartoons and most of the shows! I'd almost forgotten them! Thanks so much for the memories! 😊👍

[@ardevenuta37]

I have been mesmerized. I could not turn it off. This was my life growing up in NJ. Back when TV was innocent. From the Honey Mooners to the death of Thurman Munson. In every single preview, they even spoke of Jesus on mainstream TV back then. What has happened to us? Long live WPIX, 11 Alive.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks for watching ! :)

[@rickysig]

Very nicely done. Lots of memories.

[@MultiRabe]

This was absolutely FANTASTIC! I was born in 1960 in Nyc, and didnt start remembering what I was watching on television till about ‘65! You videos are great for taking us back to the good ole days...and I truly appreciate that! Thanks so much for the trip back down memory lane 👍👌

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hi Roberto ! I see our memories are exactly the same. It does my heart good to know they're being enjoyed ! Thank you :) - JB

[@theodorerelic2718]

I live in Central Ohio so I don't have any memories of this station. However, I have LOADS of memories of these shows. Thanks for taking me back!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hi Theodore ! There was certainly a connection all over the country with all these shows. Every area had there own version of Bozo, Chiller Theater ( I believe in Ohio it was Dan Imel as the host ) and local TV host that to kids were a second family. We never knew Officer Joe but to us he was like family. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and all the best to you. - JB

[@Juliaflo]

Thank you for this. Here's hoping you will join me next year when WPIX marks its 75th anniversary. In the meantime, may God go with you.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Julia... ALL THE BEST !!!

[@victorkreitner754]

As a kid I used to have a crush on Carol Demas from the Magic Garden. Hard to believe she's now 80 years old, and as beautiful as ever. Carol Corbett who did the Patchwork Family show with Cary Antebi only lasted one season in 1972-73. It then continued to appear on tv as reruns until 1989. Amazing how they pulled that off with the very limited time they were on.

[@Johnnyboy792]

She was the first crush for many :)

[@mr.djcooncoon8196]

My younger sister watched that show and I remember checking Carole out at age 8......I remember the Patchwoork Family as well....I think "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" was on one of the networks on Saturdays....

[@bernie2231]

As an 7/8 year old, that grew up in north central PA, I remember Captain Jack McCarthy, and officer Joe Bolton. Even at that time, I had access to WPIX, WNEW, and WOR, as well as the Scranton channels, and a few others. The channels only went from 2 - 13, two of those were not real channels. Probably a pretty good TV package for 1970.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Ah memories... too sad those tapes were destroyed Bernie :(

[@bernie2231]

@@Johnnyboy792 Bummer!

[@raycabrera2225]

Wow..those were my times as a kid.capt jack,officer Joe bolton..wonderama...wow...even the commercials were good!!!! Chiller and the 6 fingers.

[@raycabrera2225]

@@bernie2231 but it's all good!! We still have the memory of watching,and that we will always cherish....I'm from boogie bronx,we had the old channels.and I think they were better then than now!!!!.. take care..

[@AiMR]

It is funny how your videos have been a touchstone for so many of us New York bred kids. I remembered 95% of this stuff, I even blurted out JOYA! the second I saw her, the last time of which must have been 40 years ago. I got to be on "Wonderama" with Bob McAllister. Those were good days compared to now, and I miss them.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hi Eric ! I'm from Connecticut but defiantly part of the Tri State area :).... BTW if you haven't seen it there's also a WNEW channel 5 video too :):):)

[@watchxfiles]

Yup

[@mr.djcooncoon8196]

I yelled out JOYA as well....The kids that went on WonderRama all said Bob McCallister was as A**Hole off camera yelling at the staff the whole time....

[@AiMR]

@@mr.djcooncoon8196 Can confirm. I actually ran into Bob in Carl Schurz playground and said hi to him. He completely ignored me as if I wasn't there. he was just staring out at the East River.

[@luislaplume8261]

Sonny Fox was the original host of Wonderama. But my best kid's TV show host was also the wildest and most scandalous.....Soupy Sales!

[@chuckiesjamochashake]

Haven't seen that Hercules beginning in over 55 years. Amazed by the video quality of this video.

