This week I'm going to recreate LASSIE WEEK, which they always ran on thanksgiving week in the 1970s. I'll watch LASSIE COME HOME tonight, SON OF LASSIE Tomorrow, COURAGE OF LASSIE on Wednesday and on Friday I'll watch THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE (Which ran on Rita Bell's Prize Movie the day after Thanksgiving) and HEY THERE, IT'S YOGI BEAR, which ran on the 4:00 Movie that afternoon.
One benefit from recreating Thanksgiving Week, NO COMMERCIALS!!!
@StukInBuf There is the Detroit Area bumper bouncing aroud there, but I cannot find it. Since WABC New York had the same theme for their Afternoon Movie, it will have to suffice for now. Black Friday was A LOT DIFFERANT when I was growing up. The stores opened AT THEIR NORMAL TIMES back then (Yes they were still crowded, but they didn't have the "Doorbusters" they have today. One other thing, the stores were CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
Palm Springs Weekend, Journey To the Center of the Earth,The Fly,Buzz Reilly's Back In town,The Incredible Mr. Limpet,Loads of Jerry Lewis Movies,Monster week and who could forget Tom Poston's memeorable performance in the Epic picture cakked ZOTZ!!!
Wow thank you for posting such a beautiful song. I was 11 years old and new to this country. Good old Monster week, with a ham and cheese sandwich. I will never forget it.
they could never bring this back in this day and age of filth, violence and more filth! no kid today would find this "simple innocence" even vaguely interesting! ok, everyone say it with me, in unison....."IM SO GLAD TO HAVE GROWN UP IN THAT ERA!!!!!"
I come back to this theme from time to time. I see it affects others the same way. It really was a great time to watch tv and to be young. I don't understand why ABC has not caught on the nostalgia of boomers, and bring the 4:30 movie back (with the same theme).
@wamcalif5 After that new "chewfest" and General Hospital, have a 4PM Eyewitness News, the 4:30 Movie, and then the 6PM Eyewitness News. Plus, many people look up websites for their news anyway. Why not?
Just noticed another ABC promo where you can finally see who the cameraman is w/ glasses seen in this great promo. Search for: 1970 Promo/Preview "The ABC Movie of the Week"
Wow, the memories of being a latch-key kid all comes rushing back. My parents had to fight NY Grand Central Parkway traffic after work to make it back to the burbs. So unless they made it home early I usually had the tube all to myself until 5pm.
I always hated how during Monster week they would throw in a cheap one like Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, or that film about the Meteor. How those films rose to the level of Monster Week material is anyone's guess.
Living in Detroit, I remember when they moved the start of these movies from 4:30 PM to 4:00 PM. I approved of this, as it meant the Movies were not as heavily edited. Then a couple of years later they decided to start the news at 5:30. So I ceased watching their Movies and switched to the ones they were showing on Toledo's Ch. 11 (They also has Sci-Fi Week, Planet of the Apes Week, Godzilla Week, Etc. Then along came a little something called "Pay-TV".
@ussregulus - The pre-'73 (in New York) "4:30 Movie" open (with the seated director holding a bullhorn) put up by 'mazinz2' which was used by WXYZ Detroit as well as WABC, did WXYZ continue that opening after it became "The 4:00 Movie" in fall 1976?
miserabowl: same here! I'm in N.J. (Union County) and used to watch 4:30 movie from the mid 70's to '81; and mom would tell me to wash up for dinner. Great soundtrack. Joe Riposo did a great job composing this.
old farts not ayfarts...gee the typos on these modern keyboards....i wish we could go back to big clunky manual typewriters like in the good old days...
it's amazing....everytime I come to anything like this there is always a group of old ayfarts who've turned into their parents whining about how "great" things were in the "good old days" and how "bad" everything is today, blah blah blah...all the same old bullshit cliches every generation that gets older (old) and can't relate to the modern world uses ad nauseum...you were young so it was great-we understand...now go away
When things are going rough. I have to come back here and listen to this. It helps me recall some wonderful after school moments in The Bronx. Hey all you New Yorkers that have moved away like me, but still miss home, send me an e-mail, say hello, lets talk about NYC thedavisgroup2003@yahoo.com
Coming soon to Channel 7, after GENERAL HOSPITAL, "The 4:00 Movie," with the spinning cameraman as you always loved him to start and end things... and then a full hour of news with "Eyewitness News at 5:30." All on Channel 7!
@StukInBuf Don't we wish?! I miss this to death! But I think they can keep it at 4:30, by having a half-hour or 1-hour news program BEFORE the movie. If it goes 1 hour, they'd have to move GH to 2:30-3:30. THIS part of NYC television used to be an institution, one that sorely needs a revival, as an alternative to the disease that is reality TV!
@DanZero77 "Good evening. This is Roger Grimsby, and here now the news." Straight to the point, no sensationalization. Eyewitness News comes on, and he gets right down to business. Somehow, I think that is what is missing from today's local news.
@CookyMonzta And of course his sign off "Hoping your news is good news, I'm Roger Grimsby". Sadly, news these days is all about sensationalism and who can get your attention the best these days. "WHAT COULD KILL YOU TONIGHT AT 11" Yeah, great. What happened to NEWS? Eyewitness News was great, at one time!
Many thanks for this. Back in the 70s used to watch the 4:30 movie nearly every day after school with friends. Must have heard this intro thousands of times.
This theme is one of the songs in the soundtrack of my life. I remember finishing my homework and then watching the 4:30 movie (lived in NJ) before my mom would say "Turn off the television set , wash your hands and come to the dining room for dinner". And I actually had to get up to turn off the TV!! Great stuff!!
It's called "Moving Pictures" by Joe Raposo. In case anybody's interested. Written specifically for Channel 7's 4:30 movie in New York. Later used for other shows and channels owned by ABC.
I really miss those 70s afternoons watching the 4:30 movie ,smelling dinner being prepared and awaiting the sound of the garage door opening announcing my Dad's arrival.
@panasonic1978 I honestly think it was this "ghost frog" that attracted me to watching all these movies in the first place. Remember, WABC used the cameraman for their late night movies as well, and that's where I grown accustomed to it, sneaking in the living room and seeing the scary GREEN tinge on the ghost frog as the 1972 film "What's Up Doc?" was on WABC.
