The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "Salvage" (Complete Broadcast, 6/3/1979) 📺 🚀

[@GrumblingGrognard]

....man...45 years ago who of us would have thought that we would be watching this again and enjoying the commercials as much as anything else. lol :)

[@LeafyNebula]

I grew up in the 90s. So we got to watch the good stuff from the early days 70s 80s and it helped shaped our entertainment. I will say early 2000s is the dip off point for good tv and good movies.

[@Joe6packAmerican]

Notice how you got to watch the program for 30 mins before the 1st one though? But I agree. "Tommy's mom made liver too" hit home. LOL

[@jeremiahabbott5277]

I do not know how in this wonderful world I missed this one back then? Especially being an Andy Griffith Fan. But I’m certainly glad that I have found it now. Thank You For Sharing. Oh it’s because it aired one month before I was born.

[@GrumblingGrognard]

@@jeremiahabbott5277 They made a series of this as well. Not sure how many seasons, but it was made and aired.

[@GUNMETALGUYUSA]

💯👍🏽

[@DaveInNH]

This movie and the series captured my 10 year-old imagination back in '79. I thought this was the absolute coolest thing since Star Wars. I never forgot how they built the capsule out 9f a cement mixer. The commercials bring back memories, too.

[@DoctorDuckie1964]

15 here when dad and I watched this❤

[@shampoovta]

Wasn’t there one about a kid that sneaks on to a rocket ship? That was cool too.

[@warrenadams2157]

1979, I WAS RUNNING MY DADDY'S STILL SITE,AND BOOTLEG CORN LIQUOR ALL BEFORE SCHOOL in Kentucky.. those were the good ole days

[@VolkXue]

i think even 10 year old me would be questioning his reentry plan lol

[@TimeVextorX]

I was 5 watching this TV-Movie I love it. In the 70s was great times of watching different kinds of TV- Movies with horror, mystery, sci-fi comedy, drama.

[@Dwohman]

This is when the entire family sat down together after dinner to watch the weekly special movie. I miss the 70s and 80s

[@prokesuk]

By the time this aired my family rarely ate together.

[@slingblade6858]

I remember watching this. This time I get to see it IN COLOR!

[@jcurnutte2007]

Same thing here

[@donbishow5497]

Kids today don't know what a 'black & white' tv is.

[@slingblade6858]

@@donbishow5497 Now that's funny!

[@OldMovieFan1973]

Me too....I remember when this was on TV.

[@RaymondPhillips]

Same here. My parents didn't get color until I left home.

[@stringslinger6]

Not only am I old enough to remember this movie, it has often crossed my mind. Thanks for posting it.👍

[@shampoovta]

Saw this video were Harlan Ellison was pointing out that our space program was not civilian based like many Science Fiction authors including Isaac Asimov had wrote but in the long run it is correct civilian space projects are the most innovative. I want Hollywood to do my stuff like OUTLAND but more up to date to imagine what our future may hold. Especially with this catching passing astral bodies and hoping on for a ride. 😊

[@whochecksthis]

I remember this pilot, and the subsequent satellite recovery show… loved it. Battlestar galactica, space 1999, Star Trek reruns, what a great time to be alive. Totally miss hose days.

[@RealBLAlley]

Buck Rogers, Quark, Ark II, Man From Atlantis, Manimal, Six Million Dollar Man, V, Voyagers

[@Voodoomaria]

As a movie collector, I LOVE getting a hold of movies and TV series from pre-1980 with the original commercials in situ. it adds to the historic value of the recordings.

[@dwaynecrowder8141]

Very cool. Pilot movie for the Salvage-1 TV series. 20 episodes were made but only 16 were ever broadcasted. I wish they'd put out a Blu-Ray set with all 20 episodes. In my opinion, one of the best TV series Andy Griffeth ever did. Very good show...thanx for posting! :)

[@mikewalter7851]

Yes I would buy it

[@kevinmkraft]

I remember this movie and the tv show very well. Loved it.

[@gstcomputing65]

Dad recorded this on our VCR when I was younger. There wasn't enough tape left and it ended right when the ship was about to land on earth. I never got to see the end until now. Many thanks!!

