Hogan's Heroes Closing Credits 1966 CBS

[nightfrog205]

You young people do not remember when the TV stations were all Black and white,and they went off the air at Midnight,a test pattern came up,we had antenas on the roof,and some times we had to put foil on the TV to help the picture come in clearer,The late Movie was Saturday night,and if you mowed the lawn that day,your Dad might let you stay up to see Dacula,Prince of Darkness! Bowl of popcorn,naw,you dont know about that.

[vintageboobtube]

This was from a 16mm B/W print I acquired,which was then trabnsferred onto video. Then I recorded it with a camera in front of the TV screen. This explains the somewhat poor picture quality of this clip.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

This may be a color episode on a black-and-white TV set.

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

Hogan's Heroes' syndication prints were updated by Viacom in 1987 (these reinstated the Bing Crosby Productions logo on all the episodes followed by the Viacom "V Of Steel" logo from that time)

WGN Chicago was still using early Viacom-era prints of the show when, in 1986, spliced the logo back onto its copies where the Viacom logo had been on most episodes.

[vintageboobtube]

This was from a 1966 episode, not the pilot which was the year before. The BCP logo was used in the original broadcasts. The syndicated reruns then had the Viacom "V" logo in place of BCP.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

This is the pilot episode. All episodes after this were in color, and originally had no logo following the BCP logo in the closing theme.

[v10lini5t19921993]

I think it's either A minor or B-flat minor

[v10lini5t19921993]

It's based in A-minor

[ppoobah]

I'll finish... Blat out random notes all at once! LOL!!! I don't think I could identify what key it was in! That seemed to be the trend back in the day! Thatks for posting this, it's cool to remenisce!

[ppoobah]

Great nostalgia! I've gotta say, the music played during the display of the CBS eye was perfectly ATROCIOUS though! I wonder if the horn section was directed to blat out random note

[dodgedavis]

that was awesome.

[wmjohn6217]

This episode was Operation Briefcase based on the guest stars.

[ikevyoiPhone3G1996]

I never knew Hogan's Heros was first in Black and White TV Land airs the color ones mostly.

[vividwatch47]

@ikevyoiPhone3G1996, The "Hogan's Heroes" pilot episode was in B&W, and the remainder of the series ws in color.

[gibby100]

I always liked the ending theme better than the opening one.

[MGOSnakeLiquid]

I love Hogan's Heroes. I own all the seasons on DVD. I started watching it a few years back when my mom and I watched Stalag 17. It's such a classic series, and it never gets old.

[DJRakow]

I enjoy seeing the CBS Eyeball Logo.

Thanks for posting vintageboobtube.

[garrisonskunk]

Interesting...I remember watching "HH" on TVLand (back in the day when they actually showed the end credits) and thinking that the BCP logo was alwas edited abruptly for the then current Paramount logo.

[wmbrown6]

I.I.N.M., that "abrupt ending" was due to the insertion, at the point of original syndication in 1971, of the "pinball" sequence that brought up the first "A Viacom Presentation" logo (in Peignot bold) - with a little accounting of the time delay between picture and sound in film.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

CBS Jingle introduced in september 1965.

[pachbagheri]

as a consequence of what happened to bob crane, this entire show ( opening and closing credits included) is very surreal. am i the only one who thinks that, or do others agree with me?

[50zcarsman]

@pachbagheri Yeah, I feel that too. Makes you figure that Hogan's leering at Hilda, that redheaded Russian chick they introduced as a semi-continuing character, and the other incidental females wasn't really acting. He was probably doing them and maybe some stagehands when the cameras stopped rollin'.

[ECG3485]

0:20 Albert S. Ruddy, co-creator of this show, who went on to great success producing "The Godfather", "The Longest Yard", etc.

[fromthesidelines]

At the time, Bing Crosby Productions was also producing "BEN CASEY", in its final season, for ABC [they also produced a "legislative" drama called "SLATTERY'S PEOPLE" for CBS during 1964 and '65]. They also shot "BEN CASEY" at Desilu as well....

[MASH1983]

Gotta love how Hogan's Hat draped over the Nazi Helmet being used as a hat hanger

[rkdvideo]

The TV quality of this clip exactly resembles the way shows like this looked when they went into repeats on local independent stations, except audio and video would "skip" frequently. This was before classic were re-done in the 80's with better picture and sound quality.

