1984 ABC Closed Captioned Bumper

[chip64c]

MMMM...TV CUBE

[electrogeek77]

CAPTIONS...IN...SPAAAAAACE!

[retrofann1]

back in the day.

[silverrhawk]

I remember this!

[Kwpolska]

In Poland public TV, we have capitions for hearing impaired in teletext. It's made that most of page is transparent, but not some bottom lines.

[vzeu019j]

This intro was used from 1982 to around 1986.

[eyeh8nbc]

@vzeu019j I remember they used one with a desert landscape after this. (The CC logo landed in the sand, or something like that.)

[fromthesidelines]

This became as common as the "flash PSA" Ernie Anderson delivered at the end of most shows on the network: "Don't Drink and Drive- a public service message from ABC".

[LNQS]

This was before tv manufacturers begin installing close caption option in the television sets.

[kargaroc386]

on WLS-TV

[vzeu019j]

Yeah, and for some reason, i actually remember this intro(Although i was born in 1993 and this intro was discarded way before then).

[vzeu019j]

I Like that intro, not to mention the music as well!

[eyeh8cbs]

ABC supported closed captioning from the beginning. I have some tapes from early 1980 that have a test running on the caption channels, before they started using them.

[nx01alpha]

Oooh...can you post that?

[eyeh8cbs]

I'd have to get a camera and shoot it off the TV- I don't have any way of having captions display on video files.

[kewanw16]

@eyeh8cbs I remember that when I was little ABC was the only network supporting it.

[FreeGovernmentCheese]

huh? i can't hear you, i'm blind...