[@Foxonian]

This (and the series that came from it, Salvage 1) was one of those things that on the face of it had a really silly premise but was simply fun to watch. Mostly due to how well Griffith sold it with his performance.

[@gregoryboyd7176]

I bought the complete [all to brief] series of SALVAGE 1 several years ago before any of the episodes were commercially available and even today the entire series is tough to find... and when you do, they are pretty poor quality copies.

[@rino7789]

@@gregoryboyd7176 So where can i obtain a high definition remastering of this tv series?

[@johnp4008]

So Andy Griffith had a car phone in 1979... I was 13 when this came on and I remember loving it. Of course, we only got ABC on our TV back then in the boonies so I had no other choice. But still, this was a special show.

[@Tesserae]

Radiotelephones were already available in the 1950s and needed a transmitter, set but due to the technology were limited to about 10k subscribers. By the 1980s they were being slowly being replaced by analog mobile phones.

[@johnp4008]

@Tesserae Right, I remember the evolution of the car/radio telephones. I just meant that, of course this character would have a phone in his car, even early on like that.

[@tomclutz705]

I grew up in Hartford CT and watching ABC shows were always a hassle cause the affiliates were in new haven CT or springfield ma so u always have to do magic with the antenna to get it right so as a kid I missed out on a lot of these shows. NBC and CBS were in town so they were crystal clear

[@tstahler5420]

George Peppard had one in the very early 70s while playing Banacek. Probably 72-73.

[@scotthenson5874]

Paul Drake had a car phone in the old black and white Perry Mason series from the late 50s.

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

Anyone remember ARK II? Loved that vehicle they used!!

[@75YBA]

The whole series is free here on yt.

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

@@75YBA yea it's one of my favorites. The vehicle reminded me of my GI Joe toy

[@MsKiTTy1138]

Yes that show was a GRAT show I have the whole show series on DVD. Later on, this type of vehicle was revamped for the movie 'Damnation Alley' in 1977 with George Peppard, Jan Michael Vincent & Paul Winfield WHO will later play the Police Lt. in the first 'Terminator'

[@gliderrider]

I remember this movie! Was just thinking about it the other day. And from time to time over the years.

[@moviesgalore9947]

I watched this in 1979 it was great then and it's great now.

[@rino7789]

And it will always be great too.

[@eeddieedwards3890]

Cool. This presentation is from the Detroit, Michigan area where I lived at the time. I didn't understand the TV series. Just thought of the idea of Andy of Mayberry in space odd. Also wasn't the TV show called SALVAGE 1?

[@evtyler]

Wow, I haven't seen that movie since I was a kid! Watching it again is like stepping back in time!

[@MichaelBradley1967]

Pure 70's cheese, plus the commercials and scrambling *_F-4's._* I saw this first run, then the few episodes the show gave us. Thanks for posting!!!

[@ventues9751]

At 15 years old I thought this was the greatest TV Show I ever saw !! I still do !!

[@tonyarc9455]

I was half your age at the time old man.

[@ventues9751]

@@tonyarc9455 Ha ha !! LOL. I will 60 in 3 weeks :)

[@steve-0493]

Damn...I was just being born lol!!!😜🤦‍♂️🤣✌️🥃

[@philsmith3827]

So great to see this movie again. Really enjoyed all the commercials and their jingles//songs as well.

[@michaelj.r457]

"I wanna build a spaceship, go to the moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back and sell it."

[@nighthiker8872]

We leave tonight!

[@CantankerousDave]

Totally cost-effective!

[@75YBA]

Elon?

[@BlackAdam1231]

There are fed bureaucrats who would demand Andy’s character be charged with treason and that he die in prison

[@SlippinnnJimmy]

​@@BlackAdam1231"Clearly, an insurrectionist."

[@hhvictor2462]

How refreshing NOT to see ads from Big Pharma and health/life insurance outfits as shown ad nauseam nowadays on broadcast tv.

[@billmiller2522]

I was a fan of this movie, and the subsequent TV show. Thanks for posting this!

