The font is called "pinot bold" (yes, I call it the Mary Tyler Moore Show font). Highlights: "Kolchak The Night Stalker" (the first movie) . Never have I been that terrified by a movie on TV before! By 1976, the movies started to slip, were less scary and had more realistic "issues". Yes, this clip is one of the very few that can get me teary eyed.
We're not sharing the moments together like we used to, as families and as a culture. Many families gathered in front of the TV for these movies of the week, or the Mystery Movie, Columbo, McCloud, etc. We had these common threads. These themes remind us. Now, no longer. This, I feel, is the root of much of what ails us. Basically, we're lonely. We need companionship and thank goodness for Youtube. We can watch them together and get a sense of connection to others who also enjoyed them.
Weird how they used the same font as the Mary Tyler Moore show for the movie of the week. Probably thought it was a good luck charm or something, since MTM was the biggest hit that year.
I guess I'm gonna be one those people that adds to the "misty-eyed" memories. As I'm writing this, I'm thinking of my parents (both deceased) and my brothers (1 recently deceased) and I watching this movie about the Korean war !I loved this theme as a kid and even more so now! Mom, Dad & Eddie.. I miss you.
anyone remember a tv movie in the 70's called "REVENGE OF THE COMUTERS" about a school taken over by computers that attacks the students? i can't find this movie anywhere.....
OMG I love the movies of the week. I got a bunch of the out of print classics I've been looking for, forever from a great website that carries a huge library of them. if your interested shoot me an email and i'll get you the information.
let's gather a bunch of TV actors...drive to thousand oaks...make an army movie in about two days...call it a world premier movie...and se what happens!!!!! God I loved the 70's
what was the name of that movie of the week where Joanna Pettit who did so many of this movies back then ,where she played a nun and had Vic Morrow as the police detective , i believe the movie was based on a true story and had a storyline similar to the Elvis Presley theme where Mary tyler Moore played a nun in his movie except the Joanna's movies was based on true storym heck i clik her name on youtube and nothing comes up.
who remember s tha tmovie of the week where Belinda Montgomery played the daughter of Satan and a marriage was going to take place because she was bethrothed to Jeff Foxworth and Joseph Cotton played the devil as her father and he had the legs of a rooster and horse like the devil , to this day i can remeber the correct title ,someone.oh yes shelly winters was in it too
This movies of the 70's was what acting real acting was all about and enetertainment for the audience we the audience mean and we had huge stars who played and made this movies and we all grew up with them for tuesday nights and Wednesday nights and we need to vote if we can somehow get all this movies we all remember and have not been seen in decades like Crowhaven Farm about witches a topic most liked by Hollywood alot and touched , that we a get a dvd set out soon yes
Hearing this theme song that I have not heard since 1971 brought tears to my eyes as my mother (deceased two years ago), especially enjoyed these movies. Thank you for this posting.
@buffetmonster ,Funny that you mentioned that because hearing this theme had the same effect on me, It actually hit my heart as I remembered my childhood home and how we use to gather together, my Mom,Dad and brothers and relax in our living room to watch these movies. We were all together and we didn't realize how soon that would all be gone in different directions. It was so nice back then.
@buffetmonster So sorry to hear about your Mom. I lost both my Mom and Dad this past year...its been tough..but we'll get through it.. and watch some MOTW movies and remember them with love!!
I've seen the openings of "When Michael Calls" and "Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones", plus the preview of "The Screaming Woman"...would like to see those of "Duel", "The Girl Most Likely To...", "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark", "Trilogy of Terror", "The Night Stalker" and "Brian's Song".
You just mentioned all my favorite Movies of the Week from childhood. The little goblins with heads that looked like a dried fig from "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" gave me nightmares as a 6 year old child. I have "Trilogy of Terror" and "The Night Stalker" on DVD.
"MOVIE OF THE WEEK" originally appeared on Tuesday nights at 8:30-10pm(et) from 1969 through '72, when it became "TUESDAY MOVIE OF THE WEEK", along with "WEDNESDAY MOVIE OF THE WEEK" (after its initial season as "MOVIE OF THE WEEKEND" on Saturday nights at 8:30 in 1971-'72), until ABC abandoned the 90 minute movie format in 1975, 'Creative'.
OK, so now I've seen ABC MOTW openings for Second Chance, The People and now The Reluctant Heroes. Does anyone have the opening for Trilogy of Terror?
