Wow, finally. Since I have been thinking about the past and watching retro TV commercials/broadcasts on Youtube, I've been trying to remember the camp commercial shown on NY TV back in the 80's. It's Young People's Day Camp. As I kid I wanted to go, but never did. We lived in PA but still got the local NY stations (WPIX, WNYW, and WWOR). I remember the day camp commercial was shown a lot during morning cartoons before school. Thanks!
According to the bumper, it must be the "Riviera Affair" by Neil Richardson, the song which is still featured on the "4:00 Game" as my official theme song, but it was later used in the opening credits to "Oceans 13".
WOW!! I haven't seen that movie ad in YEARS! I loved WOR-Tv, and that really takes me back. I always loved the music and the red bar overlay on top of the film clips. I believe that was John Wayne in the last clip. Not sure which movie, though. Thanks for uploading this!!
"La Cocotte" which means "the casserole" in english, closed in 1991 and I'm sure that host is long dead.
Young People's day camp is still in business but no way near the $62 week tuition, try $373.75 a week or $2,990 for 8 weeks.I hope they get upgraded premium tote bags and banners for that price!
"Fame Shirtmakers" is no longer around, probably could find them on eBay.
Great clips! At the tail end of the Magic Motion commercial, the last five seconds of the theme (at 2:24) were used by WNJU/47 for their station identification bumpers during the same period. Now if any old WXTV and WNJU stuff would turn up ... I'd especially like to see WNJU's "El Gato" cat bumpers from the late 1970s into the 80s.
And I can't say that the late 80s version of the Day Camp ad was that much different than this one, it still used the late 70s early 80s imagery, just the animated balloon was a bit more modern.
This "available at" wasn't too creepy this time around!
Nice 4 O'Clock bumper slide at the end too! LATE GREAT GROOVIE!!!!
Martins! Where's the jingle? IT AINT JUST (ring) PAINT!
Nice, cheap chyron work on the French restaurant ad! I had experience operating the same chyron writer that they used in this ad over 15 years ago in the TV club I was a part of in school!
YOUNG PEOPLES DAY CAMP! A Channel 9 staple ad for sure in the 80s! If YT user scratchbomb77 didn't post it first I'd say your the winner for unearthing it, but he has the updated late 80s version, and THIS IS THE ORIGINAL so way to go Tap!
@NewYorkRetroKing Just saw it, WOW! Creepy and dark like this one !!!!!!
I remember that chyron writer being a BEAST! It was from the time period this ad break aired! Very early keyboard that was LOUD as you typed, and we could do credit rolls, very cheap and rudimentary effects like text crawls and blinking text, good times!!!
Great vid, Tap.. Was the 4 O'Clock Movie just on M-F on Ch. 9? If so, no wonder I don't seem to have any taped; I was always still at work..
The H-5-0 title animation looks just like what I was making at that same time except, on slides, not motion picture. Same camera, just different aperture + shutter..
And just a note- the 'Magic Motion' ads' text looks very much to me as the same font used in the opening titles of 'Jaws'. The font that I found which is closest to that is 'Soutane'.
@MSTS1 - "The 4 O'Clock Movie" was indeed only M-F. These filmed ad bumpers were, in essence, color kinescopes, with a film camera pointed at the monitor screen as the videotape graphics were playing. (Bumpers for "The Big Preview," "Million Dollar Movie," and the pre-'79 "Late Movie" were likewise produced this way - and all masters for the opens/closes were on videotape.)
@wmbrown6 - Interesting to learn that they still used kinescope recording into the late 70's.
The music and titles I do seem to remember in a way, but probably from my pre-VCR era of watching NYC TV: '78-'82.., beginning back when I was still in High School, and when we had for a while here WCBS-2 as well..
@MSTS1 The typeface is called Eastern Souvenir, created in the late 1910s; ITC released their version, ITC Souvenir, in the early 1970s and continues to be used today.
The TV Guide ad was also seen before a 1982 sign-off of KABC-TV in Los Angeles - and the difference between film reproduction there and on this is interesting to my opinion, anyway:
watch?v=NBkateT20kg
Evidently, the way WOR's RCA TK-27's were calibrated was not as sharp as KABC's equipment . . .