[@kdfulton3152]

This brought back WONDERFUL memories of such carefree days spent with my good friends, two of which are still close friends. Thank you “Johnny Boy” for all your hard work for your viewers to watch and be happy 🙏👏👏💋

[@Johnnyboy792]

More coming down the road :)

[@edwinvalenzuela7113]

OMG I WAS CRYING AND I'M STILL JUST SUCH MEMORIES BACK IN THE 1970'S BOY I MISS THOSE DAYS.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Me also Edwin !!! Thanks for watching :)

[@TheAnubis57]

Same here. I wish I could be back there in the early 1960s.

[@2000Majicman]

For me it was WPIX Chiller Theatre every Saturday night in competition with WNEW Creature Features.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Oh the best of times :)

[@sofiadougherty6430]

Sweet memories of my Long Island NY youth (late 60’s/70’s) Thank you Johnnyboy!...I miss those Yankees & Phil Rizzuto from the crazy ‘70’s💕

[@Johnnyboy792]

My pleasure Sofia :):):)

[@mr.djcooncoon8196]

I remember Phil doing "The Money Store" as early as 68 or 69....

[@RX552VBK]

Thank you sooooo much for this. I loved channel 11 during the 70's as kid growing up in the Bronx! I remember Jack McCarthy so well--ding ding ding three bells all is well! And Chiller Theater on Saturday at 11pm! Oooooh! That hand scared the hell outta me! Also, some of the shows I saw on other channels, like Get Smart used on WNEW TV Metromedia Channel 5, Gigantor and Dick Tracy was on WOR Channel 9 and Rocky and Bullwinkle was on WABC on Saturday mornings. Gilligans Island was on Channel 5 too. Oh, you also forgot a biggie...Soul Train on Saturdays after 11 am or 12pm (I forgot)---I remember American Bandstand was WABC on Saturdays after the cartoons.

[@Johnnyboy792]

My pleasure my friend :)

[@lluckylady2]

You have outdone yourself again Johnny Love the new video

[@mrmjb1960]

Such golden memories. Thank you for bringing these back from the dead.

[@maestrolx]

I was young but i remember a lot of this like grease and take human bites i miss this kind of tv thank you for putting this together.

[@mr.djcooncoon8196]

Yes...I just found your channel today This maybe my new favorite on KZbin....Made me a little teary eyed like others here....I remember sitting on the rug in front of the TV watching Kimba in 1966 in my Grandparent's apartment when I was 2-3 yo..... I watched all these shows from the mid 60s forward and still love them to this day.... I remember WPIX putting Kimba back on briefly in the early 80s for a short while....

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hey Dj ! Many thanks for taking the time ! I really hope it brought a smile :)

[@taurus-astrobike104]

YOUR video shows American History AN THE times of baby boomers..We ALL missed AN Loved to remembering through YOU!!! 😅Thankyou Thankyou for replaying our FUN days✨👍👍

[@Johnnyboy792]

:):):)

[@richardspeziale]

iirc - in the 1960's Channel 5 had Warner Bros. movies & cartoons, Channel 9 had RKO movies, and Channel 11 had Paramount movies & cartoons

[@bsmith9506]

Exactly!

[@nobleroman5601]

Where did all the time go I wonder , I remember all of those shows and WPIX having grown up in Brooklyn N.Y. thanks so very much for a trip down memory lane , I think this is a really cool video, thanks for sharing it with us all.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Noble ! Many thanks for your kind comments :)

[@marksmith1452]

Growing up as kid in the 70s in southwestern Connecticut.We had all the channels from NYC.WPIX was a staple for me.So many great shows.Man. Joyas Playhouse. Speed racer.Gigantor.The Little Rascals.Great memories.

[@Johnnyboy792]

That was me too Mark :)

[@mrc302]

Just found your channel. Thanks for doing this!👍

[@Johnnyboy792]

My pleasure... thanks for tuning in :)

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Man haven't seen mike wallace biography since the 70s.great show learned alot about ww2 which i can say was more then yah got from school.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Great times :)

[@mitch4527]

What a wonderful, simple time that was. So many warm, fuzzy memories. Children today only have their phones and Tiktok.

[@OofusTwillip]

2:38 - That character on the monitor would become Lorelai the Chicken, on "The Electric Company". She was an Aniform, a closely guarded, secret technique of doing live animation. It actually involved flat, foam puppets in a dark box with a camera pointed at it. That camera's feed was mixed with the main live-action video feed, and the black areas around the Aniform were replaced with the main feed.

