1973 NYC Local NBC broadcast

[RJS3566]

Sounded like Johnny Olson announcing.

[Funny4450]

The late great Sandy Becker and Jim Hartz - Great! Thanks for posting.

[tomservo56954]

@Funny4450 Minute Maid had Bing and Tropicana Becker...and Tropicana is fresh because for half a century, a weekly "Tropicana Train" freight has run from Florida to New York City.

[vinceman]

Ed McMahon says "don't miss us all."

But we do.

[7855waldo]

Oh GAWD...awful (all nice people, but awful).

The opening negotiating bid to get me to live through this cultural wasteland of a decade - twice - opens at one billion dollars.

[JohnK086]

Bobby Darin (05/16/1936-12/20/1973) was actually 37 at the time of his passing. I also noticed Johnny Olson announcing on the show.

[JHollowayNetwork]

at the beginning the song was used the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[swami1]

The anchorman was Jim Hartz.

[radiodj1520]

I Just Noticed At 2:01, It Was WNBC-TV's The Eleventh Hour Video Promo In 1973.

[TheRebel2007]

Sammy Davis, Jr. was once a Satanist, you know.

[joni2691]

Bobby Darin died later that year at 36.

[parliament10xz]

That's not Chuck Scarborough

[sjk72]

@parliament10xz Who is it?

[sjk72]

@parliament10xz Who is it?

[JesseLee812]

WNBC-TV's Chuck Scarborough reports what is coming up on the eleventh hour news at 2:02.

[wmbrown6]

Also, Jim Hartz' reading about the Penn Central's service had to do with a strike that affected that beleaguered railroad line a few days before this aircheck.

[HGbunny]

My goodness, John Davidson. He's coming up on 70 soon...looks so young here. I Wiki'ed him, and in the pic they have he looked ancient & slouchy, but if you click on the pic it says it was from way back in 1990! I wonder what he's up to these days?

Sear's "Pre-Lincoln's Birthday Sale!" Any excuse, even back then!

[radamail]

Lol. I love Sears' invention of "Pre-Lincoln" for that ad. Their advertising department must've flipped coins in the boardroom on some of those ideas.

[rivest266]

Smile darn ya smile is a Warner Bros. cartoon in 1931

[sarniatownreggae]

The Bookman type must have been popular back then.

[ilsy74]

Good to see Jon Davidson here

[krazeykriss]

I'd love to see Connie Stevens in the sexy nurse outfit from this show.....

[mca1218]

Oh, man...this was the 1st show our family wanted to watch with our first ever color television!! All my mom could talk about was the showgirls on the stairs who opened and closed the show every week who were always in those beautiful costumes and what they must've looked like in color. Thank you so much for this one.

[2005dave]

This wasn't a New York origination. The tech names are all from the Burbank plant (Karl Messerschmidt, Lon Stucky, Jerry Smith, Jerry Masterson, etc.)

[2005dave]

Wait... I see.. it's actually the feed from WNBC, with Jim Hartz promoting The Eleventh Hour news. Later the next year, WNBC started branding their news as NewsCenter 4 and brought in new blood like Charles Scarborough (as he was known then) and Tom Snyder.

[wmbrown6]

I can add that Burbank sent two dubs of their videotapes to 30 Rock for East Coast network feeds, while retaining two copies for themselves. This explains why New York airings of Hollywood- and Burbank-based shows sounded as clear as they did when aired in the L.A. market itself.

[ftsjr]

I remember watching "NBC Follies." It was a very entertaining show, with some great comedy bits by Sammy Davis and Mickey Rooney.

[tomservo56954]

@ftsjr Makes sense...the lead writing team was Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso--they did great work on GET SMART and THE MONKEES.

[wmbrown6]

In addition, co-writer Sol Weinstein's name turned up in the famous H&L Brock "ad" of the Feb. 28, 1976 edition of "Saturday Night Live" (the "H&L Brock Church and Synagogue" version).

[wmbrown6]

This appeared to be the second "NBC Follies" special; the first, "NBC Follies of 1965," aired on Nov. 27, 1964 and was headlined by Steve Lawrence, Juliet Prowse, Allan Sherman, Jill St. John and Nipsey Russell.

[wmbrown6]

In addition, this was the pilot for "NBC Follies," which aired on Feb. 8, 1973.

[tomservo56954]

@wmbrown6 Interesting that when the "Follies" concept became a series that fall, they made Dean Martin host..and in fact, my reference books consider it a continuation of his variety show, not a replacement.

[wmbrown6]

That was NBC announcer Howard Reig doing the Sears ad. Wonder who voiced the Darin promo, though.

[wmbrown6]

Just found out the answer:  From what I've been apprised, the Darin promo was V/O'd by another veteran New York NBC staffer, John Clarke.

[191965]

Howard Reig just passed away recently in Florida. One of the veteran NBC announcers who will be missed.

[wmbrown6]

Don Pardo's the only one still working, on "SNL," though he's no longer an NBC staffer. I.I.N.M., Roger Tuttle and Vic Roby are still living, possibly Mel Brandt (though I'm not sure about him). But there are quite a few who've passed on over the years, in a place Mr. Reig has now joined . . .

[wmbrown6]

Correction: Mel Brandt died last year.

[Juliaflo]

I grew up listening to Howard Reig's announcements. Sorry to hear about his passing.

[PeerlessPaavo]

Now, that's a big finish, honey! What a show!

And how about that cursed "Tonight Show" lineup Ed McMahon recites on voice-over: One guest doomed to battle Parkinson's, another to be charged with murdering his wife and the remaining two to die before their time, one under mysterious circumstances.

And that's not even getting into Bobby Darin.

Another great post.

[wmbrown6]

Not to mention what's happened over the past year to McMahon himself.

[tomservo56954]

@PeerlessPaavo Bobby Darin knew he likely wouldn't live as long as others (being aware of the damage rheumatic fever did to his heart)...that's why he did so MUCH living in his lifetime.

[JoeWellington]

I remember how controversial it was at the time for Southerner Andy Griffith to come out singing "Things aren't as black as they are painted" seems so silly now.