1960's ABC-TV Ident/Logo (1966 TV Bumber, REAL NOT FAKE!!)

[crispycritterz]

When you heard this on Saturday morning, you knew the cartoons were done

[2005dave]

@crispycritterz No, they had it on the cartoons too! I used to have some prints of "The New Casper Cartoon Show" opening with the ABC idents on the head.

[fromthesidelines]

As for Chuck Connors, he declined a proposed sixth season of "THE RIFLEMAN" because MCA offered him the chance to star in a 90 minute crime drama for ABC's 1963-'64 season: "ARREST AND TRIAL" (co-starring Ben Gazzara).

[fromthesidelines]

Yes, only two or three shows aired in color on ABC's prime-time schedule between 1962 and '65, 'west'- and "THE FLINTSTONES" was definitely one of them. In the 1963-'64 season, the 90 minute edition of "WAGON TRAIN" and Desilu's "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" were the other two; in 1964-'65, it was "JONNY QUEST".

[headley62]

This ABC logo was first used in 1962.

[geekgirltv2011]

that's from 10:30 from 1965-1967 saturday seasons

[pythonfan1]

Hardly scary at all!

[rodineisilveira]

America's watching ABC.

[SingerBriEChampey]

Made in 2011

[vanessahudgens6677]

But "The Price Is Right" Moved From The B&W ABC Station To The Beautifully Colored CBS Station In 1988 And Still Kept Going With Drew Carey As Its' New Host And New Technology Known As HDTV (Or High-Def Television With Up To 1080p Resolution).

[Satizfacktion]

Very famous logo. A very simmilar one was adopted in SBT Network of Brasil.

[Dhfalcon62]

My dad used to work for ABC in the 50's designing the station id's and 'please stand by' frames. Wish he still had them.

[geroguy0472]

Not just for the black and white years: check out

youtube.com/watch?v=_p1Gg42Sw9­g&NR=1

[gsnfan]

Most likely used on most ABC shows that weren't in color, especially American Bandstand, General Hospital, The Price is Right, The Fugitive, McHale's Navy, just to name a few.

[PeterOnoLennon]

sound rap

[jln55]

The music and the graphics were scary. But I got used to it; especially knowing that Beany and Cecil were coming right up!

[jln55]

Kinda Scary!

[gladasya10]

This looks like an intro to an episode of Ozzie and Harriet.

[westpoint64]

@gladasya10 I thought that, too, because of the door appearing at the end of this. Since the Rand logo

had been around since 1962, it's quite possible.

[wmbrown6]

It looks like only the 'red' channel was used for this print.

[Pinky39559]

@WhatPharNetwork It did not look scary , the logo looked quite beautiful and majestic and the fanfare fitted right in .

[jpongsin2002]

Well, I Gonna Fall Down If ABC TV GET ME.

[godgunsncountry]

@jpongsin2002 hahahahahah that is exactly what a lot of little kids thought too

[jpongsin2002]

would you please stop it?

[fromthesidelines]

...so this "color bumper", used from 1963 through '66, was also used in 16mm black and white film prints "bicycled" to those stations that couldn't air the show at its scheduled time, and/or didn't have color broadcast facilities. All they did was leave out the "ABC color presentation" disclaimer.

[fromthesidelines]

...in the fall of 1965, ABC was able to telecast at least 40% of its evening schedule in color (some videotaped series, including "THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW" and "THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE", finally "adapted" to color). The following season, they were able to transmit 100% color series at night; it took two more years to "convert" the rest of their schedule, including daytime and the "ABC EVENING NEWS", to full color...

[fromthesidelines]

ABC had financial and technical problems that prevented them from expanding their use of color from 1962 through '65; according to "wmbrown', the network had only ONE color TV film chain for broadcast- in Hollywood- ready by September 1962, and another from New York, two years later. Only two or three shows aired in color in prime-time between 1962-'65....

[westpoint64]

@fromthesidelines Only two or three shows aired in color in prime-time between

'62 and '65? Got it: The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Jonny Quest....all Hanna-

Barbara cartoons distributed by ABC's programming fodder "buddy", Screen Gems!

btw, this is no rumor, it's a fact: ABC and the producers of The Rifleman tried to get

Chuck Connors to come back for a sixth (1963) season. Chuck said "no", but had

he agreed, The Rifleman would've been ABC's first prime-time drama in color.

[basecap2000]

Retro ähnlich wie bei ARD

[Ilikelogoreturns]

What print did you get this from? It looks too good to be a horrible 16mm print!

[PDS1990]

if you did, we could compare the 2 so other users can see which is which.. and I already do.

[PDS1990]

hmm... you've got the color version of this famous bumper with the line: "This is an ABC Color Presentation" said by the announcer, don'tcha?

[kresblain]

I think that animation altogether was made especially for color programs on the Alphabet Network, whether it had the announcement or not. Which meant, this was from a B&W copy of a color program (Batman, The FBI, The Flintstones, etc.)