[@Dragongod462]

Saw it way back then in Lansing at 12 yrs old. The good days, mom was alive and had a famly. Not now.

[@blockmasterscott]

OMG, we only had a black and white TV when we watched this!

[@davidrn2473]

Ditto, I believe it was 3 or 4 years later ( from this movie) that we bought a color TV (all of 19")

[@mikewalter7851]

I seen this movie when it came out. I tried to find the episodes of salvage 1 with no luck. Thanks for the memories

[@garyfrancis6193]

When do you use the word “ saw”?

[@mikewalter7851]

@@garyfrancis6193 when I use a saw to cut wood.

[@echoecho3108]

Look again. I found S1 E1 on KZbin. Looking for others. Search on YT for: Salvage One full eps.

[@jamesrfb]

Andy Griffith was the best.

[@jedmartin4297]

I'm, almost, 3 months older than this movie. That's crazy. I've never found a movie that's so close to my age.

[@sarahcahlik0u8me]

I 100% vividly remember this! I even have the behind-the-scenes magazine with the poster of the spaceship!. Couldn't find it on VHS or DVD, but I did have it on audio cassette. 😂That's the way i collected movies back in the 70s hahaha. We didn't get a VHS recorder until the mid-80s. Thanks for sharing this movie!

[@stevensons78]

I too recorded TV on cassette in the seventies as a kid Would fall asleep listening to them...

[@lovs2build2]

WOW growing up in Ann Arbor, junior in high school and the 80's ahead of me, best memories ever.

[@stevejordan7275]

I had completely forgotten about this. Thank you for saving and posting it!

[@manofaction1807]

This was a pilot for a TV Show. I remember this one, and Project UFO were part of my childhood.

[@reneejones6330]

This was a terrific movie. Even better than I remember.

[@n3tdh]

To whoever posted this movie. Thank you! Not only for a movie thank i remember fondly but also for the commercials some of which i forgot! Larrys mom had liver too!!

[@russwentz3957]

I was around 11 years old when I watched this with my late Dad. Such a great movie. I especially appreciate the parts that my Dad laughed at, now that I am around the age he was at that time. Love the commercials too. Triggers warm memories and emotions.

[@Bill23799]

This was a neat movie of the week way back in the 70's. ( Young folks today substitute Sick for Neat ) I especially like seeing the old commercials from 45 years ago.

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

This and *Stowaway To The Moon* movie captured my imagination as a kid soooo much!!

[@shampoovta]

Yep see you remember that movie too. That was a really fun one. My family got me this huge picture book about the astronauts way back when I was like a toddler so all of our generation was primed for these kinds of space adventures. I love when kids get to slip in to the adult world and help.

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

@@shampoovta The 70's and 80's were the best decades ever. As kids our imaginations were fueled by great TV shows and movies and even some commercials. I literally got a hamster and all the hamster trail habitat stuff just because of the Boy In The Plastic Bubble movie!

[@Clyde_Lewis]

Me too! I remember being in 5th grade and watching this when it originally aired in January 1979. Seems like I was also reading Tom Swift and the Space Station. That summer, Skylab fell back to earth (the 20/20 promo in the commercials here talks about that).

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

@@Clyde_Lewis everyone was talking about Skylab falling lol. When we learned it was gonna hit Australia and the ocean we got all depressed lol

[@RealBLAlley]

I loved how they used salvaged parts yet made it plausible. I also love that they actually built it.

[@markp8581]

LOL Doris Bisco I grew watching her, this was my local broadcast. I probably watched this, I was 17.

[@eeddieedwards3890]

Me too! Doris was a great newscaster and very beautiful too! Diana Lewis was another one of my faves at ABC, she appeared in ROCKY (1976). Awesome Detroit memories.

[@CKILBY-zu7fq]

I grew up in this very industry, mainly aircraft related, mostly military, and as a kid i watched this and had many times thought of this movie, but never knew what it's name was. I dig this movie because it reminds me of how I grew up. Today I have even built my own aircraft type, probably due to my exposure to this industry. COOL MOVIE 🤔👌 and even though I passed most of the commercials, they are a prize. 👍

[@machstormer]

After all these years, I FINALLY figured out what this movie reminded me of: The Mouse On The Moon.

