NBC Historic Rare 1960s TV Show Promos - Part 1 (Creator: Bill Feigenbaum)

[@goldenagenut]

Great compilation, all of the psychedelic art of the time dates it so accurately. It was a different world back then, great memories.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Voiceovers are provided by Fred Collins, Bill Wendell, Mel Brandt and Vic Roby.

[@jaycordova]

Thanks. Makes me curious who did what. These are some good NBC voices I distinctly remember.

[@mortensenegbert6619]

Terrific thanks for the history. You sound like you know your stuff. I found some other NBC announcer names in the article on Bill Wendell. They were Don Pardo, Wayne Howell, Gene Hamilton, Ben Grauer, Fred Facey, Bill McCord, Roger Tuttle, and Howard Reig. But I gather the four you mentioned were the ones most prominently featured in these specific season previews.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

@@mortensenegbert6619 Don't forget about Danny Dark and Casey Kasem from the 1980s.

[@mortensenegbert6619]

@@armorybrunotjr.3204 I used to watch Casey Kasem's Top Ten show every Saturday night. And I was delighted when I discovered later that he was the voice of Shaggy on "Scooby Doo"! 🙂

[@gregsells8549]

@@armorybrunotjr.3204 And Don LaFontaine.

[@judd442009]

Priceless pieces of TV history. Thanks for sharing them with us.

[@robertroche671]

So cool to see these original promos. Thanks so much for posting!

[@x60hz]

I had no idea Bill Daniels had a show called Captain Nice. Love to see that!

[@chrischeshire6528]

When KITT was in for an oil change.

[@johnrobinsoniii4028]

I REMEMBER that show! (And CBS had “Mister Terrific”.)

[@ronatopaz2793]

I love Bill Daniels’s work. He’s 96 this year. Wonder if he is still working like Dick Van Dyke?

[@geraldtanaka4746]

There was a good promo prompting A Hard Day's Night using a penguin instead of a peacock because it was filmed in black and white.

[@fromthesidelines]

That's included in "Part 2"- and it was the opening bumper seen during the film's premiere on "TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES" [October 24, 1967].

[@theloyalorderofclassictv5435]

The only existing footage of Merman's "Annie Get Your Gun!" is that promo - the tape and kine disappeared!

[@David-yw2lv]

Sad

[@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt]

It's possible NBC "bean counters" had it removed from storage and "wiped" like they did Johnny Carson's "Tonight Shows" from 1962-1972. NBC didn't want to spend the money to continue storage! A great pop culture LOSS! 😢

[@jasonbeard4713]

Who told you?

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

That's awful I would have liked to have seen it, someday.

[@theloyalorderofclassictv5435]

@@jasonbeard4713 It's been well known for years - reported in various places - google it.

[@christophertomasello1227]

1:14 "Star Trek coming to Fridays at 10 on NBC" it's interesting to note that this happened after the massive letter writing campaign that saved it.

[@fromthesidelines]

Fridays at 8:30pm(et) in the 1967-'68 season.

[@jehobden]

0:35 The JEANNIE promo was for fall 1967. Over its 5 successive seasons NBC had it on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Monday, and finally Tuesday nights respectively.

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

The Bird with the Technicolor Plumage.

[@DTD110865]

Who noticed Bill Mumy in that audio commercial that started out in black-and-white?

[@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg]

I love the sound of crackling on film.

[@wecontrolthevideo]

I had a 7 inch reel to reel recorder and used a ton of Audio Devices Audio Tape, first commercial I have ever seen for it. EJ Korvette's used to sell it.

[@ddburdette]

I recall that when my family had its first color TV, I was very annoyed because Dad would not let us watch some of our favorite shows if they were still in black and white.

[@saxongreen78]

The studio equipment shown in the 'Full Color Network' promos were like porn to someone like myself who loves analog tech...I was drooling over all those really heavy and positive switches, sliders, jacks and instruments.

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

Okay?

[@anonUK]

Just remember to wash it all off before it can do any damage...😮

[@movieman9100]

When tv was worth watching.

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

9:33 "Five...four...three....two...one...Peacock's on!!"

[@tonybuc67]

Network television seemed more grand and event like in the 60's and 70's with all the promos!!!

[@aaronhall8312]

These are wonderful. Slices of life from when color television was something special. Before my time, unfortunately. And although I like the concept of Captain Nice, good grief… it doesn’t surprise me that I’ve never heard of it before!

[@fromthesidelines]

It lasted half a season (after "I DREAM OF JEANNIE"). 15 episodes were produced.

[@donbest5024]

I guess Captain nice was going to be a spoof on superheroes like get smart was a spoof on secret agents,didn't work.

[@jeffmissinne3866]

It was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry.

[@Brian-yt8fu]

Some beautiful outdoor scenes in Bonaza early episodes were filmed outdoors. Later on it was filmed on indoor sets.

[@robertthomas5736]

Rare Videos from Shows that Were Here today and gone Tomorrow

[@georgedansker2704]

Simply the greatest! Thanks so much for sharing these priceless clips.

[@davidfischer6923]

NBC in the 60s

[@theamigashow9506]

Amazing, great archive.

[@EricLehner]

Immense creativity compared to today.

[@davidgibson7615]

9:36 5....4....3....2....1... PEACOCK TIME!