Yes ,yes , im to nostalgic for my own good, and love this stuff. But i also remember when rental vhs movies came out, it was great ,because you werent a slave to TV anymore, you decided when to what that movie you loved. To much of a good thing isnt always good, like eating an entire easter bunny on easter morning.
Movies were such a big thing on TV those days. No video, no DVD, Netflix, movies on demand. It showed in theaters and a couple years later showed up on TV. And that was it.
I could recall and do an impression of that music at the drop of a hat. Never forgetting MONSTER WEEK, Steve McQueen Week, Planet of the Apes Week... They had a damn week for everything! It was AWESOME!
It looks like KGO channel 7 In san francisco, there used to be movies on at that hour here too, but you also would see Charlie's angels if they couldn't get on a film
i can remember watching BEN HUR over 4-5 days , with a commercial every 12 minutes, on a 9 inch B&W Emerson portable TV ....today, I wont watch "Hellcats" unless it's in HD....
@Dan Zero77, I could not agree more with your comment as it was so aptly put. And even with only those 6 channels to choose from, plus public broadcasting on channel 13, I was so much more entertained and felt much more enriched by what I saw. Man, were those days ever enjoyable and so carefree back then. If anyone knows of a time machine set on the 1970's, please take me back with ya! ~Happy Holidays and God Bless~.
@Luvinthe70s Yes, and even WNET had "Cinema Thirteen" which showed great classic films overnights as well. At least WPIX is staying somewhat true to their heritage, with the "PIX" branding, but otherwise, TV in NYC is radically different from 25-30 years ago. No more 4:30 Movie, no more Drive In Movie, The Late Show, Movie 4, The 4:00 Movie (WOR) or The 8 O Clock Movie (WPIX).
This is so cool that you have this. Remember Horror Week? Seven Little Indians and the musicals like the King and I and My Fair Lady, Gypsy? Thanks for sharing this.
that 4:30 movie song brings a good happy feeling it reminds me when i was a kid and nothing worry about in life just sit back and watch tv then go out to play and come back home real fast to watch godztlla and planet of the ape movies
@MikeTeaveeJr I Know. But does she really deserve her own Network? NO SHE DOES NOT, SHE SUCKS! She was Bearly OK When she started in 1986, But one year was Enough! her show is really Stupid!
Back in the day when TV was TV - no Oprah, no reality show nonsense, no 24 hour news talkers, no lousy sitcoms...just reruns, grainy old monster movies, cartoons and the news. Those were the days...
This was the ABC night movie theme at one time and channel 7 also used it. I recorded the audio off of channel 7 years ago but it's nice to see it the way I remember it. Channel also used it for the late movie. Late '70s. They don't make any kind of music like they used to.
I remember monster week. But when I see this opening I get creeped out because one time they had a movie about killer bees and there was a horrible death scene of a woman and I got really depressed watching it (I was 8 or so)........could never get it out of my mind....
@10Tuxedo YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!! I was about to say the same thing! With 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' going off the air, they can move 'General Hospital' to a 2:30-3:30 P.M. schedule, have a 1-hour afternoon news program at 3:30, then bring this back for 4:30-6:00. At least restore SOME part NYC television to what it used to be and what we enjoyed. We don't need another reality show infesting the airwaves and that time slot!!
The TV landscape is mostly garbage and I don't even have cable now as a result. Yep, one TV, three channels, four on a clear night and we had to rotate the antenna. TV stations signed off after the late night movie. The kids sometimes fell asleep before it ended. A truly simpler time decades ago. Thank goodness for youtube where us oldsters can relive our youth.
GOOD CLASSIC INTRO!!! This really brings me back when they had classic movies and we didnt have to worry about WHT or HBO back in the day because I could watch broadcast TV like DanZero77 said 2,4,5,7,9,11 and UHF Channel 31 and watch good sitcoms and movies. Thanks for the memories
can you upload the open from WOR-TV's 4:30 movie? That was my favorite movie open of all time. I used to get WOR on cable when I was a kid living in Washington, Pa.
what a great memory of a time when we only had ONE TV in the house and 4 stations to choose from..i remember coming home from school, making a HUGE sandwich and watching whatever the movie was..there was NO channel surfing..(no remote anyway..lol)
The 4:30 Movie was the best! They used to show some intense Sci-Fi films such as Journey To The Center of the Earth. If not Sci-Fi, then classic comedies such as The Mouse That Roared. Sadly that ended when WABC wanted to out do WNBC's Live At Five by putting on the news extra at 4:30. I believe that was 1982 or 83.
I probably posted in this video thread numerous times -- but this is why it's the headline video on my channel page -- it was the most representative of what New York City TV -- and even the TV landscape in general -- was before syndicated programming, reality/trash talk series, and 500 channels of brainwashed programming. These were MOVIES, some classic, some scary, some funny, that defined the generations before us. They were on 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11. NYC Television at its finest in the 1970s.
@DanZero77 I'm from The Bronx (born 1960). I loved this and if you could find the promo from when they would do "Godzilla Week on The 4:30 Movie" and the earlier version of "The Million Dollar Movie" that would be super.
@DanZero77 .... I couldnt have said it better. Im 41, grew up in NYC during this period of superb television. Even the movie intro's such as the 4:30 movie, made me feel great as a child, there seemed to be spirit and soul in the programming back then as contradictory as that might sound. I would watch the godzilla movies, and planet of the apes week on the 4:30 movie! Also if any one remembers channel 9 WORTV, had a 4:00 o clock movie, playing horror films and other film genres as well.....
@DanZero77 ....I used to switch back and forth between 9 and 7 ...watching both movies! These were the times when real effort and creativity was put into television... from the sitcoms, to the afternoon and late night movies.. there was a real essence in this era... an essence of presenting good programming to the people. It's funny how growing up, a simple thing like the 4:30 movie brought people together....
I was born in 1973, My childhood memories are divided - I remember my parents arguing and yelling at each all the time, which is not a good memory to have. TV was my escape hatch. It was where I could see well-dressed people behave like adults. Whether it was looking at a Price is Right girl a bit longer than a five year old boy should, laughing at the teen antics of "What's Happening?!", or nutty Mork & Mindy - TV showed me that your immediate surrounds was not a limitation.
@tubekxb Absolutely, points well taken. TV before the Internet generation was just that -- an escape hatch from everything around you. The 4:30 Movie and all the other movie shows not just in New York, but all across America in the 70s, were exactly that.
