USA Network Night Flight (20 of 30 min from an original 1987 broadcast)

Well, this WAS a complete 30 min block of the legendary 80's late night cable music video and visual arts show Night Flight. But good old WMG and their greed screwed it up for everyone. So what we have here in order to get this up is only 3 of the 5 music videos shown in this section that was themed, "Take Off To Crime". All commercials remain in tact, so no nostalgia is lost.
I recorded this sometime in the Spring of 1987 late night one weekend. The local commercials the cable company threw in came from the Havertown/Drexel Hill PA area (where I was living in the 80's).
The 3 music videos that you'll see are :
Paul Hardcastle - Just For Money (Featuring Bob Hoskins & Laurence Olivier)
Golden Earring - Clear Night Moonlight (slightly censored version, with scratchy, bad and low audio that was a technical issue during the original broadcast. See the uncensored version in full analog stereo sound on the Golden Earring Laserdisc Video EP elsewhere on my channel).
Tony Powers - Don't Nobody Move This Is A Heist

[@SurgeCess]

I'm so fed up with new tv shows and things like Netflix that I'm just gonna go back and watch all of these old shows from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. I'm trying to find all the obscure stuff, never heard of Night Flight but it fits my needs perfectly! Thank you.

[@Doormanswift]

Its good you found it. We had "cable tv". Even that was about 10 or 12 channels. It was great to have this.

[@brentmann2988]

3:31 Pat Prescott on the Night Flight promo. I used to listen to her on a great radio station called CD 101.9 in New York City back in the 90s. Now she's on the radio in Los Angeles on 94.7 The Wave.

[@jeffpagan7735]

I used to love this show. It reminded me of Saturday nights before I could legally drink.

[@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona]

how so?

[@davidmalachi3786]

God, this show was my life back then. The 80’s were probably the best time to have been a kid in human history...at least until Big Herbalife and Big Scientology put us in our current chokehold.

[@lorireece1970]

David Malachi No “probably” about it!

[@jeremyc9593]

@Konga 5000 No, the 1590's were the best.

[@luciferangelica]

1340s, you think people give you elbow room now?

[@yakacm]

you can't beat 10'000 BC, what a decade that was.

[@lp37oh7]

90s was pretty cool too.

[@kamuelalee]

USA's Night Flight in 1987 was part of my college years. So cool to see it again after all these years.

[@lt.atombomb2516]

Teenage memories.... good fun nights. More NIGHT FLIGHT please ‼️‼️from Melbourne Florida

[@productofthe80s]

This is DOPE if you got anymore videos like this please, please don't hesitate to share them!

[@lorireece1970]

I’d give just about anything to be able to buy this series on DVD!

[@Allan-et5ig]

If you can tell me where to look; appreciated. I looked and I'll I found were illegal bootlegs of the series on the internet.

[@rolandhatton2668]

They were on ebay for a long time

[@bigmassive69]

Ohh the memories.

[@wwetnabamafan194]

Just subscribe to Night Flight Plus, and you can get everything

[@wessikes]

@@wwetnabamafan194 Thank You!!

[@atmaweapon2803]

That Golden Earring video is so cool. Such an underrated band in America. They have a giant catalogue of amazing music spanning 40+ years.

[@brianwarner308]

i stumbled upon one of their first albums about a year ago and I was floored how awesome it was! I had no clue...

[@cricket555]

THANK YOU! I lived in South Jersey so these commercials bring back memories!

[@mufdiver9406]

The only place you could get. Cartoons concerts videos and horror movies plus The Three Stooges an amazing time

[@darrylrichardsorichardson4167]

This is awesome, I had forgotten alot of this stuff haha

[@drewhunkins7192]

14:27 -- the phenomenal Tony Powers song "Don't Nobody Move, this is a Heist."

[@TheBoondoggler]

So goddamn cozy. I was 16 in 1987. Great memories.

[@thevault6757]

We're about the same age. I was either 16 or 17 when I taped this broadcast (I turned 17 in 1987).

[@johnphantom]

@@thevault6757 I turned 18 in 1987 and it was the first full year of a 3+ year crime spree with friends. Would you like to read about real modern pirates based out of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands taking place in the end of the cocaine fueled '80s? "THE REAL PARADISE Diary of a Modern-Day Caribbean Pirate" Paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/1653714360 or Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B083C3DD19 (free with Ultimate).

