Promos and open for ABC's premiere of "Superman" on 2/7/82. Also includes a commercial for the film's sponsor, Atari, and the open for Monday night's conclusion.
Some special memories for me.. Would love to rewind the clock and experience the excitement of seeing these movies for the first time all over again. Saw this originally air on TV at 10 years old and now about to turn 46 this year. Time really does fly, aside from 'Superman'.
I was wrong that was the special edition released on DVD in 2001 with 8 minutes of additional footage. The TV premiere had about 45 minutes of added footage. However, the full 3 hour version is now available on Blu-ray.
I wasn't even 9 years old yet when this premiered on ABC and Mom let us stay up to watch both parts of it both nights.Staying up late on school nights was often a no-no in our household.
I was 7 and I remember my mom insisting I take a nap so that I could stay up and watch it that evening...like you, that was a rarity in my house but I think my folks realized that 'Superman' was just too damn special to not let me stay up and see it. What a wonderful memory!
Remember when it took YEARS for a theatrical release movie to be aired on national TV? Looking back, it was so much fun because the entire family, relatives, friends would all gather into one home to watch it. THAT is what we lost with the rise of the digital world!
@@Rlotpir1972and this film was extended in runtime by about 45 minutes of extra footage. In 2001, Director Richard Donner personally selected eight of those 45 extra minutes to reinstate for his Director’s Cut.
So very true. These were events when a blockbuster hit would be televised for the first time. Then the home video market came and you could watch Superman whenever you wanted to.
Stevie Good Catch and Jack Palance did do a handful of voiceover work through 70s & 80s because it took time away from more film roles. I miss the voiceover voice of this ABC movie introduction! Compare him to the actual movie trailer voice that “commercials”, and they’re both low tone & dramatic similar forthrightness
The announcer sounds like Ted Knight doing his SuperFriends thing: "SYOOO-PERMAN!" What a way to announce Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel in his network TV debut! (RIP as always to Chris as well as others from the film that have now entered the Phantom Zone and found peace in the universe, including Margot Kidder)
I know I'm a year late, but that's not Ted Knight. That's actually Knight's replacement as Super-Friends narrator, William Woodson, doing the honors. Woodson's stentorian tones also did the narration for the opening credits of Battle of the Planets and the over-the-top introduction to Less Nessman's newscasts on WKRP in Cincinnati.
Jules Love Could you imagine bringing a kid by time machine to the 80s who watched the black and white tv series in 50's with George Reeves to see this two part extended tv version, with color and special effects, a much better theme and an incredible opening credit sequence? You think he would want to go back to his time, lol?
MAN do I ever remember watching this that Feb 7 th 1982 night! i had saw it in the Theater for my birthday 3 years earlier and earlier that year i had just saw Superman 2 that summer/ we had no vcr or cable back then and when it came on tv it was a big deal i remember my mom went to a neighbors baby shower that night so that left me and my dad home alone and free to watch what we wanted on tv and we watched superman together i think it was a split 2 night premier and it had some deleted scenes in it what a treat RIP Chris/ Margot and My DAD !!
GREAT trip back in time, for someone who was 7 back then! (This was 5 days after my birthday.) Random comments: A) Haven't seen that ABC Movie Night intro in decades, but I sure remember. B) I don't remember either of the 2 shows bookending the movie: they must have been really forgettable. C) The Announcer doing the first set of intros is the same guy from "SuperFriends": how perfect!
Carlos Rogers 1978...Me too! We were fortunate enough at such a young age to experience one of the best opening credit sequences in a movie ever. Donner was an F'n genius he came up with an idea for titles, a theme, fleshed out perfectly brilliant by Williams! Just epic and so fitting of the greatest Superhero of all time. Everybody was like Star Wars this and that still a year ago later, but that was my opening and my theme! Flying blue titles that actually made a flying like sound, over an incredible, one of a kind score! Even at tender of six or so, never saw anything like it before and would remember It forever!
I think it was shown in two parts because the version that aired had a runtime of 3 hours and 8 minutes, not including the commercials. Fortunately, the uninterrupted TV Cut is now officially available on Blu-Ray from Warner Home Entertainment. The picture master they located was in its original widescreen aspect ratio and was scanned in HD for that release.