I was born in 1973, My childhood memories are divided - I remember my parents arguing and yelling at each all the time, which is not a good memory to have. TV was my escape hatch. It was where I could see well-dressed people behave like adults. Whether it was looking at a Price is Right girl a bit longer than a five year old boy should, laughing at the teen antics of "What's Happening?!", or nutty Mork & Mindy - TV showed me that your immediate surrounds was not a limitation.
@frankfarr1 "Pulse-pounding" music... I'd rank this right up there with the "Hawaii Five-O" theme at that time... pulse-upping, "grab-your-attention" stuff!
Back in the day (1970s) program directors were awesome and EARNED their living, with great weird selections and weekly themes. Now all they do is press "play" on the first of each month and run the same stupid crappy films five times daily.
Don't believe me? Check out how many times BRAVO play "a few good men" or how many times the Turner stations run the same film. It's pitiful and it sux for us.
@zzGRENDELzz - You think that's bad? How about running the same film for the whole week, 16 times in all - as WOR-TV did on "Million Dollar Movie" from its 1954 debut up to the late 1960's when that show was reconstituted to run a different movie every night. Perhaps that's how TNT and Bravo got the idea . . .
@wmbrown6 Wow - that's pretty bad, but then I never did like WOR channel 9 NY much. The very best example of program directors being creative and fun was TBS (I think) circa 1988-1993 when they would show the giant killer rabbit film "Night of the Lepus" every Easter. The good old days.
guys, i grew up in bridegport,ct/lower fairfield county so i caught new tv stations like wabc channel 7 new york and wor channel 9 new jersey. miss monster week and wor channel 9's thanksgiving monster speacials. bring them back!!!
@78MamaKat yes i do remember monster week! ran home from school to catch my daily monster fix with godzilla and friends. a shame because you cannot catch godzilla flicks anywhere anymore. i have to buy all my collection on dvd from amazon. were were poor growing up without cable so this was a great treat got the 4 of us siblings after school.
This always reminds me of the days when stations actually went off the air and ended their broadcast with the national anthem. This always made me feel like I was doing something wrong.
This intro always brings back great memories. Long live the '70s!
WABC 7 was one of my favorite stations outside their network fare. Growing up in this era was great! Long before stations needed to broadcast some talk show (syndicated or otherwise) or late afternoon news program, you got to see some movie. And they were GOOD, too!
Some of the "4:30" films I remember: Planet of the Apes, Batman (1966), and The Power. The last one always scared me to death, but I liked the experience.
Now Oprah has been on for about 20 years in this same abc time slot. Screw that. Gimme back ma Planet Of The Apes, Godzilla, & Sci-Fi weeks where they used to show 5 of 'em, in succession, monday thru friday when I was in grade school. Run offa the skool bus for yer fix of impressionable juvie mid 70's decadence. tv sux now.
@pewsterbaby One can only hope and pray that there isn't going to be any Oprah wannabe trying to get a talk show at that time slot when Oprah retires in 2011.
Could they instead make it "The 4:00 Movie," and start Eyewitness News from 5:30 til 6:30?
This means so much to me. Brings back so many memories. I totally love this intro. You knew you were in for a treat when this intro. came on. I wish they'd bring it back.
Increible!!!I I was taking a nap, and all of a sudden, I got up from be and turn on the tv to see the 4:30 movie..It seems I was sleep walking and dreaming back in 1970
There was something similar on Channel 7 in Detroit. WXYZ, the ABC affiliate It would start at 4:00 PM instead. It had a director sitting in his chair with a megaphone at the end. They showed Elvis, the Ape movies, Christmas movies, Marilyn M., Raquel W., Clint Eastwood, Beatles HELP 1965 and many others..........
That "director sitting in his chair with a megaphone" was also used for WABC's "4:30 Movie" from 1969 to 1973, and the open sans music was put up by 'mazinz2':
watch?v=GB9bZF-q23M
(with sound dubbed in: watch?v=l-2WEYlAvMQ )
In fact, WXYZ's afternoon movie was at 4:30 from 1968 to 1976 (in fact, WXYZ used "The 4:30 Movie" title first, starting May 20, 1968, preceding WABC), after which it moved down to 4:00 (although WXYZ had toyed with a 4:00 movie as early as mid-'69).
What great memories! Does anybody remember the wacky horror movies they showed! "Crowhaven Farm", "Just Before Dawn", "Children Shoudn't play with Dead Things", etc.! I loved those movies, but they scarred me for life! :)
Totally remember "Children shouldn't play with Dead Things." They never seem to show it anymore. Simple movies, but they scared the heck out of you!!! Definitely not like today's garbage. No one seems to know how to make a decent horror flick.
I remember watching "Children shouldn't play with Dead Things" on WWOR-TV Channel 9. I'll always remember the end of the movie when the girl or guy thinks they are hiding in a safe bedroom unbeknowst to them that their is a zombie on the bed.
@gooboo1000 The ending was really strange the zombies took the boat and sailed away. I do not think it would be aired on the 4:30 Movie. Even for channel 9 to show it.
@fronio89 I either saw it on Channel 5 or Channel 9. I know for sure it was not on PBS. Great movie. Thanks for reminding me of the end. What I was thinking was earlier or toward the tail end of the movie. I always thought they were going to make a "Children II" because of their voyage to New York.
I remember watching the 4:30 Movie when I'd get my homework finished. But what perplexes me is that when they show the camera guy rolling the film as he is seated, how can he keep a steady pace?
Man, how did they manage to fit those movies in a 90-minute block ? Even if you went back to the fewer commercial times of the 1970's and earlier, a 90 minute time slot fit only a 75-77 minute move, tops...and that was in primetime. I'm sure they wanted 20 minutes of commericals for a daytime running. They must have heavily edited alot of our favorite movies. Most were probably 85-100 minute movies, that were still understandable if they cut 10-25% of the movie.
I wish I had my granny back in my life... the one I used to watch the 4:30 movie with...
Ahh, those were the days!!!
bertskoi 1 month ago
Tree Tavern pizza and Monster week on the 4:30 movie during long,cold, & gray New England winter afternoons!
Great memories, the 70s were the best of times for kids!
XxXQu3EfXxX120 2 months ago
This week I'm going to recreate LASSIE WEEK, which they always ran on thanksgiving week in the 1970s. I'll watch LASSIE COME HOME tonight, SON OF LASSIE Tomorrow, COURAGE OF LASSIE on Wednesday and on Friday I'll watch THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE (Which ran on Rita Bell's Prize Movie the day after Thanksgiving) and HEY THERE, IT'S YOGI BEAR, which ran on the 4:00 Movie that afternoon.
