20 Obscure 1980s Movies on HBO + Not Necessarily The News
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- As a Gen X kid in the 1980s..
20 obscure movies I watched at home.
* This video is simply an homage and in loving memory-highlighting twenty of my favorite funny, oddball B movies I grew up with; and to inform some people that may not know these old films ever existed.
**This video creation inspired by @mysocalledgenxlife
Did you have HBO - Home Box Office ?
Or did you have Human Body Oder ?!!
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:19 HBO Intro
02:37 Hollywood Knights 1980
04:42 Midnight Madness 1980
06:20 Super Fuzz 1980
07:28 Caveman 1981
09:54 Looker 1981
11:31 The Beastmaster 1982
13:40 BMX Bandits 1983
16:58 Space Hunter 1983
18:02 Twice Upon a Time 1983
20:38 Hardbodies 1984
23:01 Night of the Comet 1984
24:13 Repo Man 1984
26:32 The Ice Pirates 1984
28:50 Head Office 1985
30:31 Moving Violations 1985
31:58 My Science Project 1985
33:58 Private Resort 1985
35:37 The Wraith 1986
37:29 Real Men 1987
39:23 The Night Before 1988
41:14 Next on HBO
42:42 Not Necessarily The News
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HBO and Cinemax were a late night treasure trove for us 80s kids. Let mom and dad fall asleep, sneak out to the living room, turn the volume as low as possible, turn the dimmer knob down, and look for dirty movies.
Hahaa Yes!!! Genius moves, we kids knew every lil thing we had to do to not being noticed! Ya had to be quick to turn the volume down as soon as the screen flashed on.. and a lot of TVs back then made a distinct pop sound when they turned on, so ya sorta had to sit right in front of it and shield the sound from travelling all the way into your parents bedroom! 😂😂🤣 Thanks for commenting, a reminder to all the sneaky tricks!
Those were good times!
@@will-love-lvx Always were, always will be!! 👌
Blurry boobs from the Playboy then spice channel for totally worth the spanking !
Blurry boobs on the Playboy then turned Spice Channel were totally worth the spanking !
that intro flying over the neighborhood and the up into space. Man the nostalgia. That music is still amazing
I know.. still can’t believe that was a whole scale model.. music’s still catchy!
That really was impressive. Even though I haven't seen that in decades, I was anticipating it after the first one.
@@arabcadabra8863 Thanks!! yeah that intro to the silver spinning HBO always got me excited about whatever movie was up next!
Absolutely @@1walicki
There's a really great "making of" short that's worth a watch if you've never seen it. I remember seeing it as a kid and, being almost 50 now, I'm still amazed that the HBO logo was actual chrome plated letters, and how they made the spinning rainbow effect. So clean like it's CGI but it was all practical with a computerized camera! The 80's were truly a magical era of filmmaking.
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I remember in the 80's we used to joke that HBO actually stood for "Hey, Beastmaster's On".
They should have HBO Retro and replay all those movies so we can say that again!! Thanks👍👍
Beetlejuice. All day. Every day.
@@ashcarrier6606 Yes!!! Great Keaton movie.. I don’t think anyone expected it to be such as great a movie as it was/is!! Thanks for commenting 👌
And TBS was "The Beastmaster Station".
@@WookieeMonster1 Ha! That’s a good one!! Thanks for your comment 👍👍
Night of the Comet is one of THE most underrated films of the 80's.
Indeed, agreed!!! Thanks for your comment 👍👍👍
Amen!!!
It's been fully rated. And it came up exactly where it is. Funny how rotten tomatoes works.
Love rewatching it.
I just watched that again about a year ago. Cool movie for sure.
That one HBO intro was so iconic it began in the 80’s and went well into the 2000’s.
Yes! It stood the test of time, unfortunately the city to country fly-thru didn’t last quite as long.. maybe something to do w/ attention span shortening Ha! Thanks 👍👍
I remember the April Fools Day variant, where silly stuff kept popping up on the screen.
By 1987, HBO also started using an alternate computer graphics type intro that got used to.
I remember they did a documentary on how it was done.
yes where I learned highway traffic headlights made the zooming light streaks
That HBO intro puts me back 40 years. Man, back then watching a movie at home was special. When that music hit you know it was about time to start!!!!
4 decades later and I still get all excited at the HBO intro. It always meant family, friends & buttered popcorn.
Yes.. HBO really was family night at the movies but in your own living room.. and ya didn’t have to overpay for unlimited popcorn soda and candy Ha! Thanks for bringing the memories 👌🤩👍
@@1walicki thank YOU for the same! Very special 🙏❤️🙏
family is what made it awesome.
This is very, very true. It meant family gathered in the den with Pepsi and popcorn.
Born in 73 and the movies I remember being on HBO and Cinemax in heavy rotation were "Zoro - The Gay Blade", "Saturday the 14th" and "Modern Problems." Oh and of course Fraggle Rock.
Congrats.. You are the 1st person to mention Zorro the Gay Blade… was an instant classic IMHO!!! Thank you for your awesome comment 🫵🤩🤘
Love at first bite.
@@jeffjensen782 Yes! And/or even Once Bitten Ha! Thanks for vamp’n out 👍👍👍
@@jeffjensen782 Yes!! And that movie combined George Hamilton with Richard Benjamin! Good call!
What was the soft porn cartoon about a NY neighborhood? I had some wide eyes that day! Salute children of the scariest part of the cold war!
Yep. I grew up on HBO, Cinemax, Showtime....cable raised me. I was a latchkey kid.