However, the only minor problem was that during the opening credits, the music track wasn’t the take originally used for that sequence which led to some inconsistency with the synchronization. One way they could have fixed it would have been using the isolated music track from the 2001 DVD release, because that was the take originally used for the opening credits.
Awesome! I was about 12 years old when this aired. Code Red, Today's FBI and That's Incredible were some of my favorite shows. Atari Systems...I loved the home games and arcade games. Technology has come a long way! Great job! Thanks for the memories!
In tears thinking about this night. I tried, unsuccessfully to make my own cape from a towel, and play fly around, climbing the couches. That Christmas, I wanted Superman everything! I was only 5, but I remember this vividly!
Been reviewing much old footage on youtube. Fantastic to see items, I watched as a kid. I remember watching part 1 of this, on Sunday night. I was disappointed it was a two-parter. I had to go to school the next day and wait for Monday night. But, my disappointment was a hidden blessing. My buddies and I talked about watching it that night. It was the "talk of the playground", all day long. Time of innocence and childhood, was alive and well then.
I was 10 when part 1 aired buwas 11 when the second part aired great birthday gift My Parents took me to showbiz saw the second part on a big screen eating pizza
Watching in January 2020 and it feels like I’m by the fireplace and 9, 10, 11 years old watching TV with my family! Remember before Cable TV Network movie premieres were a big deal to see some big movies on the small screen. Also, 1980s and edited for television was big deal and seeing bloody violence of R-rated movies was Not Allowed! But they tried to show some. There was the edited version of RoboCop where the man who made gross by toxic waste was supposed to be splattered against the car windshield which leads to flipping the car over, but he swerved around the gross man in the edited for television version.
The ABC movie intro really fit Superman like no other movie with its soaring graphics, bright colors and heroic-sounding music. Seems like it was designed to match with Superman.
I actually remember the night the movie premiered on ABC and I might have asked to stay up late to watch. You have to realize, HBO unless they were at the time owned by Warner Bros might not have aired the movie yet and video stores renting VHS tapes were just starting to pop up around the country. Pretty sure we didn't even have a VCR until '83. I didn't realize the movie took four years back then to get to network televison, wow! I even remember watching Code Red that night too, and I also used to love That's Incredible! Best part, pre Disney/Capital Cities ownership so less commercials. But the Atari ad voiced by the late Jack Palance, added bonus!
What's funny is that when this originally aired, I was probably watching and it was more than likely on a black-and-white TV in our living room. I remember being in there, alone, watching this, while it seems the rest of my family was watching on the color set in my parents' bedroom.
Dude I remember sitting in my sister's room watching this tv release of Superman, and seeing that very Atari commercial, and wanting a 2600 like CRAZY. The part I remember the most was at 3:48 with the music notes. You recorded a bit of my memory, well done!
Wow this brings back major memories. There was extra footage I specifically remember from watching this that I wish would be released. It's been bugging me cuz I could have sworn there was a scene where Clark Kent was shown typing super fast. It was only released on this two part Superman TV release.
Firestepher G I have this broadcast on DVD, & there's no scene of Clark typing fast. There are scenes that were not included on the 2001 & 2006 DVD releases but nothing of Clark typing fast
1982. I was four years old, and I remember watching Superman on ABC. I was a kid, It excited me. I'm 35 years old. I'm still entertained by the original Superman film.
And now scenes from tomorrow night's conclusion of "SUPERMAN"! Superman begins his courtship of Lois Lane! And his campaign against crime! Tomorrow, The conclusion of "SUPERMAN"! On The ABC Monday Night Movie at Eight, Seven central and mountain!
The 1980s gave blockbuster movies an extra life by showing them on network television on Sunday nights and those Sunday night movies used to be some of the highest rated programs of the year on television next to the Super Bowl and 60 minutes
It's funny how hard it is to explain how it was back then. Everything was so laid back. You anticipated things for the week that you would watch on TV. and you would sort of playing your week out around all these things. I have more peace of mind back then and then I do now. There's no anticipation of anything anymore.
ABC Sunday Night Movies were big deals, especially movies like Superman, Close Encounters, etc. They weren't just movies, they were events. Talked about at school the next day. The memories.