[@Unknownguitarist67]

Very nice work! As I watched I was thinking, "What about _____?", and then the clip would come on.There were so many shows that I'd forgotten. I counted the inclusion of, Hank Stohl as a nod to Fireman Todd, Gigantor as a nod to 8th Man, and Captain Scarlet as a nod to Super Car, Stingray & Planet Patrol. This brought me a smile and a warm feeling. I loved it! Thanks to you and WPIX!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Mission accomplished !!! Many thanks for watching my friend. All the best and wash your hands :):):)

[@zzz987654321]

fantastic ! loved the memories ]

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks Sal !!!

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

Back in September of 1969 it was by accident that I caught the debut of Star Trek in syndication.

[@bobdewey6727]

I was living in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and grew up watching this channel, most the programming I grew up watching.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Bob ! Great times for sure !

[@cmvogt5951]

Man, WPIX is the One of the Longest Independent Channel in all of NYC.

[@Johnnyboy792]

My Fav too :)

[@marksieve7734]

Growing up in Connecticut, I remember watching a lot of this programing from '71 onward. There were so many shows I watched, from Star Trek to the Mod Squad, Get Smart, Chiller Theater.....too many to list here. I remember watching Abbot and Costello movies every Sunday morning after church with my dad. Alot of laughs! "Back....back....back, he thinks I'm Dracula". As I viewed this collection of Americana, I noticed that the music themes of virtually every show was unique. I was whistling along with many, like Mod Squad and Get Smart, and others. Even the commercials were cool. I remember that Pocono Gardens spot ran often. Thanks for the memories....alot of enjoyment, thrills, and laughter.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Me also Mark.... this was a labor of love putting this together :) Thanks for watching !

[@marksieve7734]

@@Johnnyboy792 Yes sir! I felt younger and happier after watching your video. I remember seeing "The Money Store" commercial with Phil thought the '70's. Not only did those commercials, movies, and TV shows that aired on Channel 11 bring my family and I together for a certain amount of time on a weekly basis....but the impact obviously continues on today in 2020. Think about that for a moment or two. There were many other shows like Hawaii 5-0 that were enjoyed on CBS if I recall correctly, being a kid through out the '60's and '70''s was terrific.

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@marksieve7734 :) Many thanks my friend !!!

[@marksieve7734]

@@Johnnyboy792 You're welcome! I forgot to mention that I remembered seeing "The Money Store" commercial quite often for years. Now I realize that considering where I grew up, (not too far from NYC), it made alot of sense for that commercial to be run....and often. I also didn't mention that I watched "The Quiet Man" with my dad too over the years. It was one of his favorite John Wayne movies. The programmers from WPIX would hopefully be impressed that all these years later that a kid who grew up on so many of those shows and movies still remember every one of them, and I'm grateful that some of them help forge a bond between my dad and I. Cheers.

[@thrashpondopons2776]

When I was in Pre-School (rapidly approaching 5 DECADES ago) we lived in NY & watched PIX! Then moved to a part of New England which didn't receive the station... but used to watch it when visiting my dad or grandparents! SO many memories! Used to hide behind the couch when that Chiller Theater hand popped up! & Ages ago I asked about an afterschool kid's show with a commodore style host. Well that was Capt. Jack McCarthy! Thank You AGAIN very much! ;)

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Thrasher !!! :)

[@williamvasquezvasquez9878]

I didn’t know Mike Pence was Colonel White on Captain Scarlet😆! You left out one classic cartoon from the list- Astro Boy.. Overall this was great and thank you. God bless✝️

[@richardmelnick8508]

Holy crap, that was sensational. To mess with your people, on your death bed, sing the Gigantor song, or quote Norton or Fred Sanford. If you sing the Kimba song, they might just pull those plugs. Thank you, WPIX.

[@scottbeck9385]

Best times of my life.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Mission Accomplished... Thanks Scott :)

[@denisceballos9745]

I was a regular on hot, muggy summer nights, with the Yankee game on with Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, and Frank Messer. Brought to you by Schaefer Beer. 📺 🍻 ⚾️

[@kenibnanak5554]

Thank you for this. I had many happy years watching that station. I was sad when the station folded. I think at one time or another I saw all of the shows being shown here. So scary 50 or 60 years later I still remember the words of the songs and jingles. 😃

[@Johnnyboy792]

As did I Ken... there was something about the hosts looking into the camera... it felt like they were speaking only to you :)

[@eugeniaboone5602]

Wow. I'm 62 years old and this just brings back memories of my childhood from the 60's! Fun times. TV nowadays will never be the same .