[@Eric2221]

Just shy of my 9th birthday on 6/14. This made for TV movie was a bonding moment with my dad. Even i knew the premise was ridiculous...but the story of gumption, bravery and perseverance was on point.

[@censorshipsucks9493]

This is also free on Tubi, Crackle, or one of those other channels. It has the whole series.

[@Theprotomodeler]

So much fun watching this after all these decades. commercials included! Sticker shock on the prices from 1979. Ouch!

[@Troy_nov1965]

I remember seeing this but I thought it was a TV show. I have bought up this before a few times over the years about Andy Griffith doing space salvage and people look at me like WAHT? LOL no one remembers it , or I thought maybe I had dreamed it up.

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

This is the movie that served as the pilot for the TV series. There's usually a lot of information in the "video description".

[@destinycaptain247]

I was there… in front of the TV in 79’.

[@wmbrown6]

@@LittleBlueOwl318 - And in the description, it actually says this was the pilot.

[@jfilesgraphics]

I was just thinking about this movie a few days ago...awesome!

[@mikemesser4326]

I remember watching this the day it aired. And the TV series that followed.

[@blankstares4355]

thank you so much for sharing. what a great great classic old movie. love it. so pure, innocent and wholesome compared to what is popular today. even the commercials and other television announcements are such a soothing break from the harsh nonense of today's media.

[@lhurst9550]

I watched that broadcast at 8 years old and haven't thought about it since.

[@Clyde_Lewis]

This is so awesome! Quite a quality upgrade from other versions, which were very good too.

[@JGGdesign]

Remember this, I was 17 and it was something interesting, plus Andy!

[@rssvss]

Thanks for the upload! Enjoyed the commercials as much as the movie 😅 Damn we had it made. Now we have pretend woman ruining beer . LOL

[@jm1551701]

Seems like it was just yesterday , I was 15 years old then, and I do remember watching this movie,

[@PeterStawicki]

Andy Griffith was 53 years old (Probably 52 at the time) I thought he was ancient! (I was 11) and I'm older than he was now! (And I don't feel ancient)

[@andyrose5616]

59:17 Edward Binns voices the Coppertone commercial. 1:25:11 William Schallert is the voiceover in the Kingsford commercial (with a woman who sounds and looks remarkably like Irene Ryan, though it can't possibly be since she died five years before the commercial was made).

[@Musicradio77Network]

1:56:58 is the closing to a TV movie “Salvage” and it has the CPT “Sunburst” logo. Later prints of this movie has the got plastered with the SPT “Bars of Boredom” logo.

[@jmjfanss]

and Columbia pictures television was the same company that replaced the embassy logo several months after silver spoons (also produced by embassy) was cancelled in 1987 and of course cpt sunburst was restored in either HD or Ultra HD and after the Sony and Sony pictures television, so there's a chance this could pop up.

[@tammylewis2408]

"Bars of Boredom???" 🤣🤣You must be joking. The SPT logo is sleek. Of course, I also liked the Sunburst CPT logo complete with the Star Wars-esque music.

[@tammylewis2408]

@@jmjfanss In the early to late 80s, Columbia Pictures was owned by Coca-Cola; the CPT Lady (which replaced the sunburst CPT logo in the mid-80s) had the credits "A unit of the Coca-Cola Company" (with the original Coca-Cola lettering) underneath. In 1989, Sony purchased Columbia Pictures and gradually replaced the credits to "A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company," which also carried into the change to Columbia/TriStar TV in the mid-90s to 2002, when it was replaced by the Sony Pictures TV logo. Columbia Pictures TV acquired Embassy in 1986, which also acquired the Norman Lear shows (produced by Lear's Tandem/TAT Communications), Silver Spoons, Facts of Life, My Two Dads, and other Embassy shows, which came under the CPT/CTT/SPT banner in syndication. I remember recently watching a TJ Hooker marathon (1983-84), and a few of the episodes had the CPT Lady and then SPT logos in their closing credits. Most likely, the show was aired from a DVD/Blu-Ray set.

