The News Guys, Let us be the One and 8's the Place were the great promos created by the one and only Carl Bartholomew, i.e. "Uncle Zeb." (I worked for him before 8's the Place) and he set the bar so high for local television promotional videos that nobody has come close to that level of creativity.
I remember a Promo for Don Woods where he walks into an Italian restaurant.. It's sunny and crowded and the Maitre D finds him a table... then he's back on a rainy day and restaurant is empty and the same guy has "difficulty" finding him a table. Does anyone have a copy of this?
This promo brings me back alot memories when i was kid back during 1970s in Oklahoma KTUL during those day No ipod or xbox PC havent been invented yet during those days the option was Outdoor Tv Annetena and primitive TV sets with knobs and the one you have get up and change channle by hand no remote back then! Its sad there are no live shows on Ktul like John Chick and Uncle Zeb i grew up watching them and i missed those days!
I loved KTUL and still have a Gusty! I remember the amazing station identifications you had at Halloween one year. There was a pumpkin with the channel 8 symbol, and then there was one with a skeleton that sort of danced around against a black background. I thought they were so cool and have remembered them all these years. I would give anything to see them again!
KTUL kicked ass back then! It was like they could do no wrong in their news, their local shows, their promos. No broadcast media in Tulsa has compared since. 8's the Place!
does anyone have a video for the KOCO promo with the "let us be the one", which is similar to this video? Thank you!
familyfeudfan95 2 weeks ago
What's up with the wayyy too long thumbs up he gives the pilot who just sprayed him with DDT? :-)
danielc0307 5 months ago
The News Guys, Let us be the One and 8's the Place were the great promos created by the one and only Carl Bartholomew, i.e. "Uncle Zeb." (I worked for him before 8's the Place) and he set the bar so high for local television promotional videos that nobody has come close to that level of creativity.
pwjprun2 7 months ago
I remember a Promo for Don Woods where he walks into an Italian restaurant.. It's sunny and crowded and the Maitre D finds him a table... then he's back on a rainy day and restaurant is empty and the same guy has "difficulty" finding him a table. Does anyone have a copy of this?
bengerock 10 months ago
This promo brings me back alot memories when i was kid back during 1970s in Oklahoma KTUL during those day No ipod or xbox PC havent been invented yet during those days the option was Outdoor Tv Annetena and primitive TV sets with knobs and the one you have get up and change channle by hand no remote back then! Its sad there are no live shows on Ktul like John Chick and Uncle Zeb i grew up watching them and i missed those days!
GhostryderRebel 1 year ago
This promo is from '78 or '79. The female anchor for KTUL in '76 and '77 was Susan Silver. The anchor in this promo is Barbara Allen.
cheaptricked 2 years ago
Hard to believe that Barbara Allen was an anchor in 1976. She would later join WRC-TV Washington and WFSB-TV Hartford, CT.
tyrese3745 2 years ago
Let Us Be The One was the 1976-77 campaign for ABC...so there's a quandry.
VaultMasterDBT 2 years ago
That is so Disco!
ragtop1962 2 years ago
KTUL is always changing. Recently they celebrated 50 years on TV, and now it's News Channel 8.
PDS1990 2 years ago
I loved KTUL and still have a Gusty! I remember the amazing station identifications you had at Halloween one year. There was a pumpkin with the channel 8 symbol, and then there was one with a skeleton that sort of danced around against a black background. I thought they were so cool and have remembered them all these years. I would give anything to see them again!
spershall 3 years ago
KTUL kicked ass back then! It was like they could do no wrong in their news, their local shows, their promos. No broadcast media in Tulsa has compared since. 8's the Place!
dmarshallok 3 years ago 5
The greatness of KTUL. This was back in the days of "The News Guys" and it was a heavily promoted campaign. In those days, 8 was number one in Tulsa.
case139 3 years ago 3
Poor Don Woods got poisoned in this one, he came to my school in Chelsea years ago to the cafeteria to draw pics of Gusty for the kiddies.
CreativeCritisizm 4 years ago
Well, when are ya gonna change it? lol
VaultMasterDBT 4 years ago
indeed...ABC's image campaign for 1978 was "We're The One In A Million"
drmagic 4 years ago