ABC promos 1969

In 1969, the theme for ABC was "Meet Us In September". During the summer of 1969, ABC aired a promo featuring shows like "The New People", "Room 222", "The Survivors", "Love, American Style", "Johnny Cash", "Bewitched", and the then-new "Movie of the Week".

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[1963TNT]

1969 was a great year too bad Manson ruined it.

[Scarletspeedster68]

They just don't make promos like this anymore, but boy was it fun!

[trivialtony]

Interesting Dick York appears on this network promo but Dick Sargent took over as Darren halfway through this season. And didn't the Brady Bunch (one of ABC's signature shows) debut in 69 too?

[glasscitadel12]

VERY NICE! NOW 'SOCK IT TO ME!"

[JohnnyFoster]

I miss these days... Sigh... Such a simpler, happier time. Or so it seems.

[DrCruel]

Why was TV so much better when it was free?

[recoverfromhydro]

@1963TNT What about the Apolo 11,and Woodstock;don't let one phyco leader define the whole year.

[coolbear64]

I miss the movies's of the week

[demikede1]

Must been on ABC-TV around the time man first landed on the moon (July 1969). What would it been like if an ABC bumper announced "watch Man finally set foot on the moon". The promo bumpers, the logo artistry and music were a product (or one can say ahead) of their time. +

[demikede1]

This is pretty neat, considering the promos are from 40 yrs. ago. The local ABC station in my area (Palm Springs, Cal.) premiered that year and it was KPLM-TV, which became KESQ in the early 80s. ABC was the top network in the 1970s, in part of how great the artistic graphics are for its' bumpers. +

[FrumiousBander]

@blacjazzz Nope, not yet. The ABC logos and Movie of the Week flying openings were shot on film by Douglas Trumbull on the slit-scan rig invented for 2001: A Space Odyssey. As for video editing, 1969 was just a year into the precursors of CMX editing. In 1967 they were shooting shows like Laugh In on 2 inch tape, and literally cutting it with a razor blade.

[1963TNT]

@flashfast2000 AMEN to that brother.I was only 7 in 69 but Vietnam was a difficult war and I respect all those who served and may those who never came home may they R.I.P forever...