I remember, as a child, hearing this as I lay awake in bed. My dad would still be watching TV. Until I finally saw it for myself, in the early 1970s, I'd always wondered what was on the screen. A great memory.
This brings back great memories of my childhood. TV now can't compete with the inventiveness of the sixties. I can't help but remember Hollywood Palace and the Best of Broadway, another movie opening sequence on NBC.
@jazz1929 - "The Best of Broadway" actually aired on WABC-TV from Sept. 15, 1963 to either Sept. 30 or Oct. 3, 1970, airing seven nights a week. Saturday nights were the "money" nights (that is, WABC showed top films in their library that got massive ratings). As well, WNBC, up to early 1965, had a Saturday night edition of "Movie 4" (shelved after NBC decided to air reruns of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" on the weekend), and then the "Saturday [later Sunday] Film Festival."
@wmbrown6 It's hard to remember the channel since I was a little kid at the time. So I guess the Best of Broadway came on after The Hollywood Palace on Saturday nights. I can only look at it from a Saturday perspective since my bedtime was much earlier during the week. But I still remember Sermonette!
I have a memory of another opening, perhaps the Late, Late, Show, where all the lights would go out except for one. I remember this because my father worked nights and I'd get up out of bed to watch a little TV with him. We had a little game where I'd try to guess which light would stay on. This was probably around 1964 or 65.
@bronx56 - It would've been after 1965 - the same year this opening was introduced.
Also, besides Mr. Connell and Mr. Avery, other announcers who rotated on "The Late Show" over the years included Don Robertson, Dave Campbell and Norm Stevens; the "Late Late Show's" airing would have been around the time the likes of Roger Forster were on duty at the annoucing booth. From what I've read, Bill Gilliand was (on-camera?) host of the special "Schaefer Award Theatre" presentations.
I think that is the ending you are talking about. After the movie ended, I thought they played the same opening sequence but this time the lights went out.
Amazing!!! Your effort posting this is much appreciated. This is what makes you tube the greatest invention. Now all we need is to find the WNEW WEEKEND PLAYHOUSE opening from the mid 70's - the channel 9 FRIDAY NIGHT movie opening from the late 70's and the Automobile Club of America commercial with Leo Wiser and I could die in peace. Seeing this original guarantees a smile on my deathbed. Thank you NYCTTV.
SPLENDID! thank you for posting this....I believe the tune is called "the syncopated clock" . what i remember is that the "late late show was essentially the same opening, but at the end, there were far fewer lights in the windows. That was back in the days when most people used to sleep at night...
On Fridays and Saturdays, during the mid and late '60s, there would be another "LATE LATE SHOW {III}", around 5am, featuring an obscure B-movie lasting a little over an hour {such as 1941's "For Beauty's Sake", starring Joan Davis, Ned Sparks, Marjorie Weaver and Ted North [WHAT A CAST!]}, then the station would present "GIVE US THIS DAY", and sign-off until 7am or so.
Around :22, a slide featuring the title of the evening's "feature presentation"- and the star(s)- would appear on screen (usually accompanied by a Channel 2 staff announcer, like Pat Connell or Gaylord Avery). Now, "THE LATE SHOW" usually lasted around two hours, followed by "THE LATE LATE SHOW {I}" at about 1:30am. Then, another "LATE LATE SHOW {II}" appeared after 3am, followed at around 4:30 or so by "late news headlines", "GIVE US THIS DAY" [a brief sermon], and Channel 2's sign-off....
@fromthesidelines - Pray tell, would the typesetting and layout for such slides, as of the 1960's, have been as on the very end of this clip:
watch?v=TQejnG0sVkU
I seem to remember that layout as late as the very early 1970's, with some slides for some titles being used as late as 1981 (the year of the clip referred to).
Boy, the only thing better would be if you could find and upload a 1:30am Pat Cannell newscast from circa 1971 or so, the one that came in between the Late and Late Late Shows.
This was actually 1965-72. In '72 there was an animated open where a bunch of stars (the five-sided kind) all crowd into a television set, with a musical arrangement of "The Syncopated Clock" along the lines of "Hot Butter" by Popcorn; this only lasted to 1973 when the "Lite Brite" player piano open took effect, lasting through 1990.
