Every time I'd hear that voice over "The following...film...the following Feature....etc" It was almost, as for me as a kid in that decade, like being at an amusement park where the ride announcer says "Okay, buckles your seatbelts, hands on the rail and get ready for the ride". It was like that with movies during these late hours in the 80's to early 90's. GREAT TIMES AND GREAT MEMORIES!! THIS ROCKS! ;-)
Does anyone know the name of that movie with that one guy that did that thing with that other dude, and the chick was hot and she was wearing that sexy outfit and there was credits at the end?
Anyone remember the title of the movie about the guy thats dating a deaf girl and takes pictures of dog poop. His brother pissed him off saying he was a pervert because he dated a deaf girl and could call out any girls name when they "screw". At the end he runs off down the railroad tracks. What was the name of that movie?!
I like the music. I think I have an idea of what showtime showed after hours, but I was too young in the 80s. Showtime was the best in the 80s. It's not that good anymore.
The Movie channel used to show R rated movies in the day back in the mid 80s too.Me and my cousin watched The Survivors with Robin Williams at like 3 in the afternoon.
I've heard they are more liberal. I'm surprised we don't have more restrictions since this country got on a conservative trend the past few years. You can't even listen to a song on the radio now without all the dirty words being cut out. So much for free speech.
I remember seeing a later one in the later 80's where it showed little clips of people getting intimate with each other (nothing explicit, of course), including 2 women about to kiss, if I remember correctly! Anyone got that one?
My parents had Hollywood Knights on tape from Showtime, and my brother and I found this intro many years later - we laughed hysterical at the announcer saying this movie would only air after 10 pm.
It's a good movie - my parents started exposing me and my brother to good movies from an early age, and I have a huge appreciation for the "classics" - Hollywood Knights being one of them.
My brother is a film buff, and I owe alot of that to what my parents raised us on.
Yeah I think,if I recall right,it was Wuhl's first big role.Fran had been in 2 other films prior to this, American Hot Wax(another 50ish period piece),and Saturday Night Fever.
Oh ok - remember the part hid in the bathroom and recorded the twins' conversation about the abortion in Tijuana, and then revealed his presence in the bathroom? Classic! And worse, he played it at the pep rally?
For Me,probably because I have A twisted sense of humor,My favorite scene was Newbomb(Wuhl)getting on stage,and farting the song"Voilaire".I enjoyed the scene with The Ironbox Twins As Well.
Though it doesn't outmatch HBO's "space theme", Showtime still had this great theatrical one. Plus the later versions with the film reels and fireworks going off.
Funny how HBO *never* showed soft-core or suggestive material, but years later Real Sex, Sex in the City, Taxicab Confessions, etc.
Awesome! I have been looking for that theme too, but there is one where they have the film strips going across the screen but with the same music. I hope somebody has that one!
I remember this,but I gotta tell you.I liked the earlier after hour bump better.The music was more sensual.This music sounds like An 80's action show.
Remember that? Those movie got me "through" the night during my teen years. I would massage the horny cramps while every one was sleeping. I was a naughty lil boy.
Hmm, what followed this bumper, "Emanuelle in Bangkok?" :) Boy I miss the old days when cable showed 70s exploitation and not the glossy garbage they show now.
People In New York City Can See It At 10PM/Chicago Can See It At 9PM/Salt Lake City Can See It At 8PM/People In Los Angeles And San Francisco Can See It At 7PM
Where I grew up, Showtime on a primitive cable system was located as a scrambled picture on channel 3B, with a special box your cable company would give you, you can get the channel anyway, this was 25 years ago of course.
I stayed in a hotel in Missasauga, Ontario back in '91, and my mom turned on the TV in the hotel room, and BAM! boobs on TV. It was early too - before 10 pm.
My dad said that when he used to go on business trips to Toronto (he worked for a company HQ there until 1998, when he went to a company based in our home state, NJ), there were "dirtier" movies on TV at 8 pm. This owes in part to a more liberal government, or at least a more relaxed FCC equivalent. No "safe harbor" involved here!