[@markydkiehl]

me too, this is great stuff. i never saw that golden earring video anywhere else

[@timvandenbrink4461]

I was 19, working second shift. Mom and Dad were in bed and I’d eat my cold dinner watching this.

[@babybro70]

This was a great way tp spend a late saturday night back in the day

[@regallmusiccorp.8052]

8:36 DIANETICS by L ron hubbard! Now thats the 80s haha - I remember that one

[@jrkinnard1]

Night Flight was weird with a beard. We'll never see anything like it again. Damn shame.

[@drumcorps0junkie]

1:25-1:54 The gum commercial music is 🔥. They don't even make cool commercials like this anymore.

[@kamuelalee]

Now, that fire is a storm in my head!

[@brentmann2988]

Jake Holmes is the singer. "Raise your hand if you're sure!" "Gillette, the best a man can get!" "Come see the softer side of Sears." They called him Jingle Jake.

[@tedwoe]

Don't Nobody Move! This is a heist!

[@joesimon2029]

I have another name for this show : "Coming Home Buzzed and plopping in front of the TV while eating Jack in the Box food in 1982 ".

[@mrkrinkle72]

Mine is coming home tripping on acid at 3am and losing my mind after seeing the great movie Fantastic Planet!

[@drewhunkins7192]

😅

[@emilywhitfield2780]

Good ol Night Flight!! I remember it well!! Loved it!!

[@VvaginalsS]

a muthrfkn Paul Hardcastle video Ive never seen before!!!!!! YAYYY THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH XOX

[@kevinnelson66]

Night Flight has been revived as a streaming service.

[@GloriaFunk]

So cool to see. I was never aware of this growing up, but I'm obsessed with the 80s. I'm glad they have a streaming platform now.

[@pavo1394]

Human civilization peaked in the 80's.

[@erichyoung3323]

LOL the local commercial at 1:54 couldn't miss the demographic of Night Flight any worse! Diane Bryman Oriental Rugs

[@brentmann2988]

LOL! That's great!

[@timvandenbrink4461]

The 80’s could be incredibly random!

[@frankhartman323]

I loved watching this show and Friday night videos! If only they could invent a time machine and send me back to the 80's

[@CostaCola]

Wow! Herbalife and a Scientology commercial. So many scams at once!

[@CaptainSpalding72]

I've used Herbalife to lose weight and it works good, but the sells part is one giant ass fucking.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

@Konga 5000 i used Herbalife ten years ago and lost 30 pounds... the product works. Business model is shit.

[@trudesoto7807]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!! OMG!😱🥳🥳 I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE THIS! THANK you!!!!!!!?!?????!!!!!!;;;!+;;;;!;!!!!!

[@magneto7930]

Wow, great memories! Thanks for the upload!

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

Back in '86 I did a few lines and smoked a joint with Tony Powers right before he performed at the Cat Club NYC...GOOD Times!!!...GREAT UPLOAD!!!

[@thevault6757]

a good friend of mine worked with tony powers about 12 years ago...i heard he's a really cool guy.

[@whatthehellisthis0505]

I was born in 1981 and I approve this ENTIRE video. 1:24-1:53 I need to learn how to play this jingle on 🥁 set in real life.

[@stevenkane9413]

Thank you for storing Night Flight!

[@dsim6703]

Saturday night my parents would go to bed and I'd stay up and watch Rust never Sleeps, J- men forever, music videos on Night Flight. Nothing like that today

[@madamx7422]

Back then if your mom and dad (and your siblings) went to sleep before you do, that's an achievement unlocked 😄

[@frankiii9165]

3:42 Paul Hardcastle 😎

[@CorporalDanLives]

7:00 whoa, what's Bob Hoskins doing here!?

[@douglaswbrendel]

I have the full broadcast on VHS. I need to find and convert.

[@thevault6757]

Good luck getting it up to youtube. This WAS the full broadcast, but I had to hack it up to get it up here. Was rejected in my first attempt.

[@joewojtecki9991]

Pluto tv has this.

[@luciferangelica]

how did i miss this back in the day?

[@whiterabbit75]

If only I could go out 40 light years from the Earth, and catch these transmissions as they were boradcast, and capture them, commercials and all, as they were intended on high def media.

[@maximusolivia9982]

The 80s just isn’t complete without an appearance from joe piscapo and a dianetics commercial.

