Nickelodeon Bumpers (1979-1981)

The original Nickelodeon IDs , which featured a mime doing various tricks on a black background to the song "Put Another Nickel in the Nickelodeon".

[@0zne.]

early nickelodeon feels so different...

[@ZemeckisTEN]

Yup. It was a completely different channel run by completely different people at that time. I’d say Nickelodeon has come a long way since those early days. Granted, they’ve devolved for a long while, but they’re getting better.

[@Tornado1994]

It was horrible. Up until 1984. When Fred Alan Inc took both MTV and Nick away from Warner Amex and turned things around, forming "MTV Networks,Inc" with Bankrolling from Viacom and MCA Television. The REAL History of Nickelodeon begins in 1984. I've ALWAYS discounted those first 5 years.

[@ragnakak]

@@Tornado1994 Well You Can’t Do That on Television came out of that era and is one of the defining shows of the network. The Green Slime is still a thing today and came from that show

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes it wasn't as commercialized in the beginning stages, I liked it more back then.

[@BlueyFriendly]

@@frankrizzo4460 the man of the. Logo is gone

[@djmutt2000]

Random fact: these bumpers are closer to the premiere of Spongebob than today

[@Diskoboy1974]

I actually remember these promos. Our cable provider started carrying Nickelodeon in 1980. I didn't really watch it yet because none of the shows that put them on the map were airing yet. I actually started watching Nickelodeon around 1982.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

My town got it on Christmas Day '79, though my memories probably don't go back as far as 81 or '82!

[@rexsexson5349]

Song: Teresa Brewer - Music, Music, Music (Put Another Nickel In)

[@CadillacL]

This just brought back wonderful memories for me as a kid. I wish there was a classic Nickelodeon channel.

[@Frosteve]

Now it's just these newley animated bumpers SpongeBob loud house faulty odd parents stuff bring back lonely toons on nick or the sliver ball do a 40th anniversary flashback bumpers now I don't really pay attention to Nick as much as I used to anymore

[@CadillacL]

@@Frosteve me either. Sadly, kids today wouldn’t appreciate the nickelodeon we grew up on.

[@crives6704]

​​@@CadillacL there is definitely a huge number of kids who enjoy and appreciate old media, I'm one of them and I'm in an incredibly large community. It's amazing, media history is incredibly interesting and should be preserved at all costs.

[@CadillacL]

@@crives6704 I think today’s generation would appreciate it. I know we did.

[@goldtheostrich]

@@crives6704same! I love old TV!

[@MrSkerpentine]

Put this guy in Nick All-Star Brawl, Ludosity

[@MidnightBanshi]

These are the bumpers I remember. The mime was the first one on Nickelodeon back in the day, before the silver ball era. They had so many good shows on back then, starting with five hours of Pinwheel! This network has sadly gone downhill in recent years, but at least we can remember the good days! I could go on for hours about it.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I'm sure you can.

[@MidnightBanshi]

Christopher Sobieniak Yup, and enjoy every minute of it too!

[@MidnightBanshi]

Not back in the early days, but they did have kids' cartoons from many countries.

[@nolimit6377]

If you were a child in the late 70s-early 80s, it frankly would be strange if you thought the network were equal to or better than it was when you were a child. I assure you that all of the kids today prefer their Nick. And I say that as someone who, using emotional reasoning, feels Nickelodeon peaked in 1996. :P

[@ZemeckisTEN]

Actually, I’d say that Nickelodeon has gotten better over the past couple of years. And that’s mostly thanks to the new President of the channel, Brian Robbins (co-creator of All That), who has been the president of Nickelodeon for the past 2 years. He’s promised that he’s going to make the entirety of Nickelodeon 100% creative driven. He’s also promised a whole slew of original content as well as a bunch more of reboots and revivals. I’d say Nickelodeon has a bright future ahead of us.

[@dickjohnson5979]

I wish somebody had the full mime sketches! I can't believe Warner Amex actually erased the master tapes!

[@CodyFitzy-ProjectBAC111]

They use "Music! Music! Music!" For Inspiration, which is cool!