The first time i saw superman on tv was on one of the hbo channels....uncut...my dad probably taped it. I then saw it on VHS in the 1983 reprint, and then on DVD in the extended version (very similar to the tv broadcast version but the audio was remixed in 5.1). I wonder if there's the 1982 edit on youtube...
Justin Fencsak It was never uncut on HBO! I saw the original HBO cut with WB cartoons and everything in New York City's Bryant Park a few yeara back and many scenes were taken out, including Luthor's lair where supes was attacked with bullets, flame throwers and freezing cold ice!
The only problem that I noticed was during the opening credits, the audio for John Williams’ score used a different take than the one that was originally used. It could probably be fixed by just using the Theatrical Version’s stereo mix from 1978.
"THAT'S INCREDIBLE" will not be seen tonight due to the following ABC Special Movie Presentation. But it will return next week at it's regular time with more incredible stories!
It's interesting to note that Ernie Anderson was the official promo voice for ABC at the time. It was weird not hearing his voice on the promos for "Superman", but it was cool to hear Bill Woodson's voice. He was the announcer for "Super Friends" at the time, having taken over for Ted Knight following the show's first season.
This intro song always gets me hyped.back when tv was good.with only a couple of channels you could always find something good to watch. Now with endless channels you spent more time flipping channels thatn what you do finding something good to watch on tv
I didn't realize how much I missed the 80s until I came across the TV promos for "Superman", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and just about all my favorite movies from that era. I remember my Ma allowing me to stay up to watch the TV premieres of Superman, and how I was sent to bed early so I couldn't watch Alligator and other scary movies being shown on network TV. I missed when network TV had "premieres" of theatrical movies
Kids today probably wonder why a tv movie is such a big deal with DVD, Blu- ray, online downloads, movies on demand ect... In those days you either saw the movie in the theater or waited years to see it on tv. I remember being excited for weeks to see Superman at home. (no VCR until 1987)
I forgot that they split it up over two nights. I remember my mom screaming "OH! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!" when they paused it with Lois falling from the helicopter and put "TOO BE CONTINUED" on the screen.
OMG! The freakin' abc song came out of my subconcious, havent heard it in ovr 20 years and it came back to me! I DO remember that the tv version was perhaps waaay too long, they probly added at least 40 minutes of additional footage. But it's amazing how you covered all the promos, intros and cool commercials. Wish i HAD a VCR back then, so many memories!
Back in the day were the UHF and VHF TV ruled and there was only ABC, NBC, CBS and a couple other channels if your lucky and they all went off air around midnight 1AM. Those were the days
Special Tonight! An ABC Network Premiere! "SUPERMAN"! Starring Christopher Reeve in the title role! With Marlon Brando! Glen Ford! Gene Hackman! Valerie Perrine! And Margot Kidder as Lois Lane! The Man of Steel! The World's First Superhero!
Tonight's Special Presentation of "SUPERMAN", is brought to you by... ATARI! A family of electronic products that challenge you, teach you, touch your life. Discover Atari and discover how far you can go!
Cable TV existed back in 1981 in most cities and towns in North America (cable TV started in 1949 and 1950-1955 in Canada ind the USA respectively.) What you're referring to is pay TV.
Wow this was so long ago, makes me feel so old and young at the same time. I can remember the day I got my Atari 2600... the games looked so good on the ads but were so much different than the arcade but was still fun. Today kids find the games we had very challenging to play vs the new stuff they have. I wish I could go back in time and live again. My small town was so much better, town was full of businesses, lots of small mom and pop stores, streets with people going from store to store buying what they needed, then Walmart came in and killed the town. Within a year over half the stores were gone, within 5 all but 1 or 2 were left, today they are all gone, downtown is now completely vacant, buildings are falling down, roofs caving in, a few people have bought and are living in. Sears, 5-10, wins, western auto, watch repairman, monkeywards, radio shack, people’s, Stimson’s furniture, video stores, tv repair shops, most restaurants are even gone as people have moved away. Yep not a lot left here thanks to Walmart. Seeing this takes me back before they were here and the town was alive. Thank you.
i remember that ABC played this on a Sunday night and I had to beg my parents to let me stay up and watch it because it ran past my bedtime. Now I own the DVD...
Because the tv version had about 45 minutes of extra footage. To air it on one night would've taken 4 hours or so. I've been searching for the tv broadcast version for years. I used to have it on vhs, but it has disappeared over the past 25 years.