While I was at school my mom would stop watching Cable TV and play Intellivision Lock-n-Chase for hours Ha! 🤣🤣🤣
I believe you mean skinamax 😂😂 every teen age boy loved this channel lol.
@@NamesRGay Exactly! Was the most amazing ‘non-sex’ ever seen, but still exciting as a kid 😜
Remember dialing the cable box up into channels you didn't get in the hopes that you'd catch a boob in the scrambled picture.
@@1walicki the first time I saw anything resembling sex on TV, I watched Sharky's Machine on Cinemax at 3 am when parents were sleeping. Loved Burt Reynolds.
The nostalgia blast has hit me right in the feels with the old HBO intro
I know right?! It still works its magic 📺✨
Hard same, my friends! Very much right in the 80s kid inner child feels. 👍🏻💯
There will never be another era as great as the 80s
You know This!!! GenX Forever 👌🤩👍
@@1walicki 🤘🤘🤘
except for the 70s, which was a much better time.
@@uncletony6210 the 70s was nothing but hippies, LSD and horrible clothes. Go sit down and hush.
@@NKdidit.24that was the 60s...mor0n :D
Flash Gordon played on HBO so often that my sisters and I could act out the scenes from memory! 💜
✨🤣1 of my favs as a kid, and I too would act out scenes...specifically where Flash falls into the swampy stuff. I called it 💚"The Mushie-Gushie"💚
and my parents had a shag rug in the den/tv room that had various shades of green, so naturally that was the ideal place for that reenactment.🤣✨
My son is 24 & loves that movie. Queen tunes too
might get awkward!
@XI_Daisy_XI We loved the Hawk Men: “Well, who wants to live forever? DIVE!” I loved the Queen songs in this movie and Highlander.
I have it on bluray losers! Sux it! 😂
The good ol days! Watching Porkys, Revenge of the Nerds, Groove Tube (what a movie) lol and the Hitchhiker series..😉
Groove Tube… never even heard of it, was slightly before my time when I was aware of movies. Well Thank you for bringing that to my attention; I’m gonna have to find and watch it now! Thanks for your comment! 👍👍
@@1walicki one of Chevy Chase's earlier movies. 👌 He does a skit in the movie. 🙂
@@samjimenez Nice Chevy 1 of my ATF comedy actors!!! Thx 👍👍
Whether or not one had seen Porky's was a right of passage to adulthood in my fifth grade class 😂😂😂
@@kevincole3679 I know right?! What young boy didn’t hope for a peep hole into the girl locker room Ha😂😂🤣 Thanks for commenting 👍👍👍
Got cable in ‘83. Nonstop showings of Grease 2, Swamp Thing, Creepshow, Jekyll and Hide Together Again, Rocky III, Secret of NIMH, Kiss Me Goodbye, Visiting Hours. Some of my earliest memories of cable films.
You listed some great movies.. 1st to mention Nimh!!! Thanks for your comment 👍👍👍👍
Yeah Grease 2. To this day I've never seen grease 1
Don't forget Poltergeist.
@@FrithonaHrududu02127 OMG....Wtf....how in hell ....Grease 2 has been voted to be one of the Worst Films in history and I truly believe that ... But Olivia was a Fantastic HoTT Sandy...Please for the LOVE OF GOD WATCH GREASE . Let me know what you think....Hurry up
@@gatormclusky55 so many people have told me that over the years. Grease 2 was on every 20 minutes on cable in like 85, but never Grease. Have you ever seen Stayin' Alive, Saturday Night Fever part 2....yeah, maybe don't.
Born in 79...spent most of the 80s & 90s watching movies on HBO.
I have no regrets.
Same year. In the 90s we had the scrambler, got all channels for free. including ppv and playboy and spice channel 😂 glorious times.
Then you are a cusper Millennial. Great times
I was also born in 1979, sadly I was a bit to young to enjoy the boxing until into the 2000s.
@@mailboy79 late bloomer.
Same '79. Anybody else remember Braingames? My favorite. BrainGames.. is.... Now..... Over.
What a huge deal it was to watch uncut movies at home before We all had VCRs. I miss those days. Born in 1971.
Best of times Hey?! And using VCRs to dupe movies and pass around to friends!! Thank you for your comment 👌😎👍
I agree I'm 1983 baby
I am so glad I was born in 1968. The 70’s and 80’s were amazing.
We had it so good and never knew it !!
68 as well, us that grew up when we did were TRULY LUCKY. Almost 56 WHERE DOES THE TIME GO 😮😮. Time is scary fast. Peace.......
Pure x
69.
What does HBO stand for? "HEY, BEASTMASTER'S ON!" This was great, thanks for uploading this!
HBO stands for Home Box Office if you have it, if you don’t it’s Human Body Odor Ha! Ya Beastmaster with the 2 ferrets: Codo & Podo. Thanks for commenting!!
Damn I’m so dumb.. I just got the ‘Hey Beastmaster On’ .. oops, such an airhead lol
OMG I watched that movie Sooo many times. I was absolutely ENTHRALLED by see a Charlies Angels breasts. By the fact that the actors name was Rip Torn(Seven Year Old Kevin that that was awesome) by Koto and Poto the ferrets. And devastated when Koto (or maybe Poto, I forget)Dies. I LOVED that movie.
@@FrithonaHrududu02127 The BREASTmaster Ha! Yeah.. that was a really young Rip Torn hey?! I can’t remember which ferret died either, was so sad a moment, how did they get the other ferret to act sad?!! 😂 Thanks so much for commenting!!👍👍
@@FrithonaHrududu02127 Rip Torn. Geez, can't believe I never noticed that.
