UNBELIEVABLE... whenever you'd hear the Late Late Show music you KNEW you were up too late and you hoped your parents weren't going to come out and discover you. But it didn't matter... that music was the signal..turn off the tv and put the glass in the sink and go to bed! That strange yellowish light from the animations would light up the dark room and that music was so bracing.. making you think of what the world was like .. the commercials.. the CBS stills... distant memories now..
Jeanne's show was only 30 minutes; then it was "As The World Turns" at 1:30 pm, "Guiding Light" at 2:30, reruns of "All In The Family" at 3:30 and "Match Game '78" at 4:00. "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" aired on WCBS at 7:00 instead of the customary 6:30 on most other stations (in the fall of 1988 WCBS trimmed their local news by a half-hour and brought CBS' newscasts, then anchored by Dan Rather, to 6:30 and filled the 7:00 slot with the syndicated "Win, Lose Or Draw".)
@mrgiosb123 LOL... Stossel likes to tell how when he was reporting about companies malfeasance he was a 'good guy' with his colleagues.. now as he reports on GOVERNMENT(said with Stosselesque emphasis) malfeasance his colleagues aren't so happy. I caught the glimpse of IMAN and the current Fox 5 NY consumer reporter Joel Diaz? in there too!
OMG!! The construction worker during the Chris Borgen promo is John Merlo and I worked with him during the building of the WTC from 1971 through January of '75. He was a hell of a nice guy. Hey big John, hope you are doing well....Joe Mastro
@wmbrown6 My mistake: Pass the Buck/The New Tic Tac Dough followed "The Jim Nabors Show" at 10:30am, then TPIR at 10:30am, Love of Life at 11:00am, CBS News w/Douglas Edwards at 11:55am, The Young and the Restless at Noon, and Search for Tomorrow at 12:30pm. Was "The Jeanne Parr Show" an hour-long program?
@wmbrown6 My mistake: Pass the Buck/The New Tic Tac Dough followed "The Jim Nabors Show" at 10:00am, then TPIR at 10:30am, Love of Life at 11:00am, CBS News w/Douglas Edwards at 11:55am, The Young and the Restless at Noon, and Search for Tomorrow at 12:30pm. Was "The Jeanne Parr Show" an hour-long program?
wmbrown6 led me here. I am a HUGE fan of stuff like this, anything like this! Not only do we get local ads, and Late Show bumpers, but a WCBS Celebrates ad and sign-off! As everyone else says, BRILLIANT!
I believe "The Late Show" bumper was the *ending* to that, and The Late Late Show was just beginning w/ "Enchanted Island".
WOW, great stuff, thanks!! I was always a night person, even back then so I saw this stuff all the time. Overnights on Channel 2 were always a mix of promos and "WCBS TV Celebrates NY" spots. I miss the days when you could see cheesy movies overnight on TV...now it's all infomercials. I wish I could find Channel 2's earlier longer sign-off, where they talked about the Television Code...!
@videonut33 I read John Stossel's Biography and I read a part of his story that after his time in Portland KGW. John was supposed to be in San Francisco auditioning for KGO and KTVU before he got the call to arrive at WCBS.
I was thinking: Maybe someone should do a restoring job on all these old "WCBS-TV Celebrates" promos, with the stereo sources of these library pieces - and cut up (and in some cases pitch adjusted) in the same manner as they were originally. Not unlike what Joe Malzone had done for WPIX's "Yule Log."
What a BRILLIANT post...thank you for this!! I knew someone in You Tube land would come up big with this classic TV of WCBS in the wee hours. Suppose you had to be there to appreciate this gem...thanks again!
Would anyone out there know which production music library the piece used for that "WCBS-TV Celebrates New York" segment on here originated from, what its title was and who wrote it? Does have a kind of late 1960's/early '70's British vibe to it (given that those films debuted in the 1971-72 season).
@wmbrown6,the music bed for the "WCBS-TV Celebrates New York" spot here is by Keith Mansfield and is from a british production library titled KPM-1063 Contemporary Colour(not sure of the date).You might not remember but we discussed this bed a couple of years back in the comments section of a different video,it was a compilation of "WCBS-TV Celebrates New York" spots.Youtube user mdallen67,after much searching,found this info and an mp3 of the song on someones blog,so I give him full credit.