[@scottkellogg3502]

Man, I remember that. What a great story!

[@timpeterson2738]

I often had this movie cross my mind over the years, but i couldn't remember most of it. I miss these network movies, i think we had it better back then without cable and internet tv.

[@GrannieLee]

Thank you for sharing! 😊

[@missyd0g2]

I remember Doris Biscoe, Bill Bonds, Channel 7 Detroit- Southfield Michigan on 10 mile road

[@eeddieedwards3890]

Yes, absolutely! Ch. 7 had the best news team. Bill Bonds played the newscaster in the 1971 movie "Escape From the Planet of the Apes".

[@woof3598]

commercials bring back a lot of good memories

[@clutch2827]

That rocket engine exhaust. Lol!!!!!

[@richardcameron8759]

Almost yelled out "Its starting!" when the titles came on.

[@parkpunk2]

My friends dad got a new red lawnmower and he painted "Salvage 1" on it.

[@confedaratewolf]

i used to watch salvage 1 as a kid. wish I could find the whole series

[@aerospike00]

I believe they here on YT, I remember watching some episodes.

[@jestertech3790]

That was incredibly entertaining!

[@jfurdell]

Love this movie

[@georgemitchell9222]

I remember this one as well as other old ones

[@JeffK787]

70s hairdos perfectly feathered and fluffed.

[@eeddieedwards3890]

So 1979 and Toni Tennille.

[@Daehawk]

I was 10in 79 and thought I was the only one who saw the show Salvage One.

[@chiefbigtoe7260]

lol "going for that young stuff now?"

[@timdailey2690]

Q: Is it legal? Matlock: I dunno knaw? 😂

[@RedSiegfried]

I also fondly remember this TV movie. The series was okay too but apparently not enough ratings!

[@1realtruthrightnow742]

That restaurant at the beginning of the movie was right around the corner from me in Northeast Philadelphia. The 94th Aero Sqaudron

[@Oldeagle66]

I remember this just like yesterday with Doris Biscoe on channel 7 news.

[@RusstheTroubadour]

Director Lee Phillips ( not to be confused with Lee Philip Bell) had previously directed episodes of TAGS. 4 episodes of season 6 ( 1965 -66). All 30 episodes of season 7 ( 1966 -67). And 25 out of the 30 episodes in season 8 ( 1967 -68).

[@wmbrown6]

Actually, Lee Phillip Bell didn't have an 's' in her birth surname, which is another factor in why she and the director Lee Philips, to my mind, can never be confused with one another. That plus her birth surname had two 'L's', whereas his had only one.

[@libertubey2199]

In other words, he directed the color episodes of TAGS that most people, myself included, don't want to watch and stations don't dare air.

[@wmbrown6]

@@libertubey2199 - That's certainly one way to put it . . .

[@danielerdman7543]

Back in the day… They made a T.V. series from this movie called salvage one. Loved that series….

[@tonyarc9455]

Jesus. I was a 7 year old kid. I remember this! :)

[@thor-cj9dh]

Wow. Harve Bennet was an EP on this.

[@oso_dubu]

Was silly before, now we have SpaceX

[@stanlee2589]

I don't know if this was a TV movie first called Salvage and then a series but the series was actually titled Salvage One.

[@JamesJohnson-ok1hn]

i remeber watching this show i thought it was so cool.

[@OldMovieFan1973]

I remember watching this Movie.

[@richardfannin9652]

This was the craziest movie ever made…

[@joshstephens3650]

Do they still make Aim toothpaste? I'm too lazy to look it up...

[@uhf001]

wow, 22 years before spaceX!

[@kevinmkraft]

I remember this movie! I loved it. Always thought it deserved to be remade. I had thought it was called "Salvage 1" though. But, wait, it was a short-lived tv show, wasn't it?