One of my earliest memories is watching Popeye on HBO. I was about 4. My dad woke me up at like 530 am on his way to a carpenter job.
lol watching Popeye at 5:30.. hey you am what you am 😂😂🤣 Thanks for sharing that awesome comment!! 👍👍👍👍
I saw Popeye in the theater when it came out. I remember going home with a bucket of left over popcorn and pretending it was me spinach.
Wow. As a Gen X only child, raised by a single parent, i have to say this is an excellent compilation. All of which i remember fondly.
So glad you enjoyed!! Hey still got your ‘latch-key’?! I got mine!!! 😂😂 Thanks for commenting 👍👍
HBO, MTV, FM RADIO, ATARI and NES. That pretty much covers my whole youth, LOL
The intro soundtrack for HBO was truly epic! It felt like a big event when you all sat down to watch the premier of a movie.
Night of the Comet. I recognized the intro instantly. I've lost count how many times I've seen it!
That actually was a sleeper good movie. Saw multiple times. Catherine Mary Stewart. Mary Woronov was suitably cast. Can you trust her?
These are great! Caveman and Beastmaster really take me back, man. I'd add:
- History of the World Part 1
- The Outsiders
- DC Cab
- Porky's
- Flash Gordon
- Risky Business
- Xanadu
- Honorable Mention (since it came out in '79): The Warriors
Beastmaster… the real live action He-Man. 😂
"An ordinary man spends his life avoiding tense situations."
"Repo man spends his life getting into tense situations!"
Repo Man had a great Hardcore Punk soundtrack too. It was produced by Mike Nesmith of the Monkees.
@@rogerdodger6025 cool! I didn't know that.
Repo Man was so damn good. The best was that guy in the jumpsuit who worked in the yard for the Helping Hand Acceptance Company who would ruminate on UFOs and make oddball philosophical statements. The other best guy was that black repo dude. Another best thing were the punks doing "criiimes", but the best part was the guy with the eye patch. And Otto's parents...
I'd only have to ad one word to be quoting two movies at once............."Beltzer!"
The HBO intro was so iconic that there was a "behind-the-scenes" special about how they pulled it off.
Im fifty-two. We got cable in 1981. Memories are flooding back both watching this and reading the comments. It's quite emotional actually.
I caught "the feels" too with the memories this vid&comment section conjured
@@mattcooper2803 I can't say it feels good. I get a sense of wanting to return to those days. I wish I wasn't so sentimental and nostalgic.
Sunday nights about 11 pm on MTV was “The Young Ones”, I had to place my hand firmly on my mouth to prevent my parents from hearing the laughing! Watched “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” EVERY day after school for months, still know most of the movie well enough to perform them (without the movie playing, family refuses to watch it with me anymore).
Whoever put this montage together is a genius 😂❤❤❤❤
Oh stop 😊 Thank you very much for your nice comment!!! 👍👍👍
@@1walicki 👍💯❤️
Back when HBO was HBO. Movies ,just movies and it was AWESOME... That intro let you know that something good and exciting was about to start so get some junk food and a soda and get ready for it.. 😁😎 those that didn't live through the 80s will never truly know the joys we had. Best of times. Awesome video keep up the good work my friend.. ❤️
I couldn’t agree more with your words!! Was the best time in our lives regardless of how the world was! Keep on the lookout for part 2 coming soon! Thanks for your comment!! 👍👍
I agree also. I was an only child and man did I love to stay up watching all these. Later on I would come in drunk, plop down at one or two and pass out watching these movies. I don't care what anyone says, it was awesome.
You really got me with: Beastmaster; Night of the Comet; Repo Man; My Science Project; The Wraith; But most memorably, **the HBO Intro!** !!
"Super Fuzz"!!! damn how could I have forgotten about that one! Was my favorite for a while when I was a kid!
I know right?! Officer Dave Speed & Sargent Dunlop.. what a great pair!! Thanks for commenting!!👍👍
Super Snooper super super snooper. That theme song was stuck in my head so long I forgot what movie it was from.
@@JR-gp2zk it’s catchy right?! I sang that song so much Hahaa Thanks!!👍
I still sing it too, and I haven't watched this in decades! I remember watching this anytime it came on. I haven't seen it in so long that I Hope I wouldn't be disappointed if I watched it again. I was a kid when I watched it. But I tell people about it and they have no clue what i'm talking about lol
@@GR-bn3xj Find the link to the full movie, there are a few actually.. “Uh where am I callin from?.. Hawiah hoong kakaa .. that’s right hoong kakaa” 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for your comment 👍👍👍
I completely forgot how epic that HBO intro music was... Wow! I haven't heard that in so LONG lol.
I remember as a young kid back in 1981 I got up really late to watch ALIEN on HBO when my parents were asleep. That scared me so much which is why it's one of my all time favorite movies. When ALIENS came out the summer of 1986 I had to wait until summer of 87' to see it on HBO since I wasn't old enough and couldn't drive yet.
Both classics.. yes 1 was really scary due to surprise factors yet 2 was a bit more of a sci fi thriller and mainly exciting as there were “Marines” ready for battle. Loved the tech but also the characters.. Bill Paxton was so memorable! Thanks for your comment 👍👍👍
Man, that intro still lives in my head. Hearing it again definitely scratched an itch
Oh my God! I forgot all about Midnight Madness!
That movie was AWESOME!!!