[@continentalrcinglg]

Has no one commented on the irony of him reading a magazine titled Nickelodeon?

[@frankrizzo4460]

I've been looking for this for a long time, thanks for this video. I remember watching this with my sisters growing up back then, miss those days now more than ever before.

[@tvguy1979]

Thanks for your comment! Feel free to share any memories as well!

[@ChristianPerez-pr9jj]

This was like 40 years ago. Geez. Nickelodeon sure was old all those years. Nickelodeon first launched in 1979.

[@dandanpudim]

0:01 now is my favourite music

[@alexandraoquendo1829]

0:12 Mime does the wink lol 😂😉😆🤣

[@morbidsearch]

"non-commercial" Wait, what!?

[@Handle.needs3ormorecharacters]

PendulumFTW again, it was the 80s. Nobody even cared about commercials

[@yournamegoeshere7584]

@@Handle.needs3ormorecharacters but now, theres more commercial than show! same goes as for KZbin!

[@Handle.needs3ormorecharacters]

White Matt I wrote that comment 2 years ago, so I might be wrong

[@andywolan]

Nick started out as a pay tv channel if I am not mistake. That is where the nickleodeon name came from. They switched to commercial supported in 83 or 84. Same thing happened with the Disney channel.

[@FourLizards]

@@andywolan It wasn't a pay channel (at least not on my cable system). It was only on the air from 6am or 7am until maybe midnight. During the night it was computer generated text screens promoting their shows. During the commercial free period, my favorite shows were You Can't Do That on Television, The Tomorrow People, and The Third Eye.

[@richthelegend1016]

Wait Nickelodeon was still on a Nickelodeon machine in the 80,s

[@funkim2827]

0:39 what I do when I figure out I’m a single lady

[@anti-trollbuddy4798]

xoHoran You'll find someone. Hopefully.

[@sonicxd6266]

xoHoran *Oh really...

[@funkim2827]

@iamastickfigure sorry this comment was from one year ago

[@alalahoward1299]

@@funkim2827 We hate put a ring on it

[@Higolmon]

people seems to for get that it was Viacom that saved Nickelodeon because around the time Viacom bought Nickelodeon it was not popular it took Viacom to change the network by added Nick at nite, Nick Jr. and then came the 90s were they created Nicktoons.

[@tikimanturb1775]

CakeDieRain

[@stephenholloway6893]

To be fair, just because Viacom saved Nickelodeon doesn't mean that they're off the hook whenever Nick aires bad shows.

[@user-qm3km8yp2d]

+Stephen Holloway yeah, i mean i'd rather watch a creepy mime dance than breadwinners.

[@thomaswiseau2421]

Yes, and later they also ruined Nick. Granted, current Nick is at least less boring than PBS knockoff Nick.

[@Asteroburst]

No, MTV did. Viacom bought MTV later on

[@illuminatioracle]

I'm feeling the jewish mime with the woody allen music

[@milcahreyes5287]

he kinda looks like a cross between john deacon and woody allen without the glasses

[@elveskickass]

Nice. Thanks for the post.

[@manuabousaid5683]

Put a Little Nickel in only on Nickelodeon was April 1 1979

[@ThatFanOfEverything]

Perfect for our Nick Song Mimicer Community 🟠🟠

[@CarlosevirPaz]

Nickelodeon Ident (USA) 1979

[@Yuewi]

1977-1999 Years with no SpongeBob

[@kascnef]

Then Dan Schneider ruined it

[@ricardorichard3388]

Or rather, the Amanda show, that series ruined Nickelodeon with Dan's participation.

[@daiamondorobotto9812]

early-199th decade (formerly late-198th decade)

[@danielthelevel100]

Good times, good times! These were the good ol' days of Nickelodeon, before the splat and even before the silver ball! Y'know, I do wonder what the actor who played the mime in these IDs is up to now!

[@tvguy1979]

He actually was the one who originally posted some of the IDs!

[@danielthelevel100]

Are YOU that Nickelodeon mime?