It's funny, this premiere was such a big deal that I forever associated the Sunday Night Movie intro with Superman (the color scheme obviously helped).
At the time, WLS TV Chicago Channel 7 Sunday and Monday night to watching "Superman Movie" I had never play Atari game of my life my sister she used to play her favorite is "Space Invaders" all the time for 5 months and 3 years It was great moment until after where we born on November 3rd.
The year was 1982 when Sports anchor of ABC 7 Jim Rose making his debut, my mother give birth we have twins in a Hospital on November 3rd and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album came out on Released in November 30th.
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Back when seeing a hit theatrical movie on TV was a big, big deal. That ABC "Star Tunnel" intro never failed to get me pumped up.
R.I.P. Margot Kidder (October 17, 1948 - May 13, 2018)!!!!
and Cristopher Reeve (September 25, 1952 - October 10, 2004)
suicide sadly seek not heaven!
We didn't have a VCR yet, so I put my GE tape recorder next to the TV speaker and recorded the audio of Superman.
2K16 Awesome, K would have played It back a hundred times! I actually used to record tv too! Prehistoric Audiobooks or Audible, lol!
I did that, too, with The Empire Strikes Back when it premiered on all the pay-cable movie channels in early 1986.
@The American Star Wars ("A New Hope"), yes. ESB, no.
I remember doing this too. But, by this time, I had my first VCR, cost $750, weight, 1 ton
Wow me too!
THE GREATEST SUPERHERO FILM EVER
Some special memories for me.. Would love to rewind the clock and experience the excitement of seeing these movies for the first time all over again. Saw this originally air on TV at 10 years old and now about to turn 46 this year. Time really does fly, aside from 'Superman'.
The 2 night, 3 hour TV cut for Superman, that never had an official home video release till last year's blu-ray Extended Edition.
This music meant...my homework would be late!
Oh yea!
the music meant i could watch for 30 minutes then off to bed
_You had homework on Sunday? Man, your Sunday Schools were tough. xD_
Yep the good old days.
@@MAGGOT_VOMIT homework due Monday...
They originally aired Superman into two parts in an extended format. That extended version is now also available on certain DVDs.
I was wrong that was the special edition released on DVD in 2001 with 8 minutes of additional footage. The TV premiere had about 45 minutes of added footage. However, the full 3 hour version is now available on Blu-ray.
@@jerobriggs6861for Warner Bros, finding the TV Cut was just a stroke of luck. Especially in its original widescreen aspect ratio.
@@jerobriggs6861those extra minutes are in both extended versions.
I wasn't even 9 years old yet when this premiered on ABC and Mom let us stay up to watch both parts of it both nights.Staying up late on school nights was often a no-no in our household.
I remember doing extra chores Sunday morning just so my folks would let me stay up and watch the first 30 min.
School night :/
John W Landry I was nine, or just about coincidently!
RideMyTruck First 30 mins, strict!
I was 7 and I remember my mom insisting I take a nap so that I could stay up and watch it that evening...like you, that was a rarity in my house but I think my folks realized that 'Superman' was just too damn special to not let me stay up and see it. What a wonderful memory!
Sadly, your parents couldn't afford a VCR at the time.
Remember when it took YEARS for a theatrical release movie to be aired on national TV? Looking back, it was so much fun because the entire family, relatives, friends would all gather into one home to watch it. THAT is what we lost with the rise of the digital world!
Approximately four years minimum allowing the network to edit parts and scenes for general audiences.
@@Rlotpir1972and this film was extended in runtime by about 45 minutes of extra footage. In 2001, Director Richard Donner personally selected eight of those 45 extra minutes to reinstate for his Director’s Cut.
So very true. These were events when a blockbuster hit would be televised for the first time. Then the home video market came and you could watch Superman whenever you wanted to.
When you made this comment it was only the beginning 🥺
Remember watching with the family on sunday nights, great times. Seeing the abc sunday night movie opening brings back the good ol days.
The ever so talented Jack Palance doing the voiceover for the ATARI ad at 3:05, may he rest in peace.
