Yeah, I remember the dead air between shows and commercials. It was common back then to have just nothing at times during TV programming. But there was only about three channels plus you had to get up off the couch to change the channel, so you just waited. Today any gap even 2 seconds and zap to another channel. Also at times a test pattern would pop up during a show while they repaired a broken film or some other problem, Again you just waited until it was repaired. Those were the days.
After the closing credits, the sponsor often presented a "tag" that reminded viewers of another of their series on the same network; Kimberly-Clark co-sponsored Steve McQueen's "WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE", with Brown & Williamson's "Viceroy" cigarettes, in the 1959-'60 season. However, after one season of co-sponsoring "TWILIGHT ZONE", K-C decided it was "too weird" to sell their products,, and pulled out of the show.
The Ford ad is from 1958 {Brussels' World's Fair was held that year}.
During the series' original run, after the end of the story, the show's announcer [Marvin Miller, in the first season] reminded viewers that Rod would return to describe "next week's story, after this word from our alternate sponsor". In 1959-'60, the co-sponsors were General Foods [Sanka coffee] and Kimberly-Clark [Kleenex]; since K-C primarily sponsored this episode, the "alternate sponsor's" ad, at :17, was General Foods' "Sanka". Then, Rod briefly mentioned "next week's story" [10/16/59]...
That looked like William Windom in the Sanka commercial.
morrisrooney 5 months ago
2:51-2:57 CBS fanfare music is the best!
jhzenor61481 1 year ago
Yeah, I remember the dead air between shows and commercials. It was common back then to have just nothing at times during TV programming. But there was only about three channels plus you had to get up off the couch to change the channel, so you just waited. Today any gap even 2 seconds and zap to another channel. Also at times a test pattern would pop up during a show while they repaired a broken film or some other problem, Again you just waited until it was repaired. Those were the days.
slinky460 1 year ago
After the closing credits, the sponsor often presented a "tag" that reminded viewers of another of their series on the same network; Kimberly-Clark co-sponsored Steve McQueen's "WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE", with Brown & Williamson's "Viceroy" cigarettes, in the 1959-'60 season. However, after one season of co-sponsoring "TWILIGHT ZONE", K-C decided it was "too weird" to sell their products,, and pulled out of the show.
The Ford ad is from 1958 {Brussels' World's Fair was held that year}.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
During the series' original run, after the end of the story, the show's announcer [Marvin Miller, in the first season] reminded viewers that Rod would return to describe "next week's story, after this word from our alternate sponsor". In 1959-'60, the co-sponsors were General Foods [Sanka coffee] and Kimberly-Clark [Kleenex]; since K-C primarily sponsored this episode, the "alternate sponsor's" ad, at :17, was General Foods' "Sanka". Then, Rod briefly mentioned "next week's story" [10/16/59]...
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
Love that episode, and the third one as well.
The center inscription on the Gold Medal of the Comité Français des L'élegance looks a lot like kabbalah symbolism, huh?
opponoastos 2 years ago
@opponoastos That's exactly what I thought when I saw it! That/s a very mystical medal lol. I'm a jew so it caught my eye immediately.
ChowHallCommando 9 months ago
For the curious: the episode this video was taken from is "One for the Angels", the series' second episode, originally broadcast on 9 October 1959.
marklungo 2 years ago