@plectrum34 - It was from 1970, right after the "Impact and Action - Vol. 2" set (KPM-1062) that yielded what later became known as "The Riviera Affair" by Neil Richardson which became famous as the theme to WOR-TV's "4 O'Clock Movie." The piece by Mr. Mansfield from that LP you mentioned was titled "Pop Package." I saw a full recording of that on:
watch?v=q6C8eeUWy4E
Another "Celebrates" music bed was heard from 3:37 - 4:04 on:
@wmbrown6,that's right,it's called Pop Package,I forgot to mention that.Good to see that someone's posted the full recording,I was thinking of doing it myself but never got around to it.I also remember this bed from a late 70's/early 80's WOR promo for televised Knick road games,do you have any recollection of that? Anyway,I'm not familiar with the other bed you pointed me to but it does remind me of the song Free Design by the band Stereolab,see if you agree:
Speaking of WOR and basketball, do you remember the "New Jersey Gems" theme song? I've been trying to find that online to no avail. They were a team in the WBL, a precursor to the WNBA that played three seasons in the late 70s and early 80s. Channel 9 would show ads promoting tickets to games and they had a ridiculously catchy jingle.
Look at 3:29 ABC News and Fox News correspondent John Stossel I never knew he got his start on WCBS TV. Does anybody have clips of Stossel actually doing reports for WCBS?
@dinfg6 Look at John Stossel 2004 book about his 20th season on 20/20 Stossel Mentioned that he was supposed audition to be a consumer reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area such as KTVU or KGO after he was let go from his contract at KGW in Portland. and when WCBS Took him.
In addition, those five WCBS-TV slides shown with music and Wally King's V/O were from 1973, as the "WCBS-TV New York" line was considerably different from the other slides shown (the larger type was apparently post-1974 or '75).
Bravo, bravo. B.T.W., the first ad (for A&P) may've been from WABC-TV, as the announcer heard at the end was ABC staffer Tedd Lawrence. Now if someone had test patterns from the New York stations of the time, I'll be a happy clam! . . . ;) The station I.D. at 2:45 was V/O'd by Wally King, and the I.D. afterwards by Norm Stevens, who also did the sign-off.
Excellent knowledge, as always, wmbrown6. You may be right about that A&P spot. My brother actually recorded this stuff, and recorded some spots from WABC, as well.
@KLXT77 - Hope he was on the ball when the other New York stations signed off, and/or if their test patterns were up. If not, then . . . oh, well . . .
UNBELIEVABLE... whenever you'd hear the Late Late Show music you KNEW you were up too late and you hoped your parents weren't going to come out and discover you. But it didn't matter... that music was the signal..turn off the tv and put the glass in the sink and go to bed! That strange yellowish light from the animations would light up the dark room and that music was so bracing.. making you think of what the world was like .. the commercials.. the CBS stills... distant memories now..
LBrilliante 1 month ago
So....what exactly WAS the Citizens committee for NYC?
Just curious...what was the Late Show feature these came from?
garrisonskunk 1 month ago
Great memories. this was when NY was NY.
PhantomDrums917 2 months ago
Jeanne's show was only 30 minutes; then it was "As The World Turns" at 1:30 pm, "Guiding Light" at 2:30, reruns of "All In The Family" at 3:30 and "Match Game '78" at 4:00. "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" aired on WCBS at 7:00 instead of the customary 6:30 on most other stations (in the fall of 1988 WCBS trimmed their local news by a half-hour and brought CBS' newscasts, then anchored by Dan Rather, to 6:30 and filled the 7:00 slot with the syndicated "Win, Lose Or Draw".)
Mcnzlea 2 months ago
John Stossel Is Now With FOX News And FOX Business.
mrgiosb123 2 months ago
@mrgiosb123 LOL... Stossel likes to tell how when he was reporting about companies malfeasance he was a 'good guy' with his colleagues.. now as he reports on GOVERNMENT(said with Stosselesque emphasis) malfeasance his colleagues aren't so happy. I caught the glimpse of IMAN and the current Fox 5 NY consumer reporter Joel Diaz? in there too!
LBrilliante 1 month ago
John Stossel?? WTF
Jean0987654321 2 months ago
At 0:39, was that supermodel Beverly Johnson in the Tab spot?
bhayes06 5 months ago
@bhayes06 No, but very close, it was Somalian supermodel Iman or like I like to call her, Mrs. David Bowie.