Stevie Good Catch and Jack Palance did do a handful of voiceover work through 70s & 80s because it took time away from more film roles. I miss the voiceover voice of this ABC movie introduction! Compare him to the actual movie trailer voice that “commercials”, and they’re both low tone & dramatic similar forthrightness
Bill woodsons voice is a national treasure!
I got to stay up and watch the movies with my mother at age ten back then
The announcer sounds like Ted Knight doing his SuperFriends thing: "SYOOO-PERMAN!" What a way to announce Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel in his network TV debut! (RIP as always to Chris as well as others from the film that have now entered the Phantom Zone and found peace in the universe, including Margot Kidder)
I know I'm a year late, but that's not Ted Knight. That's actually Knight's replacement as Super-Friends narrator, William Woodson, doing the honors. Woodson's stentorian tones also did the narration for the opening credits of Battle of the Planets and the over-the-top introduction to Less Nessman's newscasts on WKRP in Cincinnati.
"Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice..."
Amazing I remember Superman' s premiere on tv. It was any childhood' s dream to see it and talk about for weeks !!!
Jules Love Could you imagine bringing a kid by time machine to the 80s who watched the black and white tv series in 50's with George Reeves to see this two part extended tv version, with color and special effects, a much better theme and an incredible opening credit sequence? You think he would want to go back to his time, lol?
MAN do I ever remember watching this that Feb 7 th 1982 night! i had saw it in the Theater for my birthday 3 years earlier and earlier that year i had just saw Superman 2 that summer/ we had no vcr or cable back then and when it came on tv it was a big deal i remember my mom went to a neighbors baby shower that night so that left me and my dad home alone and free to watch what we wanted on tv and we watched superman together i think it was a split 2 night premier and it had some deleted scenes in it what a treat RIP Chris/ Margot and My DAD !!
The ABC snm is so nostalgic for me. My dad would record these on the vcr and the whole family would tune in. You could fit 3 movies on a vhs tape.
GREAT trip back in time, for someone who was 7 back then! (This was 5 days after my birthday.)
Random comments:
A) Haven't seen that ABC Movie Night intro in decades, but I sure remember.
B) I don't remember either of the 2 shows bookending the movie: they must have been really forgettable.
C) The Announcer doing the first set of intros is the same guy from "SuperFriends": how perfect!
I remember when my father took me to see Superman when it was at the movies. I was four I got one hell of a memory lol. We talking late 1970s.
Carlos Rogers 1978...Me too! We were fortunate enough at such a young age to experience one of the best opening credit sequences in a movie ever. Donner was an F'n genius he came up with an idea for titles, a theme, fleshed out perfectly brilliant by Williams! Just epic and so fitting of the greatest Superhero of all time. Everybody was like Star Wars this and that still a year ago later, but that was my opening and my theme! Flying blue titles that actually made a flying like sound, over an incredible, one of a kind score! Even at tender of six or so, never saw anything like it before and would remember It forever!
Still gives me goosebumps
God I miss the ‘80s. SO MUCH. I was 14 in 1982. I want to go back. Anyone got a time machine?
I was about to be 6 when SUPERMAN premiered on ABC for the first time, it was a 2 night event.
I think it was shown in two parts because the version that aired had a runtime of 3 hours and 8 minutes, not including the commercials. Fortunately, the uninterrupted TV Cut is now officially available on Blu-Ray from Warner Home Entertainment. The picture master they located was in its original widescreen aspect ratio and was scanned in HD for that release.
However, the only minor problem was that during the opening credits, the music track wasn’t the take originally used for that sequence which led to some inconsistency with the synchronization. One way they could have fixed it would have been using the isolated music track from the 2001 DVD release, because that was the take originally used for the opening credits.
LOL at the guy breaking the stack with his forehead!!! "That's Incredible" was such a crazyt show :P
Awesome! I was about 12 years old when this aired. Code Red, Today's FBI and That's Incredible were some of my favorite shows. Atari Systems...I loved the home games and arcade games. Technology has come a long way! Great job! Thanks for the memories!
Still the best after all these years.
Alot of commericals for Atari.
I remember how big Atari was back in the late 70s and early 80s.
Warner owned atari
@@kascnef And DC Comics, the synergy is obvious.
