Classic NBC Peacock

Back the 1960's when most networks broadcast in black & white, this NBC peacock animation was shown prior to tv shows broadcast in color.

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Film & Animation

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• NBC
• peacock

[wiley207]

I bet it'd be pretty cool seeing this at the beginning of a Hanna-Barbera cartoon being shown on NBC

[dnm728]

This is the original version of the peacock, with which NBC introduced their color programs between 1957 and 1962.

[mburmy]

I wonder if they ever showed this before Star Trek? After the peacock spreads his feathers, the screen would go black out and zoom to a space shot and we hear the words "Captain's Log, stardate (whatever said stardate is)"

[shulman2]

This and the 20th Century Fox CinemaScope logos are my all-time favorites.,Thanks for posting.

[denverbeau]

@dnm728

I clearly remember this peacock,from winter of '57-'58 when "Tic-Tac-Dough" was on

Thursday nights(pre-scandal uncovering)--our little town of Endicott,NY had a color set in the window of Burt's Department store, and piped the sound to the sidewalk. I was 9 yrs. old.

Bill

[tbear4pa]

That's the original "Atomic" peacock, which was later replaced by the "Psychedelic" or "Laramie" peacock in the 60's.

[Chicago10281]

@fonna What year were you born in? Do you also remember the NBC "Laramie Peacock?"

[mrmoneymaker05]

Trippy!

[akwaqs]

@DocWyoming

I agree. It reminds me of the royal fanfare when Anna is first introduced to the King of Siam in "The King and I."

[nbcrecords1]

Thank You for 75 years of good memories..

[baraxor]

Sounds vaguely "Arabian Nights".