@TammiWayKewl - There was no "Late Late Late Show" except in a "Honeymooners" episode or numerous "Carol Burnett Show" film parodies. But pre-1969, "The Late Show" usually aired after the late news (from 1965 to '69, with a start time of 11:30), and "The Late Late Show" followed. After 1963, there were anywhere from two to four "Late Late Shows" shown after "The Late Show," as WCBS went at that point to a 24/7/365 transmission schedule and a 23.5-hour (average) broadcast day.
OK, first off you're a genius for even finding this clip. Second, where the HELL did you find it. You can tell from the condition of the film it's obviously an original. Thirdly, I would love an uncompressed original of this clip as I am a film restoration artist (not to mention the guy who did the recreation of this here on YouTube - NOT MickeyRushton - Joe Malzone) and would love to bring this piece back to its true luster. BRAVO nycttv for bringing a true staple from the past back to life!
I am really glad that you enjoyed this. Actually I thought I would be the only one who would remember this. I grew up about an hour north of NYC (in the country) so when night fell there was nothing to do but watch movies late at night and late at night there was channel 2 and just about nothing else. To this very day I would rather have channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 from NYC than all of the garbage they have today. If you want i will send you a cooy of this on dvd, please send pm.
@nycttv - This variation was used whenever a color film was shown. If, on the other hand, there was a B&W film, this opening would be used except there was no "In Color" byline below "The Late Show" title.
@nycttv I totally agree about having the NY channels over the crap today. Of course, they would have to be the NY channels from the 60s and 70s. Thank you much for your offer and YES I would love to have a copy of that on DVD.
When this memorable opening was first unveiled in fall 1965 (and used through about 1971 or '72), WCBS's film chains and slide scanners (shared with the CBS network) were vintage RCA 3-vidicon TK-26's that were brought from the old "Studio 72" on Broadway and 81st Street in 1964 to the then-just opened Broadcast Center on West 57th Street. The GE 4-vidicon PE-240's with rounded edges on the camera heads didn't show up at CBS's telecine department until around early to mid-1966.
By the way, if you could somehow dig up the opening to "The Early Show", which ran weekday afternoons on Channel 2 from 4 to 6 PM in the early-to-mid '60s (prior to its replacement by the nationally-syndicated "Mike Douglas Show"), you'd be unearthing yet one more rare NYC TV gem that would make you an even bigger hero in the eyes of us Big Apple Baby Boomers.
garygerani is absolutely correct: This is the real deal, right down to the authentic version of LeRoy Anderson's "The Syncopated Clock" (it was Percy Faith's) that was used as the soundtrack. This is a fabulous find that I've waited years for someone to post here on YouTube. Thank you so much, nyctv.
@IntelProperty - The edits of Mr. Faith's recording I've seen online to try to match this opening had nothing to do with what is actually on here, so I concur with your assessment in this case.
It's slightly out of synchronization and the color's turned (there was never any red or purple, only blues, blacks and yellows), but this is indeed the original opening I grew up with (for b/w movies, the exact same opening was used but without 'In Color" appearing below the logo). Cool! Writermann/Altara2
Leroy Anderson's Syncopated clock. A CLASSIC!
vanaphil 4 months ago
Boy, if you could dig up the circa 1966 WCBS-TV intro for "The Early Show", then we'd really be all set..!!
noahf67 6 months ago
Oh yes this is the real deal the original just as I remember when I was a kid!
tomtv1 9 months ago
RIP: The Late Show. And the Late, Late Show. All replaced by the EVIL infomercial.
mikey42 9 months ago
Fabulous! Thank you so much. This is my childhood in NYC. Goosebumps...
CHARIOTEERDC 9 months ago 2
I remember, as a child, hearing this as I lay awake in bed. My dad would still be watching TV. Until I finally saw it for myself, in the early 1970s, I'd always wondered what was on the screen. A great memory.
ftsjr 11 months ago
This brings back great memories of my childhood. TV now can't compete with the inventiveness of the sixties. I can't help but remember Hollywood Palace and the Best of Broadway, another movie opening sequence on NBC.