I got it on DVD
Fagabeefe?
Cherry Point
Pabst Blue Ribbon on my mind.
My mother subscribed to HBO in the spring of 1981. At that time HBO's daily broadcast was from 4pm-5pm until 12am-1am. I left for school in 1987, but the memories of getting the bill envelope with the new HBO guide for the upcoming month are cherished! Just a few months ago I completed my collection of vintage HBO guides from April 81' to December 86'. SO many great memories contained in those flimsy little pamphlets!
Elephant Man.
Yellowbeard.
Gregory's girl.
Cherry 2000.
Rodney Dangerfield Comedy Specials.
Red Skelton's Christmas Special.
Rich Little's: Robin Hood & A Christmas Carol.
HBO Guides.
HBO Preview Specials.
American Werewolf in London.
Silent Night Deadly Night.
Heartbeeps.
Hawmps.
Every which way you can.
Any which way but loose.
Dot the Kangaroo.
Watership Down.
I actually tried to write everything I remember watching on HBO on a notebook, a few years ago.
I never finished it.
Also thanks for this vid, and everyone contributing in the comment section, filling in the blanks.
Haha.. you mentioned a few that are in the next series!! Stay tuned for Comedy movies up next 😉 Thanks for your awesome comment 🫵🤩🤘
Gregory’s Girl was great. Video rental for me.
Philip marlow private eye
T.A.G: The Assassination Game
Elephant man always tripped me out. Damn, when moved all the pillows out the way at the end.
I eagerly awaited the new HBO guide. I grabbed it as soon as it arrived in the mail and went through it with a fine toothcomb and marked the programs of interest. I came to realize early that the best stuff aired late at night. Even having to keep the volume low was a minor inconvenience if it meant watching Death Race 2000, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Zardoz, and other cinematic oddities. Watching a movie uncensored and without commercial interruption was a revelation. I used to have quite a collection of those little guides but stupidly threw most of them away. I still have a few. The first movies I recall watching when we started subscribing to HBO was Empire of the Ants and Future World. I tried to catch the newest George Carlin special or any comedy program. I still remember those early days the broadcast day didn't start u til late in the afternoon and didn't go late into the night, at least on the weekdays and was slightly extended on the weekends. I miss those days (and nights) of discovery.
You should make a video showing the HBO guides you still have.. pretty sure some people would like to see them.. i know i would!! Thanks very much for your comment 🫵🤩👍
@@1walicki Oddly enough, I literally just finished my collection of vintage HBO guides. March of 1981 thru December 1986. Talk about a blast from the past!
That HBO city to space intro…oh man!! Instant smile came to my face and I was back in my living room as a 10 yr old kid.
Feels good don’t it! Thanks for commenting 👍👍👍
I just rewatched Hollywood Knights a few months ago. Such a classic. And I bought my own copy of Night Of The Comet. I must've watched it a hundred times. Great video!
That is a great old movie I'm definitely going to have to pick it up too
I Remember Clash Of The Titans being in really heavy rotation on HBO when I was a kid.
Yes it was!! Also such a good movie for us kids. The giant scorpions, fighting skeletons and of course Medusa and the robot owl!! Thanks for your comment!! 👍👍
@@1walicki Uhhh, fighting Skeletons was "Jason and the Argonauts".
@@user-bw4iy8bp6u Oops, gotta excuse me.. my life is such a blur.. my movie memories are even more blurry Ha! Thanks for setting me straight!! 👌🤩👍
This video delivers a lot of feels. It was amazing growing up in the 80’s. Another show that was on constant rotation on HBO was the Animalympics. It’s available to watch on CZcams in its entirety. An animated classic! Can’t forget Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas either.
You are the 1st to mention Emmit Otters Jug Band Christmas… “Ain’t not hole in the washtub..” 🎶 How about the River Bottom Nightmare Band too?!! Thanks so much for your awesome comment!!! 🫵🤩🤘
When we first got cable in 1981, HBO was not 24 hours. It would sign off around 2am or so and come back late in the morning.
My kids don't believe me that TV used to turn off late at night lol
Excellent point.. I’m trying to remember when it began its 24/7 run? 🤔
@@kirkwilson5900 kids they just don’t know these days Ha!
Right around time we got it. Remember the push button remote box? Had like 20 buttons maybe
@@kirkwilson5900i remember when we would get up too early and wait for the national anthem before popeye. Just static white noise till then
I still remember watching Midnight Madness, Beastmaster, BMX Bandits, Night Of The Comet, Moving Violations, My Science Project, and The Night Before on HBO back in the '80👍
I still try to watch a few of those every once in a while here on YT.. although sum are in sections and with a few blocked sections.. oh well. I wanna email HBO CEO and emplore them to bring back all the old stuff from their video archive.. play it again for us GenX’ers who miss it!! Thanks for commenting!!!👍👍
Surprising I've never heard of "The Night Before." It looks interesting. In my day, they played the heck out of "Looker," "Super Fuzz," "Flash Gordon" and some others....but, never caught that one. The quiz show "Brain Games" is another period curiosity.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 yeah you mentioned a few of my favs.. really good favs. Omg Ya gotta see Night Before, it’s so very run all night till the break of dawn with so many twists and turns Keanu’s character goes thru and ya see how he sorta grows up and matures thru out the movie.. not a spoiler, but ya gotta see it!!! Thanks for your comment!!! 👌🤩👍
My Science Project is definitely one of those obscure 80's classics. I read once that Dennis Hopper said he literally didn't remember making that movie.
