Channel 7 Eyewitness News NYC 1977

The close of Channel 7 Eyewitness News in NYC in 1977.

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News & Politics

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• york

[RowanAthikson]

Nice hair for 70's

[paktype]

Roger Grimsby was the most aptly named newscaster who ever lived. The man almost never cracked a smile. And I also liked John Johnson, or as he pronounced it, "Jawn Jawnson."

[spacepatrolman]

@spacepatrolman him out of the dressing room

[spacepatrolman]

@brainsareus he called ursulla andress ursella undress on mike grimsby was given up for adoption he hunted for his mother as many orphans do and he finally found her don pardo was the annoncer on live at 5 with sue simmons when belushi died he was interviewed because he as the announcer on saturday night live he said belushi never did anything wrong on or off the set but a director at nBC said they used to take the mirrors off the wall to cut the cocain it would take hours to get

[spacepatrolman]

00:20 i met him in a shopping mall his father was known as mr. nice guy he would give you the shirt off his back when an engineer at the stations car broke down he said you can borrow my car you can sleep in my apartment what ever you want

[spacepatrolman]

00:04 BARBARA WALTERS [ she didnt like wa wa] was the reason why grimsby was fired becauase it wasnt the huntley brinkley report anymore with a woman anchorman on the national news which was what the new york news was imitating

[rockuvages]

So good that this is on YT! Hey- does ANYone who lived in the NY tri-state area in the 70s recall a tv commercial (forgot the product), where a guy leans over a sleeping guy named Stanley? He says- "Stanley...Staaaanley...GET OUTTA BED!!"

What WAS that??!

[brainsareus]

grimsby was a funny, sad faced maniac. i believe he was caught cursing on air once or twice. "precursor" to sue simmons,who was funny as hell i thought, in her famous verbal bloop.

[MrMichaelChua]

Larry Kane came to WABC in 1977 after a few years at WPVI in Philadelphia, and when he left in 1978, I believe he was replaced by Ernie Anastos.

[jody808]

this was my favorite News show back then

[GaryPeterson67]

@DC322 : Grimsby also popped up in a couple of my favorite flicks: Woody Allen's BANANAS from 1971 and in GHOSTBUSTERS from 1984. He was like the hardboiled newsman from Central Casting except he really was a newsman.