Pinwheel Closing Credits 1981 Nickelodeon

[@TheSaneHatter]

"Pinwheel" is my one, real memory of Nickelodeon as a kid. In the summer of 1981, when I was six and a half, my family moved to a new state, and our first place there had this new thing called "cable." My Mom discovered this show and Nickelodeon, and had me watching it for a couple of weeks before school began (after which, I was no longer home to watch TV during the day). It was good, and I could tell, but I was already starting to outgrow this kind of children's programming. And a year later, we moved and dropped cable, so I missed most of the rest of Nick's history. I never really accepted Nick's new direction in the mid-80's, and was a little disappointed that they dropped their educational emphasis. For me, Nickelodeon has always been, deep down, the channel that aired "Pinwheel." I'm just glad that someone else remembers.

[@janelleparker1934]

I remember.

[@plombir228]

._.

[@MrFeast884]

I was 4 and a quarter and loved it

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

I remember this and also "You can't do that on Television". I lived with my Grandparents from 79 till 94 who only had a small black and white TV until the late 80's and even though we had the best antenna from Radio Shack, and signal booster we could barely pull in CBS and NBC sometimes if it was storming. There wasn't an option for cable service where we lived. My Father (another town) had cable though and I would see this on sometimes if I was there (Dad was the only one allowed to use the TV though so rarely). I also think that Nickelodeon started to become trash with the introduction of Sponge Bob which many people seem to love. I seen PBS shows a lot more frequently as friends had PBS because they lived north and also on the other side of the ridge where it would "BARELY" come in on an antenna.

[@chbarts]

Thank you so much. Pinwheel is the first show I remember watching and this brings back happy memories for me.

[@asscrackdemon6287]

But until fucking sesame street dumbass made then cancelled it.

[@derekshelling7800]

LLP iui 88 iui 88⁷i887 up 98i88888888888888889999988888⁹

[@Turbotef]

Back in the early 80s (born in 1980) I was often at my grandma's house in East Detroit (now known as East Pointe since the early 90s) for 2-3 times a month for 3-4 days and she would always put this on for me to watch followed by Cartoon Express on USA. I'd then go to Kmart (I believe the same Kmart where she got me an NES in 87 is actually still open) with her as it was her favorite place to visit, grocery shopping or hit her sister's bar up for a bit. Then we'd get back and watch horror/scfi movies (she got me into gory horror movies) or random stuff on HBO/Showtime.

[@danielsalinas6683]

Turbotef that's awesome. Me and my fam would do the same thing. Except I live in corpus Christi Texas and my sister worked at a pizza place. I loved cartoon express too. Not too many people remember it though.

[@newstarcadefan]

Hardcore Falangist I grew up with Cartoon Express just the same back in the 90s...when it started to dwindle down to Action Extreme Team, then being dropped for good once NBC got a hold of it. As for Pinwheel, I watched this when I was a kid when the Nick Jr block was introduced after MTV brought Nickelodeon (though I was about 7 at the time and I was at the tail end of the Pinwheel era).

[@mrpizza_5139]

Is it still open to this day?

[@avavs]

@@mrpizza_5139 all kmarts closed

[@sirxanthor]

So that was the competition that killed the Atari 2600 lol.

[@mairatoombs7523]

The opening & closing sequence of this show is what i remember seeing when i was a child on nickelodeon. Brings back great memories of a childhood long past

[@GeneralBulldog54]

Same here. I remember the cartoons but for this it's either the opening or closing and its theme (like an eternal earworm taking me back to my childhood home).

[@richardsonrama4698]

Pinwheel and the Characters made by Jim Henson should do a crossover.

[@msaltzma]

❤ Can't tell you how many times I watched this growing up.😢

[@mttu2871]

makes me SO MELLOW with PLENTY of TEARS thinking about all these wonderful shows on NICKELODEON and CHANNEL 11. NOSTALGIA gone but not forgotten.

[@favrerules04]

I am 36 and I still have this tune go thru my head from time to time. Haha

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

I am near to your age and yea I hear it in my head if I see a pinwheel at a store or something like that. I also hear the "You can't do that on Television" theme when I see school busses (Sometimes). It makes me chuckle and remember how things used to be.