God "Hollywood Knights",i remember staying up real late to watch that when i was a kid.Oh man those were fun times.Corny film but a lot of fun to watch.God i miss the 80's hehe :-)
I've never seen this one before,probably because when we had Showtime I was 7.I would've got punished for watching this.The Showtimes ratings guy is kinda scary,but the ratings guy on early 80's Hbo terrified me,and so did the rocket ship;anyone else?
this was back when showtime was cool unlike today where they suck this was also back in the day when showtime had movies you see on hbo or cinemax growing up we had hbo but iremember seeing this at a friends house a few times with the tune
Yeah, Showtime had better commercials back then. I remember those days when there would be the same movie on HBO depending on the studio (mostly Universal and Fox) that they shared instead of exclusive (Showtime and Paramount,HBO and Columbia) back then.
I remember a time when I was 3 or 4 the rating announcemt on these channels scared me, especially Showtime. It seemed like this announcer was better suited for a classical music radio station the way he commands his voice.
The Following Film Has Been Rated R Restricted, By The Motion Picture Industry's Rating System. Showtime Recommends That Children Under 17 View This Picture Only In The Company Of An Adult. Beacuse Of It's Subject Matter, This Particular Film Will Be Presented By Showtime Only After 10:00 PM/9:00 PM Central
"Children Under 17 View This Picture Only In The Company Of An Adult" So what they were suggesting is that kids watch this with their perverted uncles or whatnot.
I remember this, however the version I saw was scrambled. Well that's how it was when one doesn't pay for Showtime but I could still hear the audio. I think I remember some scrambled nipples too.
God, I remember these days. My brother and I were watching a videotaped copy of "Hollywood Knights" in 2000, and we saw this disclaimer and cracked up. My how things change!
I remember stealing showtime by opening the box and putting a piece of paper in between the dial and the circuit board or whatever.
PullMyPeeper 1 day ago
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this is from 1984-1987.
cameron20101000 1 year ago
this is from 1984-1987
cameron20101000 1 year ago
Every time I'd hear that voice over "The following...film...the following Feature....etc" It was almost, as for me as a kid in that decade, like being at an amusement park where the ride announcer says "Okay, buckles your seatbelts, hands on the rail and get ready for the ride". It was like that with movies during these late hours in the 80's to early 90's. GREAT TIMES AND GREAT MEMORIES!! THIS ROCKS! ;-)
shawnd80s 1 year ago 3
XAAANADUUUUUU
Seriously, could this be more '80s?
eruption257 1 year ago
Excellent video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pancakeman22 2 years ago
Does anyone know the name of that movie with that one guy that did that thing with that other dude, and the chick was hot and she was wearing that sexy outfit and there was credits at the end?
Albee213 2 years ago
Anyone remember the title of the movie about the guy thats dating a deaf girl and takes pictures of dog poop. His brother pissed him off saying he was a pervert because he dated a deaf girl and could call out any girls name when they "screw". At the end he runs off down the railroad tracks. What was the name of that movie?!
tengrigim 2 years ago
Anyone remember the name of showtime's Fairy Tale show they had for the kids back then? I remember it had a lot of celebrity guess stars.
trumbachd1 2 years ago
Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
ThreeOranges 2 years ago
Thank you so much ThreeOranges!!!!
trumbachd1 2 years ago 6
I like the music. I think I have an idea of what showtime showed after hours, but I was too young in the 80s. Showtime was the best in the 80s. It's not that good anymore.
neinsudtexas10 2 years ago
Hell, Cinemax was better back then. I don't like the new commercials that show a random scene without the commercial voice over guy.
talkingpie99 2 years ago
What did Showtime After Hours show exactly?, the cable subscriber I have didn't pick up Showtime til about two years ago.
fourstringpredator 2 years ago
they showed mostly R rated and or adult films.I remember watching Bustin' Loose,Hollywood Knights,and Porkys.
Cinemax1980 2 years ago
Best decade ever!
BrightWave 2 years ago
I had this on A tape of Bustin Loose.
OPENARMS1981 3 years ago
Today, Showtime (like it's sister channel, The Movie Channel) NOW airs R-rated films even during the daytime.
SailorCallie 3 years ago
The Movie channel used to show R rated movies in the day back in the mid 80s too.Me and my cousin watched The Survivors with Robin Williams at like 3 in the afternoon.
Cinemax1980 2 years ago
I've heard they are more liberal. I'm surprised we don't have more restrictions since this country got on a conservative trend the past few years. You can't even listen to a song on the radio now without all the dirty words being cut out. So much for free speech.