In tears thinking about this night. I tried, unsuccessfully to make my own cape from a towel, and play fly around, climbing the couches. That Christmas, I wanted Superman everything! I was only 5, but I remember this vividly!
man I was 10 years old back then
So was I lol
Neil Singleton the good ol days
I was 7.
Man, I've been looking for this to share it with my kids. Epic memories!
Been reviewing much old footage on youtube. Fantastic to see items, I watched as a kid. I remember watching part 1 of this, on Sunday night. I was disappointed it was a two-parter. I had to go to school the next day and wait for Monday night. But, my disappointment was a hidden blessing.
My buddies and I talked about watching it that night. It was the "talk of the playground", all day long. Time of innocence and childhood, was alive and well then.
I was 7 or 8 when this was on tv and it was the greatest thing ever!!!
You hit it right on the mark!
JB
I was 10 when part 1 aired buwas 11 when the second part aired great birthday gift My Parents took me to showbiz saw the second part on a big screen eating pizza
Michele Goff Nice. Was that like Chuck E. Cheese kinda?
Adam W
Showbizz pizza places, were taken over by those Chunky Cheeses things now. Sad but so. 😔
Watching in January 2020 and it feels like I’m by the fireplace and 9, 10, 11 years old watching TV with my family! Remember before Cable TV Network movie premieres were a big deal to see some big movies on the small screen. Also, 1980s and edited for television was big deal and seeing bloody violence of R-rated movies was Not Allowed! But they tried to show some. There was the edited version of RoboCop where the man who made gross by toxic waste was supposed to be splattered against the car windshield which leads to flipping the car over, but he swerved around the gross man in the edited for television version.
The ABC movie intro really fit Superman like no other movie with its soaring graphics, bright colors and heroic-sounding music. Seems like it was designed to match with Superman.
That was one of my favorite superhero is "Superman" the late-great Christopher Reeve is in Heaven.🌞
The narrator of 'Superfriends," at least the first two 'seasons' was Ted Knight of Mary Tyler Moore Show and Caddyshack fame.
You forgot Too Close for Comfort
Nah, I just chose what people are likely to remember. Though it had a good run, TCFC
is the lesser of these choices.
God Bless the 80's Especially the early 80's
That was awesome that they got the guy who narrated Superfriends to do the promos for the Superman movie.
He would also introduce the 1988 animated series from Ruby-Spears, which actually opened with John Williams’ theme.
It's great to see this familiar Atari commercial in context.
I was 12 in 1982 and in the 6th grade.
I'm a kid all over again when I see that ABC TV intro!
THATS INCREDIBLE used to be on RETRO TELEVISION NETWORK
I actually remember the night the movie premiered on ABC and I might have asked to stay up late to watch. You have to realize, HBO unless they were at the time owned by Warner Bros might not have aired the movie yet and video stores renting VHS tapes were just starting to pop up around the country. Pretty sure we didn't even have a VCR until '83. I didn't realize the movie took four years back then to get to network televison, wow! I even remember watching Code Red that night too, and I also used to love That's Incredible! Best part, pre Disney/Capital Cities ownership so less commercials. But the Atari ad voiced by the late Jack Palance, added bonus!
What's funny is that when this originally aired, I was probably watching and it was more than likely on a black-and-white TV in our living room. I remember being in there, alone, watching this, while it seems the rest of my family was watching on the color set in my parents' bedroom.
I used to love this guy's voice, he did the voice over for the old Justice League cartoon
I’m very certain I was watching this live on ABC when it aired. I was nine years old.
I wish there was more network premieres, no movies on network anymore
tv is not same anymore
Dude I remember sitting in my sister's room watching this tv release of Superman, and seeing that very Atari commercial, and wanting a 2600 like CRAZY. The part I remember the most was at 3:48 with the music notes. You recorded a bit of my memory, well done!
...I had a metal Superman lunch box, and thermos. Also received a giant life-sized Superman coloring book for Christmas!
Wow this brings back major memories. There was extra footage I specifically remember from watching this that I wish would be released. It's been bugging me cuz I could have sworn there was a scene where Clark Kent was shown typing super fast. It was only released on this two part Superman TV release.
Firestepher G I have this broadcast on DVD, & there's no scene of Clark typing fast. There are scenes that were not included on the 2001 & 2006 DVD releases but nothing of Clark typing fast
The tv version of this is now out on blu Ray it came out on October 3 2017
@@cooperstevesI’m still astonished that Warner Bros actually located it.
