Promo Palooza #50: Network ads and bumpers for TV shows (circa '60s & '70s)

[@dougbrowne9890]

I'm starting to get teary eyed Fred. NBC 73.....50 years ago. I was 8 years old. smh Such wonderful television, sorely missed. Thanks Fred. It might hurt sometimes, but the good memories always come back.

[@FredFlix]

Nice comment, Doug.

[@brianw1620]

You and me both.

[@Supervillainmc]

What Beautiful Times. I remember most like yesterday 🇺🇸

[@kresblain]

7:35 That music bed was also heard on an early '70s bumper for Spain's cinema advertising firm Movierecord.

[@HCHxxiv]

3:54 the short-lived 1973 update of the famous ABC moog signature. Great hearing it. It only lasted one year.

[@tintindb]

I'm back watching the GE black and white TV.... Thanks!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, tintindb.

[@senatorjimdracula1603]

4:28 a young Harry Morgan, aka Col Potter on MASH! :)

[@FredFlix]

aka Bill Gannon on Dragnet.

[@fromthesidelines]

And "Seldom Jackson" on Dennis Weaver's "KENTUCKY JONES" (1964-'65).

[@senatorjimdracula1603]

@@FredFlix My dad mentioned that to me when I told him about seeing this. I must have come along too late to remember Dragnet, other than the title lol

[@jons.6216]

I loved that introductory bumper with Elizabeth Montgomery! It and the one for That Girl used to play when I was a preschooler and watched TV during lunch! Wow! That Pete and Gladys bit borderlined on a little violent! I don't remember the rapor between the two since I haven't seen that show in many decades!

[@robertscott2210]

Great memories Fred. I watched nearly all of these as a kid, except Maude, even as a kid she irked me like nails on a blackboard. Always wished The Night Stalker ran for more than one season.

[@FredFlix]

It might have, Robert, but my understanding is McGavin thought the show was so bad he quit.

[@robertscott2210]

@@FredFlix Well, it's still on MeTV every Saturday night!

[@Gobear1]

@@robertscott2210 And on Peacock.

[@paulmcgo1089]

I'm with you on Maude ..how that man ever got a show on TV or was considered funny was beyond me

[@fromthesidelines]

There was also the fact that Jeff Rice, who wrote the original "Kolchak" novel that became the basis for the two prototype "MOVIE OF THE WEEK" films in 1972 and '73, claimed he never gave Darren McGavin and MCA/Universal permssion to produce a weekly series based on his characters....and threatened a lawsuit. That was a good enough reason to abandon production after 20 episodes.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Thanks for the memories. I was stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC, in Fall of 1975. After 13 months on Okinawa. Finally, America TV shows.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, usmcveteran.

[@NickvonZ]

Elizabeth Montgomery wasn't a witch, she was a GODDESS.

[@ronstille7924]

Hell yeah

[@iscariot666]

Always top-tier content, competently edited. Thank you!

[@FredFlix]

My pleasure, iscario666.

[@Ij-jan]

I missed this one. Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, l j.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

Fred I really enjoyed that VIDEO!!!❤

[@FredFlix]

Thanks a lot, Chantelle.

[@diamonddog13]

I had no idea Wild Kingdom came back to NBC in 1978. I thought it was only in syndication after 1971.

[@kurttoy5035]

I believe it was a WNBC-TV promo.

[@diamonddog13]

@kurttoy5035 OK thanks. That would make more sense. So not a network promo.

[@onefatstratcat]

I attended junior high and high school during the 70's... it was an awesome decade :)

[@fromthesidelines]

4:11- Sales film for Carnation executives and their sales force, previewing their sponsorship of "PETE & GLADYS" on CBS Monday nights that fall {Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was the alternate sponsor that season}, parodying "PERSON TO PERSON", with Alan Dexter making like Edward R. Murrow and his ever present cigarette {in reality, Charles Collingwood was host of "PERSON TO PERSON" that season}.

[@wesleyhackney]

Always fun stuff Fred. I was amazed at how many short lived shows were featured some did not remember. Love the Tuesday Night Movie about Marine boot camp. I actually remember watching that show

[@FredFlix]

As do I, Wesley.

[@gregman1715]

This Is Television History Brings Back Sweet Memory's

[@brendajeanproffitt6919]

Wow these were pretty cool programs things sure have changed over the yrs..❤❤❤❤ this .. Fred thank you

[@FredFlix]

Unfortunately, I think they've changed for the worse, friend Brenda.

[@brendajeanproffitt6919]

@@FredFlix yes my friend I agree I can't wait to see what you come up with

[@emilysantoyo918]

The People to People promo is very cute. The 60s & 70s had an amazing lineup of TV promos.

[@tomservo56954]

Spoof of Edward R. Murrow's PERSON TO PERSON...

[@rolfsinkgraven]

I wish i could see all of these today wow nice memories.

[@jbaker7311]

Thank you Fred for putting these together! I love to see your videos,✌🤛👏😍

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, jbaker7311.

[@robertromero8692]

You make me long for those times. Great job, Fred.

[@teresahooks3746]

I've been binge watching the ghost and Mrs muir here on KZbin so this was perfect Fred. Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

Love that Hope, Teresa.

[@Litauen-yg9ut]

Huh, forgot about 'Man from Atlantis'. My Mom watched it's short run on TV because it was different

[@fromthesidelines]

0:34- this is a local promo for WNBC-TV's Monday night telecast of "MUTUAL OF OMAHA'S WILD KINGDOM" (at 7:30pm) in New York. 2:03- Gerald Mohr, announcer. 2:23- this lasted four episodes during April and May 1979. The episode promoted here was the first one, on April 26, 1979. 2:56- November 10, 1970

[@steverogers2635]

Another great show Fred. I especially enjoyed the Pete and Gladys promo. Haven't thought of that show in years.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Cap.