Vipguy2003 3 years ago
I adore this video! :-D
THANKS :-)
moviedudeinc 3 years ago 2
Those fancy computer graphics are so totally awesome! Bad-ass, even!
duncanjwebster 3 years ago 2
totally,dude!
i wonder if there are any more behind the scenes of how theyeve created this stuff! its fascinating! :]
eladbari 3 years ago 2
I remember seeing a later one in the later 80's where it showed little clips of people getting intimate with each other (nothing explicit, of course), including 2 women about to kiss, if I remember correctly! Anyone got that one?
crazyclimber80 3 years ago
Whoa!!...I just had a flashback of sneeking and watching Showtime in 1984 after my parents had went to sleep.
Stylensky 4 years ago 8
Me too,I watched Hollywood Knights.
SweetLemon2008 4 years ago
My parents had Hollywood Knights on tape from Showtime, and my brother and I found this intro many years later - we laughed hysterical at the announcer saying this movie would only air after 10 pm.
AllisonTheSNLGuru 3 years ago
Funny, since Showtime has been playing THK over the past few months lately.
talkingpie99 3 years ago
It's a good movie - my parents started exposing me and my brother to good movies from an early age, and I have a huge appreciation for the "classics" - Hollywood Knights being one of them.
My brother is a film buff, and I owe alot of that to what my parents raised us on.
AllisonTheSNLGuru 3 years ago
knights is A classic,most critics call it A cheap rip off of American Graffiti,but I think it's funnier than Graffiti.
Cinemax1980 2 years ago
I think it is definitely funnier. My dad likes Robert Wuhl's character, and I still can't believe that was Fran Drescher!
AllisonTheSNLGuru 2 years ago
Yeah I think,if I recall right,it was Wuhl's first big role.Fran had been in 2 other films prior to this, American Hot Wax(another 50ish period piece),and Saturday Night Fever.
Cinemax1980 2 years ago
Oh ok - remember the part hid in the bathroom and recorded the twins' conversation about the abortion in Tijuana, and then revealed his presence in the bathroom? Classic! And worse, he played it at the pep rally?
AllisonTheSNLGuru 2 years ago
For Me,probably because I have A twisted sense of humor,My favorite scene was Newbomb(Wuhl)getting on stage,and farting the song"Voilaire".I enjoyed the scene with The Ironbox Twins As Well.
Cinemax1980 2 years ago
Same here LOL!
Kelski1998 1 year ago
This music reminds of MACGYVER.
OpenArms80 4 years ago
I like the earlier After Hours intro better,with the sax music.This intro is cool though.
SilkyGreensleeves 4 years ago
Though it doesn't outmatch HBO's "space theme", Showtime still had this great theatrical one. Plus the later versions with the film reels and fireworks going off.
Funny how HBO *never* showed soft-core or suggestive material, but years later Real Sex, Sex in the City, Taxicab Confessions, etc.
ReturnofRetroBoy 4 years ago
I love this intro music,but remember being scared of the ratings bump.
LightningLogos 4 years ago
I like this,I watched Bustin Loose,on after hours.
OpenArms81 4 years ago
That's awesome! I watched Fire with Fire with my parents on after hours when i was a kid. LOL!
PantherJM15 4 years ago
Awesome! I have been looking for that theme too, but there is one where they have the film strips going across the screen but with the same music. I hope somebody has that one!
Wicht2007 4 years ago
That's the one i remember! I have it on VHS but not sure how to upload it on here...
PantherJM15 4 years ago
You should somehow get it burned to a DVD, or something, then upload it. That would be awesome!
Wicht2007 4 years ago
OOOH yeah! Didn't think about that...I will work on that.
PantherJM15 4 years ago
I remember this,but I gotta tell you.I liked the earlier after hour bump better.The music was more sensual.This music sounds like An 80's action show.
JamminLightning 4 years ago
He does sound like John Vernon!
JamminLightning 4 years ago
A Snapper , A snapper!!!
Remember that? Those movie got me "through" the night during my teen years. I would massage the horny cramps while every one was sleeping. I was a naughty lil boy.
jkbezo 4 years ago
Hmm, what followed this bumper, "Emanuelle in Bangkok?" :) Boy I miss the old days when cable showed 70s exploitation and not the glossy garbage they show now.
toadiesplace 4 years ago
People In New York City Can See It At 10PM/Chicago Can See It At 9PM/Salt Lake City Can See It At 8PM/People In Los Angeles And San Francisco Can See It At 7PM
HollywoodDerek2 4 years ago
Where I grew up, Showtime on a primitive cable system was located as a scrambled picture on channel 3B, with a special box your cable company would give you, you can get the channel anyway, this was 25 years ago of course.
