on to Sunday morning with David Brinkley/ Washington Week., book writing.... great show though he stayed on too long there... wish they could expand the nightly news to an hour but the afiliates have to have wheel of fortune and other lame shows... sadly the nightly newscast are slowly dying as those under 40 don't watch these newscasts...
fantastic tv anchor man right next to peter jennings and ted koppel and others , just class.. there. dont forget my songs there for teddbear52 just great!
Initially, Brinkley reportdely had planned to retire from broadcast journalism to write books, but got an offer "too good to refuse" from ABC to take over their Sunday-morning "This Week" program.
David Brinkley was one-of-a-kind.
During the heyday of "The Huntley/Brinley Report", producers split the news this way: Brinkley got news stories in/near Washington and the "humorous" items, while Chet Huntley got everything else.
NBC Nightly News didn't expand into an hour as promised...but PBS's "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" would in 1983 when it became "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"!
@johnnyafairbanks Of course not. And for good reason: For the NBC O&O stations, they had programming at the 7:00-8:00pm block. I know "Family Feud" aired at 7:30pm on WNBC-TV Channel 4, but what show aired at 7:00pm weeknights around the 1981-82 season?
John Chancellor in many ways was superior to Brinkley, who at the end was dragging on ABC . He should of retired a decade earlier than he did. At least Chancellor didn't make that mistake.
Man, it just hurts to watch this newscast and remember back how well done the nightly news programs were during the period of Cronkite, Chancellor, Brinkley and Reynolds. Today, the anchor has to look "perfect", the set, music, graphics and everything else takes precedence over the news itself. All of those silly features like "In the First Person", "Making a Difference" and "Eye on America" are needelss wastes of valuable news time since we're still dealing with 30 minutes only!
Obama has a nice timbre to his voice but Brinkley's genius was to get to the point in the FEWEST words possible, sometimes with comic results. Obama takes FOREVER to say anything and "the point" has been missing since he started in public life, probably BEFORE that.
Thanks for posting. I grew up watching Brinkley every Sunday morning on ABC's "This Week" and I always appreciated how he too everything with a grain of salt, in keeping with a man who'd pretty much seen and heard it all by that time. He took his job seriously but never took the news too-too seriously. And best of all, he never acted as though his reporting it was what alone made it serious news.
LOL. Notice the Dow Jones number!!! I remember when it broke 1000--what utter hype! Since then we have been expected to believe that it can only go up, up, up. What rot! We're suckered into needing that to go up, too, since our retirement monies have been invested in it. And David Brinkley--he was cool. A gentleman. A far, far cry from today's so-called news people. Both are in separete classes. Today's should be in special ed.
I remember Brinkley expressing his biggest fear for the country, that money would rule everything and we would lose our greatness. Brinkley was a very wise guy, way smarter than most, possibly because he was never bogged down by substandard Public School education. He never finished high school.
Yes, I have read his memoirs and he autographed my copy and we talked about that great "century plant" story. He was uncommonly decent and a great influence on his industry. He died after a series of falls that left him in pretty bad shape but we should be thankful he was here!
I remember Mr. Brinkley saying (during the 1990's) something to the effect that if he was then just begining his career, he'd never be successful. This marvellous journalist was referring to the fact that having a pretty face had become an extremely important aspect in securing a career in this field. Very sad and disturbing to consider - it's no wonder why we look back and fondly remember these greats.
Brinkley was a pionner in US Television news history and had '2' carrers. One co-creating the co anchor now a staple with Huntley. Their theme is now used on Keith Oberman's MSNBC show.
The other is the 'father' of the modern sunday morning political/headline talk shows. A brilillant commentator and news anlyst in style of Tim Russert that could explain complex political issues that most people could understand.
The news biz is lacking greats like him and 1970's era Anchor J. Chancellor.
i should add.. sorry, thanks to the whole fcc thing... lmfao.. now we have hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and... hours and.. hours and hours.. (ok, the point's been made) of NEWS from the networks! AAAAAAAAAAACK!
oh boy, yeh reagan and your reaganomics.. thanks for the inflation.. but... ah the brinkly stuff.. brings tears to me eyes.. i hate it when that happens.. :D
huh! I guess they never got that hour long Nightly News they were talking about. It was not long however before cable TV news started to fill the void and the stations didn't want to give up that half hour anyhow.
on to Sunday morning with David Brinkley/ Washington Week., book writing.... great show though he stayed on too long there... wish they could expand the nightly news to an hour but the afiliates have to have wheel of fortune and other lame shows... sadly the nightly newscast are slowly dying as those under 40 don't watch these newscasts...
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zbsx 7 months ago
fantastic tv anchor man right next to peter jennings and ted koppel and others , just class.. there. dont forget my songs there for teddbear52 just great!
teddbear52 1 year ago
Just the best!!!!!! Such gentlemen of maturity and intelligence. I can't even stand to watch TV today.
FriedrichKling 1 year ago
Great man indeed.
v19d 1 year ago
Imagine in a few years of Iraqi Children looking for american fathers
v19d 1 year ago
I always liked Brinkley, but this retrospective of his NBC work leaves a lot to be desired.
mediamadman747 1 year ago 2
Initially, Brinkley reportdely had planned to retire from broadcast journalism to write books, but got an offer "too good to refuse" from ABC to take over their Sunday-morning "This Week" program.
David Brinkley was one-of-a-kind.