@@markminter6312 BaHahaa😂😂🤣 I can imagine Dennis saying that about a few movies from his career lol Him & Fisher Steven’s made that movie an instant cult classic.. idk why I doesn’t get more airplay today.. the main character was the guy who played Cougar and dropped out of 1st position so that Maverick could go to Top Gun Ha! Thanks for you awesome comment!! 👍👍👍
I STILL whistle or hum that old HBO feature theme song TO THIS DAY.
As a GenXr (b. 1974), this brought back lots of memories....THANK YOU!
From 1 X’r to another.. Thanks for your comment!!👍
born in 1977...right there with you Brother Xer
There wasn't a much better feeling than the late night intro of HBOs thru the 'model' neighborhood, down the street and upward to the stars as the music swelled ... and that anticipation of The Feature Presentation about to begin---at least when I was in 8th grade and watching cable for the first time in 1981: A 24 hour movie channel? How could it get any better? (MTV just came to mind too ...) My first vivid 'find' HBO movie watch was (like many it seems) The Hollywood Knights when I became instantly crazy smitten for Michelle Pfeiffer. 'Newbomb Turk' became famous in my neighborhood.
The other clear first 'big' movie I saw on HBO was 9 to 5 with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Dabney Coleman as the original Horrible Boss. Seeing Foxes with Jodie Foster and Cherie Curry of The Runaways was a never forget the ending moment. The summer of 82 watching History of the World Pt 1 with 9th grade girlfriend was a learning experience:
'Don't talk about a pack of Trojans ... Mom's in the kitchen'!
Oh, man, sorry ... I feel like I could write a book about 80s nostalgia highlighted by Home Box Office. Whoever said childhood is dead never had ... HBO?!
The Hitchhiker Series became a must see. Horror AND Nudity!? Hey! I was 15!
Shit, I almost forgot to mention Inside The NFL (first aired on HBO) with Len Dawson and Nick Buoniconti: If I missed the Thursday night show--recapping Sundays games--I would actually be pissed at myself. But, it was replayed on fridays and saturdays so I rarely missed the week's football highlights. Long Live HBO. I still have it as part of (almost outdated with streaming?) my cable package.
What can I say.. you eloquently highlight so many excellent features and memories! Perhaps you should write a book!! I would agree with you that outside of HBO, MTV was the second next best thing another 24 hr channel based strictly around music videos.. for however long that lasted lol.. but if anything, the thing that has remained completely the same about HBO now vs HBO then .. Still no commercials!!! It sounds like you really understood the value of such an entertainment channel, in content as well as presentation and even still to this day, original programming. Please stay tuned to an upgraded Part 2 as well as upcoming ‘thing’ I’m working on to do something not necessarily revolutionary, but if not a return to the past at least a likely return of the past.. again please stay tuned.. I may definitely require everyone’s help here! Thank you so very much for your most excellent comment!!!
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I had no business watching HBO as a kid! I am 48 now and can remember Super Fuzz, Caveman, Beastmaster, Space Hunter, Ice Pirates, NNTN and Spitting Image as a six year old!
Ice Pirates was epic
Have to say I was a little disappointed not to see “Hot Dog: The Movie” on the list. ;)
I was a kid when this stuff was on, but that HBO theme still gives me chills. Family time we all enjoyed. Thanks for the hit of nostalgia
Yeah the old HBO theme sure gets ya pumped.. like ya know whatever plays next is gonna be so good!! Thanks for your comment!! ✌️😉👍
My wife and i sing the Looker theme song all the time!! On HBO i discovered Time Bandits, Ruckus (with Dirk Benedict), Saturday the 14th, Attack Force Z, Search and Destroy, The Exterminator, Up the Creek, Crimewave, I could go on and on....
Yes!!! “She’s a looker, that’s what they say.. she’s got it all yeah she’s got it made” 🎶 Ooo Sat the 14th great horror parody!! Ya, feel free to add anytime you can remember another movie(s).. I’m putting together a short list for part 2.. maybe will need to do part 3 as well! Thanks for your comment!!! 👍👍
I forgot about Up the Creek! Loved it.
Attack Force Z ... great call ... Seemed like a good 'small' action flick. Back then. Early Mel Gibson role. Had to look up to see/reminded Sam Neill and John Phillip Law were also in it. DVD available per Amazon. hmm. You, also, reminded me of a rather gory Lions on the loose (because of a drought) movie starring Tom Skerritt as the dad who has his family in a modern day plantation in Africa: Savage Harvest. Hard to find now, anywhere.
Please go on!
Pandemonium was a good movie as well
*At **1:51**, is where I would get quietly excited as it was 2 AM and about to watch **_Heavy Metal The Movie._* Though I think my parents knew I was up watching smut.
Yup me too, don’t think they really cared, such #freeroam children of #dowhatchalike parents Ha! Thanks for commenting!!
Born in 73. Haven’t seen most of this in over 40 years yet remember it all. Super Fuzz blowing the gigantic bubble gum blimp so he and Ernie Borgnine could escape on. Shown during the day, the raunchy Smokey and the Bandit 3 was an amazing movie to view for a 10 year old
Omg remember when Dave Speed was talkin to the fish under water lol That movie had such classic shtick so very funny and memorable!! Here’s to you fellow X’r from ‘73 🫵🤩🤘
Soopa-soopaaaa.... I was shocked to learn that it was also called Super Snooper. In what context? And why was the ENTIRE thing dubbed? Yeah, it was an Italian production but it was made for a U.S. audience. I was pleased to learn that Terrence Hill was an accomplished comedic film actor in Italy.