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks... I hope it brought you a smile :)

[@Polish2317]

If this stirs emotions in you like it does most of us, it's not that times were so simple, its our parents that deserve a shout out for giving us lives to have enjoyed these shows. Life was simpler because people raised families, worked, and actually looked out for their neighbors and our parents assumed the responsibility of a being a parent, ass whooping or not.

[@Juliaflo]

Thank you ever so much for this.

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

I remembered all of this!!! Thank you!!!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you so much for watching :)

[@willmack5909]

This channel reminds me so very much of my childhood, my Dad in particular, from the Honeymooners, to the Yankees to the Yule Log. Johnnyboy792, thanks ever so much for this! You rock!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Back at you my friend !!!

[@stet1965]

I grew up in the Allentown, PA area and most nights WPIX wouldn't come in too well on the antenna but the local cable company (Service Electric Cable) carried WPIX and other NYC broadcast stations. On nights when the cable was out and atmospheric conditions were juuust right we could pick up watchable broadcasts on VHF channels 2 through 13. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 from NY, 3, 6, 10, 12 from Philly, and 8 from Lancaster, PA. WPIX was one of the favorites though!

[@Johnnyboy792]

That sounds like a kids dream lineup !!!!! :)

[@chuckiesjamochashake]

Ch. 11 and 9 were 90% of my after school and weekend morning TV watching.

[@Johnnyboy792]

The best of times :)

[@chrisbrady8186]

We had channels: 2-4-5-7-9-11 & 13, and ALWAYS something to watch! Can't count how many times, as a kid, I had to climb up on our roof to re-attach the little wire to the great big antenna.

[@Johnnyboy792]

So true Chris. Sports, movies, Sitcoms, News. There was always something worthwhile to watch. Great times for sure :):):)

[@fscap811]

Chris Brady Yes! The flat brown ribbon like thing with a wire on each side that you had to splice the coating off and attach to the antenna on the roof drop it down through a window and connect it to the TV. And it was such a miracle when it worked!! :)

[@chrisbrady8186]

@@fscap811 That's the exact wire!

[@GaryAa56]

Oh Boy Fred, that was a blast from my past!

[@bsmith9506]

Channel 5...Channel 9....Channel 11....a kid in the 60s after-school Paradise!

[@elc1960]

At 2:12 Ray Heatherton, father of entertainer Joey Heatherton. Chuck McCann (3:28) was also known for many years as a TV commercial actor and voice artist, and he also did a series of Laurel & Hardy themed ads for American/Standard gas stations, where he played Oliver Hardy. In the late-1960s he also had the show The Far Out Space Nuts, co-starring Bob Denver. Not to mention the series of Right Guard ads as the "Hi Guy!" guy, with Bill Fiore as the poor sap on the other side of the mirror left calling for his wife Mona.

[@WrenFaithBridger]

I'm in NH. On July 17, 1980, we got cable, and one of the channels we got was WPIX. Back then I remember them calling themselves TV-PIXXX (or something like that). My younger brother was 7 at the time, and WPIX was his favorite channel; when he got home from school he went straight to that channel. I even mentioned in on some Easter Hunt cards I made for him a few years later. My brother died in 1994 and WPIX always reminds me of him. Although most of the memories on here were "pre-us", there were a few good memories in here. Thank you.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hello Karen ! Deepest condolences on your loss. Im happy it brought a smile. WPIX was a great station.... kids... sports.. and movies. It was all there :):):) All the best to you - JB

[@shibolinemress8913]

My family went to the Pocono Mountains in 1970 when I was 7 years old. It was beautiful! Thank you for bringing back that memory!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks !!!

[@marydesoto7280]

Wonderful we need that kind of entertainment back! Tv a nd Hollywood inthe the goldern days! I go back in time alot ! There are channels that cater to shows like this! I Love them! I trying to get my grand children to watch in this modern day world! 2021 lets go back in time!

[@Johnnyboy792]

I got my little cousins into Bud & Lou's movies :):):)

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Born in 1965, so I remember a lot of this (obviously not all of it). Great compilation, WPIX was the best !

[@christopherwood2290]

Growing up in the 60's thru 80's all you need was on WNEW, WWOR and WPIX.