[@karenmartin8894]

This needs to be on DVD and on a streaming platform

[@danalong1237]

Yeah, like Paramount+ and PlutoTV, both of which are owned by Paramount Global!

[@melissawickersham9912]

That would be a nearly miraculous feat. The rights to every clip in every episode of the series would be almost impossible to successfully negotiate. Also, Nickelodeon/Paramount could consider that old series to be an embarrassing old shame of theirs.

[@General_Belu]

So we lobby. I'm only 15, here I am. I found out about this on my own. Not only that, but Danger mouse, a show from Nickelodeon's hated silverball era, is on P+

[@ThePirateprincess23]

I never had the chance to grow up watching Pinwheel on Nickelodeon (I grew up with the shows on Nick Jr. in the early 90s), but I am really charmed by the intros and closing credits to Pinwheel. There is just something about them that makes me think how things were innocent back then.

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

It was far better sadly, technology hasn't brought us more free time, prosperity, or intelligence. It has brought us socially disconnected people and people addicted to content.

[@vardenlongraf3406]

i remember getting so sad seeing the ending credits and thinkin after 5 hours man i'm not ready for it to be over. seeing it again i get that same feeling i miss pinwheel!

[@budsak7771]

I still sing this song sometimes when the mood hits me.

[@jannezekielnitura5827]

0:41

[@jannezekielnitura5827]

1:28

[@GaryW48]

I worked at the Buffalo Uplink from June 1981 until the business moved to Long Island in the beginning of October 1981. I was in Operations there, and ran the breaks between programs for Nickelodeon, as well as The Movie Channel.

[@ryanadams420]

I had forgot that it stayed on that long,one is the best kids programs of all time.

[@YouthFreedomFighters]

Ryan Adams Well its too bad the actors didn't become as famous as Caroll Spiney and Jim Henson.

[@georgemercer402]

I had the melody to this show in my head for at least a week and remembered the name Pinwheel which is what brought me here; THX for the share

[@jonnaking3054]

It makes me tear up for some reason

[@rajangenesisnatividadsanch7405]

Seeing this brings tears yet lots of childhood memories, I used to watch this in PTV4 here in the Philippines, the time there's no internet, how I wish I go back to 1985, life is very simple...you watch Pinwheel from 10am to 3pm...on my last hour of existence...I wanna hear this for the last time....

[@marioTmaggot]

Thank you for this. I appreciate all of the old Nick videos that you post. I've watched this channel since its' inception and it kind of helps me to feel like I'm reliving part of my childhood again. If possible please keep it up.

[@brianhagerty9524]

I have not thought about this show or it’s characters in years. I loved Plus & Minus!

[@AbsherAnna]

Me, too! My sister and I only watched this at our granny's house. I'm 39 and hearing this song takes me right back to those summers.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Glad to know that Jim, thanks for having worked on something that made me happy when I was 4!

[@PianoHead26]

thanks for the early 80s memories:D I remember this very well growing up in 1983-4-5"_

[@SteveGarza]

I have fond memories of spending summers at my Grandmothers house watching Pinwheel with my sister as well as other Nick shows such as Today's Special. For years we watched this until one summer I guess we found ourselves too old to be bothered as the teenage years set in and Pinwheel became a lost memory. Now, at 38 yrs old, I see this and I feel like crying tears of happiness for those long ago summer time of childhood innocence.

[@vanessareedhawaiinani]

Love this show so much Memories ;) With my grandma, Now I'm 40

[@schemer1991]

Pinwheel made 260 episodes to be exact they haven’t air reruns of the show since mid 1990 or early 1991

[@liwrtr]

I remember watching the blank stripes at 7 or 730 in my pjs waiting for pinwheel at like 5-6 yo Felt like forever. The green guy was my favorite. Like my first TV memories along w Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers.

[@GaryW48]

Hi. That was about all of the video I had from tape, that I recorded from 30+ years ago. Nickelodeon was so much more innovated then, and the network ran with no commercials. If I had known my clips would have been such a big hit, I would had recorded more. Thanks for your comments.