One benefit from recreating Thanksgiving Week, NO COMMERCIALS!!!
ussregulus 2 months ago
@ussregulus But still give us, please, the 4:30(or 4:00) Movie bumpers; we don't need commercials... Thanx.
StukInBuf 2 months ago
@StukInBuf There is the Detroit Area bumper bouncing aroud there, but I cannot find it. Since WABC New York had the same theme for their Afternoon Movie, it will have to suffice for now. Black Friday was A LOT DIFFERANT when I was growing up. The stores opened AT THEIR NORMAL TIMES back then (Yes they were still crowded, but they didn't have the "Doorbusters" they have today. One other thing, the stores were CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
ussregulus 2 months ago
Palm Springs Weekend, Journey To the Center of the Earth,The Fly,Buzz Reilly's Back In town,The Incredible Mr. Limpet,Loads of Jerry Lewis Movies,Monster week and who could forget Tom Poston's memeorable performance in the Epic picture cakked ZOTZ!!!
robphilll22 2 months ago
All those poor souls who lived in small markets and had to watch Merv griffin or mike douglass.
robphilll22 2 months ago
@robphilll22 Or "Brady Bunch," or "Tom & Jerry," or "My Three Sons," and on and on...
StukInBuf 2 months ago
Wow thank you for posting such a beautiful song. I was 11 years old and new to this country. Good old Monster week, with a ham and cheese sandwich. I will never forget it.
dennisrivadeneira 3 months ago
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster with milk and cookies!!!
jmedwick 3 months ago
they could never bring this back in this day and age of filth, violence and more filth! no kid today would find this "simple innocence" even vaguely interesting! ok, everyone say it with me, in unison....."IM SO GLAD TO HAVE GROWN UP IN THAT ERA!!!!!"
openhandslap 3 months ago 2
I come back to this theme from time to time. I see it affects others the same way. It really was a great time to watch tv and to be young. I don't understand why ABC has not caught on the nostalgia of boomers, and bring the 4:30 movie back (with the same theme).
wamcalif5 3 months ago
@wamcalif5 After that new "chewfest" and General Hospital, have a 4PM Eyewitness News, the 4:30 Movie, and then the 6PM Eyewitness News. Plus, many people look up websites for their news anyway. Why not?
StukInBuf 3 months ago
Just noticed another ABC promo where you can finally see who the cameraman is w/ glasses seen in this great promo. Search for: 1970 Promo/Preview "The ABC Movie of the Week"
cinematedman 3 months ago
MONSTER WEEK!!!!!!
somepig2k 3 months ago
Wow, the memories of being a latch-key kid all comes rushing back. My parents had to fight NY Grand Central Parkway traffic after work to make it back to the burbs. So unless they made it home early I usually had the tube all to myself until 5pm.
I always hated how during Monster week they would throw in a cheap one like Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, or that film about the Meteor. How those films rose to the level of Monster Week material is anyone's guess.
VRmission38 3 months ago
use to love martin and lewis week on the 4:30 movie brings back great memories
klinger219 4 months ago
Living in Detroit, I remember when they moved the start of these movies from 4:30 PM to 4:00 PM. I approved of this, as it meant the Movies were not as heavily edited. Then a couple of years later they decided to start the news at 5:30. So I ceased watching their Movies and switched to the ones they were showing on Toledo's Ch. 11 (They also has Sci-Fi Week, Planet of the Apes Week, Godzilla Week, Etc. Then along came a little something called "Pay-TV".
ussregulus 4 months ago
@ussregulus - The pre-'73 (in New York) "4:30 Movie" open (with the seated director holding a bullhorn) put up by 'mazinz2' which was used by WXYZ Detroit as well as WABC, did WXYZ continue that opening after it became "The 4:00 Movie" in fall 1976?
wmbrown6 3 months ago
@wmbrown6 Yes, they continued that opening.
ussregulus 3 months ago
@ussregulus - I'm sure everyone would love to see how "The 4:00 Movie" logo looked . . .
wmbrown6 3 months ago
@wmbrown6 Correct!
ussregulus 2 months ago
@ussregulus Ch. 11 ? No channel 7 in Toledo? So sad!
robphilll22 2 months ago
miserabowl: same here! I'm in N.J. (Union County) and used to watch 4:30 movie from the mid 70's to '81; and mom would tell me to wash up for dinner. Great soundtrack. Joe Riposo did a great job composing this.
BalladOfThinMan 4 months ago
Fantastic! I wish they would bring this back!
Asil612 4 months ago
I remember coming home from school in Jackson Heights and eagerly awaiting the 4:30 movie. Thanks for the memories.
zilch77 5 months ago
Many memories of old AIP films, [beach, Vincent Price, sci-fi, ].
asorls1 5 months ago
Loved the Planet of the Apes weeks. Perfect excuse to avoid homework.
sanfrancisco89 6 months ago
thanks, i loved it, the 4:30 movie...watched it all the time as a kid, especially monster week
peteyguitarguy 6 months ago 2
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Rousian 6 months ago
old farts not ayfarts...gee the typos on these modern keyboards....i wish we could go back to big clunky manual typewriters like in the good old days...
sixsixxsixxxx 7 months ago
it's amazing....everytime I come to anything like this there is always a group of old ayfarts who've turned into their parents whining about how "great" things were in the "good old days" and how "bad" everything is today, blah blah blah...all the same old bullshit cliches every generation that gets older (old) and can't relate to the modern world uses ad nauseum...you were young so it was great-we understand...now go away
sixsixxsixxxx 7 months ago
Such good memories.I remember the movie "Whatever Happen to Baby Jane" -- one of the best 4:30 movies ever!
vallergy 7 months ago
When things are going rough. I have to come back here and listen to this. It helps me recall some wonderful after school moments in The Bronx. Hey all you New Yorkers that have moved away like me, but still miss home, send me an e-mail, say hello, lets talk about NYC thedavisgroup2003@yahoo.com
thedavisgroup 7 months ago
Coming soon to Channel 7, after GENERAL HOSPITAL, "The 4:00 Movie," with the spinning cameraman as you always loved him to start and end things... and then a full hour of news with "Eyewitness News at 5:30." All on Channel 7!
