ABC-TV Still the One 1979 ending

Youtube ^ | 12-3-2009 | JAM Creative Productions

[bigbob]

For many years the major TV networks in the U.S. would each create a "fall campaign" to build their promotion efforts around. The campaigns included custom graphics and a song, which could be either an established hit or an original composition. A full length version of the song would be produced with special lyrics, and become the sound track for a lengthy video designed to introduce the new fall programming line-up at the annual affiliates convention.

In 1979, ABC-TV secured the rights to use the song "Still the One", which was an appropriate campaign theme because they were the #1 rated network again that year. Influenced by the most popular music of the day, they went for a disco arrangement. Here is the end of the 1979 affiliates video, which includes a rundown of all the network's stars announced by Ernie Anderson, the iconic voice of ABC primetime from that era. JAM sang several versions of this track, as well as customized shorter versions for all the ABC affiliates. The custom graphics for the network and the affiliates were created by Harry Marks.

[Nowhere Man]

Great find ... brought back memories. ESPN Classic has been running old “Battle of the Network Stars” episodes from the 70’s and 80’s and I’ve been watching those and remembering happier times.

Those were fun. Robert Conrad was my favorite. BTW, I still can't figure out why in the heck they chose Dan Haggerty (Grizzy Adams) to run the footrace. B-)

[Nowhere Man]

Brings back memories for me, too. The nice thing about those days was that the networks didn’t have their logos on scree all the time. You got a clean picture unpoluted with those “bugs” to ruin it. I’ve hated those things ever since they started infesting the sreen. It dissapointed me greatly when NASA TV started doing it. The games was truly over at that point.

Hate those things too, I keep thinking they will burn into my CRT. My 1982 Zenith TV turns 30 tomorrow, we bought it in early 1983 and been using it daily since. The downside is I had to use a video modulator to cobble a Blu-Ray onto it but it works.

[Nowhere Man]

I know! Even if the economy was crap, families and society in the whole world seemed a little sane. Even Soviet Russia was a known enemy.

Or maybe it was scary and I was too young to appreciate the fears my parents had.
One thing the Soviets had, and one good thing I can say about them, is like us, they had a desire to live and survive. Yeah, if you let them, they'd take advantage of us but still, they had rational people in the Kremlin that did not want to blow up the world. You do not have that with jihadists. Also, back then, it seems like you could get any type of job if need be, it's a bit harder now with the O-Hole deathcare plan. 1979, I was 13, born in 1966.

[Nowhere Man]

The 80’s; me, too. We’d just escaped the four year nightmare of Jimmy Carter, with his little speech/lectures to us about how we should wear sweaters in the house to save using energy, the gas lines, the grating, endless Iranian (shades of Benghazi!) embassy hostage crisis brought on by disastrous Democrat foreign policy, and how we were a bunch of losers in a malaise - into the following Reagan Morning in America - where we were able and capable of doing worthwhile things - and we did! We had a President who inspired us and thought we were worthwhile!

At least Carter tried to get our hostages out, he failed but at least he tried unlike the O-Hole. He was a loser to be sure but compared to the O-Hole, he was a genius.

I think what gave me hope then, the 1980's really began was the U.S Hockey Team winning the Olympic Gold at Lake Placid. Yeah, we had 9 months to go until Ronald Reagan was elected but it gave us hope and optimism.

I don't feel that way today. Maybe if Romney was elected, I don't know, but that's up to the "alternate historians" now.

[Nowhere Man]

Morning in America. *sigh* Now, it's more like 10 minutes to Midnight in America. I miss the 80's, they were great.

If I was a superhero, my battle cry would be, "I miss the 1980's!" Everytime I see the "Morning in America" Reagan Ad from 1984, tears start to come out of my eyes and if I'm not careful, I could start bawling. I thought this election was going to be like 1980. It should have been but it proved oe thing a few here on FR pointed out, we are not the same country as we were in 1980.

[Twinkie]

Well, I had voted (ONCE!) the first time, for Carter. I watched as things rolled into the old Democrat cesspool; then I voted for Reagan and haven’t looked back. - Now, I don’t know what to do; except trust in the Lord.

[GOPsterinMA]

Very gay.

IIRC, the father from Laverne and Shirley was a drug dealer.

Starting at 1:41, there’s like 5-6 dead people in a row.

We can look back with nostalgia, but most of those shows were mind-numbingly bad. And gay.

[GOPsterinMA]

"I miss the 1980's!" Everytime I see the "Morning in America" Reagan Ad from 1984, tears start to come out of my eyes and if I'm not careful, I could start bawling. Rejoice, o young man in thy youth...

[campaignPete R-CT]

another day in Soviet America passes
Pete's deflated spirit
following the election day victory in CT-89

Three weeks hence, the energy and urgency faded
a shot of nothingness with morning coffee
the broken auto, a wire coat hanger gets it on the road

a simple thing, but it brings hope to my world
what will others think, I abandon teaparty forces
never again to engage in the fight!

when I hear the drums and the sound of bugle calls
I will putter at home with a new vocation
as Pat foretold the Storm that is coming

on that fateful day
for freedom and liberty, I will not fight
the empty glory and honor I will forego

[stayathomemom]

Who is the actor shown at 0:32 with the bowler hat and pipe?

[GOPsterinMA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8IXx4tsus

[campaignPete R-CT]

i don’t get the relevance of Bowie.

[campaignPete R-CT]

any ideas on that Lincoln movie by Spielberg? Are there not 2 movies on Lincoln playing? One of them is Lincoln the Vampire Hunter?

And the Hobbit has begun? Les Miserables, too.

[SamAdams76]

I remember those "Still The One" spots and makes me feel old. Ronald Reagan was about to get elected president and I was still a senior in high school, on delayed entry for the U.S. Marine Corps.

About half the actors featured in that promo are dead now.

[GOPsterinMA]

The Spielberg flick is supposed to be good. The Lincoln/vampire flick was a summer box office bomb.

That last movie I went to see was Dark Night Rises.

No idea on The Hobbit or Les Miserables.

I am planning on seeing Django, Tarantino’s new flick...comes out Christmas Day.

[GOPsterinMA]

David Bowie: no idea. I do enjoy that song though.

[Impy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jLtOkumiY

[Impy]

Barney Miller was a good show.

[kevkrom]

And the Hobbit has begun? Les Miserables, too.

The Hobbit opens on 12/14 (and I'm going on 12/14). Les Mis on 12/25, and I would like to go, I just don't really know when I'd manage it. Other than Brave, those would be the only movies I see in theaters this year.

[campaignPete R-CT]

i’ve lost the Yippie culture spirit. Poetry no more. Could be the stress of this unpleasant project I am working on. I cannot muse about the life of the nation while getting an ulcer over what a bunch of bastard attorneys are doing with their ficticious accounting figures.