[@anniefinch6843]

I remembered watching this Nickelodeon show on television.

[@GaryW48]

There was only 1 satellite transponder or channel made available to Nickelodeon on the RCA SatCom 1 satellite; therefore, you could not have an East Coast feed and a West Coast feed. So to take care of preschoolers watching out in the Western U.S., the series ran for 5 hours everyday then.

[@hatchet79]

I watched this show all the time when I was little. I talk to people now about it and It is met with odd looks, like I'm crazy 🤣. David The Gnome, the little prince, today's special, you can't do that on television, danger mouse..God I'm old LOL.

[@GaryW48]

Not everyone had cable in 1980. Most likely only knew of PBS and Seseme Street.

[@Artessnow]

@@GaryW48 we got cable in 1987 and I remember this show. I remember playing hooky from school and that show would be on what seemed like forever.

[@leyacallender4405]

Lol… I can relate. I especially remember you can’t do that on television and David the gnome. I would need to see the others to bring them back to memory but I know that once I did I would definitely remember.

[@leyacallender4405]

Yeah. I don’t remember too much in 1980. I was a newborn that came about in Fall of that year but yeah I know my parents had things a little later too. I wonder what civilization did before cable 🤔. Lol. Some of us are right to say it was innocence times back then.

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

@@GaryW48 My Dad (another town) had cable TV when I was a kid but I wasn't allowed watching it usually as he watched non stop ESPN or News. I watched PBS sometimes when I visited people and sometimes Nickelodeon (Only CBS for me as a kid).

[@ianfisher3265]

I have the overwhelming urge to drop acid and watch this over and over

[@taylernavidad9972]

R.I.P 1981 pinwheel

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I do recall one of those tapes had a glitch in it that I could see again and again every time that hour happened to come on. It was a streak simply running down the screen vertically.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Best we ever got was a tape featuring a few segments of the show that Warner Home Video did put out called "The Pinwheel Songbook" for anyone who either remembers or might find that one.

[@Scarpia9111]

I remember this show being on for hours during the summer breaks.

[@continentalrcinglg]

The version playing over the credits sounds like a 16-bit video game version of the theme.

[@MonkeyRatSaq]

Bad thing I'm not born in the 1900's. I wasn't able to see that Pinwheel spinning me around with new episodes.

[@deadchannel1763]

Saqib Gamer Zooka you wouldn't have died.

[@m56214]

@@deadchannel1763 He meant the 70s

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Haven't heard this version of the end theme in a LONG time! Yep, that's pretty much how I recall the way they played the show since I recall that cycled pattern well.

[@Rtorresc4v]

Omg. I was like 2. But I remember it. Memories

[@sasjme81]

Rigan......I was 0, fresh out head first yet I remember the theme

[@jasonervoes1326]

Great show Pinwheel

[@GaryW48]

You asked about whether no not Pinwhell would run again. Good question. you would have to ask the service that last owned the rights to the show whether it would put out a DVD series, if they would invest the money to copy over for profit the servies or the best of Pinwheel.

[@jongriffin9097]

I was around when "Pinwheel" was the name of the network in 1977 before they switiched it to Nickelodeon in 1979. Wow, talk about nostalgia! LOL.

[@EZR09]

I watched Pinwheel when I was little!

[@Diskoboy1974]

The one thing that sucked if you were home from school for any reason was Pinwheel until 1 in the afternoon. Those days when you were sick and too lazy to get up and change the channel (most TV's or cable boxes didn't have remotes yet) seemed to drag on if you were over the age of 8 back then.

[@alvinjones670]

My little sister loved Pinwheel and so did I classic!!!

[@djleverenz]

0:42 On the yellow background Mom yarn and when it's time for bed When this people read and crow comes in and out of the screen The man waves and packed up When the brothers wave to the ringmaster Ringmaster dissappear The pig comes out the window and waves reverse The bugs are sleeping When the brothers were going to bed and closes the door And when the girl waves open the window reverse The day fades to night and the Sun goes set to rise down And the day is gone Children singing agian

[@liamandsmg4crew2015]

Ive NEVER seen pinwheel. I miss It.