[@jehobden]

Another great clip fest, Fred! 0:10 - I was expecting Ms. Montgomery's intro to end w/ her heavily accented "in cullah". 0:16 - The new timeslot must not have worked well enough, as ABC cancelled LMaD the next year. 0:33 - NBSeeUs, the last NBC season slogan before the return of the Peacock. This was a local promo, probably for WNBC-TV, NYC, or KNBC-TV, LA. 3:55 - I'm confused about whether his name is pronouced KOL-SHAK or KOL-CHAK. Most people seem to say KOL-SHAK, but it's spelled KOL-CHAK, and his boss pronounces it that way. 4:16 - Pete Porter's acting a lot sillier in this sponsor promo than he acts on the sitcom, where he usually plays straight man to his wife. 7:35 - Fortunately for Patrick Duffy MAN FROM ATLANTIS was cancelled early enough for him to play Bobby Ewing on DALLAS the next spring. 9:13 - John Travolta was rarely on WELCOME BACK KOTTER by its last season, and I understand the same was true for Gabe Kaplan. 9:25 - OPERATION PETTICOAT, w/ most of the cast from the previous season replaced, was cancelled after just about 5 weeks of this season. 11:27 - I remember Archie's line to Maude there most from that AITF episode, which served as a pilot for MAUDE. 12:18 - CBS recovered WONDER WOMAN from ABC's cancellation pile, insisting on moving the time setting from WW2 to current day to save on production costs. 13:13 - This time ABC rescued GHOST & MRS. MUIR from NBC's cancellation pile. CBS did the same for GET SMART the same season. Both shows lasted just 1 more season. 13:39 - That's 1 of my favorite moments from the entire series. 13:40 - That bit where Dick Sargent separated into 2 people was a recycled bit from a great Dick York episode, which I think was done much better the 1st time.

[@fromthesidelines]

When Fred Silverman left ABC for NBC in 1978, the network seemed to lose interest in "OPERATION: PETTICOAT"- and so did viewers on Mondays. That's why it was cancelled after a little over a month. "WELCOME BACK, KOTTER" suffered the same fate {and then there was Gabe Kaplan's power struggle with producer James Komack; Kaplan lost, and appeared in only a few episodes during the final season, as did John Travolta, who was becoming a movie star because of "Grease"}.

[@FredFlix]

Crackerjack historical perspective yet again, Jon.

[@DTD110865]

​​@@fromthesidelines always thought replacing John Astin with Randolph Mantooth did in Operation Petticoat. And I don't hate Mantooth. Ahh, Ann Marie. I want to call her the original Manic Pixie Dream Girl, but I'd be forgetting the many characters played by Audrey Hepburn.

[@Gobear1]

Thanks, again, Fred, you rock! I wonder if MeTV or Antenna could show Pete and Gladys or The FBI.

[@tracymurray6840]

That promo for Pete and Gladys was totally brilliant and funny!

[@merce10554]

Some of the classic 60's shows were on their way out and not all the replacements were that cool... or our twentysomething eyes and tastes were changing. 🤷🏽‍♀️ 💜🤟

[@FredFlix]

Heavy reliance on demographics shifted the networks' focus to wider and younger audiences. TV "dumbed down."

[@merce10554]

@@FredFlix That must be it. Still, I can find good quality stuff to watch both from The US and Europe. I must be lucky. 🤷🏽‍♀️ 💜🤟

[@wheeler71]

Good job 👍 📺👁

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Lance.

[@ScottGrammer]

Nicely done. Wish I could find such content.

[@FredFlix]

You don't need to, Scott. Just stick with FredFlix.

[@garymckee8857]

Fred, this proves that 70's TV 📺 was a total wasteland. 👌 Thanks

[@jasonbeard4713]

Uh, hardly. In which year were you born?

[@FredFlix]

Much of it was, Gary, with gems here and there. So, I wouldn't say "total."

[@1cpascal]

The 70s was around the time that TV started to go downhill. However, there was some good stuff, while hardly anything good is made today.

[@garymckee8857]

@@1cpascal I concur

[@tigre7739]

Enjoyed so many of these growing up, simpler times with alot of laughs! 😀

[@thomasbryant6512]

So many shows and so many memories. Thanks for posting this, Fred...of course, these shows are also a reminder of the evil spawn of early television known as canned laughter, but I'll leave it at that.

[@FredFlix]

Ha ha ha! (not canned)

[@moviesgalore9947]

Tribes is still the best TV Movie ever made it's fantastic.

[@thedreadtyger]

Fred, did you work in Knoxville?

[@FredFlix]

No. As a collector, I get stuff from all over.

[@charlesmento5968]

can you get WESTWIND? Or the scenes ot next week's LAND OF THE GIANTS?

[@simplysteve68]

Thanks Fted, for Sally Field, I guess her ESP related show, was the next logical step, after being a "Flying Nun!" Lol 🤷

[@FredFlix]

Good point, Steve.

[@fromthesidelines]

Sally had hoped "THE GIRL WITH SOMETHING EXTRA" would be a better experience for her, as she *loathed* appearing as "THE FLYING NUN". Unfortunately, she didn't think much of that series, either.....and was somewhat relieved when it ended after one season.

[@HyperspacePictures]

That green and white highlighted NBC animated logo made this post a real winner! It’s crazy how a lot of the tv graphics of yesteryear are better than the new ones of today! I remember being very excited to see the promos of The Night Stalker! Excellent post as always!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, HP. There was craftsmanship back then.

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

reminds me of how creepy TV really is.. crazy stuff

[@zaq55]

@ 2:36 - Q !