[@tvguy1979]

@@danielthelevel100 No, I am definitely not! Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6DOZGdpirSbq7s

[@danielthelevel100]

So, the mime’s name was Vinny Verelli, huh? I would’ve never guessed!

[@jordenheisey99]

@@tvguy1979 Yeah! Long before SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer. 😀

[@CarlosevirPaz]

Nickelodeon 1979 (Brasil)🇧🇷

[@CarlosevirPaz]

Nickelodeon 1979 (USA)🇺🇸

[@CarlosevirPaz]

Nickelodeon 1996 (México)🇲🇽

[@CarlosevirPaz]

Cortinilla Nickelodeon (México) 1996

[@genesmackabitch]

Y'all better be putting another nickel in the Nickelodeon or we are gonna have problems.

[@tavvyprods1275]

This channel has come a long since since it launched 40 years ago.

[@User-uj3eg]

KZbin Was On 2005 Before This Existed.

[@tavvyprods1275]

PhoneAnimations I was talking about Nickelodeon.

[@User-uj3eg]

@@tavvyprods1275 oh

[@FantageMoviezInc]

Nickelodeon has a weird history.

[@jackiecapewell1497]

Hidden User ikr

[@ZemeckisTEN]

@@spider13593 I mean, yes, but Nickelodeon should be remembered MUCH more than just SpongeBob, TBH.

[@CountrieBallPirate]

same this is so creepy when i saw the book is so creepy

[@Tornado1994]

Yup. It first 5 years were forgettable.

[@MightyMewtron]

0:06 predicted Nickelodeon Magazine

[@schemer1991]

Was this the days when pinwheel was popular before sponge bob squarepants came along

[@razorblade4395]

Yeah

[@VBaskin2010]

Say, can you find & upload The Nickelodeon Silver Ball Era's promos, idents, sweepers, commercial breaks, & bumpers?

[@erinteev1515]

My mom used to watch this Nickelodeon but I didn't 😳

[@rosanamachado4817]

the bumper #4 of nickelodeon make's me sad

[@ARASFilmService]

Why Nickelodeon Is Not Free-to-air?

[@mrs.evelynkerr8799]

Wow!

[@andilacorafafan2019]

This Bumper Just Mime And The Broom.

[@samthecbeebiesscissorseven3536]

They should remake these

[@0zne.]

They should or at least reference them in an upcoming anniversary or maybe in a bumper from the recent rebrand

[@CreesNostalgiaHut]

I remember these promos.. when I was a kid I thought the music was a takeoff of the CANTINA BAND theme..

[@tvguy1979]

Do you have any memories of Nick from that era? Or any of these bumpers specifically?

[@CreesNostalgiaHut]

@@tvguy1979 I loved to watch VIDEO COMICS during that period.. basically just readings of DC comics.. green lantern,, alan strange.. sugar and spike the original RUGRATS.. warner still owns that show,, so it won't be on paramount plus anytime soon..

[@santiagomximoantoniogaeteo8604]

Ojala se pueda traducir por que hablo español 😢soy de los años 2020 peeo me ubiese encantado estar en esas epocas

[@divinematriarchtv7401]

Imagine if this bumper was in 2004 or 2016

[@KyOnBreak]

1979

[@randibornstein-sb1mp]

1979-1980

[@tikimanturb1775]

i own nothing WARNING: G.J.C. Studios & Nickelodeon liable the video that of them you dry dream watch on today we right to maybe now back Nickelodeon things me! ©1981-1984 Nickelodeon & G.J.C. Studios

[@cbschannel2cuba]

In the future, i will be the nick owner & i will mix the silver ball era & the mime era! ❤

[@bloxeleste]

yea right like your gonna somehow get ownership of a 6-9 million dollar company

[@faiuhgiruhbiarjwnvcokaerug2304]

Introducing... Nicky the Perverted Mime!

[@Higolmon]

that logo makes me think that this is a channel from the 70s not 1980

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Well it started in 1979, you were close.