[@GaryW48]

Also, cable companies were lucky if they could have just 1 satellite dish back in 1979-1981, and companies like Warner-Amex, HBO, etc., were only just gearing up with satellite dish 'farms' of multiple dishes and high powered amplifiers to transmit signals from.

[@mikeymartin80]

Although I hated this show It was still part of my child hood

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

I always liked the intro way more than the show but I think I was too old for it at that time. I am still like that on a lot of older classic cartons, the intro is the best part.

[@LeeBMusic]

That green guy with the pointy nose used to give me nightmares.

[@JellicleKat]

Yes I have. Ms. Loveheart does have a website and I have an address to a theater that she and her husband play at regularly but as I said she left the role around 1981 and I’m trying to find out who took over for her when she left.

[@GaryW48]

@JellicleKat I honestly have no idea. The control room for Nickelodeon moved from the old Buffalo Uplink, to the WASEC Network Operations Center on Long Island in the beginning of September, 1981. About 1 month later was when the facility closed down in Buffalo, and I did not have cable tv then. Wish I could give you more information, but I do not know. :(

[@mguymario]

They keeped the pinwheel branding after the name changed to Nicklodeon it seems like. This seems to be before Nick.JR became a block on the channel.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

The show has many creepy factors I noticed over the years, either in the puppets or the choice of films that were used on the show.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@M Harris Thanks!

[@Meshal11YouTube15]

Pinwheel for Nickelodeon (1977 Dec - 1984 Jul)

[@JellicleKat]

@ Andy Anderson - We know this for fact positive? I know that’s the name that I’ve posted to my Yahoo group as the person who took over the role but then after some research I wasn’t sure since I never found her listed anywhere else other than in the closing credits on the (almost) six hours of Pinwheel that I own.

[@Kyoton-9]

Ironically, 1981 is a pinwheel number

[@pookiesdayout]

Does anyone remember the walking gloved hand at the very end of the night of Nickelodeon? I think I remember it turning off a lightbulb or something. I loved that hand. I can still picture it now. Haven't been able to find it online.

[@bengcastillejo2156]

Yes I miss Pinwheel all of you

[@andrewcolinwilson1]

And I've also seen her (Lindanell Rivera) at a school assembly when I was in 3rd grade with a mime man and when she introduced herself, she said "I'm Linda." and the mime man said "And I'm Joe."

[@ColumbiaQT2001]

I would love to show this to my kids when I have them. I'm 35 and waiting.

[@vardenlongraf3406]

do you have any clips of the old turkey tv? i really would love to see those again!!

[@canalcerrado5482]

1981 B.R.(before rugrats)

[@trent100100]

1981 BS before spongebob

[@schemer1991]

Pinwheel was before fairly odd parents and the loud house that is on Nickelodeon today

[@m56214]

@@hunnaRIP You do realise they would shut down if they didn't improve

[@tvguy1979]

Did you dub your Nickelodeon footage from the original master tapes?

[@megansutton9699]

This makes me feel sad for some reason

[@mackking8223]

Megan Sutton because they don't make shows of this quality any more.

[@andrewcolinwilson1]

0:42-1:13, Aurelia: Well, it's time to say goodbye to everyone. Bye, Bye, Coco, Smitty and Sal and the Admiral Bird. Goodbye, Luigi, Plus and Minus and Ebenezer. See you soon, Molly. Silas and the Hobo Bugs go to sleep. Jake and Kim come inside. Well, time for me to go too. Bye, Bye now.

[@marvicbugeja]

Pinwheel (TV Series) - Fragment First: December 1,1977 Then: April 27,1979 When You: November 15,1981 Final: July 6,1990

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

By the way, I know the guy who was behind the puppets on this show, Craig Marin ("Craig & Olga"). He still does what he does best!

[@meleciomacalintal1362]

0:48 I saw them yawning

[@JellicleKat]

Gary I have a question and perhaps you can help me with the answer. I’ve been trying to find out who took over the role of Coco the Mime after C.C. Loveheart left the role in (around) 1981. C.C. had straight hair and the woman who took over had curly hair, would you happen to know who that would be?