ProductionX 4 years ago
I miss Showtime After Hours back in the 80's that show so rated R movies back then at 10:00pm!
jermainemack 4 years ago
SO people in Chicago could see rated R movies earlier?
devtrash 4 years ago
People in Cali could catch this @ 8:00! New York 10:00!
paleale1984 4 years ago
I stayed in a hotel in Missasauga, Ontario back in '91, and my mom turned on the TV in the hotel room, and BAM! boobs on TV. It was early too - before 10 pm.
My dad said that when he used to go on business trips to Toronto (he worked for a company HQ there until 1998, when he went to a company based in our home state, NJ), there were "dirtier" movies on TV at 8 pm. This owes in part to a more liberal government, or at least a more relaxed FCC equivalent. No "safe harbor" involved here!
AllisonTheSNLGuru 3 years ago
God "Hollywood Knights",i remember staying up real late to watch that when i was a kid.Oh man those were fun times.Corny film but a lot of fun to watch.God i miss the 80's hehe :-)
panamacityeddie 4 years ago
Actually,I take That back;I watched Bustin'Loose on Showtime which was rated R,and since it was R-rated;it must've been on After Hours.
LogoFreak1978 4 years ago
I've never seen this one before,probably because when we had Showtime I was 7.I would've got punished for watching this.The Showtimes ratings guy is kinda scary,but the ratings guy on early 80's Hbo terrified me,and so did the rocket ship;anyone else?
LogoFreak1978 4 years ago
the song sounds as if were an e.b.m. tune.
monboe 5 years ago
The announcer sounds like he belongs at either an easy listening or jazz radio station.
DeathValleyMassacre 5 years ago
this was back when showtime was cool unlike today where they suck this was also back in the day when showtime had movies you see on hbo or cinemax growing up we had hbo but iremember seeing this at a friends house a few times with the tune
coolmcss 5 years ago
Yeah, Showtime had better commercials back then. I remember those days when there would be the same movie on HBO depending on the studio (mostly Universal and Fox) that they shared instead of exclusive (Showtime and Paramount,HBO and Columbia) back then.
talkingpie99 4 years ago
I remember a time when I was 3 or 4 the rating announcemt on these channels scared me, especially Showtime. It seemed like this announcer was better suited for a classical music radio station the way he commands his voice.
JackSpader 5 years ago
The Guy on Early 80's Hbo scared me,but Showtime's guy was creepy too.I guess rating bumpers scared many of us Mid 20,30 somethings.
JamminLightning 4 years ago
MORE MORE MORE!
paleale84 5 years ago
The Following Film Has Been Rated R Restricted, By The Motion Picture Industry's Rating System. Showtime Recommends That Children Under 17 View This Picture Only In The Company Of An Adult. Beacuse Of It's Subject Matter, This Particular Film Will Be Presented By Showtime Only After 10:00 PM/9:00 PM Central
HollywoodDerek2 5 years ago
"Children Under 17 View This Picture Only In The Company Of An Adult" So what they were suggesting is that kids watch this with their perverted uncles or whatnot.
6of6 5 years ago
It's Tittie Time!
wiseass2147 5 years ago
I remember this, however the version I saw was scrambled. Well that's how it was when one doesn't pay for Showtime but I could still hear the audio. I think I remember some scrambled nipples too.
wiredsurf 5 years ago
I remember ON TV & Select TV. *sigh* Porn with squiggly bar running through the middle. hah!
6of6 5 years ago
I remember that. You can hear it but couldn't see it. It was like rainbow squiggly lines.
It was like on channel 99 or something right
baadamn0000 4 years ago
How could you remember that? You are 18! In any case, here in L.A. it was like channel 56 or something.
6of6 4 years ago
It is because we use to have many of those squiggly channel in Texas. For us in was channel 46-70 and 99
We only had channel 2-45 but before that we only had channels from 2-29.
It wasn't that long ago.
baadamn0000 4 years ago
God, I remember these days. My brother and I were watching a videotaped copy of "Hollywood Knights" in 2000, and we saw this disclaimer and cracked up. My how things change!
AllisonSNLKid 5 years ago
Now, Showtime shows R-rated films everyday since the late 80s.
joecool85 5 years ago