StukInBuf 9 months ago
@StukInBuf Don't we wish?! I miss this to death! But I think they can keep it at 4:30, by having a half-hour or 1-hour news program BEFORE the movie. If it goes 1 hour, they'd have to move GH to 2:30-3:30. THIS part of NYC television used to be an institution, one that sorely needs a revival, as an alternative to the disease that is reality TV!
CookyMonzta 8 months ago
@StukInBuf Too bad we couldn't bring back Grimsby and Beutel to make it more "authentic"
DanZero77 7 months ago
@DanZero77 "Good evening. This is Roger Grimsby, and here now the news." Straight to the point, no sensationalization. Eyewitness News comes on, and he gets right down to business. Somehow, I think that is what is missing from today's local news.
CookyMonzta 7 months ago
@CookyMonzta And of course his sign off "Hoping your news is good news, I'm Roger Grimsby". Sadly, news these days is all about sensationalism and who can get your attention the best these days. "WHAT COULD KILL YOU TONIGHT AT 11" Yeah, great. What happened to NEWS? Eyewitness News was great, at one time!
DanZero77 7 months ago
Many thanks for this. Back in the 70s used to watch the 4:30 movie nearly every day after school with friends. Must have heard this intro thousands of times.
jlovebirch 9 months ago
Brought to you in glorious 1970's LO-FI.
kewrock 9 months ago 2
Rousian introduced the vid: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL INTRO ANYONE HAS EVER SEEN!
I don't agree :))) . Maybe you did mean 'anyone in the US' ;-) . In that case, I must agree :) .
Nostalgico80 9 months ago
This theme is one of the songs in the soundtrack of my life. I remember finishing my homework and then watching the 4:30 movie (lived in NJ) before my mom would say "Turn off the television set , wash your hands and come to the dining room for dinner". And I actually had to get up to turn off the TV!! Great stuff!!
miserabowl 9 months ago 8
It's called "Moving Pictures" by Joe Raposo. In case anybody's interested. Written specifically for Channel 7's 4:30 movie in New York. Later used for other shows and channels owned by ABC.
kewrock 9 months ago 5
I really miss those 70s afternoons watching the 4:30 movie ,smelling dinner being prepared and awaiting the sound of the garage door opening announcing my Dad's arrival.
XxXQu3EfXxX120 10 months ago 2
Possibly the most scariest thing I ever witnessed as a 5 year-old. I really did think that was some retarded ghost frog materialising out of nowhere.
panasonic1978 10 months ago
@panasonic1978 This and the "V of Doom" were always scary to me as a kid. It's interesting what will scare a child, but will mean little to an adult.
SMP0328 10 months ago
@panasonic1978 I honestly think it was this "ghost frog" that attracted me to watching all these movies in the first place. Remember, WABC used the cameraman for their late night movies as well, and that's where I grown accustomed to it, sneaking in the living room and seeing the scary GREEN tinge on the ghost frog as the 1972 film "What's Up Doc?" was on WABC.
Good (albeit scary) times.
DanZero77 7 months ago
Possibly the most scariest thing I ever witnessed as a 5 year-old.
panasonic1978 10 months ago
Bring back the 4:30 movie!
66Robert 10 months ago
4 people were born after 1985.
rockuvages 10 months ago
And now, Gamera versus Gyos!
elzarsspiceweasel 11 months ago 2
Who is theb band or orchestra playing this theme?
epgrove1961 11 months ago
Yes ,yes , im to nostalgic for my own good, and love this stuff. But i also remember when rental vhs movies came out, it was great ,because you werent a slave to TV anymore, you decided when to what that movie you loved. To much of a good thing isnt always good, like eating an entire easter bunny on easter morning.
1952kid 11 months ago
Movies were such a big thing on TV those days. No video, no DVD, Netflix, movies on demand. It showed in theaters and a couple years later showed up on TV. And that was it.
FridayNightLullaby 1 year ago
i agree, I miss all those 70's movies in the afternoon, and saturday nights..
yrhodesian 1 year ago
Yeah, Operah SUCKS! She NEVER should Have Become Famous!
ThePaddyjoejr1 1 year ago
I could recall and do an impression of that music at the drop of a hat. Never forgetting MONSTER WEEK, Steve McQueen Week, Planet of the Apes Week... They had a damn week for everything! It was AWESOME!
CProgression 1 year ago
It looks like KGO channel 7 In san francisco, there used to be movies on at that hour here too, but you also would see Charlie's angels if they couldn't get on a film
moxie96 1 year ago
I love that music What memeories!!!!!!!
yrhodesian 1 year ago
I see 4 "Oprah" fans...
StukInBuf 1 year ago
We watched Godzilla vs Gamera on this; so fun.
blope332 1 year ago
i can remember watching BEN HUR over 4-5 days , with a commercial every 12 minutes, on a 9 inch B&W Emerson portable TV ....today, I wont watch "Hellcats" unless it's in HD....
abcbatman1966 1 year ago
@Dan Zero77, I could not agree more with your comment as it was so aptly put. And even with only those 6 channels to choose from, plus public broadcasting on channel 13, I was so much more entertained and felt much more enriched by what I saw. Man, were those days ever enjoyable and so carefree back then. If anyone knows of a time machine set on the 1970's, please take me back with ya! ~Happy Holidays and God Bless~.
Luvinthe70s 1 year ago
@Luvinthe70s Yes, and even WNET had "Cinema Thirteen" which showed great classic films overnights as well. At least WPIX is staying somewhat true to their heritage, with the "PIX" branding, but otherwise, TV in NYC is radically different from 25-30 years ago. No more 4:30 Movie, no more Drive In Movie, The Late Show, Movie 4, The 4:00 Movie (WOR) or The 8 O Clock Movie (WPIX).
DanZero77 1 year ago
@DanZero77 Dont forget Chiller Theatre that was ch 11, right?
daddyrollingstone 1 year ago
This is so cool that you have this. Remember Horror Week? Seven Little Indians and the musicals like the King and I and My Fair Lady, Gypsy? Thanks for sharing this.
NJGardengirl1961 1 year ago
This was great, they used to have monster week, planet of the apes week...
llkk750 1 year ago
that 4:30 movie song brings a good happy feeling it reminds me when i was a kid and nothing worry about in life just sit back and watch tv then go out to play and come back home real fast to watch godztlla and planet of the ape movies
MrAsilva125 1 year ago 2
Kick Oprah in the ASS! Oprah SUCKS! ALWAYS HAS!