ABC Television "owned" the majority of the American viewing population during each and every broadcast of the MOTW. Today, ABC-TV is a suck ass TV travesty of their parent company...you all know what that crap is. Even with all the digital technology, effects that go to create blockbuster movies on the big and small screen, MOTW took a sensible approach, drawing viewers into storylines and the characters/character actors, many of which were making their debuts as dramatic performers.
It's obvious that there's a common denominator betwixt those of us who care enough (or are demented enough) to comment on these remarkable MOTW clips. We were most likely between the ages of 7 and 10 when these gems originally aired. Our young, impressionable minds were easily impacted by the unforgettable images we saw. Whether it was the dead eye of Elizabeth Montgomery's sister in "The Victim" or the horrid rock-mashing of Hope Lange in "Crowhaven Farm", this stuff will stay with us forever.
@treggamore I think Nikki's (MOTW) theme is striking a common chord-stirring something up that our generation (born 1955--65) hasn't looked at for years--could it be lost innocence? Rememberance of seeing the movies with loved ones no longer with us? The magic of technology is allowing us all to share a special melody in our lives and how its touched us all.
@windstorm1000 So true. We all have a shared memory of this tune that reminds us of watching these movies with loved ones that have passed on. My grandmother would make sure everything was done around the house so she could sit and enjoy these movies with the three loves of her life, my two sisters and me. Thank you for your beautiful words.
"Bad Ronald" starring Scott Jacoby and Kim Hunter was my favorite. Hell, even Dabney Coleman is in this movie about a creep who (after killing a high school girl) lives in a secret room in a house once his mom dies.
It's amazing how this stuff sticks with you. I was seven when I saw for the one and only time and I still have a the distinct impression that Ken Berry gets killed after doing something heroic.
Hey, just posted that this music was Burt Bacharesque on videoholic2008's version only to have my Q answered here that it was in fact the great Bacharach himself. Thanks. Lives in the balance in the hands of a moron???.....Naaaahhhh, that could never happen these days.
OMG its like im 10 again! waiting for my parents to tell me its time for bed. We had console televisions with antennas on them. Less technology but good times....good times.
oh no, the rabbit ear epic... glad that is over but we paid with the lack of quality in entertainment. :( especially now days. abc or the distribution company associated with this should release this series on DVD. i would buy it no problem!
Hey, eyeontv, do you think you can try to post two intros from The ABC Sunday Night Movie (one from the mid-to-late '60s and one from the early '70s)? I'd like to see them again. Thanks in advance if you can get them.
buddy foster, jodie's brother, played his son, mike. when i first moved to hollywood (i'm native chicagoan) to go into show business,i made friends with arlene golonka (millie from the andy griffith show/mayberry rfd). a sweet lady.
this stuff rocks! so groovy! thanks for the memories!
70sGrOOVeTuBE 3 weeks ago in playlist TV Show Intros/Outros/Station Identification
Reminds me of the freak out ending in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
BegoneJonah 4 months ago
many of these movies are available on the Warner Brothers Archives series. One of the BEST ones "Dying Room Only" is too!!
konga5 6 months ago
The font is called "pinot bold" (yes, I call it the Mary Tyler Moore Show font). Highlights: "Kolchak The Night Stalker" (the first movie) . Never have I been that terrified by a movie on TV before! By 1976, the movies started to slip, were less scary and had more realistic "issues". Yes, this clip is one of the very few that can get me teary eyed.
konga5 6 months ago
We're not sharing the moments together like we used to, as families and as a culture. Many families gathered in front of the TV for these movies of the week, or the Mystery Movie, Columbo, McCloud, etc. We had these common threads. These themes remind us. Now, no longer. This, I feel, is the root of much of what ails us. Basically, we're lonely. We need companionship and thank goodness for Youtube. We can watch them together and get a sense of connection to others who also enjoyed them.
humbleradio 7 months ago
I remember watching this movie that night.
It was about US soldiers having no faith in their leader, Ken Berry during the Korean war.
They get trapped on a hill with the Chinese army and North Korean army running up the hill.
When they get to the top of the hill, all the US soldiers are gone.
The Chinese & Koreans go down the hill looking for them.
Ken Berry had his men dig deep holes and they got in the holes and covered themself with tarps.
