Sunday's Great Movie - Sunday Movie Special

[@eddielester1748]

I get very emotional when I see these clips.The blessed memories of growing up.

[@You-Toober]

Yeah, i really like these intros from wpix (and wabc, wor tv, etc.) too. Oh well at least we have KZbin to watch 'em.

[@audreyann1975]

Me too! There's one we had in NY called "The Million Dollar Movie!" It shows a bustling city life to "Tara's Theme" from Gone With The Wind!

[@richcook2007]

Your not alone.

[@overthetop52]

Indeed Eddie

[@troyc4250]

Totally understand your emotions. It's the same for me. Only people who lived in NY understand what PIX was

[@heatherr0420]

I haven't heard these in almost 40 years, but it still resonates with me

[@ricardodemeo346]

Old 2007 vídeo

[@You-Toober]

@@ricardodemeo346 Yes, but it's referencing the mid 1970s and early 1980s.

[@tomtv1]

Brings back memories of after Sunday dinner with my parents. Thanks for posting.

[@josephconsoli4128]

Young people don't understand what an event it was when a good movie was on at that time. other than going to a theater, there was no other way to see it. You marked it down and got all set to watch at that time. Now I have a million things to watch at any time and I really don't care to watch anything anymore!

[@redbuick]

Seeing these always brings back childhood memories. Things were simpler. And not overwhelming. Even my friends now who are ,47 and up we get nostalgic.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

I love these as a kid

[@abdulhouser]

Sundays are just not the same anymore!

[@alfonsogreen2722]

sure aint

[@abdulhouser]

Way back in the day!!

[@JIMMASTERSTV]

Remember these well! Keep 'em coming! JimMastersTV

[@You-Toober]

It's GREAT that this is still up!

[@Tamaslammer]

oh man the memories that just came flooding back......

[@MSTS1]

I salvaged this from my erase-tape pile years ago for the animation sequences of 'Sunday's Great Movie'.(The movie that day was "Rebecca") That anim is one of my favorites, and the music makes it. If I ever come across a 'Best Movie' cut, I will put it up..

[@eddielester3589]

Thank you so much

[@You-Toober]

You said it! Man it was GREAT to see and hear it again after all of these years! Regarding the intros and closing themes (for both TV and movies)....the presentation, graphics and the **music** was really something back then. We had it good for a while.

[@steveghar]

Music for SMSpecial is "Apollo 15" by Bernard Ebbinghouse, on Bosworth Backgrounds - it was released on a CD "Themes" from them circa 1990

[@You-Toober]

It's GREAT to see that this is still up! The suits need to relax....

[@samuelgriffin4167]

You won't see stuff like this on television anymore on weekends and weeknights even weekday afternoons

[@You-Toober]

@@samuelgriffin4167 Yes, unfortunately.

[@dsslave2]

This is stunning!

[@MSTS1]

Yes, I remember that.. I remember hearing WPIX-TV in the background and the people on the phone repeating the word 'pix', over and over again.

[@wmbrown6]

For the most part, yes, especially those (like myself) who stayed up when these voices either signed on or off the station and identified themselves on the slides-only newscasts.

[@panedit]

Fantastic find! I'd been searching for this one for some time. The jingle is very memorable. Thanks!

[@You-Toober]

Just in case you didn't know: "Olympic Dreams" by Cedric King Palmer.

[@dalemcilwain]

Sunday Movie Greats - 3pm Sunday Movie - 5pm

[@wmbrown6]

The 1974-75 season, for definite. The earliest I saw "The Eight O'Clock Movie" opening title was January-February, 1975.

[@You-Toober]

I remember. I can't remember if I ever participated in that though.

[@timjackson9155]

Man I was little when these was out

[@You-Toober]

Well I agree with you on all the shows except one - "The Odd Couple" is still being shown on the cw11/WPIX(?) network. They run it late at night/early mornings. At least here in New York.

[@You-Toober]

Off hand I don't remember. I wish I did record stuff back then, but I don't have any TV recordings from that time period. If I were to see it again I would probably remember it since I used to watch that channel back in the day.