[@Johnnyboy792]

It's all I need Christopher ! :)

[@sambradley2975]

"Space 1999" was also shown on WPIX.

[@clozrod8948]

Best intro theme music ever!!!! Is what I call a shoulder music. Just use your shoulders to dance.

[@kewrock]

Yeah. Saturday afternoons.

[@joshua2025-j9j]

thank you channel 11 wpix

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks for watching my friend :)

[@elc1960]

I remember Mack & Myer for Hire. We used to see that on Boston's Channel 7 as part of the Major Mudd show. Joey Faye from that show was in the famous Post Raisin Bran commercial with the singing raisins in the bowl of cereal, as the raisin just to the left of Barney Martin from Seinfeld.

[@Johnnyboy792]

The best of times for sure

[@rustybeltway2373]

Mack & Myer for Hire was a new one on me. We had cable TV early in my part of PA. Got 3 NY stations: WNEW, WPIX, and WOR. I lived in Boston too. Channel 38 used to show Z movies (way below B Movies) Friday at 3AM. Glenn or Glenda, Zontar, Plan 9, etc. And they had the Annual Three Stooges Marathon every year on New Year's Eve.

[@danielmartin1606]

Boy, that sure brought back memories for me, especially the kid's shows from the early Sixties. I watched everything on a black and white TV until I was 16. It was fun to watch this nostalgic compilation, about 90% of it was very familiar to me. My childhood was so unbelievably different from kids of today, but I guess every generation can say that, eh? Welcome to your life.

[@kewrock]

Does anybody remember the complete 11-Alive song with the lyrics? "We're really flyin' high...Eleven...Eleven alive!" probably around 1978. The commercial had footage of Coney Island and the Yankees.

[@Juliaflo]

I do.....and don't figure out my age. LOLOLOLOL.

[@kewrock]

@@Juliaflo Someone finally posted the song, but not the footage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaablIqDf56WZ6M It's the second song at 30 seconds in.

[@RonMotta1972]

Sundays meant three things to me growing up: church, family dinner and “Abbott & Costello” on 11 Alive.

[@Johnnyboy792]

In my house it was all of the above with the addition of Sunday Gravy on the stove :)

[@rustybeltway2373]

@@Johnnyboy792 Oh!

[@eweiner14]

I was on the Bozo show with my sister and cousins when I was 4 around 1962, and Wonderama twice, around 1965. Great memories!

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

Wonderama!!! OMG! I am jealous!!!

[@mr.djcooncoon8196]

I remember watching Bozo and "Romper Room" in the late 60s on channel 9..."Romper Room" (with Miss Louise) was awful....They were both on mornings after 1950s Jack LaLanne reruns, I remember doing the exercises with Jack...

[@YARNBARF]

That's around the time I was on the Bozo show!! And I was on two times! Wasn't Wonderama with Sonny Fox? I was just a little kid, but I remember thinking how cute he was, lol!! And I met Chuck McCann on the elevator...it was just him, my Mom and me, and I was dumbstruck with awe!!

[@BullCricket75]

Johnnyboy792 I LOVE your videos😍 I could watch and reminisce all day! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks for taking the time to watch.... ill take you back so far your face may break out all over again :):):)

[@stephenkern9162]

What a trip down memory lane! Thank you so much for posting. It brought back so many childhood memories!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks Stephen !!!

[@albertfarraro5523]

This station had so many great shows. Growing up in the seventies and eighties we watched WPIX all the time. My favorite was Magic Garden! Great video!

[@swst]

Damn what memories you definitely brought back for me! Thank you!!!!!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks Dave !!!!

[@sambradley2975]

They also showed "The Courtship Of Eddie's Father ", "Please Don't Eat the Daises ",etc...

[@rondobson1828]

Those are in the montage.

[@torccchaser6712]

Thank you WPIX !!!

[@Johnnyboy792]

My pleasure :)

[@tammywooley2635]

It was, i was born in 1960, i still remember black and white tv's even way before microwave ovens, phones were stuck to the wall with rotary dials. Kids today wouldn't know how to use one or be bothered changing the channel that had no remote. Man what a time.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks Tammy :)

[@johnpatterson4272]

WPIX had great shows in the late 60s and 70s. Many of its cast over the years went on to lucrative careers with the CBS, NBC and ABC networks. It was a TV station of its time, yet it defined the late baby-boom generation in so many ways. To be honest a better time in America.