@retroguy1976 - At least Ch. 11 seems to remember its roots...they even adopted a new "Circle 11" logo and re-branded itself as "PIX 11" a coupla years ago. Too bad Ch. 9 hasn't given any such nod to its historic TV past!
@WhatsAYak yea it is a shame sometimes I don't even think ch 9 even exists lol but yea wor should go throwback at least no wonder i watch PIX11 more lol
@joker5339 Same here, although I like how WPIX added network affiliation to their station without really changing anything, they're the only former NYC independent that still has that local New York City feel. Fox doesn't seem to care to want to do something retro for either Fox 5 or My 9.
Wow, finally. Since I have been thinking about the past and watching retro TV commercials/broadcasts on Youtube, I've been trying to remember the camp commercial shown on NY TV back in the 80's. It's Young People's Day Camp. As I kid I wanted to go, but never did. We lived in PA but still got the local NY stations (WPIX, WNYW, and WWOR). I remember the day camp commercial was shown a lot during morning cartoons before school. Thanks!
LSpear76RCN 2 weeks ago
"lady martin paint" HAHAHA!!! supposed to be P.C.?? =D
jaysmic24 3 months ago
LOL, I remember the Young People's Day camp commercial with the talking yellow balloon. Corny, yet funny at the same time.
johnissoevil 8 months ago
Book em Danno! :)
LOL!!!
CelesteK 9 months ago
wow! Memory-gasm! Thanks.
2099deadpool 11 months ago
Does anyone know the movie in the second part of the clip? the one before the John Wayne clip.
manchu2007 11 months ago
New York City TV fans --
How many of you remember that music in that Magic Motion ad
( 1:28 - 2:28 ) not just as general stock music,
but particularly as the theme music for WNJU-TV Channel 47
during this time? Thumbs up if you remember!
> Professor DLC
DLCOrganization 11 months ago
According to the bumper, it must be the "Riviera Affair" by Neil Richardson, the song which is still featured on the "4:00 Game" as my official theme song, but it was later used in the opening credits to "Oceans 13".
4PMGame 1 year ago
WOW!! I haven't seen that movie ad in YEARS! I loved WOR-Tv, and that really takes me back. I always loved the music and the red bar overlay on top of the film clips. I believe that was John Wayne in the last clip. Not sure which movie, though. Thanks for uploading this!!
TargetRender 1 year ago
@TargetRender - Sure was Wayne, and from the 1949 flick "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" which was a WOR staple for decades.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
The Music starting at 2:30 is the same music NBC uses for their Wimbledon Coverage
Tito1701 1 year ago
Ah classic NY ads!
Martin Paint is no more!
"La Cocotte" which means "the casserole" in english, closed in 1991 and I'm sure that host is long dead.
Young People's day camp is still in business but no way near the $62 week tuition, try $373.75 a week or $2,990 for 8 weeks.I hope they get upgraded premium tote bags and banners for that price!
"Fame Shirtmakers" is no longer around, probably could find them on eBay.
burtiscurtis09 1 year ago
Great clips! At the tail end of the Magic Motion commercial, the last five seconds of the theme (at 2:24) were used by WNJU/47 for their station identification bumpers during the same period. Now if any old WXTV and WNJU stuff would turn up ... I'd especially like to see WNJU's "El Gato" cat bumpers from the late 1970s into the 80s.
panedit 1 year ago
Nice clip. Was Magic Motion the ancestor of Craftmatic?
gli7utubeo 1 year ago
Ernest, your host at La Cocotte -- 0:52 -- looks like the type to give a fate worse than Le Morte to any employee who crosses him.
PeerlessPaavo 1 year ago
Wow - that "Fame" shirt at 4:40 boasts some pretty fantastic properties - I gotta get me one!
jcice3 1 year ago 2
Gawd... Young Peoples Day Camp... spent quite a few summers... and even met my long-time friend Rebecca... memories!
danawadd 1 year ago
And I can't say that the late 80s version of the Day Camp ad was that much different than this one, it still used the late 70s early 80s imagery, just the animated balloon was a bit more modern.
This "available at" wasn't too creepy this time around!
Nice 4 O'Clock bumper slide at the end too! LATE GREAT GROOVIE!!!!