OreckBoy1 2 months ago
OMG!! The construction worker during the Chris Borgen promo is John Merlo and I worked with him during the building of the WTC from 1971 through January of '75. He was a hell of a nice guy. Hey big John, hope you are doing well....Joe Mastro
fscap811 8 months ago
So "The Jim Nabors Show" ran at 9:00am weekdays followed by The Price is Right at 10:00am and Love of Life at 11:00am
tyrese3745 9 months ago
@tyrese3745 - And "The Jeanne Parr Show" ran at 1 P.M., to be replaced in the fall by Stanley Siegel who defected from WABC-TV.
wmbrown6 8 months ago
@wmbrown6 My mistake: Pass the Buck/The New Tic Tac Dough followed "The Jim Nabors Show" at 10:30am, then TPIR at 10:30am, Love of Life at 11:00am, CBS News w/Douglas Edwards at 11:55am, The Young and the Restless at Noon, and Search for Tomorrow at 12:30pm. Was "The Jeanne Parr Show" an hour-long program?
tyrese3745 8 months ago
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@wmbrown6 My mistake: Pass the Buck/The New Tic Tac Dough followed "The Jim Nabors Show" at 10:00am, then TPIR at 10:30am, Love of Life at 11:00am, CBS News w/Douglas Edwards at 11:55am, The Young and the Restless at Noon, and Search for Tomorrow at 12:30pm. Was "The Jeanne Parr Show" an hour-long program?
tyrese3745 8 months ago
@wmbrown6 Who is Jeanne Parr's law-enforcing son?
Juliaflo 7 months ago
@Juliaflo - You mean "Mr. Big?" ;)
wmbrown6 7 months ago
@wmbrown6 That's it--The one and only Chris Noth.
Juliaflo 7 months ago
wmbrown6 led me here. I am a HUGE fan of stuff like this, anything like this! Not only do we get local ads, and Late Show bumpers, but a WCBS Celebrates ad and sign-off! As everyone else says, BRILLIANT!
I believe "The Late Show" bumper was the *ending* to that, and The Late Late Show was just beginning w/ "Enchanted Island".
DanZero77 1 year ago
with the WCBS-TV sign-off at the end...
JHollowayNetwork 1 year ago
WOW, great stuff, thanks!! I was always a night person, even back then so I saw this stuff all the time. Overnights on Channel 2 were always a mix of promos and "WCBS TV Celebrates NY" spots. I miss the days when you could see cheesy movies overnight on TV...now it's all infomercials. I wish I could find Channel 2's earlier longer sign-off, where they talked about the Television Code...!
PeteRFNY 1 year ago
Speechless. This is BRILLIANT!
chuckdudley 1 year ago
Another stumper, fellows: What's that mean bed scoring the Borgen promo..?
noahf67 1 year ago
@noahf67 - Sounds like an early 1970's KPM library music piece.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
Great stuff. I've been looking for a Frankart Furniture commercial for a long time.
vealcutlet 1 year ago
at 3:30, it's John "Give Me A Break!" Stossel, before he went Midtown to ABC and "20/20"...
videonut33 1 year ago
@videonut33 I read John Stossel's Biography and I read a part of his story that after his time in Portland KGW. John was supposed to be in San Francisco auditioning for KGO and KTVU before he got the call to arrive at WCBS.
recto89 1 year ago
I was thinking: Maybe someone should do a restoring job on all these old "WCBS-TV Celebrates" promos, with the stereo sources of these library pieces - and cut up (and in some cases pitch adjusted) in the same manner as they were originally. Not unlike what Joe Malzone had done for WPIX's "Yule Log."
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@wmbrown6 That would be brilliant! I'd pay for something like that to have all those wonderful promos restored and remastered on DVD if possible.
OreckBoy1 1 year ago
1:50 "WE JOINED DA MONEY SAVUHS!"
terracottapie 1 year ago
What a BRILLIANT post...thank you for this!! I knew someone in You Tube land would come up big with this classic TV of WCBS in the wee hours. Suppose you had to be there to appreciate this gem...thanks again!