It was a good way to hide from the enemy.
planetcheck 7 months ago
Weird how they used the same font as the Mary Tyler Moore show for the movie of the week. Probably thought it was a good luck charm or something, since MTM was the biggest hit that year.
mikedonn71 8 months ago
One of my earliest childhood memories was THE ORDEAL OF PATTY HEARST
level242 10 months ago
Wow, I was 0 years old (newborn). Great days of television here.
cheapcape 11 months ago
That's Dick Tufield--the voice of the robot in Lost in Space
windstorm1000 11 months ago
i remember this! my VERY young childhood(i was between 3-5yrs old). brings back memories.
elwin38 1 year ago
I guess I'm gonna be one those people that adds to the "misty-eyed" memories. As I'm writing this, I'm thinking of my parents (both deceased) and my brothers (1 recently deceased) and I watching this movie about the Korean war !I loved this theme as a kid and even more so now! Mom, Dad & Eddie.. I miss you.
fashart 1 year ago
anyone remember a tv movie in the 70's called "REVENGE OF THE COMUTERS" about a school taken over by computers that attacks the students? i can't find this movie anywhere.....
mfbinc 1 year ago
Thia particular theme really invokes emotion from me. Many memories of the time, long forgotten ones, come flooding back.
wamcalif5 1 year ago
@wamcalif5 Yes, for me as well---you read the posts here and on the other one--it seems to have touched thousands of our generation....
windstorm1000 11 months ago
This intro always made me think sci fi
rudypyatt 1 year ago
like the person stated before me this brings back memories of my mom and i watching this together.thanks mom i love you
auggdogrules 1 year ago
OMG I love the movies of the week. I got a bunch of the out of print classics I've been looking for, forever from a great website that carries a huge library of them. if your interested shoot me an email and i'll get you the information.
guerrette 1 year ago
If you brought this kind of programming back-
I would actually start watching network television again.
adbartels 2 years ago 6
Trini Lopez...Under the Lemon Tree!
parkman35 2 years ago
this was a great un
brucedavis76 2 years ago
good ole jim hutton!
toddgoodfellow 2 years ago
"The Reluctant Heroes" originally aired as a "MOVIE OF THE WEEK" on November 23, 1971.
fromthesidelines 2 years ago 2
I love it! 2001 influence...
214scifi 2 years ago 4
Wow--people had time to watch a movie on a weeknight.
hubbased 2 years ago 3
Nikki
lilscooter2323 2 years ago
music by Burt Bacharach nice!
lilscooter2323 2 years ago
let's gather a bunch of TV actors...drive to thousand oaks...make an army movie in about two days...call it a world premier movie...and se what happens!!!!! God I loved the 70's
jimrodman 3 years ago
Good ol' Cameron Mitchell.
visaman 3 years ago
he was the original Happy Loman in the 1948 Broadway production of Death of a Salesman.
007InMiami 2 years ago
How on earth do you have something like this on tape? This opening sequence stopped showing before vcr's didn't it/
DogbiteOW 3 years ago
does anyone know if these are on dvd?
fff1313 3 years ago
"you one of those nice soft guys who gets everybody killed" LOL
AnoukaKC 3 years ago
Lol, yes. On those awful, wartorn hills of southern California!
radamail 2 years ago
what was the name of that movie of the week where Joanna Pettit who did so many of this movies back then ,where she played a nun and had Vic Morrow as the police detective , i believe the movie was based on a true story and had a storyline similar to the Elvis Presley theme where Mary tyler Moore played a nun in his movie except the Joanna's movies was based on true storym heck i clik her name on youtube and nothing comes up.
viclagoon 3 years ago
I think that movie was called "The Weekend Nun" and aired in 1974.
vividwatch47 2 years ago
@vividwatch47, yes it was "The Weekend Nun" and aired in 1972, and there was even an article on the film in T.V. Guide.
vividwatch47 2 years ago
who remember s tha tmovie of the week where Belinda Montgomery played the daughter of Satan and a marriage was going to take place because she was bethrothed to Jeff Foxworth and Joseph Cotton played the devil as her father and he had the legs of a rooster and horse like the devil , to this day i can remeber the correct title ,someone.oh yes shelly winters was in it too
viclagoon 3 years ago
The Devil's Daughter. Also had Jonathon Frid aka Barnabas Collins as Shelly Winters manservant and Abe Vigoda!