[@flacorocks2513]

Commander USA.. GOAT!!!!!

[@cardo92w]

Forgot about him. Remember the cigars

[@huflungdung8252]

The Tony Powers song is super funky

[@TinaG2008BBB]

I remember this well. IMO, the 80s were the last, happy era of time.

[@guardshack9865]

Tony Powers style reminds me of a cross between Travis Bickel and David Sandborn

[@DNulrammah]

That Tony Powers video had a few familiar faces in it - The late Marcia Strassman playing the hooker, Stephen Collins as the John, John Goodman (floral shirt - smoking), Peter Riegert as the guy with the hot dog, Treat Williams (guy in shower). i do not know who the guy on bench was.

[@jayvic3776]

2:55 commander usa

[@punmidas1890]

Lol i remember the gum, cigarette, and deodorant commercials.

[@nedsanchez3501]

I miss usa network

[@jasontodd8071]

Late night fun!!!

[@michaeleversole9400]

We need more... no, all of the episodes.

[@thevault6757]

I have some more transferred to DVD-R, but, getting them up here is gonna be next to impossible because of the music videos contained in em. Had to shave half of this show for KZbin as it was :(

[@lorireece1970]

We need it back on TV and on DVD!

[@mrkrinkle72]

OK, did Tony Powers ever get the papers, get the papers?

[@wiscorpio72]

Got any footage of The Great Record Album Collection or The Record Guide? I especially liked the closing video when they would close with an unknown video and run credits over it. I hope you or somebody uploads episodes of those shows.

[@yoggysothoth]

Night Flight rules. Even before they discovered "Bob", but especially when they brought the good news of Slack to the mutants of Adversaria. Hail and Forever, PRAISE "Bob" !!

[@dimviesel]

Back when American life was normal 🇺🇸😌

[@mechagojira6951]

at 14:32 tony powers isn't that Tony "2 times" the guy in " Goodfellas" when he says things twice in a row??? ya know when dey introducing everybody in the restaurant ???

[@thevault6757]

yep it is

[@BCD1964]

Best thing on TV in the 1980s

[@jconner9229]

I really like the first commercial, how miller high life REMINDS you of the best beer you ever had, not that it is, it's just a reminder.....

[@ChelseaColeslaw]

Not the baby!

[@frankhernandez8702]

W🌎W! I USED TO WATCH NIGHT FLIGHT

[@danmount9462]

Oddity Archive episode about USA Network, anyone?

[@fertikpic6953]

Beer at its best! Fuck yeah!

[@coolerking7427]

It's the 80s and 90s KZbin.

[@thedefonegamer636]

So Wrigley Spear Mint gum can make a better athlete? If only I had known, I could’ve been in the NBA by now!

[@Cameroo]

Bob Hoskins is Super Mafia Brother

[@getoverhere1225]

I don't remember commercials being this cheesy in the 80s!!

[@anotheryoutubeaccount9852]

That's because we're in 2019.

[@MetalSalvation]

They may have been cheesy but at least they weren't creepy like the ones made now.

[@luciferangelica]

@@MetalSalvation sometimes they were creepy

[@MetalSalvation]

​@@luciferangelica If you mean dark/spooky like those old PSA's they had back in the 70's/80's then yeah I agree...that's not what I meant by creepy though.

[@franciscoosuna259]

who's voice was that as host? I have been looking if she moved onto something better.

[@brentmann2988]

That's Pat Prescott. She was on CD 101.9 in New York City for years, and now she's on the radio in Los Angeles on 94.7 The Wave.

[@franciscoosuna259]

@@brentmann2988 thank you so much

[@sherryhannah498]

I hope y'all will reply to this what was Night Flight about?????!!!..I never watched it

[@tommy1138]

It was a video clip show that ran on Saturday nights in the 1980's. They showed obscure clips, new music videos and comedy skits. Bands were also interviewed and movie clips shown. It was the original Tik Tok.

[@jasonsmith530]

Was this show inspired by the Led Zeppelin song of the same name?

[@smartluck100]

Don’t think so. But that’s a damn good song from their best album in my opinion

[@endurorider44]

God damn satellite tv was goooood back then! Too bad it was homogenized. It is good to be an early adopter sometimes!

[@dougbrowne9890]

This appears to be one of those nights I turned the channel on it. This stuff is terrible. Loved Night Flight, but not all the time.