During the heyday of "The Huntley/Brinley Report", producers split the news this way: Brinkley got news stories in/near Washington and the "humorous" items, while Chet Huntley got everything else.
altfactor 1 year ago 4
NBC Nightly News didn't expand into an hour as promised...but PBS's "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" would in 1983 when it became "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"!
johnnyafairbanks 1 year ago
@johnnyafairbanks Of course not. And for good reason: For the NBC O&O stations, they had programming at the 7:00-8:00pm block. I know "Family Feud" aired at 7:30pm on WNBC-TV Channel 4, but what show aired at 7:00pm weeknights around the 1981-82 season?
tyrese3745 1 month ago
John Chancellor in many ways was superior to Brinkley, who at the end was dragging on ABC . He should of retired a decade earlier than he did. At least Chancellor didn't make that mistake.
bikr0 1 year ago
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tonyraulroma 1 year ago
Man, it just hurts to watch this newscast and remember back how well done the nightly news programs were during the period of Cronkite, Chancellor, Brinkley and Reynolds. Today, the anchor has to look "perfect", the set, music, graphics and everything else takes precedence over the news itself. All of those silly features like "In the First Person", "Making a Difference" and "Eye on America" are needelss wastes of valuable news time since we're still dealing with 30 minutes only!
tcbluecollarguy1 2 years ago
Listen to David Brinkley. Barack Obama uses the same vocal cadence and inflection. I wonder if Barack studied and adopted David's speaking style.
alex3l 2 years ago
Obama has a nice timbre to his voice but Brinkley's genius was to get to the point in the FEWEST words possible, sometimes with comic results. Obama takes FOREVER to say anything and "the point" has been missing since he started in public life, probably BEFORE that.
JHJennings 2 years ago
I was lucky enough to meet Mr.Chancelor and Mr.Brinkley
they were kindly and caring gentlemen. (Crying)Goodbye John and Dave!
143AC 2 years ago 2
I liked them both but I'm pretty sure they were of opposite political persuasions.
JHJennings 2 years ago
Thanks for posting. I grew up watching Brinkley every Sunday morning on ABC's "This Week" and I always appreciated how he too everything with a grain of salt, in keeping with a man who'd pretty much seen and heard it all by that time. He took his job seriously but never took the news too-too seriously. And best of all, he never acted as though his reporting it was what alone made it serious news.
jph3660 2 years ago 2
LOL. Notice the Dow Jones number!!! I remember when it broke 1000--what utter hype! Since then we have been expected to believe that it can only go up, up, up. What rot! We're suckered into needing that to go up, too, since our retirement monies have been invested in it. And David Brinkley--he was cool. A gentleman. A far, far cry from today's so-called news people. Both are in separete classes. Today's should be in special ed.
cochranexyz 2 years ago 2
I remember Brinkley expressing his biggest fear for the country, that money would rule everything and we would lose our greatness. Brinkley was a very wise guy, way smarter than most, possibly because he was never bogged down by substandard Public School education. He never finished high school.
JHJennings 2 years ago
Have you read his memoirs?
cochranexyz 2 years ago
Yes, I have read his memoirs and he autographed my copy and we talked about that great "century plant" story. He was uncommonly decent and a great influence on his industry. He died after a series of falls that left him in pretty bad shape but we should be thankful he was here!
JHJennings 2 years ago
Lucky you. I love that book.
cochranexyz 2 years ago
Even Reagan used a teleprompter. Nothing new about that.
diamonddog13 2 years ago 2
I remember Mr. Brinkley saying (during the 1990's) something to the effect that if he was then just begining his career, he'd never be successful. This marvellous journalist was referring to the fact that having a pretty face had become an extremely important aspect in securing a career in this field. Very sad and disturbing to consider - it's no wonder why we look back and fondly remember these greats.
etienne818 2 years ago 8
Brinkley was a pionner in US Television news history and had '2' carrers. One co-creating the co anchor now a staple with Huntley. Their theme is now used on Keith Oberman's MSNBC show.
The other is the 'father' of the modern sunday morning political/headline talk shows. A brilillant commentator and news anlyst in style of Tim Russert that could explain complex political issues that most people could understand.
The news biz is lacking greats like him and 1970's era Anchor J. Chancellor.
USAGiant 2 years ago
Olberman doesn't deserve the Beethoven 9th theme song. Brinkley did and, in fact, he chose it!
JHJennings 2 years ago 2
notice the little white square (upper right) @ 3:47+
that was the net's signal to affiliates for segment end & cue commercials...
wiedep 2 years ago
Still in use throughout the world in various countries for the same thing. Mostly during live shows where breaks aren't always structured.
wuzzlevideos 2 years ago
Fascinating clip. Brinkley was indeed one of the best.
Did you get that off a 3/4 or 1" copy tape? Looks excellent.
nakamichiguy 2 years ago 2
i should add.. sorry, thanks to the whole fcc thing... lmfao.. now we have hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and... hours and.. hours and hours.. (ok, the point's been made) of NEWS from the networks! AAAAAAAAAAACK!
springloadedchicken 2 years ago
oh boy, yeh reagan and your reaganomics.. thanks for the inflation.. but... ah the brinkly stuff.. brings tears to me eyes.. i hate it when that happens.. :D
springloadedchicken 2 years ago
aww man i wanted to see what the long-distnace phone was about! jk. brinkley was a class act.
KOFILMSANDMEDIA 3 years ago
huh! I guess they never got that hour long Nightly News they were talking about. It was not long however before cable TV news started to fill the void and the stations didn't want to give up that half hour anyhow.
joebradio 3 years ago
R.I.P. Brinkley The best person ever!
dinfg6 3 years ago 5
Rock Hudson created the perfect woman but there was a flaw. She was not Jim Nabors!
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