jazz1929 11 months ago
@jazz1929 - "The Best of Broadway" actually aired on WABC-TV from Sept. 15, 1963 to either Sept. 30 or Oct. 3, 1970, airing seven nights a week. Saturday nights were the "money" nights (that is, WABC showed top films in their library that got massive ratings). As well, WNBC, up to early 1965, had a Saturday night edition of "Movie 4" (shelved after NBC decided to air reruns of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" on the weekend), and then the "Saturday [later Sunday] Film Festival."
wmbrown6 11 months ago
@wmbrown6 It's hard to remember the channel since I was a little kid at the time. So I guess the Best of Broadway came on after The Hollywood Palace on Saturday nights. I can only look at it from a Saturday perspective since my bedtime was much earlier during the week. But I still remember Sermonette!
jazz1929 11 months ago
@jazz1929 - "The Hollywood Palace" was ABC network. And in-between them and "TBoB" was the late news.
wmbrown6 11 months ago
I have a memory of another opening, perhaps the Late, Late, Show, where all the lights would go out except for one. I remember this because my father worked nights and I'd get up out of bed to watch a little TV with him. We had a little game where I'd try to guess which light would stay on. This was probably around 1964 or 65.
bronx56 1 year ago
@bronx56 - It would've been after 1965 - the same year this opening was introduced.
Also, besides Mr. Connell and Mr. Avery, other announcers who rotated on "The Late Show" over the years included Don Robertson, Dave Campbell and Norm Stevens; the "Late Late Show's" airing would have been around the time the likes of Roger Forster were on duty at the annoucing booth. From what I've read, Bill Gilliand was (on-camera?) host of the special "Schaefer Award Theatre" presentations.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@bronx56
I think that is the ending you are talking about. After the movie ended, I thought they played the same opening sequence but this time the lights went out.
jcort154 11 months ago
Amazing!!! Your effort posting this is much appreciated. This is what makes you tube the greatest invention. Now all we need is to find the WNEW WEEKEND PLAYHOUSE opening from the mid 70's - the channel 9 FRIDAY NIGHT movie opening from the late 70's and the Automobile Club of America commercial with Leo Wiser and I could die in peace. Seeing this original guarantees a smile on my deathbed. Thank you NYCTTV.
dsslave2 1 year ago
SPLENDID! thank you for posting this....I believe the tune is called "the syncopated clock" . what i remember is that the "late late show was essentially the same opening, but at the end, there were far fewer lights in the windows. That was back in the days when most people used to sleep at night...
abcbatman1966 1 year ago
On Fridays and Saturdays, during the mid and late '60s, there would be another "LATE LATE SHOW {III}", around 5am, featuring an obscure B-movie lasting a little over an hour {such as 1941's "For Beauty's Sake", starring Joan Davis, Ned Sparks, Marjorie Weaver and Ted North [WHAT A CAST!]}, then the station would present "GIVE US THIS DAY", and sign-off until 7am or so.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
Around :22, a slide featuring the title of the evening's "feature presentation"- and the star(s)- would appear on screen (usually accompanied by a Channel 2 staff announcer, like Pat Connell or Gaylord Avery). Now, "THE LATE SHOW" usually lasted around two hours, followed by "THE LATE LATE SHOW {I}" at about 1:30am. Then, another "LATE LATE SHOW {II}" appeared after 3am, followed at around 4:30 or so by "late news headlines", "GIVE US THIS DAY" [a brief sermon], and Channel 2's sign-off....
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
@fromthesidelines - Pray tell, would the typesetting and layout for such slides, as of the 1960's, have been as on the very end of this clip:
watch?v=TQejnG0sVkU
I seem to remember that layout as late as the very early 1970's, with some slides for some titles being used as late as 1981 (the year of the clip referred to).
wmbrown6 11 months ago
Boy, the only thing better would be if you could find and upload a 1:30am Pat Cannell newscast from circa 1971 or so, the one that came in between the Late and Late Late Shows.
noahf67 1 year ago
MICKEY RUSHTON HERE MY LATE SHOW OPENINGS ARE RECREATIONS
PAGE BY PAGE WITH A ANNOUNCER.....AND WITHOUT ANNOUNCER
I KEPT THE ANNOUNCER IN SOME VERSIONS BECAUSE IT FITS
MickeyRushton 1 year ago
It all most sounds like final jepordy
kilroe3 1 year ago
This was actually 1965-72. In '72 there was an animated open where a bunch of stars (the five-sided kind) all crowd into a television set, with a musical arrangement of "The Syncopated Clock" along the lines of "Hot Butter" by Popcorn; this only lasted to 1973 when the "Lite Brite" player piano open took effect, lasting through 1990.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
1951-1976.
