'Entertainment Tonight' - Show Intro (1982 version)

[TheDevastator1775]

Thumbs up if John Williams and the ochestra riding a bike brought you here

[nellie2581]

I was 1 years old

[ccipollini1984]

Why do they have pictures of Las Vegas signs on an entertainment news show?

[micmac99]

@ccipollini1984 "If you have to ask..."

[boldechoco]

I find this theme song so romantic. LOL that's weird

[brehemi]

thumbs up if "John Williams."while conducting a orchestra riding a bike bakwards Brought You Here

[armstrongwinssinger]

I would like to find an episode from Entertainment Tonight from the Oscars in 1982..especially from Wolfgang Puck's after party. I was the date of Bud Cort.. anyone know how to find it?

[olimar8989]

BETTER THAN GMTV,DAYBREAK,THIS MORNING

[olimar8989]

0:28 VERNON KAY

[johnnytheC]

I'm 43 and I TOTALLY remember this, I used to watch it every evening, and in fact would record the theme music onto cassette tapes (I still have a few) because I liked it so much. Even now I sometimes whistle this song, it made such an impression on me. I haven't seen this show in years although I know it''s still on. Good technical quality.

[FlowCell]

Entertainment Tonight: Mooching off the popularity of others for over 30 years, just like Ray William Johnson does on YouTube.

[undertakerpitt]

at 0:13 you can see the WTC

[denny906]

This was the best ET opening

[Dietpepsivanilla]

I loved Dixie Whatley. She was so much better than Mary Hart.

[kimv020887]

ET should do an old school special with old school intro, graphics, set, etc.

[irish89055]

to continue... Entertainment Tonight was of course created to be a platform for the publicists... just not the same as show, but then, the world is not the same....sad..

[deckard97]

wow this was the day Blade Runner opened-i watched this that day

[mrceleb2006]

At the 0:22 mark, the Paramount Pictures Bronson Gate is displayed. Paramount TV (a Paramount Pictures subsidiary) was the original packager of "ET" until it amalgamated with CBS in 2006, then CBS phased out the Paramount name the following year.

[pooka5472]

@mrceleb2006 Paramount Television also packaged "Solid Gold", which, like "Entertainment Tonight", was also created by Al Masini.

[mrceleb2006]

@pooka5472 Right.

[VintageTelevision]

I stopped watching this program when it dropped its entertainment news focus and transitioned to being a celebrity gossip, tabloid-style show.

[irish89055]

@VintageTelevision yes, a shame that everything on now is run or placed by the PR firms... 

[kimv020887]

@irish89055 they changed the format to compete with E! News. That's how the business works.

[kimv020887]

@irish89055 just like I said, ET changed the format to compete with E!, Access Hollywood, Extra, etc. But they still show old ET segments on Weekends involving lives of legendary celebs like Bill Bixby, Bob Hope, etc.

[FunniGui]

@kimv020887 plus they shortened it so they can add more ad time

[kimv020887]

@FunniGui i SEE. 

[kimv020887]

@VintageTelevision ET is still the same in my opinion. They changed the format to compete with E! News, Acess Hollywood, Extra, etc.

[thewewguy8t88]

@VintageTelevision thats pretty much what entertainment tonight is all about nowadays.

[collegefootballrulez]

@VintageTelevision So what did it previously talk about on the show? Upcoming film projects? or what?

[VintageTelevision]

@collegefootballrulez

I couldn't say. I've seen only the sections of the program shown here.

[mrblondnyc]

@ 0:25 Apparently, those were the biggest stars around in 1982. I don't recognize any except Erik Estrada and Robby Benson. Unless the blond guy at 0:28 is Larry Bird.

[TheSunnyStar]

You know what's funny? At one point I randomly came up with lyrics for the theme.

ENTERTAINMENT TONIIIIIIIIIGHT

ENTERTAINMENT TONIIIIIIIIIGHT

THE BEST CELEBRITY NEWS SHOW IN THE WORRRRRRLD!!! XD

[jnadle1]

It sounded like David Sanborn was playing the opening on the sax on this one.

[excuseyou77]

It's sad what a tabloid dreck ET has become in recent years.

[Tubewings]

If my calculations are correct, I believe this was a few weeks or so before a certain someone became the new female co-host.

[nx01alpha]

It is a shame how downhill ET has gone in its almost 30 years on the air.

[pooka5472]

@nx01alpha You can blame Linda Bell Blue for that.

[jnadle1]

@pooka5472 I'm sorry to say if she got fired or she left, it would go even more downhill after that. The only way to get better ratings would be Linda's way or no way at all. The show was losing steam when it adopted the original format and ratings fell, so she had to do it or Mary Hart would lose her job and cancellation would be imminent.

[olimar8989]

@jnadle1

MARY HART ALREADY LEFT ET IN 2011 AND NOW VOICING AND ACTING

[kduideo]

i agree..paromount is owned by jews ,no offense.

[SoapStar4Life]

@nx01alpha I don't think it's gone down hill I feel like our society has. It's not their fault that crappy tabloid shit is what the majority of society wants to hear about. They're just trying to keep their jobs and up with the times.