YOU ARE HIS DAUGHTER!!
maryleep 3 years ago
This movies of the 70's was what acting real acting was all about and enetertainment for the audience we the audience mean and we had huge stars who played and made this movies and we all grew up with them for tuesday nights and Wednesday nights and we need to vote if we can somehow get all this movies we all remember and have not been seen in decades like Crowhaven Farm about witches a topic most liked by Hollywood alot and touched , that we a get a dvd set out soon yes
viclagoon 3 years ago
Hearing this theme song that I have not heard since 1971 brought tears to my eyes as my mother (deceased two years ago), especially enjoyed these movies. Thank you for this posting.
buffetmonster 3 years ago 27
@buffetmonster ,Funny that you mentioned that because hearing this theme had the same effect on me, It actually hit my heart as I remembered my childhood home and how we use to gather together, my Mom,Dad and brothers and relax in our living room to watch these movies. We were all together and we didn't realize how soon that would all be gone in different directions. It was so nice back then.
LosAngeleno1959 1 year ago
@LosAngeleno1959 It must not be just me.....I see posts like this all over...you are so right. Now look at what we are left with.
rooseguitar64 1 year ago
@buffetmonster So sorry to hear about your Mom. I lost both my Mom and Dad this past year...its been tough..but we'll get through it.. and watch some MOTW movies and remember them with love!!
windstorm1000 11 months ago
@windstorm1000 Good words. Way to go.
humbleradio 7 months ago
Any of you who wish for a compilation of a Movie of the Week DVD set, RAISE YOUR HAND.
Here's wishing you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
Juliaflo 3 years ago 34
I've seen the openings of "When Michael Calls" and "Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones", plus the preview of "The Screaming Woman"...would like to see those of "Duel", "The Girl Most Likely To...", "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark", "Trilogy of Terror", "The Night Stalker" and "Brian's Song".
vinylrecord68 3 years ago
You just mentioned all my favorite Movies of the Week from childhood. The little goblins with heads that looked like a dried fig from "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" gave me nightmares as a 6 year old child. I have "Trilogy of Terror" and "The Night Stalker" on DVD.
bombo149 3 years ago
"MOVIE OF THE WEEK" originally appeared on Tuesday nights at 8:30-10pm(et) from 1969 through '72, when it became "TUESDAY MOVIE OF THE WEEK", along with "WEDNESDAY MOVIE OF THE WEEK" (after its initial season as "MOVIE OF THE WEEKEND" on Saturday nights at 8:30 in 1971-'72), until ABC abandoned the 90 minute movie format in 1975, 'Creative'.
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
OK, so now I've seen ABC MOTW openings for Second Chance, The People and now The Reluctant Heroes. Does anyone have the opening for Trilogy of Terror?
SellawEvets 3 years ago 2
ABC Television "owned" the majority of the American viewing population during each and every broadcast of the MOTW. Today, ABC-TV is a suck ass TV travesty of their parent company...you all know what that crap is. Even with all the digital technology, effects that go to create blockbuster movies on the big and small screen, MOTW took a sensible approach, drawing viewers into storylines and the characters/character actors, many of which were making their debuts as dramatic performers.
KojiRecords 3 years ago 4
KGO Channel 7 was owned by ABC for many years.
frankd1965 3 years ago
It's obvious that there's a common denominator betwixt those of us who care enough (or are demented enough) to comment on these remarkable MOTW clips. We were most likely between the ages of 7 and 10 when these gems originally aired. Our young, impressionable minds were easily impacted by the unforgettable images we saw. Whether it was the dead eye of Elizabeth Montgomery's sister in "The Victim" or the horrid rock-mashing of Hope Lange in "Crowhaven Farm", this stuff will stay with us forever.
treggamore 3 years ago 3
so what night of the week was this played & when was it changed to The ABC Friday Night Movie, Saturday Night Movie, ect ?
CreativeCritisizm 3 years ago
@treggamore I think Nikki's (MOTW) theme is striking a common chord-stirring something up that our generation (born 1955--65) hasn't looked at for years--could it be lost innocence? Rememberance of seeing the movies with loved ones no longer with us? The magic of technology is allowing us all to share a special melody in our lives and how its touched us all.
windstorm1000 11 months ago 2
@windstorm1000 So true. We all have a shared memory of this tune that reminds us of watching these movies with loved ones that have passed on. My grandmother would make sure everything was done around the house so she could sit and enjoy these movies with the three loves of her life, my two sisters and me. Thank you for your beautiful words.
tedj85 6 months ago
What great theme music! It's called "Nikki" and it's by Burt Bacharach.
spahnranch69 3 years ago
I Remember the MOTW Opening like it was yesterday Great stuff fab music!!!