OMG.......That preview of Code Red with Adam Rich really cracked me up!
This seems like the same voice that did the intro for the phenomenal Ruby Spears Superman TV show.
That show also included John Williams’ theme.
This is iconic AF. Going bonkers rn
Atari was owned by Warner Bros. (the distributor of Superman) when ABC aired this movie
1982. I was four years old, and I remember watching Superman on ABC. I was a kid, It excited me. I'm 35 years old. I'm still entertained by the original Superman film.
We continue now with "CODE RED"!
When I was a kid I’d take a nap until the movie was on to make time go by faster!
And now scenes from tomorrow night's conclusion of "SUPERMAN"!
Superman begins his courtship of Lois Lane!
And his campaign against crime!
Tomorrow,
The conclusion of "SUPERMAN"!
On The ABC Monday Night Movie at Eight, Seven central and mountain!
Thanks for sharing this. If memory serves, this is the exact broadcast I saw "Superman" for the very first time as a kid. The Atari promo is a bonus!!
The 1980s gave blockbuster movies an extra life by showing them on network television on Sunday nights and those Sunday night movies used to be some of the highest rated programs of the year on television next to the Super Bowl and 60 minutes
I Loved it... Especially the Atari Ad... To think how far we have come in the last 25 years...
It's funny how hard it is to explain how it was back then. Everything was so laid back. You anticipated things for the week that you would watch on TV. and you would sort of playing your week out around all these things. I have more peace of mind back then and then I do now. There's no anticipation of anything anymore.
Yes.
ABC Sunday Night Movies were big deals, especially movies like Superman, Close Encounters, etc. They weren't just movies, they were events. Talked about at school the next day. The memories.
Hey, it *is* Syooperman. :D
The first time i saw superman on tv was on one of the hbo channels....uncut...my dad probably taped it. I then saw it on VHS in the 1983 reprint, and then on DVD in the extended version (very similar to the tv broadcast version but the audio was remixed in 5.1). I wonder if there's the 1982 edit on youtube...
Justin Fencsak It was never uncut on HBO! I saw the original HBO cut with WB cartoons and everything in New York City's Bryant Park a few yeara back and many scenes were taken out, including Luthor's lair where supes was attacked with bullets, flame throwers and freezing cold ice!
Thankx. I loved this intro best of all. Takes me back to elementary school!
I’m really glad that Warner Archive released this extended version of the film on Blu-Ray after finding it during an inventory search.
The only problem that I noticed was during the opening credits, the audio for John Williams’ score used a different take than the one that was originally used. It could probably be fixed by just using the Theatrical Version’s stereo mix from 1978.
"THAT'S INCREDIBLE" will not be seen tonight due to the following ABC Special Movie Presentation.
But it will return next week at it's regular time with more incredible stories!
wow, thank you sir, your editing has transported me back in time 27 years
It's Bill Woodson (announcer of the Superfriends Cartoon from 1976-1984) and the Superman cartoon from 1988 on CBS.
It's interesting to note that Ernie Anderson was the official promo voice for ABC at the time. It was weird not hearing his voice on the promos for "Superman", but it was cool to hear Bill Woodson's voice. He was the announcer for "Super Friends" at the time, having taken over for Ted Knight following the show's first season.
Excellent!!!
Great memories!!!
This intro song always gets me hyped.back when tv was good.with only a couple of channels you could always find something good to watch. Now with endless channels you spent more time flipping channels thatn what you do finding something good to watch on tv
Superman the goat of superhero movies still!
I didn't realize how much I missed the 80s until I came across the TV promos for "Superman", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and just about all my favorite movies from that era. I remember my Ma allowing me to stay up to watch the TV premieres of Superman, and how I was sent to bed early so I couldn't watch Alligator and other scary movies being shown on network TV. I missed when network TV had "premieres" of theatrical movies
Kids today probably wonder why a tv movie is such a big deal with DVD, Blu- ray, online downloads, movies on demand ect... In those days you either saw the movie in the theater or waited years to see it on tv. I remember being excited for weeks to see Superman at home. (no VCR until 1987)
I forgot that they split it up over two nights. I remember my mom screaming "OH! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!" when they paused it with Lois falling from the helicopter and put "TOO BE CONTINUED" on the screen.
eight years old for me..still looks all future.. but its the past
William Woodson. He did the Supefriends cartoons from 1976-1984 and he did the opening narration for the Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon in 1988.