[dcat918]

That is a dangerous sounding CBS outro. Almost as scary as the Paramount closers from the 1960s and 70s.

[lovelychick84]

I agree with you. It is a bit creepy to listen to.

[retroguy1976]

no viacom oh yeah thats right only for syndication d'oh

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

The CBS logo after the end of hogan's heroes sounded like a cheap knockoff of the NBC chimes they were introduced in september 1965.

[oiromaha]

The NBC chimes date back to the mid 1930's.

What's wrong with you??? Get your damn facts right!

[punchcar]

what's very interesting that it was filmed at Desilu studios and there is no Desilu ending soundmark(Like at the end of Star Trek). Or someone saying this is a Desilu production. this was owned by singer Bing Crosby or someone with the same name?

[moogyboy6]

Desilu rented its facilities out to outside producers, kind of like how The Twilight Zone was filmed at MGM but was produced by Cayuga Productions (Rod Serling's company). As for BCP, yes it was owned by *that* Bing Crosby. He had his fingers in a lot of pies back then...he even owned an electronics lab that developed an early audio tape recorder and the very first videotape system (before Ampex!).

[moogyboy6]

The Desilu logo would have been on shows that it produced itself, ie Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, etc. In this case it's just mentioned as a courtesy.

[punchcar]

thanks!!!! that's good to know....

[hobokenplayboy]

Yes. BCP discovered videotape technology in 1958. They didn't know what to do with it. The concept of recording a program a.k.a. timeshifting was alien to them. Who wanted to waste money on a machine that recorded programs when you could see them at their regular times?

[mhirtes12]

Actually, Bing Crosby himself was the person who helped bring audio tape into the world (he was really interested in the work the engineers at AMPEX were doing) and was one of the first major recording artists to adopt the technology.

It's no surprise that he would be a strong backer for video tape as well.

[vividwatch47]

@mhirtes12, AMPEX built the machines, while the 3M corporation invented videotape.

[vividwatch47]

@mhirtes12, according to Witkopedia, magnetic tape was invented by Fritz Pfleumer in 1928. The Americans discovered the audio tape by capturing the machines from the Germans after World War 2. Bing Crosby had no hand whatsoever in inventing magnetic tape, though he did have a hand in financing AMPEX's videotape machines in 1951. The 3M corporation (now Imiation) was one of the first companies to make it.

[mhirtes12]

Did I say he invented the format? No, I didn't.

[vividwatch47]

No, the Germans did!

[vividwatch47]

@hobokenplayboy, make that 1951 (see the Witkopedia entry).

[vividwatch47]

@hobokenplayboy, the man who really gets credit for the invention of videotape was Charles Ginsberg. Interestingky, one of the members of his development team was Ray Dolby.

[hobokenplayboy]

Thank You. I stand corrected.

However, I did read it in TVGuide. Their resource material is seldom wrong. The columnist was probably offering his/her own opinion instead of the proper FACTS!!!

[fromthesidelines]

The CBS filmed logo seen at the end was the one primarily shown on those affilates that didn't carry the show "live" on Fridays at 8:30pm(et)- that is, using 16mm "delayed broadcast" film prints for smaller stations in the South and Midwest that usually "shared" more than one network's programming, and "shifted" certain shows to other hours and days. The "live" CBS I.D. was a slide of the "eye" {"CBS" in the pupil} with an announcer saying, "This is CBS".

[russellhughes84]

you kown that hulk hogan's heroes used to be aired on kbhk t.v 44 san francisco back in the year 1971.

[fromthesidelines]

Yes, they did, 'sexy'. In fact, Philip Morris sponsored the series for two more seasons after General Foods ended their alternate week sponsorship in 1967 {they moved "GOMER PYLE, U.S.M.C." into "HOGAN'S" Friday night time period in September '67}.

[videosensei]

i like that cbs logo

[K0CBS]

The CBS logo sounded like a cheap knockoff of the NBC chimes.

[fromthesidelines]

Usually, the closing credits would have shown the show's alternate sponsors logos in the lower left-hand corner {General Foods products or Philip Morris' Marlboro cigarettes, in the 1966-'67 season}....

[sexymama1966]

did philip morris sponsored alternately with GF?

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

I Love The Bing Crosby Productions Logo Very Much It's My Favorite