@@gregchavez1534 if you like Terence Hill, check out Trinity Is My Name. It's a slapstick western with not a lot of dialogue. It's sequel was called Trinity Is Still My Name. Kinda gives an idea of what it's humor is like.
OMG...this is incredible. Ive been kind of obsessed with Twice Upon a Time since taping it off HBO as a child. The fact that you have this included is beyond impressive. Well done!!!!!!!
Thanks so much!!! Yeah it was the most more adult animated/cartoon movie I’d ever since then & now! 👌🤩👍
I've never seen it. I'm going to search it out.
@@fanofallmetalIt was IMPOSSIBLE to find for like 20 years. Since then its showed up on youtube now and again and had a kinda/sorta dvd release. I dont think any of the streaming options ever got it. Its a silly, funny, quirky, VERY 80s kids movie. HOWEVER there were two versions of it and one of them had more adult-ish jokes and language...mostly inuendo but more than normal kids cartoons ever have
Super Fuzz!! I was starting to think I'd made that one up. Thank you for that trip down memory lane!
Glad you enjoy! Thanks for your comment 👍👍👍
Midnight Madness!! ❤The theme still gets stuck in my head to this day! Thanks for sharing all the memories!
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I remember HBO would play rated R movies in the middle of the day. Got to see a lady get butchered in Welcome to Arrow Beach, eyes gouged out in Five Fingers of Death, and a dude's head get blown clean off in Tom Horn. All at 10am, it was great! Oh, and would never had been introduced to Without Warning...thanks HBO!
I watched HBO all day as a kid in the 80's. Loved the video and trip down memory lane.
I hadn't watched an HBO intro since I was a kid in the 80's, wow, got me right in the feels, teared up thinking of all the good times. Thank you for uploading this.
Thanks.. yeah it does make me a lil emotional bringing back all those memories not even just the movies but my childhood!!! 👍👍👍
I watched Caveman, Looker, and Night of the Comet probably 50 times each. I also still use several Sniglets from NNTN, including flarpswitch because I have one in my garage.
Nice!!! Yah I bought 1 of the books long time ago.. I still use Esso-Asso when ppl drive thru gas stations just to avoid the red light!! Thanks for brining that up!! 👍👍
@@1walicki yea, Rich Hall had a segment on NNTN that was all Singlets. I just remembered 2 more I still use. Lub is a piece of spinach stuck between someone's teeth (I've just always used it for any visible piece of food someone has between their teeth), and Musquirt is the liquid that comes out if you don't shake the mustard bottle before using it. Oh, memories. Lol
@@CaptainXanax wow you have a great memory!!! 🤣🤣🤣
My favorite Sniglets were:
Zippijig: the dance one performs when a rubber band is pointed at them.
Alfred Hitchcooking: the act of stabbing frozen vegetables to break them up in water.
@@michaelvandeginste3497 Nice!!! I’m taking notes and writing these down. Thanks for taking me back to school
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Love the OG HBO intro, soo much nostalgia.
Anyone remember watching Fortress 1985 on HBO in the 80s? That movie scared the crap out of me as a kid
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That was a good one. I have it on DVD, but haven't seen it in a long time. Took place in the outback, Rachel Ward was a teacher and her students escaped from some bandits by swimming out of a cave that they were kept in.
@@lamarravery4094 yes definitely a good one ✌
That bumper of the model city will forever be one of my favorite things. Better than most modern movies
I know right?! The scale model was very well crafted and still appears extremely life-like.. still rivals CGI today!! Thanks for your comment 👍👍
Looker! Man I loved that movie. It was so futuristic.
Hot babes and flash guns.. what could be better?! And now we have AI that can make the perfect woman Ha! Thanks for your comment!
Looker was a great movie at the time. It’s stuck in my memory for the longest time.
@@hobowithawaterpistol9070 I wish they would replay it sometimes again ya know?! Thanks for commenting 🫵🤩🤘
OMG I own this on dvd
Yeah I own looker on DVD 📀 too it always stuck with me and once in a while I'll watch,it's so different and good.the expression on the guys face with the flash gun was funny like his eyes 👀 were popping out of his face funny.
Remember “1st and Ten”!!!!? Delta Burke and O.J.!!!!!!!
Thanks for the memories! I think I saw almost all of those but hadn’t thought of them in decades. I’ll also add Hysterical, C.H.U.D., Jack And The Beanstalk, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Arthur, 9 To 5, The Stuff, The Last Dragon, Ninja III The Domination and Zapped!
Haha...Zapped was a big one.
Oh man now you’re being me back.. that a good list of greats you mentioned!!! I already put C.H.U.D on my short list for part 2 Thanks very much!!! 👍👍
@@will-love-lvx Yes!! That was a fun Chachi in Charge movie Hahaa 👍
Couldn’t wait to go to my grandparents house and see if Escape From New York was on.
We didn’t have cable growing up 😢
Oooo that was such a good Kurt Russel movie.. Snake Bliskin was The Man!! Thanks for your comment 👍👍
Born in 71. Got cable in 82. MTV, WWF on WOR. NWA on TBS. Night Flight on USA. We had HBO & Cinemax aka Skinemax. Lady Chatterly, anything Emmanuelle. Silvia Kristel. Escapades was the name of the pre-Playboy channel it was scrambled but you still got audio. I can still sing the theme song to Electric Blue. Didn’t have a remote control so I had to sit at the end of the coffee table within arms reach of the cable box buttons to change the channel if mom or dad popped out of their bedroom at 11:30 PM.