"SYOOP-ERMAN!" This guy was the narrator for "SuperFriends", wasn't he? I can hear him now, "Meanwhile, AT the Hall of Justice..." Great stuff.
OMG! The freakin' abc song came out of my subconcious, havent heard it in ovr 20 years and it came back to me! I DO remember that the tv version was perhaps waaay too long, they probly added at least 40 minutes of additional footage. But it's amazing how you covered all the promos, intros and cool commercials. Wish i HAD a VCR back then, so many memories!
Best into, so nostalgic❣️
45 extra minutes to be exact.
"Discover Atari and discover how far you can go".
Activision Ski Team member here. Just be aware of my street cred.
Back in the day were the UHF and VHF TV ruled and there was only ABC, NBC, CBS and a couple other channels if your lucky and they all went off air around midnight 1AM. Those were the days
Special Tonight!
An ABC Network Premiere!
"SUPERMAN"!
Starring Christopher Reeve in the title role!
With Marlon Brando!
Glen Ford!
Gene Hackman!
Valerie Perrine!
And Margot Kidder as Lois Lane!
The Man of Steel!
The World's First Superhero!
Tonight's Special Presentation of "SUPERMAN",
is brought to you by...
ATARI!
A family of electronic products that challenge you,
teach you,
touch your life.
Discover Atari and discover how far you can go!
I wish I had more, but don't have much of the films themselves, just these promos and opens.
Nowadays, if you have a Blu-Ray player, you can get the TV Cut directly from Warner Bros.
Cable TV existed back in 1981 in most cities and towns in North America (cable TV started in 1949 and 1950-1955 in Canada ind the USA respectively.) What you're referring to is pay TV.
atari !
Oh the memories. 😊
Being a computer gek I love the Atari ad! Classic! WOW!
Wow this was so long ago, makes me feel so old and young at the same time. I can remember the day I got my Atari 2600... the games looked so good on the ads but were so much different than the arcade but was still fun. Today kids find the games we had very challenging to play vs the new stuff they have.
I wish I could go back in time and live again. My small town was so much better, town was full of businesses, lots of small mom and pop stores, streets with people going from store to store buying what they needed, then Walmart came in and killed the town. Within a year over half the stores were gone, within 5 all but 1 or 2 were left, today they are all gone, downtown is now completely vacant, buildings are falling down, roofs caving in, a few people have bought and are living in. Sears, 5-10, wins, western auto, watch repairman, monkeywards, radio shack, people’s, Stimson’s furniture, video stores, tv repair shops, most restaurants are even gone as people have moved away. Yep not a lot left here thanks to Walmart.
Seeing this takes me back before they were here and the town was alive. Thank you.
I remember Atari! Yes!
+Craig Owens
and Intellivision and Coleco Vision
What you know about that odyssey.
i remember that ABC played this on a Sunday night and I had to beg my parents to let me stay up and watch it because it ran past my bedtime. Now I own the DVD...
Because the tv version had about 45 minutes of extra footage. To air it on one night would've taken 4 hours or so. I've been searching for the tv broadcast version for years. I used to have it on vhs, but it has disappeared over the past 25 years.
This was from 40 years ago this week.
It's funny, this premiere was such a big deal that I forever associated the Sunday Night Movie intro with Superman (the color scheme obviously helped).
The first announcer for the Superfriends was actually Ted Knight from the mary Tyler Moore show as well as playing Judge Smeils in Caddyshack.
Before Monday Night Football, Superman
This was for the extended version of the film that was split up over two nights.
At the time, WLS TV Chicago Channel 7 Sunday and Monday
night to watching "Superman Movie"
I had never play Atari game of my life my sister she used to play her favorite is "Space Invaders" all the time for 5 months and 3 years
It was great moment until after where we born on November 3rd.
The year was 1982 when Sports anchor of ABC 7 Jim Rose making his debut, my mother give birth we have twins in a Hospital on November 3rd and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album came out on Released in November 30th.
I change my mind wasn't November it back February 7th 1982. 😢