[@jiayouchinese]

The infamous Jim Jinkins.

[@dstein111]

As soon as I heard that beginning part I changed the channel and put on fragile rock!

[@leyacallender4405]

I loved fraggle rock

[@GaryW48]

Yes.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I also would argue over the clips and other materials used on the show since those came from everywhere else out there and I'm sure those rights have to be weeded out too. It all comes down to money surely.

[@AndersonMTVBrasil]

It seems like a great show.

[@dangremaus1164]

If the local ice cream man played this, I’d coming running. 🧐

[@WOSArchives]

Is this from the same tape as the one which has the Nick mime?

[@darrendoyle568]

Jim Jinkins went on to create Doug

[@benjaminvlz]

And Michael Klinghoffer, who was the associate director on this show, went on to co-create and produce the game show that put Nickelodeon on the map, Double Dare. He also co-created and produced the Nick game shows, Finders Keepers and Think Fast.

[@leyacallender4405]

I loved that show too

[@coreypayne7470]

this was pre Nick Jr.

[@andykishore]

Exactly.

[@asscrackdemon6287]

Well I am fucking still mad cause sesame street forced them to take it off.

[@m56214]

@@asscrackdemon6287 They should made it better than Sesame Street I could see why they would say that this show was nothing but clips from other TV shows an annoying habit Nickelodeon did in the 80s with the shows they had

[@JellicleKat]

Hummm, that’s okay I just appreciate the fact that you answered back. Do you know of anyone that I could ask short of writing to Ms. Loveheart and asking her?

[@platypuscomixII]

It says Jim Jinkins was part of the cast, so who did he play?

[@clairrobis23]

In 1984 we goodbye on. Nicoledens The first empire

[@kamranshah-f1x]

imagine how funny it would be if beavis and butt-head were singing that song and then dancing to the music!

[@andrewcolinwilson1]

Actually, I was asking to see them on youtube.

[@GaryW48]

No idea at all. Did you ever Google the name and see if the person had a possible website?

[@djleverenz]

Sunrise

[@264ary]

There was the final episode of pinwheel and after that, pinwheel will renamed to nickelodeon, and not showing pinwheel anymore.

[@zekeigtos7240]

Pinwheel!!

[@yasmimmoranguinhofofinha2010]

Esse programa não tinha no Brasil?

[@Timbrock1000]

Back when Nickelodeon actually had educational shows. Not like today with nonstop idiocy of sponge bob, and slime. Slime was almost always a stable of Nick, but at least they had something to prompt it.

[@silverballstudios3578]

During the channel’s “cable version of pbs kids” era it lost like 10 m dollars and most kids hated it and made fun of people who watched the network…

[@weekendvideointheyoutube7918]

Font?

[@lamontyaboy718]

So nick used to air just this one show 24/7 back when it started? And I don't mean in 1979. I mean in 1977 when the network was just called pinwheel? Wow early days of cable is not like what it is now.

[@GaryW48]

I do not know anything about 1977 (I was not working there then), but the Copyright at the end of this says another year, 1980.

[@Celpunch]

Thumbs up if Rob Walker brought you here!

[@annalynlaoagan4118]

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[@annalynlaoagan4118]

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[@annalynlaoagan4118]

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[@jillitunes3byblood]

wait......................

[@luizfranciscodepauladasilv3518]

Pinweehel 1977

[@DakariKingMykan]

You? You were actually a performer on Pinwheel?

[@jimjinki]

I was Minus and the second hand of Ebeneezer, Aurelia & Luigi

[@GaryW48]

Silly question. Real people.

[@SLjimbolian]

OK, this is bugging me...as a kid, Aurelia always creeped me out. Was this intentional?

[@tbabubba32682]

Kind of a serious question. Sometimes I look for old song like this to feel comforted. Can that turn into a problem. IF YOU ARE GOING TO ANSWER THIS then please no: If you don't think it's a problem, then it's not a problem.

[@GaryW48]

And your point???

[@tbabubba32682]

@@GaryW48 Thank you