[@whochecksthis]

The guidance computer scene, hilarious. Even then, the readily available 8 bit computers were far more powerful than what NASA used to land on the moon. Trying to use the available 300baud modems to “steal” guidance systems is hilarious…

[@Musicradio77Network]

Sears - Where America Shopped

[@giantskunk]

Actually we did. USA made Craftsman tools, Die Hard batteries, and Kenmore appliances were all quality products.

[@billybrinsfield6485]

I remember this Show

[@eeddieedwards3890]

On the "20/20" ad segment at the 45:29 mark the announcer stated "D-Day remembered after 25 years" - this was in 1979 and D-Day was June 6, 1944 so that would be 35 years, not 25 years. They sucked at math back then too!😂

[@rssvss]

The Rabbit commercial with Wilt!! Yea!

[@michaelburke750]

@1:10:36 Slurpee PSA. Classic. Hilarious! 😂 😂😂😂

[@pressureworks]

Sheriff Taylor was sure happy being Recovery Specialist. But no sign of Opie or even Fred & Lamont Sanford or Harold & Albert Steptoe ???

[@edgardagosto1917]

Those 8track tape days 1979

[@whochecksthis]

We were using cassette tapes by 79, I’m sure of it. I remember using 8 tracks in Conway in 77, but we got back from Iran in 79, and we had a cassette in the house, and in our pickup.

[@whochecksthis]

Heh, they even used a cassette in this movie!

[@gallery7596]

The series lost the tone a bit when it got into aliens and bigfoot creatures, but this pilot from ''Six Million Dollar Man'' producer Harve Bennett is so good natured and really a lot of fun. Griffith is also very well cast as the junkman with a dream.

[@jmjfanss]

Fun fact: This TV show came out the same year as the 1979 remake of the champ co-starring future silver spoons star Rick Schroeder who's co star Joel Higgins also stars on silver spoons.

[@wmbrown6]

Would've been ironic if a theatrical trailer for "The Champ" aired in the course of this presentation then, no?

[@jmjfanss]

​@@wmbrown6I know.

[@FlavioGirl]

wow. so this is the pilot. great start with andy griffith & joel higgins. unfortunately the show never made it to season 2

[@jaminova_1969]

The 94th Aero Squadron is an actual restaurant located near Montgomery Field! And they have an amazing brunch! 6:47

[@stevejordan7275]

There's also one at Van Nuys airport in the San Fernando Valley in California. I remember we ate there a couple of times. It had one wall with a lot of plate windows that faced the runway, and you could put on headphones to hear the radio communications between ground control in the tower and the airplanes. (My dad was AOPA, so he's encourage us to sit with him while we waited for our food; he'd point out which planes were talking - I didn't understand tail numbers yet.) One of the times we went with my mom's dad, who had been stationed there in the early '60s (they had moved there from Vacaville, and she met my dad at church choir in '62.) He had joined the Army Air Corps and been the command pilot on a B-17 out of Italy late in the European campaign. I have his CAVU flight school "yearbook" from 1944 next to me at the moment! Wow, that tangent really went afield. But I haven't thought of that restaurant in years. Apparently it closed in May of 2022. :-( Still, thanks for the prompt!

[@rattmann36863]

I remember this on the tube when it was first shown. They tried a weekly show afterwards but it just was not the same. How do you top going to the moon?

[@Eddie42023]

Well, they tried (and failed) with an alien Andy Griffith.

[@Gold_gyrl]

This is how men used to be in America, very headstrong, determined had drive! They used to build planes and fly them as if it was nothing but now men are weak and Impotent! They can’t even change a tire nowadays wow how much America has changed 😞😥

[@TheMoneypresident]

I used to carry two sheets of plywood up a ladder to second story roof. Had a kid demanding team lift on a sheet of paneling. I grabbed it one handed. Signed him out for the day.

[@Gold_gyrl]

niiicceee i think a hard working man that does labor and can fix and build thins are amazing and quite sexy lol@@TheMoneypresident

[@Droodog127]

D Day remembered after 25 years! June 6, 2024 will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

[@RandyMichigan]

The commercial for 20/20 said it was the 25th anniversary of D-Day. Shouldn't it be the 35th anniversary?

[@Droodog127]

good catch