[@Higolmon]

Christopher Sobieniak right but the logo and bumper was use In 1980

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I know. The earliest made use of a Charlie Chaplin Tramp looking gent peering into a device often mistaken as a "Nickelodeon". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_(movie_theater)

[@Higolmon]

Christopher Sobieniak actually the name Nickelodeon comes from an old term for a movie theater were you would pay a nickel into a Nickelodeon hint the reason why you a kid looking into a Nickelodeon in their first logo

[@Higolmon]

also before Rugrats their most popular and longest running shows from the 80s were you can't do that on television ( a precessor to all that) and pinwheel

[@JHollowayNetwork]

What about the ones with the original logo? (consisting of the man or child looking into the kinetoscope of the "N" in the Nickelodeon logo)

[@tvguy1979]

These were the IDs that went with the original logo.

[@JellicleKat]

classic-nickelodeon-fan-blog.blogspot.com/p/program-list-1979-1986.html

[@sonyenteramienttelevisionu6165]

Jingle pub Nickelodeon (1979)

[@LOL805Media]

proof they were not from 1980 they were from 1979

[@niakaproductions2020ukus]

2016

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

@0:18. That’s just creepy.

[@ziondelrosario9747]

I hear Theresa Brewer’s song.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Yep! “Music Music Music” was the one that used it for the early Nickelodeon bumpers.

[@jomzjmteYT]

Ahh 80s The Simple Days And Now 2020s Is The Worst

[@CarlosevirPaz]

Vinheta Nickelodeon (Brasil) 1979

[@RebranderOfficial]

0:08 PINWHEEL?!

[@juanchi_encantooo5995]

my mum has 45 years and nace in 1977

[@Ariane922]

Ssme

[@IcyDudeYT]

hey is there a 1979 Nickelodeon Coming Up Next

[@0zne.]

nah i'm pretty sure there were only those IDs that appeared between programs

[@nardaroberts-bhulai2056]

It looks so creepy really really creepy

[@CountrieBallPirate]

same and the music and the book and the eyes

[@dcuniversehypertime7490]

is tvguy1979 here???

[@thesailormercury2]

non commercial they said it will be for children they said hahaha non commercial my foot

[@0zne.]

i think the mime is cute (no homo)

[@Bobabloxqueen]

charizard

[@noorliyana9076]

so funny

[@Bradytheawesomeman777]

0:17 song??

[@alexkotas7486]

Sounds like a Music, music, music remake. It was made famous in the '70s.

[@CountrieBallPirate]

creepy 0:07

[@YouMookSaidOsmosis]

Wait, "NON-COMMERCIAL cable television for young people", I've seen commercials on SpongeBob all the time!

[@Diskoboy1974]

JaredCaptainAmerica 43™ - Nickelodeon was commercial free up until 1984. They ran network and programming bumpers and that was pretty much it.

[@Handle.needs3ormorecharacters]

This was the fucking 80s man. Now nickelodeon is full of shitty commercials that no one even likes.

[@ZemeckisTEN]

@@Handle.needs3ormorecharacters Eh, many commercials today are garbage, but it’s nowhere near Nickelodeon’s fault. Hell, Nickelodeon has gotten a lot better since your comment thanks to Brian Robbins, co-creator of All That, becoming the new president for Nickelodeon.

[@Tornado1994]

Nick was Premium only until 1984.

[@Tornado1994]

@@Diskoboy1974 Yup. It was a Premium Only, BAD PBS Knockoff until Fred Alan,Inc helped turn things around in the Summer of '84, and found Viacom and MCA to help form the MTV Networks,Inc IPO.(This was after Fred Siebert, Founder of MTV brought MTV in '83 from Warner Amex, he thought it be a Great idea to buy Nick from Warner Amex as a Sister Channel to MTV and got his good friend Alan Goodman to help him form the New Parent Company Fred Alan,Inc). On June 1,1984 at 6 AM EDT, Nickelodeon became an Open Circuited Basic Cable Channel.

[@helperdoesstuff9160]

What's the song at the song?