ThePaddyjoejr1 1 year ago
Don't despair, she'll be off in 8 months!
MikeTeaveeJr 1 year ago
@MikeTeaveeJr I Know. But does she really deserve her own Network? NO SHE DOES NOT, SHE SUCKS! She was Bearly OK When she started in 1986, But one year was Enough! her show is really Stupid!
ThePaddyjoejr1 1 year ago
Back in the day when TV was TV - no Oprah, no reality show nonsense, no 24 hour news talkers, no lousy sitcoms...just reruns, grainy old monster movies, cartoons and the news. Those were the days...
paktype 1 year ago
This was the ABC night movie theme at one time and channel 7 also used it. I recorded the audio off of channel 7 years ago but it's nice to see it the way I remember it. Channel also used it for the late movie. Late '70s. They don't make any kind of music like they used to.
monkeeman1966 1 year ago
i loved watching those godzilla movies when i was sick at home. this intro is great musically.
ranchump 1 year ago
This was when television was cool....
therealrightisleft 1 year ago 2
I remember monster week. But when I see this opening I get creeped out because one time they had a movie about killer bees and there was a horrible death scene of a woman and I got really depressed watching it (I was 8 or so)........could never get it out of my mind....
todtubetod 1 year ago
Kewrock
Godzilla vs MegaGozilla or War of the Gargantuas or Planet of the Apes.....sigh
DirkNader 1 year ago 2
We have the technology. We can rebuild that era (minus the bad parts).
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
think this should be remastered and used again, does not matter the channel.
jtcohen1 1 year ago
Oprah's leaving, bring it back!!!
10Tuxedo 1 year ago 23
@10Tuxedo I second that.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
@10Tuxedo ---excellent idea....too bad it'll never happen though...they'll but on more crapola!
SHRINA17 1 year ago
@10Tuxedo ----That would be so wonderful if the 4:30 movie came back!
SHRINA17 11 months ago
@10Tuxedo YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!! I was about to say the same thing! With 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' going off the air, they can move 'General Hospital' to a 2:30-3:30 P.M. schedule, have a 1-hour afternoon news program at 3:30, then bring this back for 4:30-6:00. At least restore SOME part NYC television to what it used to be and what we enjoyed. We don't need another reality show infesting the airwaves and that time slot!!
CookyMonzta 8 months ago
@CookyMonzta Agreed. The landscape is very ripe at ABC and ESPECIALLY WABC to bring back a proper 4:30 movie just like they USED. TO. HAVE.
DanZero77 7 months ago
35 years later, this still screams, "Monster Week" to me. I love it.
tommyrock69 1 year ago
Oh where are those 4:30 movies I loved so much?!
antitum 1 year ago
@antitum Where's "The 4:30 Movie(or even *The 3:30 Movie*)" when we need it?!
StukInBuf 1 year ago
The TV landscape is mostly garbage and I don't even have cable now as a result. Yep, one TV, three channels, four on a clear night and we had to rotate the antenna. TV stations signed off after the late night movie. The kids sometimes fell asleep before it ended. A truly simpler time decades ago. Thank goodness for youtube where us oldsters can relive our youth.
newguyhere 1 year ago 3
@newguyhere Amen! Maybe except for "Dr. Oz," I can't stand today's afternoon TV!
StukInBuf 1 year ago
GOOD CLASSIC INTRO!!! This really brings me back when they had classic movies and we didnt have to worry about WHT or HBO back in the day because I could watch broadcast TV like DanZero77 said 2,4,5,7,9,11 and UHF Channel 31 and watch good sitcoms and movies. Thanks for the memories
alijn7 1 year ago
wow, chips ahoy, milk 7 the 4:30 movie!!! this takes me back. i havent heard that intro in years!!!! i think i just got dizzy
KEVCAPUTO 1 year ago
"This is Seven, Looking Good"- 1971 Seven Network (Australia) Ident. Seven Network used the same movie intro theme.
eastest566 1 year ago
can you upload the open from WOR-TV's 4:30 movie? That was my favorite movie open of all time. I used to get WOR on cable when I was a kid living in Washington, Pa.
kcthatsawinner 1 year ago
jeez this video brings back such great memories. i have had that
tune in my head for 30 years and wishing to hear it again.
thank you!!!!!! and for liz downin the comments. hello? you are either too young
or had a disgusting and deprived childhood!
TheDemonman2 1 year ago 2
what a great memory of a time when we only had ONE TV in the house and 4 stations to choose from..i remember coming home from school, making a HUGE sandwich and watching whatever the movie was..there was NO channel surfing..(no remote anyway..lol)
gvarro1 1 year ago
who remembers this?
liz326522 1 year ago
I do. Do the homework and then the 430 movie. Then Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel for the news.
bigjoetube 1 year ago
@liz326522 I do. Uh-uh, don't try to figure out my age, LOLOLOLOL.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
I've got two words for you...
THANK YOU
MrHolipsism 1 year ago
Monster week , Elvis week , Planet of the Apes week , you will never see these type of programs ever again. Thanks for the memories WABC TV.
66Robert 1 year ago
wow - thanks for the memory! a beautiful melody, and just the right mood. takes me way back...
slide4180 1 year ago
that batman movie hurry up its 430pm
MIZIKE69 1 year ago
The 4:30 Movie was the best! They used to show some intense Sci-Fi films such as Journey To The Center of the Earth. If not Sci-Fi, then classic comedies such as The Mouse That Roared. Sadly that ended when WABC wanted to out do WNBC's Live At Five by putting on the news extra at 4:30. I believe that was 1982 or 83.
DerKosmonaut1972 1 year ago
I probably posted in this video thread numerous times -- but this is why it's the headline video on my channel page -- it was the most representative of what New York City TV -- and even the TV landscape in general -- was before syndicated programming, reality/trash talk series, and 500 channels of brainwashed programming. These were MOVIES, some classic, some scary, some funny, that defined the generations before us. They were on 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11. NYC Television at its finest in the 1970s.
DanZero77 1 year ago 50
@DanZero77 you are 100% correst!!!
TheDemonman2 1 year ago
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@DanZero77 you are 100% correct!!!
