9 All Night - Part 1 (1981)

[keybobrob]

Sweet,...i remember that one...they went all out for that one. : )

[caseynova1]

I grew up in Oregon (60's). We had four channels, and a B&W t.v. The fact that late movies were on until as late as 2 a.m. fascinated me. At some point, I heard that elsewhere in America, there were movies ALL NIGHT. That blew me away. If I'm nostalgic about anything (but drive-ins, too, & intermission shorts), its the openings to those late, late shows.

[fender7375]

Cool 

[HowieP]

The Talk Box was just awesome!

[CelesteK]

It's a good thing I'm not wearing my headset. Because that would be just brutal booming into my highly sensitive ears. :(

[mtdinstrumentals]

don't you just........MISS T.V. LIKE THIS???? Not that many channels but good t.v.!

[whitehorse43]

Love it! I wish I had lived in NYC during the late 70s/early 80s.

[prestush]

@singinglawnchair. The thing you have to realize is that all-night television was a novelty...probably not by 1981 in NYC, but certainly not long before that in most places you'd get to about 2 or 2:30 and then it was the National Anthem, and then nothing but "snow" till about 5:30. BTW, snow is what an analog TV would display when there was nothing on! Then you'd watch the test pattern, some farm reports, and finally...cartoons.

[PAM2167]

The Twin Towers:-(::: my beautiful towers:-( I miss seeing them. 30 yrs ago no one could conceive of crashing a plane into them

[NowhereMan1966]

@PAM2167 - I know here in Pittsburgh, IIRC, KDKA-TV was 24 hours even in the 1950's because we were a steel town, people worked all hours of the day and night. They even called the late night movies they would show, "Swing Shift Theater." I can't remember whar WIIC/WPXI did, if they were all night or not, but WTAE-TV and WQED/WQEX did sign off soon after midnight when I was a kid.

[videonut33]

The 9 all night open was made in 1980 during WOR's "Television As You Like It" era, based on the animation.

[johnissoevil]

This was probably the best 9 All Night intro WOR/WWOR did. I also liked the one they did in 1987 with the stars surrounding the 9 logo.

[ebf1957]

Don't it remind anyone of the opening of the Honeymooners?

[zekepig]

WOR had the most bombastic station idents during that era.

[elkinsinbox]

noooooooooiiiiiiiiiin aaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllll­llllllll nooooooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiight

[singinglawnchair]

Wow! Unfortunately I was a 90's/2000's kid, so I didn't grow up with this kind of stuff. =P

BTW, why was it split into parts? Was it one movie split into parts with commercials or different movies played through the night? Forgive me in advance if this is a stupid question.

[WhatsAYak]

@singinglawnchair - Not at all...they played 2 movies during the night, as I recall.

[whitneylovebrian4evr]

KECY-TV in El Centro, California and Yuma, Arizona also used the "9 All Night" from 1977 to 1986 as a CBS affiliate

[brickchruch]

I allways liked the music for nine all night its so mellow

[bwbasicwoman]

That NINE ALL NIGHT is totally like the end of "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO.

[TServo2049]

I never noticed until now that the light sparks come off of (then) the three tallest buildings in NYC, in order - WTC, Empire State, Chrysler...

[smittykins]

Love the "Cityscape" ID.

[2Beers4Rico]

0:12 to 0:22 Cool scanimate!

[johnissoevil]

This was a pretty good bumper for 9 All Night. The 1986 version and the version from the WWOR era in 1988 were pretty good, too, but this was by far the best.

[DannyHHyde]

Wow the 9 all night

[67tr876]

i love this !!!!!! go 1981

[NYCNNJ]

Does anyone have "Fright Night" intro? WWOR use to show horror flicks on Saturday Nights at 11PM after Wrestling and the News.

[HyeTev]

I miss the late 70s/early 80s. This stuff just isn't broadcast anymore. :(

[JMFabianoRPL]

Sing along now!  NIIIIIIIIIIIIINE! ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!