[@bobbie2656]

Music music music by teresa brewer!

[@helperdoesstuff9160]

@@bobbie2656 Thank you!

[@ricardomanoeljacintojunior6896]

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[@AlternateHistoryLover]

Trivia: the mime was allegedly played by Paul Reubens, who later became Pee-Wee Herman.

[@lostmediaandlegofanthebric3233]

Wrong, it was actually played by Jonathan Schwartz, a professional mime artist. Check it out for yourself at Wikipedia, under their History of Nickelodeon page

[@kennethmanning6958]

Actually, no. His name was Jon Schwartz. Today he's a comedic motivational speaker. Stage name: "Vinny Verelli."

[@cbschannel2cuba]

He is right!

[@proxdddd-s4j]

Funk Nickelodeon

[@equestriagirlsfanatic1273]

omgggggg

[@randibornstein-sb1mp]

1st m 1979- 30th n 1980

[@whausny]

Why is the man takeing the broom and put a hat on it!

[@jomzjmteYT]

It looks like a boat paddle

[@kennethmanning6958]

Comic beat: pretends the broom is a lady, and asks for a dance.

[@DrewTheDisneyManiac]

WTF

[@lamontyaboy718]

I know that was the late 70s and these are just promos but this is kinda lame lol. No wonder Nickelodeon was the lowest rated TV network when it first started out until the mid 80s when it got a lot better.

[@mariacarmelaricco2735]

Singapore a tutto gas 180 gestione

[@danielcarranza8594]

yo no recuerdo eso por que nickelideon estaba eeuu y estaba 1979 y acá en 1996 y además este vídeo es cortísimo

[@rpgking85]

this guy still alive?

[@danielthelevel100]

Maybe... I'm just curious to what he's doing or how he's doing nowadays if he is still alive!

[@rpgking85]

Daniel Ippolito same

[@danielthelevel100]

I actually tried to do some research on who this guy was or what he did for a living, and, I honestly couldn't find much! Even the most reliable sources and posts didn't list a name or birthday! It's that obscure! If someone invented the time machine, that would be a revelation for us, because we could go back to find this guy or other variants of certain logos and bring them back here! Still, we could do a lot more with it than find old shows, but for now, we can classify this guy's identity as lost in history! EDIT: Never mind, he’s no longer lost in history! His name is Vinny Verelli, and you can go to his KZbin channel right now! He actually uploaded some of the IDs himself, so you can ask him whatever you want!

[@tvguy1979]

@@danielthelevel100 Yes, I received some of these from the mime himself!

[@CookingWithVinny22]

@@tvguy1979 and @Daniel Ippolito - Vinny Verelli is a character that was created by actor/mime Jon Schwartz in 1995. I've been a professional character actor since 1972. Between 1978-1981 was was a member of the Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre and toured the country with the company. One of the original member of the CKMT was working for Warner Cable at the time and they were looking for a mime to do the channel IDs. Rita called me and the rest, as they say, is history. Ive' worked as a comic on cruise ships and ran an entertainment company in Atlanta. I've worked with Tennessee Williams and toured state prisons in Florida with a production of Waiting For Godot. The account I'm using to make this comment is the "Cooking With Vinny" account where I post cooking videos. Hope you are doing well and thanks for thinking of me.

[@jamescleaner6194]

I want the silver ball not this .

[@thiscat9712]

and i want the other big N to treat their fans better not anyone gets what they want

[@danielcarranza8594]

mmm

[@gln4ttv]

I my god, how is it scary

[@Micahtheanimationguy]

I hate this logo

[@dominicking5181]

Nickelodeon 🇺🇲 Viacom "Inc." (Nasdaq: VIAB.) Pre-9/11 stuff.😎

[@danielcarranza8594]

yo no recuerdo eso por que nickelideon estaba eeuu y estaba 1979 y acá en 1996 y además este vídeo es cortísimo

[@danielcarranza8594]

yo no recuerdo eso por que nickelideon estaba eeuu y estaba 1979 y acá en 1996 y además este vídeo es cortísimo