1970 TV Show Intros and Promos Pt 2

[XanderZane]

What happened to the intro for Nanny and the Professor? That wasn't the intro with the song. Even the Monday Night Football was terrible. I want the "Are you ready for some football. A Monday Night party." song.

[ShermanWestlake]

"Herschel Bernardi sounds like he's drunk."

His character, at that point in the episode, probably is. If you're familiar with the show, it's about a working class guy who gets a surprise promotion and becomes an executive.

It seems probable to me that 'Arnie' would have a drink or two, or more, to celebrate.

[myrtlebox]

So much cheese and no crackers

[BoyJewish]

Rod Serling was Jewish.

[vividwatch47]

@BoyJewish, though he became a Unitarian.

[tefachead09]

Hey who remembers the 70's version of Family Guy called "Wait till your Father gets home" But back then it wasn't as brash as FG but none the less it was a cartoon aimed at adults more so then kids

[khtyson1]

Paul Frees is a great Narrator.

[themightycelestial]

Whoa....

Smokey from the Smokey & the Bandit & Mr. Roper in one show!

[jln55]

Good job!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The generation gap really seemed to be showing in 1970 as the old-timers tried one more time to find an audience...

[Mike1964]

Wow...that's a rarely seen show "Make Room for Grand Daddy"...I remember seeing that. I don't think it lasted long.

[newstart2009]

@Mike1964 I think it lasted only one season .. but great premise..

[vividwatch47]

@Mike1964, it was on for only one season. 

[poodietoodie]

Great job! I enjoyed it. Thanks for remembering Davey and Goliath!! I loved that one.

[yaywhewclips242]

i miss quality SCRIPTED TV. "The Good Wife" is very good but that's a crumb in acesspool!

[newstart2009]

I loved "The Immortal" Sci Fi had it on when Sci Fi was worth watching

[yaywhewclips242]

@newstart2009 Yes: the SyFy (new name is very gay) series: Warehouse 13, Haven, Eureka ALL couldn't suck enough and R unawatchable. The millenium kids will just have 2 settle w/ crappy original programing today and in the future

[newstart2009]

@yaywhewclips242 Not really thank goodness there are people posting things on Youtube and so on so that we can remember. Miss seeing Dark Shadows every day at 11am and at night when they had an anthology of sci fi shows from the past. They really have gotton lazy .

[danXander1985]

@newstart2009 My father said the same. Regards.

[newstart2009]

@danXander1985 If there was a way to revert the channel to the way it was.. I would, then you would see how the channel should be.. but I guess now all the channels are copping out with less TV and more infomercials, and the fact they take one thing and bascially air it all day long.

[danXander1985]

@newstart2009 you're right. you have my support

[Tmetrvlr]

The NFL Monday Night Football Theme is NOT the very first one. I ccould remember when the guys in the control room were preparing for broadcast with an ABC Network Clock.

[vividwatch47]

@Tmetrvlr, and by the way, Frank Gifford didn't join "A.B.C. Monday Night Football" until the second season.

[vividwatch47]

Herschel Bernardi sounds like he's drunk when he announces to his family when he announces he's been promoted.

[parkman35]

@vividwatch47 he was drunk...celebrated after getting promotion

[jb4peace1]

The Partridge Family is definitely 1970 version, as that was the only season the theme song was "When We're Singing." After 1970 it was "C'mon Get Happy/We'll Make You Happy." Good job, alleycat62021. These really took me for a trip down memory lane.

[jrbor76]

Pretty sure the Monday Night Football intro was from around 1973... Gifford wasn't even in the booth until 1971 (1970 season would've featured Cosell, Meredith, + Keith Jackson).

But it's forgivable... NFL being what it is and locking their stuff up, game intros and original TV footage is pretty rare

[jb4peace1]

@jrbor76 While you are correct about Gifford not being in the booth in 1970, the music itself appears to be correct. Info I found on the web indicates that the same theme music was used from 1970 to about 1976. I don't recall myself whether they started with the director's backstage instructions right away in 1970 or if that came later. I'd forgotten Jackson was there the first year (that makes us old).

[nybornFunk]

slick Dan August....!!!

[spinners123]

thats orsen wells he narrated nostrodomus semi doc- he was the youngest director in hollywood in the 30s he directed citzen kane

[jb4peace1]

@spinners123 Though the opening narration does sound a lot like Orson Welles, I'm pretty sure it's actually legendary voice actor Paul Frees (think Rankin/Bass cartoons). Two other voices in there ("the effects of the transfusion..." & "If you had million dollar blood...") also sound to me like Frees, and definitely don't sound like Welles. Anyone else agree? I tried looking it up on the Web, but unfortunately, the narrator & other voices in the intro seem to have been unbilled.

[Charleybones]

It is definitely not Orson Welles.

[TheXtro101]

The narrator's voice for "The Immortal" sounds exactly like the narrator guide's voice at Disneyland's(Ca.) Haunted Mansion ride(remember towards the end of that ride when that guide's voice says,"there's 3 ghost hitch hikers that may follow you home").