[@tapthatt2012]

i'm surprised that they haven't done a nod to the old game they played on ch 11---PIX, PIX, PIX.

[@wmbrown6]

Bill Biery (RIP) had the warm, friendly baritone voice. One clip on KZbin had him promo'ing an upcoming showing of the "Funny Face" movie over the "Sunday Movie Special" video animation, for example. Roy Whitfield's voice, from my recollection (sharpened by another clip on here), sounded like a cross between Martin Agronsky and a young Jack Webb.

[@StukInBuf]

The bumper where they say to "stay tuned for 'Solid Gold'": if you listen closely to the music behind that bumper, it sounds like the music Channel 9 used to promote itself("On the Move") within its first year or so after having relocated from Manhattan to Secaucus. Just take out the bouncy elements of the music and you pretty much have it.

[@castillianwagon500]

It distresses me that allot of these announcers have passed on but that's inevitable. Time engulfs everything. :( But that's life !

[@greggmitchell4173]

Yup, WPIX channel 11 in NYC..

[@Renagade70]

wmbrown you are right. 11am or 11:30am - Sunday Morning Movie 1pm - Sunday Afternoon movie 3pm - Sunday Great Movie 5pm - Sunday Movie Special But they it wasn't always schuled at those times. Sometimes the movies ran alittle longer. Note the Sunday morning movie mostly played Abbott & Costello movies that ran for 90 minutes.

[@You-Toober]

I agree! Particularly the first one 00:00 to 00:24. I remember when this came on WPIX TV (New York) waaaay back when. I appreciated the intro music then, and I certainly love it now! And I like that you can hear the BASS in it, too (Hopefully the powers that be won't take this video off, i'll enjoy it while I can)! GREAT POST!!!!

[@StukInBuf]

@MrRackensack IIRC, it was called "The Big Preview" in 1977 or 78. It aired about 5 or 6 PM Sundays.

[@steveghar]

The second tune is from Bruton Music -- Bernard Ebbinghouse -- entitled "Apollo 15"

[@wmbrown6]

Only two of Channel 9's movie shows I know of had fireworks in their opening titles: "The Big Preview" and "Monday Movie Classics." "Movie Greats," however, was one of the movie umbrellas of WNEW-TV.

[@dalemcilwain]

Did you know when WNEW changed their call letters and dropped the Movie Greats format. WNET Channel 13 picked it right up. Ran with it until 2006 and changed it all around. They still air a classic movie on Saturday night on Channel 13. But it's now called Reel 13 with an independent and short film after.

[@wmbrown6]

I seem to recall the "Sunday Morning Movie" titles used by 'PIX as late as 1986 if not later.

[@prgvidiot]

I remember it as well and some kids would say it so fast it sounded like "pisspisspiss..." The games were all from Intellivision. The two I remember were a Space shooter and a Football QB throwing game.

[@wmbrown6]

I'm guessing 3 and 5 P.M., respectively. I seem to recall "SGM" following the "Sunday Afternoon Movie" - which aired at 1 P.M. after the "Sunday Morning Movie" (a.k.a. the "Abbott & Costello Theatre").

[@ericbarash8496]

I should really dig out my old VHS tapes and post.

[@wmbrown6]

One of the Dolphin Productions' demo tapes as elsewhere on KZbin had a short animation for another client which used the same music as on the bumper for "Sunday's Great Movie."

[@wmbrown6]

Two of the classic opening video animation sequences from the late, lamented Dolphin Productions. (Now if someone has Ch. 11's "Sundays[sic] Best Movie" in better audio quality, we're made.)

[@johnetheridge5833]

The networks will never bring these movies back.

[@You-Toober]

Yep, I remember. I caught it occasionally. Why it stopped? I guess that either it was just a "seasonal thing" or maybe it didn't get great ratings. Not sure. But it was cool while it lasted.

[@rangers199487]

They should go back to this stuff and get rid of the crap they have now. Get back the odd couple, honeymooners and star trek for god's sake.