[@fromthesidelines]

He said, "Peacock's on!" 🙂

[@kleverich]

1:20 - That promo has nothing to do with Star Trek. It looks more like Planet of the Apes.

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

The Captain Nice artwork sure has the handprints of Jack Kirby on it...

[@jaycordova]

I know, it jumps out as Jack Kirby! I wonder if Bill met Jack working on this promo, Jack would have known that Bill was the NBC guy doing all the illustrations for all the network promos. Funny how we can spot Jack Kirby artwork so easily. I always loved it when occasionally he would draw the Superman character for something - what a great job with that Kirby flair.

[@fromthesidelines]

5:30- It's hard to believe, but a complete videotape (or kinescope) of that 1967 TV edition of "Annie Get Your Gun" ({adapted from the 1966 Lincoln Center revival in New York} has yet to be rediscovered. The TV adaptation of "Damn Yankees" *does* exist.

[@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt]

NBC was notorious for program "wiping" and just plain trashing. They didn't want to pay for basic storage. Our LOSS!!!😢

[@fromthesidelines]

Yes, the first "CAPTAIN NICE" promo was seen between January 5-8, 1967 (the premiere was Monday, January 9th). Artwork by Jack Kirby.

[@jaycordova]

Kirby was one of my favorite illustrators for both Marvel and DC; you can spot his work a mile away.

[@johnurban7333]

Created by Buck Henry. You can watch it on KZbin

[@dennisminer7952]

My gradeschool friends and I watched Mr. Terrific who changed from mild mannered gas station attendant to silly superhero with a power pill. I think it was on the same season, another network but we loved that short-lived program! 4th grade imaginations. My friend's name was even Stanley just like our hero.

[@fromthesidelines]

"MR. TERRIFIC" and "CAPTAIN NICE" both premiered on the same evening {January 9, 1967}, and ended the same evening {August 28, 1967}. CBS scheduled "MR. TERRIFIC" at 8pm(et), opposite "I DREAM OF JEANNIE"; "CAPTAIN NICE", on NBC, competed with "THE LUCY SHOW" (and "THE RAT PATROL") at 8:30. Both networks cancelled each other out.

[@jaycordova]

@@fromthesidelines MR. TERRIFIC huh, first time I've heard of that! I'll keep an eye out thanks.

[@David-yw2lv]

Phyllis Diller had two big bonbs on TV in the '60's

[@PeterMcDonald-sl9rt]

A brilliant, pioneering comedienne and a gracious, well-loved lady. She doesn't get the credit she deserves for her work entertaining the troops in Viet Nam.

[@rigid1454]

I remember all of these, except for Captain Nice . That must have been canceled immediately .

[@jaycordova]

You must be right haha. Anybody who flew back then like I. This promo … we would have been watching!

[@ernestcruz6316]

Captain Nice managed to limp from January to August of 1967. 15 episodes aired in all. It was created by Buck Henry.

[@wgd14u]

New subscriber. Really enjoy your channel

[@fromthesidelines]

1) January 1967 2) August-September 1967 3) March 1967 (it aired on March 19th) 4) 1967 "Special" bumper 5) August-September 1967 6) August-September 1968. The network would briefly superimpose the times each show would appear at the bottom, like this: 1:48 *9:00**/**8:00** Central* 2:05 *10:00**/**9:00** Central* 7) August-September 1967 8) January-February 1967 9) Seen during January 6-8, 1967 [January 9th was the premiere] 10) 1965 11) Seen during March 15-18, 1967 12) 1968 "dummy" commercial, as there was no such product as "Recall Pantyhose" (or a company named "Duplan"). 13) July 1967 {"KRAFT MUSIC HALL" premiered September 13th} 14) April 1966 (during production of a Perry Como "KRAFT MUSIC HALL" special) 15) April 1966 (during coverage of a golf tournament) 16) March 1967 17) September 1966 18) August-September 1967 19) August-September 1968 {airdate was September 7th}. 20) January-February 1968 "Rowan & Martin had DONE it! They were suitably rewarded--- and the King lived *very* happily ever after! So can YOU, with 'ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN'! Monday at 8, 7 Central Time!" BEAR: (in dungeon, chained to wall) "Uh, maybe I didn't *tell* it right......." 😐

[@jaycordova]

Good notes, thanks.

[@fromthesidelines]

You're VERY welcome!

[@fromthesidelines]

12) CORRECTION: There *was* a "Recall" pantyhose available in 1969.

[@pdxtal7468]

At 0:19 and 3:53 it sounds like the voice of Paris Themmen, the actor who played the role of Mike Teevee in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

[@fromthesidelines]

Note how Bill cleverly works his name into the promo at 1:33.

[@fromthesidelines]

22. Opening of 1968 "ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN" promo.

[@keithelster8858]

Interesting to watch. I quite frankly have little recollection of this, even though I was 10 in 1965 and probably saw most of these promos. But most of the animation is so bad that Jay Ward would be embarrassed. Things were different in the '60s, but this stuff wasn't NBC's best efforts.

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

9:17 Degaussing!

[@lilajagears8317]

Captain Nice?

[@jmen4ever257]

His belt had a cn on it for carter Nash, and when asked what they stood for, he said captain nice, because he couldn't come up with anything better,

[@lilajagears8317]

@@jmen4ever257 It must have been a short lived show because this is my first time hearing of it. Anyway thank you for the feeback.

[@kascnef]

Is bill alive or dead