Nice memories Hey?! Yeah Emmanuel’s was so enthralling as a pre-teen!!! I don’t believe Playboy channel was ever available on our cable company.. took a long time till it was on demand too. Oh well, that’s what climbing the magazine stand at the Book&Record was for lol Thanks for your awesome comment 🫵🤩🤘
Electric Blue was a game changer 😂
Def would have added:
Just one of the Guys
House 2: The Second Story
Firstborn
Solarbabies
The Manhattan Project
The Legend of Billie Jean
Ahhh ya got great taste!!! And you are the 1st to mention Solar Babies!!!!! 🫵🤩🤘
Used Cars
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Philadelphia Experiment
@@christownsend7552 You are the 1st to mention that movie!!! Thank you for commenting 👍👍👍
@@christownsend7552 That made me remember: The Final Countdown
I think I've seen almost all of these... It's wild seeing something you experienced 35-40 years ago & remembering the experience. Those old HBO segways are crazy.
Yes they had the best segways.. completely original in form and presentation!! Thanks so much for your comment ✌️🤩👍
As a refugee kid in America, I will forever associate the HBO Feature Presentation intro with Steven Spielberg’s Poltergeist.
We all have our favs.. the memories sure are good and powerful Hey?! Thanks for commenting! 👍
Yep, Poltergeist was always on. That caused absolutely no childhood trauma!
@@rustydelorean6405I never asserted that it caused trauma. Upon my arrival in America as a child, I was in the process of adapting to my new home. My older siblings acquired a new cable box for the TV, broadening our channel selection beyond the local ones. That evening, we chose to watch a movie, and it turned out to be Poltergeist. It marked my initial encounter with the HBO Feature Presentation intro, becoming a cherished part of my childhood memories.
@@rustydelorean6405 Hahaa No, no trauma at all.. even knowing most the cast except Coach died after making the film lol Nice name btw.. how does a stainless steel car rust BaHahaa 😂😂😂 Thanks for commenting 👍👍👍
Yep. You maybe the first person to pick up on the joke about my youtube name. Good catch!
You forgot (or missed all together) Fortress. It's about a teacher and her students who are abducted in the outback. One of my favorite weird movies.
Today years old to see that that is the same guy in Hard Bodies who was in Killer Klowns. I was like, I have seen that guy before!!!
Yes!! Killer Klowns from Outer Space..
good spot! Putting that trailer in part 2.
Thanks for reminding me 👍
The red head kid in Hardbodies was also in Children Of The Corn.
What I liked about HBO was the comedy specials. Mostly the Robin Williams Specials😂
Back when cable first came out, we had a friend who worked for them, so my dad got 4 filters from him and drilled them out, ran the cable straight through the filters, and we had all 4 premium channels.
Who could forget Emanuelle and Lady Chatterly’s Lover with Sylvia Kristel ? That piqued the insatiable curiosity of us innocent young boys !
Yeah that was such a unique cinematic experience!! Thanks for reminding me!!
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All of the Emanuele movies were crazy..
The HBO intro was directed by the guy that created Here I Go and Still of the Night videos for Whitesnake
No Way!!!! I did not know that. WOW ya learn something new everyday! Thanks for learnin me sum old school trivia!!! 👍👍👍
the second one brings back so many memories of sneaking in the living room at 2 am to watch the "dirty" movies
I figured out as a kid I could unscramble the premium channels if I laid my plasma ball sideways on top of the cable box. My mom was so proud. 😂
Dude… you are Hacker Extraordinaire!!! Kids do the funniest & genius things Ha!
Thanks for telling your secret!!! 🤣🤣👍
You could also unscramble a couple of channels by sticking an object in between the dial and the cable box. My friend used a matchbook.
@@michaelvandeginste3497 Damn.. You learned how to be a Hacker young!! I was too busy hackin phone lines Ha!! Nice work, Thanks for sharing your method!!
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Oh yeah! This is gonna kill me!
We had HBO before it was 24 hours. Came on at 5pm.
I was nine in '79 when we got a hulking VCR.
The two defined my childhood, esp since - go GenX! - the parents split in '80 and I was alone from after school until 6-7pm.
HBO was a godsend.
Then Cinemax for the teen years...but we won't talk about that....😂
Oh a true Latch Key Kid.. be proud… you’re a rare breed and probably can handle anything!
Ya, we won’t talk abou Skin-a-max 🤪
I have vague memories of HBO in the '73-'76 range. Not only did it not start broadcasting until early evening, if I remember correctly, they only broadcast a handful of different movies each month. I remember we could watch the same movie at the same time multiple nights each week. The one I remember is a spaghetti western called "My Name Is Nobody" starring the same actor from "Super Fuzz".
I saw every one of these. At least a million times. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I want to go back!❤
Thanks!! Stay tuned for Part 2 ✌️😎👍
@@1walicki cool.
Beastmaster, Repo Man(great sound track,) Night of the Comet and the Wraith are AMAZING FILMS! Shocked that Flash Gorden wasn't on there, they was always in rotation
Yes Flash Gordon was in rotation as well.. I omitted it simply because it’s quite popular cult classic! Thanks for your comment
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I literally just watched midnight madness this past weekend. when I was picking a movie it was choice between night shift, up the academy, midnight madness, and up the creek. Movies me and my buddies would watch over and over again. Good memories.
Not necessarily the news flashback
Ampidextrious- the ability to turn shower water fixtures with either foot while lying in the bathtub
Yeahhh.. Sniglets w/ Rich Hall, my fav segment!!