Bentom86 1 year ago
Would anyone out there know which production music library the piece used for that "WCBS-TV Celebrates New York" segment on here originated from, what its title was and who wrote it? Does have a kind of late 1960's/early '70's British vibe to it (given that those films debuted in the 1971-72 season).
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@wmbrown6,the music bed for the "WCBS-TV Celebrates New York" spot here is by Keith Mansfield and is from a british production library titled KPM-1063 Contemporary Colour(not sure of the date).You might not remember but we discussed this bed a couple of years back in the comments section of a different video,it was a compilation of "WCBS-TV Celebrates New York" spots.Youtube user mdallen67,after much searching,found this info and an mp3 of the song on someones blog,so I give him full credit.
plectrum34 1 year ago
@plectrum34 - It was from 1970, right after the "Impact and Action - Vol. 2" set (KPM-1062) that yielded what later became known as "The Riviera Affair" by Neil Richardson which became famous as the theme to WOR-TV's "4 O'Clock Movie." The piece by Mr. Mansfield from that LP you mentioned was titled "Pop Package." I saw a full recording of that on:
watch?v=q6C8eeUWy4E
Another "Celebrates" music bed was heard from 3:37 - 4:04 on:
watch?v=O7qFzjEvYXQ
Would you know that tune's origin?
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@wmbrown6,that's right,it's called Pop Package,I forgot to mention that.Good to see that someone's posted the full recording,I was thinking of doing it myself but never got around to it.I also remember this bed from a late 70's/early 80's WOR promo for televised Knick road games,do you have any recollection of that? Anyway,I'm not familiar with the other bed you pointed me to but it does remind me of the song Free Design by the band Stereolab,see if you agree:
watch?v=xh3iqPrrDAw
plectrum34 1 year ago
@plectrum34
Speaking of WOR and basketball, do you remember the "New Jersey Gems" theme song? I've been trying to find that online to no avail. They were a team in the WBL, a precursor to the WNBA that played three seasons in the late 70s and early 80s. Channel 9 would show ads promoting tickets to games and they had a ridiculously catchy jingle.
terracottapie 1 year ago
Great video!
NJPhotographer62 1 year ago
Furthermore, this would have aired on late March 20/early March 21, 1978, and the sign-off was around 5:50 A.M.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
Look at 3:29 ABC News and Fox News correspondent John Stossel I never knew he got his start on WCBS TV. Does anybody have clips of Stossel actually doing reports for WCBS?
dinfg6 1 year ago
@dinfg6 Look at John Stossel 2004 book about his 20th season on 20/20 Stossel Mentioned that he was supposed audition to be a consumer reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area such as KTVU or KGO after he was let go from his contract at KGW in Portland. and when WCBS Took him.
recto89 1 year ago
In addition, those five WCBS-TV slides shown with music and Wally King's V/O were from 1973, as the "WCBS-TV New York" line was considerably different from the other slides shown (the larger type was apparently post-1974 or '75).
wmbrown6 1 year ago
Bravo, bravo. B.T.W., the first ad (for A&P) may've been from WABC-TV, as the announcer heard at the end was ABC staffer Tedd Lawrence. Now if someone had test patterns from the New York stations of the time, I'll be a happy clam! . . . ;) The station I.D. at 2:45 was V/O'd by Wally King, and the I.D. afterwards by Norm Stevens, who also did the sign-off.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
Excellent knowledge, as always, wmbrown6. You may be right about that A&P spot. My brother actually recorded this stuff, and recorded some spots from WABC, as well.
KLXT77 1 year ago
@KLXT77 - Hope he was on the ball when the other New York stations signed off, and/or if their test patterns were up. If not, then . . . oh, well . . .
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@KLXT77 - Also . . . as to Mr. Stevens' sign-off, compare it to the 1964 DX recording of his sign-off from that year, as on:
watch?v=kiWBjI1oLno
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@KLXT77 do you have more 1978 WCBS?
FBCDJ1620am 1 year ago
@FBCDJ1620am I'm afraid not. This block of spots is all I've got.
KLXT77 1 year ago
@wmbrown6 You might be right that that spot was shown on ABC, but those A&P ads aired on all the local stations IIRC.
terracottapie 1 year ago
@terracottapie - True. However, ABC staffer Tedd Lawrence's voice at the end was the key.
wmbrown6 1 year ago