JHollowayNetwork 1 year ago
in the fall of '76, pre-1976 opening in this one was replaced by the post-1976 opening, with dots, and images.
JHollowayNetwork 1 year ago
Offhand, do you remember the timeslots of the Late Show, Late Late Show, and Late Late Late shows?
TammiWayKewl 1 year ago
@TammiWayKewl - There was no "Late Late Late Show" except in a "Honeymooners" episode or numerous "Carol Burnett Show" film parodies. But pre-1969, "The Late Show" usually aired after the late news (from 1965 to '69, with a start time of 11:30), and "The Late Late Show" followed. After 1963, there were anywhere from two to four "Late Late Shows" shown after "The Late Show," as WCBS went at that point to a 24/7/365 transmission schedule and a 23.5-hour (average) broadcast day.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
OK, first off you're a genius for even finding this clip. Second, where the HELL did you find it. You can tell from the condition of the film it's obviously an original. Thirdly, I would love an uncompressed original of this clip as I am a film restoration artist (not to mention the guy who did the recreation of this here on YouTube - NOT MickeyRushton - Joe Malzone) and would love to bring this piece back to its true luster. BRAVO nycttv for bringing a true staple from the past back to life!
nycttv 1 year ago
@x60hz ,
I am really glad that you enjoyed this. Actually I thought I would be the only one who would remember this. I grew up about an hour north of NYC (in the country) so when night fell there was nothing to do but watch movies late at night and late at night there was channel 2 and just about nothing else. To this very day I would rather have channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 from NYC than all of the garbage they have today. If you want i will send you a cooy of this on dvd, please send pm.
nycttv 1 year ago
@nycttv - This variation was used whenever a color film was shown. If, on the other hand, there was a B&W film, this opening would be used except there was no "In Color" byline below "The Late Show" title.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
@nycttv I totally agree about having the NY channels over the crap today. Of course, they would have to be the NY channels from the 60s and 70s. Thank you much for your offer and YES I would love to have a copy of that on DVD.
x60hz 1 year ago
WOW. It's no longer in bits and pieces on YouTube -- This is the REAL DEAL! Great upload!
DanZero77 1 year ago
When this memorable opening was first unveiled in fall 1965 (and used through about 1971 or '72), WCBS's film chains and slide scanners (shared with the CBS network) were vintage RCA 3-vidicon TK-26's that were brought from the old "Studio 72" on Broadway and 81st Street in 1964 to the then-just opened Broadcast Center on West 57th Street. The GE 4-vidicon PE-240's with rounded edges on the camera heads didn't show up at CBS's telecine department until around early to mid-1966.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
WOW! Does this one bring back memories!
Weasler455 1 year ago
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IntelProperty 1 year ago
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By the way, if you could somehow dig up the opening to "The Early Show", which ran weekday afternoons on Channel 2 from 4 to 6 PM in the early-to-mid '60s (prior to its replacement by the nationally-syndicated "Mike Douglas Show"), you'd be unearthing yet one more rare NYC TV gem that would make you an even bigger hero in the eyes of us Big Apple Baby Boomers.
IntelProperty 1 year ago
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IntelProperty 1 year ago
garygerani is absolutely correct: This is the real deal, right down to the authentic version of LeRoy Anderson's "The Syncopated Clock" (it was Percy Faith's) that was used as the soundtrack. This is a fabulous find that I've waited years for someone to post here on YouTube. Thank you so much, nyctv.
IntelProperty 1 year ago
@IntelProperty - The edits of Mr. Faith's recording I've seen online to try to match this opening had nothing to do with what is actually on here, so I concur with your assessment in this case.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
It's slightly out of synchronization and the color's turned (there was never any red or purple, only blues, blacks and yellows), but this is indeed the original opening I grew up with (for b/w movies, the exact same opening was used but without 'In Color" appearing below the logo). Cool! Writermann/Altara2
garygerani 1 year ago
This appears to have been taken from film and not a video tape. Either way it is almost the complete opening. Please enjoy. Sure takes you back.
nycttv 1 year ago