DanZero77 1 year ago
Martins! Where's the jingle? IT AINT JUST (ring) PAINT!
Nice, cheap chyron work on the French restaurant ad! I had experience operating the same chyron writer that they used in this ad over 15 years ago in the TV club I was a part of in school!
YOUNG PEOPLES DAY CAMP! A Channel 9 staple ad for sure in the 80s! If YT user scratchbomb77 didn't post it first I'd say your the winner for unearthing it, but he has the updated late 80s version, and THIS IS THE ORIGINAL so way to go Tap!
DanZero77 1 year ago
@DanZero77 Check out the Teddy's ad on trainluvr's channel. Same exact VO and chyron font.
NewYorkRetroKing 1 year ago
@NewYorkRetroKing Just saw it, WOW! Creepy and dark like this one !!!!!!
I remember that chyron writer being a BEAST! It was from the time period this ad break aired! Very early keyboard that was LOUD as you typed, and we could do credit rolls, very cheap and rudimentary effects like text crawls and blinking text, good times!!!
DanZero77 1 year ago
I thought Martin's ain't just paint :-)
JMFabianoRPL 1 year ago 2
Great vid, Tap.. Was the 4 O'Clock Movie just on M-F on Ch. 9? If so, no wonder I don't seem to have any taped; I was always still at work..
The H-5-0 title animation looks just like what I was making at that same time except, on slides, not motion picture. Same camera, just different aperture + shutter..
And just a note- the 'Magic Motion' ads' text looks very much to me as the same font used in the opening titles of 'Jaws'. The font that I found which is closest to that is 'Soutane'.
MSTS1 1 year ago 2
@MSTS1 - "The 4 O'Clock Movie" was indeed only M-F. These filmed ad bumpers were, in essence, color kinescopes, with a film camera pointed at the monitor screen as the videotape graphics were playing. (Bumpers for "The Big Preview," "Million Dollar Movie," and the pre-'79 "Late Movie" were likewise produced this way - and all masters for the opens/closes were on videotape.)
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@wmbrown6 - Interesting to learn that they still used kinescope recording into the late 70's.
The music and titles I do seem to remember in a way, but probably from my pre-VCR era of watching NYC TV: '78-'82.., beginning back when I was still in High School, and when we had for a while here WCBS-2 as well..
MSTS1 1 year ago
@MSTS1 The typeface is called Eastern Souvenir, created in the late 1910s; ITC released their version, ITC Souvenir, in the early 1970s and continues to be used today.
gatorman295 2 months ago
The TV Guide ad was also seen before a 1982 sign-off of KABC-TV in Los Angeles - and the difference between film reproduction there and on this is interesting to my opinion, anyway:
watch?v=NBkateT20kg
Evidently, the way WOR's RCA TK-27's were calibrated was not as sharp as KABC's equipment . . .
wmbrown6 1 year ago 2
I miss the days of true local television!
joker5339 1 year ago 9
@joker5339 Same here!
classicphile 1 year ago
@joker5339 yea so do I I hate the fact of ch 9 &11 putting that crappy my network and CW on there both should go back as independents
retroguy1976 1 year ago
@retroguy1976 - At least Ch. 11 seems to remember its roots...they even adopted a new "Circle 11" logo and re-branded itself as "PIX 11" a coupla years ago. Too bad Ch. 9 hasn't given any such nod to its historic TV past!
WhatsAYak 1 year ago
@WhatsAYak yea it is a shame sometimes I don't even think ch 9 even exists lol but yea wor should go throwback at least no wonder i watch PIX11 more lol
retroguy1976 1 year ago
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"I miss the days of true local television!"
Talk about an understatement, Joker.
As you can see, you're not the only one!
Local television is dead, cable television is dead, ALL television is DEAD!
Hell... even TV GUIDE is dead... LITERALLY!
Entertainment as we know it is DEAD...that is,
unless you come to YouTube to live it up just one more time.
Classic TV belongs to US, and it's up to US to keep it that way!
> Professor DLC
DLCOrganization 11 months ago
@joker5339 Same here, although I like how WPIX added network affiliation to their station without really changing anything, they're the only former NYC independent that still has that local New York City feel. Fox doesn't seem to care to want to do something retro for either Fox 5 or My 9.
johnissoevil 8 months ago