TheDemonman2 1 year ago
@DanZero77 I'm from The Bronx (born 1960). I loved this and if you could find the promo from when they would do "Godzilla Week on The 4:30 Movie" and the earlier version of "The Million Dollar Movie" that would be super.
chasxyz1234 1 year ago
@DanZero77 .... I couldnt have said it better. Im 41, grew up in NYC during this period of superb television. Even the movie intro's such as the 4:30 movie, made me feel great as a child, there seemed to be spirit and soul in the programming back then as contradictory as that might sound. I would watch the godzilla movies, and planet of the apes week on the 4:30 movie! Also if any one remembers channel 9 WORTV, had a 4:00 o clock movie, playing horror films and other film genres as well.....
Comrade4Life 1 year ago
@DanZero77 ....I used to switch back and forth between 9 and 7 ...watching both movies! These were the times when real effort and creativity was put into television... from the sitcoms, to the afternoon and late night movies.. there was a real essence in this era... an essence of presenting good programming to the people. It's funny how growing up, a simple thing like the 4:30 movie brought people together....
This brings back great memories...
Comrade4Life 1 year ago
@DanZero77 I TOTALLY AGREE. I couldn't have said it better. Thank you.
Zane777077 1 year ago
@DanZero77
You said it...
13, UHF and VHF...the aluminum foil on the antenna and remoteless TV .
A time when turning the channel actually was... TURNING THE CHANNEL..
Too many channels not enough quality these days.
Fortunately we do have options other than cable these days.
;0)
68NYC2 8 months ago
@68NYC2 KCHUNK KCHUNK KCHUNK (my best sounding TV knob imitation). And yes, quantity over quality these days, sadly.
DanZero77 7 months ago
@68NYC2 I was the youngest member of my households viewing audience so I was the remote control
thedavisgroup 7 months ago
@DanZero77
I was born in 1973, My childhood memories are divided - I remember my parents arguing and yelling at each all the time, which is not a good memory to have. TV was my escape hatch. It was where I could see well-dressed people behave like adults. Whether it was looking at a Price is Right girl a bit longer than a five year old boy should, laughing at the teen antics of "What's Happening?!", or nutty Mork & Mindy - TV showed me that your immediate surrounds was not a limitation.
tubekxb 7 months ago
@tubekxb Absolutely, points well taken. TV before the Internet generation was just that -- an escape hatch from everything around you. The 4:30 Movie and all the other movie shows not just in New York, but all across America in the 70s, were exactly that.
DanZero77 7 months ago
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@DanZero77
I was born in 1973, My childhood memories are divided - I remember my parents arguing and yelling at each all the time, which is not a good memory to have. TV was my escape hatch. It was where I could see well-dressed people behave like adults. Whether it was looking at a Price is Right girl a bit longer than a five year old boy should, laughing at the teen antics of "What's Happening?!", or nutty Mork & Mindy - TV showed me that your immediate surrounds was not a limitation.
tubekxb 7 months ago
@DanZero77 enjoying that midlife crisis?
sixsixxsixxxx 7 months ago
excellent video-i loved it as a child every weekday. not only were the graphics
awesome for that time but the music was pulse pounding!!!!
thank you for putting the video up. thank you thank you!
frankfarr1 1 year ago
@frankfarr1 "Pulse-pounding" music... I'd rank this right up there with the "Hawaii Five-O" theme at that time... pulse-upping, "grab-your-attention" stuff!
StukInBuf 1 year ago
It's a FROG!!
beaugarsNYC 1 year ago
Back in the day (1970s) program directors were awesome and EARNED their living, with great weird selections and weekly themes. Now all they do is press "play" on the first of each month and run the same stupid crappy films five times daily.
Don't believe me? Check out how many times BRAVO play "a few good men" or how many times the Turner stations run the same film. It's pitiful and it sux for us.
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
@zzGRENDELzz - You think that's bad? How about running the same film for the whole week, 16 times in all - as WOR-TV did on "Million Dollar Movie" from its 1954 debut up to the late 1960's when that show was reconstituted to run a different movie every night. Perhaps that's how TNT and Bravo got the idea . . .
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@wmbrown6 Wow - that's pretty bad, but then I never did like WOR channel 9 NY much. The very best example of program directors being creative and fun was TBS (I think) circa 1988-1993 when they would show the giant killer rabbit film "Night of the Lepus" every Easter. The good old days.
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
Wow! Even cooler than I recall. So many great films they'd show - Godzilla, monster movies, Planet of the Apes, etc. Too cool.
Kudos to my folks for letting me watch TV at such a prime hour of the day.
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
This made my day.
2crouton2 1 year ago
my youth
fukinzeppelinman 1 year ago
guys, i grew up in bridegport,ct/lower fairfield county so i caught new tv stations like wabc channel 7 new york and wor channel 9 new jersey. miss monster week and wor channel 9's thanksgiving monster speacials. bring them back!!!
terrondt 1 year ago
lol, remember this intro in the 1970's early 80's in my childhood.wow.
terrondt 1 year ago
Remember "Monster Week" LOL
78MamaKat 1 year ago
@78MamaKat yes i do remember monster week! ran home from school to catch my daily monster fix with godzilla and friends. a shame because you cannot catch godzilla flicks anywhere anymore. i have to buy all my collection on dvd from amazon. were were poor growing up without cable so this was a great treat got the 4 of us siblings after school.
terrondt 1 year ago
Yep, and the Planet of the Apes movie too.
jtcohen1 1 year ago
@jtcohen1 That's the one I always looked forward to!
NJPhotographer62 1 year ago
@jtcohen1 Oh yeah Plane tof The Apes week was another good one. I clearly remember watching the movie "The Lost World" on the 4:30 movie.
scottyyz 1 year ago
It evokes such a strong memory. remember Rich Man Poor man?
badablingo 1 year ago
NICE!!!
midlifemikey 1 year ago
Oh man, what memories! I loved when it was Beach Blanket week.
Benayrunyon 1 year ago
This always reminds me of the days when stations actually went off the air and ended their broadcast with the national anthem. This always made me feel like I was doing something wrong.
mrtrek64 1 year ago
@mrtrek64 Wow, I forgot that they did actually go off the air and ended their broadcasts!!! I guess money changes EVERYTHING.
gooboo1000 1 year ago
@mrtrek64 I think that was when the station would broadcast the addresses of the secret government prisons.
jamesbrummel 1 year ago
@jamesbrummel
Ummmmmmm... What??????
mrtrek64 1 year ago
This intro always brings back great memories. Long live the '70s!
