ABC Sports commercial 1987

[billcallsacust]

Lynn Swann lost a bid for Pennsylvania Gov. as a GOP back in '06. What if Espn or ABC were bought seperately? How would they divvy the personel's contracts? Would Mike Breen be at ABC? What about Mike Tirico? Or Brent Musburger?

[newscaster13]

The ABC Sports stars remember

Keith Jackson - college football

Frank Gifford (retired), Dan Dierdorff (now at CBS) and Al Michaels (now at NBC for Sunday Night Football).

Jim McKay, Mr. Wide World of Sports (deceased).

Dick Button (now at NBC Sports alongside Bob Costas)

Lynn Swan (unknown)

[FutureNewsAnchor]

@newscaster13 Swann now owns the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football Leagure.

[newscaster13]

I wish ABC Sports would come back to life, and kick the ass of ESPN.

I miss Monday Night Football on ABC, Wide World of Sports, College football.

[crawford371]

1987 kicked Ass!

[JPPT1974]

Remembered this commercial as a kid of the 80s! Really loved it!

[repoob]

Yep, I think it was '87. I have a grainy 30-second version of this recorded off an ABC program, and have long hoped this would be posted on YouTube. I know most of the ABC personalities (Keith Jackson's part is priceless), but have often wondered: who's the cute brunette in the ABC blazer?

[TMC1982Part2]

The brunette woman is I believe, Becky Dixon.

[repoob]

Thanks...and who's the bald guy in the tux?

[TMC1982Part2]

Dick Button.

[JPPT1974]

It is Becky Dixon!

[billcallsacust]

@repoob I would geuss Donna DeVorona is the brunette, she worked for them back then. Though I don t believe her hair wasn't always that dark. Btw- nice to see that little piece with Chris Shenkel throwing the confetti. So him in person in Milwaukee covering the Miller Lite Bowling Championship in '87. A class act.

[sem4602]

Here is some more interesting info on this clip: it isn't actually the band Wang Chung. It was produced in Salt Lake City at Non-Stop Music/LA East Studios. I know this because I sang on this session (mine is the low voice that you hear). Non-Stop has gone on to produce tons of music for TV and film, but this was one of their first big breaks.

[rjpsuh06]

This should be 1987 because Dan Dierdorf, the guy on the right at 0:22 worked at CBS until Super Bowl XXI in Jan. 1987. Also Gary Bender, on the right at 0:40, worked the 1987 NCAA Tournament for CBS before moving to ABC later that year. Also, the ABC Sports logo in 1986 resembled that of the ABC News logo.

[Wannabeat]

Thanks for that bit of detail. I pegged it as late '86 based on the other programs on that tape but it could very well be '87.

[jasperjasper77]

@rjpsuh06 Also 'D.C. Follies' seen at the very end of the clip only ran between 9/26/87 and 9/1/89 and I remember this commercial being on TV in late summer/fall 1987 so this is probably from Oct 1987.