[@wmbrown6]

Oh, believe it, the "Sunday's Great Movie" open/close was done by Dolphin Productions. Why that wasn't on any of the Dolphin demo reels Mr. Glasser has put up, is anyone's guess. And yet, the open for "Sundays[sic] Best Movie," which was on one Dolphin demo reel, is only available on same.

[@You-Toober]

"....they look as if they were made in the 1970s." Thats because they were. I cannot remember the exact year these intros were first introduced, but I would guesstimate that WPIX NY started using these back in '74(?) or '75(?).

[@StukInBuf]

I notice that the "Sunday Afternoon movie" intro is no longer here on KZbin, or at least hasn't been here a while. What happened to it? One of the corporate suits got a fit over it, perhaps?

[@wmbrown6]

And for those growing up in L.A. around the 1970's/'80's, the likes of Don Stanley, Donald Rickles, Peggy Taylor and Victor Bozeman at KNBC; Len Beardsley and Dean Webber of KABC-TV; Charlie O'Donnell and, later, Harry Newman of KCOP; plus others whose names escape me at this point. Or in Cleveland, Jay Miltner of WKYC; Howard Hoffmann, Andy Hale and John FitzGerald of WJW/WJKW; Court Stanton of WEWS . . .

[@MSTS1]

cool, thanks )

[@15steelcity]

"Olympic Dreams", Cedric King Palmer.

[@You-Toober]

I agree with you, particularly about the "Odd Couple" and "The Honeymooners", but a lot of the "suits" or "powers that be" now are either trying to reach the younger audience who don't know (or care) about those shows or the powers think they're outdated or the ratings wouldn't be high enough now.

[@retroguy1976]

did that reg tisley guy do the beat for the sunday movie special?? if so whats the name of the track??? sounds hott sounds like it should be in the old nfl films from back in the day

[@StukInBuf]

@StukInBuf It's been back for a while now, thank goodness.

[@MSTS1]

I've noticed that a lot of comments on my NYC pages indicate that the names of the voice talent in NY are known well by many people who comment here. Were these v/o guys also known, by name, to the general public around NY as well?

[@MSTS1]

I can tell you this- the Movie Special on the day of this recording (in late Dec. 1984) followed the Sundays Great Movie, and I believe they both ran in the afternoon. Actual times- unknown to me.

[@dalemcilwain]

Sunday's Great Movie ran at around 3pm Sunday Movie Special at 5pm.

[@x60hz]

You're right. As I recall it was 11:00 F-Troop 11:30 The Sunday Morning Movie 1:00 The Sunday Afternoon Movie 3:00 The Sunday Great Movie 5:00 Sunday Movie Special (I remember this specifically because the memory of the song ties in directly with the smell of meatballs & macaroni cooking 😋) 7:00 Solid Gold I also seem to remember Norm Crosby's The Comedy Shop or was that Saturday night? Oh to have a time machine!!! 🙄

[@sto59]

Does anyone know if SGM is by Reg Tilsley? Hold the Road rocks.

[@You-Toober]

From 0:01 to 0:24, that tune is: "Olympic Dreams" by Cedric King Palmer.

[@sto59]

@@You-Toober Thank You !!!

[@wmbrown6]

Actually, A&C flicks were on the "Sunday Morning Movie."

[@retroguy1976]

the sunday movie special is called race leader by Bernard ebbinghouse its on iTunes

[@You-Toober]

Ha! I've seen it under a different name: "Apollo 15".

[@christopherdunbar394]

Stand up great work

[@StukInBuf]

@mwhite36 Before we relocated from Erie, PA to upstate NY, WICU in Erie used to air "The Odd Couple" at 5AM before "12NEWS Today." Not sure if that's the case. Here, WUTV and WNYO(same ownership, Sinclair) don't really air the classics(unless it's "Seinfeld" or "Friends"); and WNGS long dropped its RTN(Retro Television Netowrk) association and became "THIS TV," airing old TV shows and movies predominantly from MGM.