CJBlackleather 3 years ago
This was when watching television was an event; our family would gather around the tv and watch it together in those days.
meek2seek 3 years ago
"Bad Ronald" starring Scott Jacoby and Kim Hunter was my favorite. Hell, even Dabney Coleman is in this movie about a creep who (after killing a high school girl) lives in a secret room in a house once his mom dies.
EnlightenedRogue 3 years ago
It's amazing how this stuff sticks with you. I was seven when I saw for the one and only time and I still have a the distinct impression that Ken Berry gets killed after doing something heroic.
scorpdan 3 years ago
"The Reluctant Heroes" looks like a cross between "M*A*S*H" and "F-Troop".
I wonder why Ken Berry didn't make it into the M*A*S*H cast. He would've been perfect.
palmercomm 3 years ago
Holy crap, those graphics look like a poor man's Logan's Run or 2001: A Space Odyssey! LOL
nebraskame 3 years ago
Douglas Trumball was the man who designed the opening and closing of The ABC Movie Of The Week. The font used was peignot.
frankd1965 3 years ago
You're as good as dead with Ken Berry in your platoon. Good thing Warren Oates and Cameron Mitchell are there though.
StuntmanJackR 3 years ago
At least you'll get some good pratfalls...
tuttt99 3 years ago
And if worse came to worst, you could always go get treated by Alan Alda and company down at the 4077th. :-)
mdumas43073 3 years ago
On another network.
palmercomm 3 years ago
They should've moved the cast to M*A*S*H. Ken Berry would've been great.
MrLogoman007 2 years ago
Hey, just posted that this music was Burt Bacharesque on videoholic2008's version only to have my Q answered here that it was in fact the great Bacharach himself. Thanks. Lives in the balance in the hands of a moron???.....Naaaahhhh, that could never happen these days.
selloutasaurus 3 years ago
OK - here's a bit-o-trivia - who composed the "Movie of teh Week Theme???"
Scroll down....
TMOW theme was a originally as the song caled "Nicki" was written by Bert Bacharach in the late 1950s.
Who knew!
studebaker62 3 years ago
I belive Niki is Burts daughter. Whos voice do you hear, whats his name?
polarisathena 3 years ago
No, Burt wrote this tune in 1966 after Nikki was born. She was the only child from him and Angie Dickinson.
dma124 3 years ago
Where's The Stepford Wives promo?
DramaThing007 3 years ago
Wow, I thought I was watching the Mary Tyler Moore theme with those graphics coming at me in all directions. That music will be in my head forever.
EnlightenedRogue 4 years ago 2
OMG its like im 10 again! waiting for my parents to tell me its time for bed. We had console televisions with antennas on them. Less technology but good times....good times.
Jennorth 4 years ago 4
oh no, the rabbit ear epic... glad that is over but we paid with the lack of quality in entertainment. :( especially now days. abc or the distribution company associated with this should release this series on DVD. i would buy it no problem!
springloadedchicken 4 years ago 2
love it.
tapthat2012 4 years ago
Trini Lopez !!!!
freestuffffff 4 years ago
Trini Lopez - he also played a soldier in "The Dirty Dozen" . . .
m64h 4 years ago
Hey, eyeontv, do you think you can try to post two intros from The ABC Sunday Night Movie (one from the mid-to-late '60s and one from the early '70s)? I'd like to see them again. Thanks in advance if you can get them.
case139 4 years ago
The voiceover is Dick Tufeld
Denise432 4 years ago
That looked like the ABC look from 1970-71. It's remarkable and interesting how stuff on television has changed and shifted over the past 50+ years.
barber747 4 years ago
This movie aired on November 23rd, 1971. Ken Berry was the star of Mayberry RFD which was cancelled that year
frankd1965 4 years ago
buddy foster, jodie's brother, played his son, mike. when i first moved to hollywood (i'm native chicagoan) to go into show business,i made friends with arlene golonka (millie from the andy griffith show/mayberry rfd). a sweet lady.
moviefly 4 years ago