WABC 7 was one of my favorite stations outside their network fare. Growing up in this era was great! Long before stations needed to broadcast some talk show (syndicated or otherwise) or late afternoon news program, you got to see some movie. And they were GOOD, too!
Some of the "4:30" films I remember: Planet of the Apes, Batman (1966), and The Power. The last one always scared me to death, but I liked the experience.
nyyterp 1 year ago
Now Oprah has been on for about 20 years in this same abc time slot. Screw that. Gimme back ma Planet Of The Apes, Godzilla, & Sci-Fi weeks where they used to show 5 of 'em, in succession, monday thru friday when I was in grade school. Run offa the skool bus for yer fix of impressionable juvie mid 70's decadence. tv sux now.
pewsterbaby 1 year ago
@pewsterbaby One can only hope and pray that there isn't going to be any Oprah wannabe trying to get a talk show at that time slot when Oprah retires in 2011.
Could they instead make it "The 4:00 Movie," and start Eyewitness News from 5:30 til 6:30?
StukInBuf 1 year ago
I remeber this one. I seem to recall this also with a white backroune and a black foreground
matt89102 1 year ago
This means so much to me. Brings back so many memories. I totally love this intro. You knew you were in for a treat when this intro. came on. I wish they'd bring it back.
gooboo1000 1 year ago
Increible!!!I I was taking a nap, and all of a sudden, I got up from be and turn on the tv to see the 4:30 movie..It seems I was sleep walking and dreaming back in 1970
niry59 1 year ago
There was something similar on Channel 7 in Detroit. WXYZ, the ABC affiliate It would start at 4:00 PM instead. It had a director sitting in his chair with a megaphone at the end. They showed Elvis, the Ape movies, Christmas movies, Marilyn M., Raquel W., Clint Eastwood, Beatles HELP 1965 and many others..........
hobokenplayboy 1 year ago
That "director sitting in his chair with a megaphone" was also used for WABC's "4:30 Movie" from 1969 to 1973, and the open sans music was put up by 'mazinz2':
watch?v=GB9bZF-q23M
(with sound dubbed in: watch?v=l-2WEYlAvMQ )
In fact, WXYZ's afternoon movie was at 4:30 from 1968 to 1976 (in fact, WXYZ used "The 4:30 Movie" title first, starting May 20, 1968, preceding WABC), after which it moved down to 4:00 (although WXYZ had toyed with a 4:00 movie as early as mid-'69).
wmbrown6 1 year ago
I'm also curious if any Detroiters taped the opens of WXYZ's "4:30 / 4:00 Movie." It moved permanently from 4:30 to 4:00 on Sept. 20, 1976.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
I saw all of the Planet of the Apes movies on the 4:30 movie.
GigiGrrrl 1 year ago
@GigiGrrrl i forgot about planet of the apes that's right lol
MrAsilva125 1 year ago
Memories. Man that brought me back to getting home from school and watching. Now it seems like a whole other lifetime
monk3245675 1 year ago
What great memories! Does anybody remember the wacky horror movies they showed! "Crowhaven Farm", "Just Before Dawn", "Children Shoudn't play with Dead Things", etc.! I loved those movies, but they scarred me for life! :)
joeygc1972 1 year ago
@joeygc1972
Totally remember "Children shouldn't play with Dead Things." They never seem to show it anymore. Simple movies, but they scared the heck out of you!!! Definitely not like today's garbage. No one seems to know how to make a decent horror flick.
gooboo1000 1 year ago
@gooboo1000 did they really show it on the 4:30 movie ?
fronio89 1 year ago
@fronio89
I remember watching "Children shouldn't play with Dead Things" on WWOR-TV Channel 9. I'll always remember the end of the movie when the girl or guy thinks they are hiding in a safe bedroom unbeknowst to them that their is a zombie on the bed.
gooboo1000 1 year ago
@gooboo1000 The ending was really strange the zombies took the boat and sailed away. I do not think it would be aired on the 4:30 Movie. Even for channel 9 to show it.
fronio89 1 year ago
@fronio89 I either saw it on Channel 5 or Channel 9. I know for sure it was not on PBS. Great movie. Thanks for reminding me of the end. What I was thinking was earlier or toward the tail end of the movie. I always thought they were going to make a "Children II" because of their voyage to New York.
gooboo1000 1 year ago
@gooboo1000 They were headed to NewYork, Yeah they beat Jason to it.
fronio89 1 year ago
@fronio89 Do you know of any worthwhile horror flicks? Haven't come across a good one in a long time.
gooboo1000 1 year ago
@gooboo1000 In my humble opinion ,VideoDrome, Theater of Blood (vincent Price) and the Cell ,that one really bothered me
fronio89 1 year ago
@fronio89 Will check them out. Thanks.
gooboo1000 1 year ago
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@fronio89 Do you know of any worthwhile horror flicks? I haven't come across a good one in a while.
gooboo1000 1 year ago
wow that brings back memories for sure the 4:30 movie watching Godzilla movies and so on
MrAsilva125 1 year ago
Another great memory jolt from the late 60's-early 70's.
ftsjr 1 year ago
I remember watching the 4:30 Movie when I'd get my homework finished. But what perplexes me is that when they show the camera guy rolling the film as he is seated, how can he keep a steady pace?
evilunixuser1 1 year ago
This really brings me back to growing up in the Bronx in the 70s. Great memories
Attila709 1 year ago 2
Me too...
danawadd 1 year ago
this intro would also come on for the 4:30 am movie too. Used to remember it on Saturdays
MrRackensack 1 year ago
zl1vette427, a lot of those movies were edited to the bone; but some of the longer ones would be cut into 2 parts and run on 2 consecutive days.
Owlzindabarn 1 year ago
o yea, i remember this intro, When I use to get home from school. Cool intro
92abuelo 1 year ago
I remember this as the open for WLS' 3:30 movie in the same timeframe...
mhking 1 year ago
Man, how did they manage to fit those movies in a 90-minute block ? Even if you went back to the fewer commercial times of the 1970's and earlier, a 90 minute time slot fit only a 75-77 minute move, tops...and that was in primetime. I'm sure they wanted 20 minutes of commericals for a daytime running. They must have heavily edited alot of our favorite movies. Most were probably 85-100 minute movies, that were still understandable if they cut 10-25% of the movie.
zl1vette427 1 year ago