[@sto59]

Does anyone know who the composer of the "SGM" theme is? Or is there a longer version? It's great.

[@trmjr]

It took 11 years, and maybe someone discovered it before now, but it's "Olympic Dreams" from Cedric King Palmer, and there's a video of it on KZbin that checks out.

[@sto59]

@@trmjr THANK YOU !!!!! It Is !!! Worth the wait !

[@You-Toober]

And just a heads up (just in case you didn't know), one place you can download it is on Amazon.

[@hugolopez1669]

I want to go back. 😔😒

[@wmbrown6]

Then what's the music for "SGM"? I presume it, too, was a British stock-music piece.

[@whitlockville2000]

Long Island memories

[@Kingcire72x]

@MrRackensack If anybody knows who produced these two songs please please please let me know I miss this stuff been abot 30 years since I've heard this stuff

[@You-Toober]

As far as i know: 1. 0:01 "Olympic Dreams" by Cedric King Palmer. 2. 0:27 - "Apollo 15" by Bernard Ebbinghouse.

[@patrickrogers9499]

Graphics by the former Dolphin Productions inc .

[@Chasmodon]

I've got no complaints against these titles, but I was wondering if the year1984 marked the end of their use by WPIX. With their bombastic horn music, block text, and vibrant color, they look as if they were made in the 1970s.

[@You-Toober]

If my memory serves me correctly, those graphics, animation, etc., are from the mid '70s and ran on WPiX until around 1984 or 1985.

[@wmbrown6]

"Hold the Road" was "The Eight O'Clock Movie's" theme. I'm still curious about the composer of the "SGM" theme, that's my point.

[@trmjr]

"Olympic Dreams", Cedric King Palmer.

[@You-Toober]

&%#$@! You're right! They just took off the "Odd Couple"....and replaced it with "Scrubs". Oh well.

[@damin9913]

People nowadays will never understand our Era or don't care about it anyways

[@retroguy1976]

retro yo

[@wmbrown6]

A sample of Mr. Agronsky's voice can be heard starting around :45 on this clip: watch?v=nR7_Oz3Ru2k

[@wmbrown6]

Sounds like the "Sunday's Great Movie" theme was from the same composer (Reg Tilsley) and probably the same stock-music disc from which "The Eight O'Clock Movie" theme (a.k.a. "Hold the Road") also originated.

[@You-Toober]

Sundays Great Movie: 0:01 to 0:24 is: "Olympic Dreams" by Cedric King Palmer.

[@wmbrown6]

@@You-Toober - From what music library originally? I suspect it had a different title originally from how it ended up. After all, Neil Richardson's "The Riviera Affair" which opened WOR-TV's "The 4 O'Clock Movie" between 1977 and 1984 was originally called "Prestige Production" . . .

[@You-Toober]

@@wmbrown6 Okay, i couldn't tell you that. I'm not a music historian. But Cedric King Palmer is the only one i see when i browse online. But i don't know for sure.

[@wmbrown6]

@@You-Toober - He's listed on Discogs as King Palmer.

[@You-Toober]

@@wmbrown6 Yes, i saw on a few sites "Cedric" was missing. But on Apple Music, iHeart and Amazon websites, they have the full spelling (assuming "Cedric King Palmer" is the artist's correct name).

[@wmbrown6]

Quite possible. And it was ABC Sports.

[@You-Toober]

I know this is really petty, but I would really prefer if they would call themselves "WPIX", not "PIX". It sounds like their trying to get the youngins' interested using those letters without the W. It just seems silly to me. Just like when they called themselves the "CW11".

[@kikayei]

Dude, you forgot The Sunday Afternoon Movie, wpix. Always an Abott and Costello movie.

[@dalemcilwain]

That was the Sunday Morning Movie that ran Abbott & Costello movies.

[@kikayei]

@Dale Mcilwain It took someone 12 years to correct me on that one, and I stand corrected. Thanks. 😉

[@You-Toober]

I guess they want to attract the "youth market". Oh well.

[@josephcostello695]

When tv had fanfare. Now it blows dog