Esso Asshole - Someone who cuts through a gas station parking lot to avoid a traffic light.
Tremblamemblamation - The act of opening the door on a mailbox to make sure that your mail actually went in.
Premblememblemation - opening the mailbox door a second time to be sure your letter dropped in.
Spurrets - the criss-cross patterns on the ends of hot dogs.
@@ericwalker8636 Very nice!! I’m gonna write those down! Thanks for sharing your knowledge of Snigglets 👍👍👍
Every time a movie would come on I would think yes this is the ultimate 80's hbo movie, and then the next one would pop up. Some of these that haven't seen it so long, but had such an impact on me as a child. I even had to look some of them up before because I couldn't remember the name of them.. Thank you for posting this because this was an amazing trip down memory lane
Ahhh Memory Lane.. what a nice road to walk down Hey?! Happy to stir some nice feels from the good ole 80s Thanks for your comment 👍👍
I grew up too poor to have HBO or any paid channels. My dads brother moved into the same town as us and while he was over with the wife and kids, we told him that. He was also fairly poor. He went out back to the telephone pole and did something inside. Came back in the house and we had HBO, Cinemax and MTV and everything else. We would have it for a few months then it would get shut off and we wouldnt get any bills. This happened a few times until us kids grew up and moved out. Great times.
Luv your name KootyBear!!!! 🫵🤩🤘
the box on the pole outside out house had "fake" inputs you had to pop off and hook the coaxial to ..
There were rampant piracy back then and forward until the digital boxes, later it was done with cable employees selling the access cards to customers which yielded around three months of piracy.
This is amazing! I remember all these. Some are still my favorites to this day.
A few more I remember:
• The Sword and the Sorcerer
• Phantasm
• The Last American Virgin
• They Call Me Bruce?
• Losin' It
• National Lampoon's Disco Beaver from Outer Space
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Heh. The Call Me Bruce.
"With this foot..."
They Call Me Bruce. Loved that one.
Wonderful memories with HBO. Starting with the 1983 intro. Which is the best intro HBO ever had. Think about this... E.T.-Poltergeist - The Beastmaster - Conan the Barbarian - 48 Hours - Swamp Thing - Creepshow - The Toy - Rocky 3 - Halloween 3 - and Tron came out in the same year. Even if you saw them at the theaters and /or rented the VHS. You still watched them on HBO. Don't forget we watched a few Kid Dynamite fights on HBO in the 80's. The start of the 90's we watched him get KO'ed. Then HBO had it in their trailers with Tina Turners - Simple the best playing in the background. From 1980 - 1990 was HBO golden years. HBO still has great series from time to time. But movies are not good nowadays.
I loved Night of the Comet. It was the early 80's version of Zombieland.
Yes! It paved the way in that genre for sure!! Thanks👍
Feels like I have time traveled back to the fabulous mid-80s.
You must've been my neighbor because I grew up watching all of these on cable tv. Fun fact: BMX Bandits was Nicole Kidman's first feature film that aired in the U.S. My dad caught me watching Hardbodies, which started a discussion about the "birds and bees." I feel extremely blessed to grow up in the 80s! Good stuf!
Wow, that’s all it took for the ‘talk’ Ha?! For me it was 976 #s on the phone bill 😂🤣Thanks for commenting neighbor!! 👍👍
Hardbodies was actually a pretty likable movie. Silly and ogling the girls, sure, but it had its heart in the right place. The whole bit about being pickup artists was surprisingly well-done.
There was a BTS featurette on the opening of the flyover HBO intro. This was before CGI so they actually built a small scale township for the camera to fly over, it was quite detailed, look in some of the windows. They ended it with a good sized sheet metal shining HBO logo. Really cool.
Yes, the work that was done before CGI was really quite brilliant and very well done! Thank you for your comment 👍👍👍
Born on ‘74. This stuff is awesome to see again. Thanks for the upload.😎🕺
Didn’t have HBO in England. But that HBO Feature Presentation intro would have me so pumped for the movie!!!
Omg Moving Violations was one of my fave movies when I was kid. Seen it so many times I can quote it from start to finish. Nedra Volz steals the show and I always had a soft spot for Wendie Jo Sperber. This movie is so underrated and it's rarely talked about these days but it deserves way more credit than it ever gets. It's chaotic af and that's why I love it!
Yes!!! Plus it had a young Don Cheadle working the Juicy Burger drive thru and a sweet cameo by Clara Pellar.. the “Where’s the Beef?” lady for Wendy’s🤣🤣🤣 probably the most underrated comedy movie ever.. and that song at the end, I keep signin it. Btw speaking of songs, what the hell version of ‘I feel nice’ was John Murray signin at the beginning?! 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for bring me back and making me laugh and smile, such good dialogue!!! 👌🤩👍
I can't find it anywhere. Was able to stream Super Fuzz a couple of months Go though.
Wendie Jo Sperber was a cutie. She always got cast as the comedic friend of the romantic lead actress because of her zaftig figure, but there was something about her. She seemed amiable.
Lotta gems in here. We saw "Caveman" in the theater. They handed-out a sheet of paper with translations of some of their made-up dialogue.
No Way?!! They actually had a Caveman to English translation.. that’s almost better than Snigglets Ha! Wow you got really lucky! Thanks for sharing that nice bit of nostalgia 👌🤩👍
Man alive! This brings back childhood memories. I remember most of these shows simply because my parents watched them. I was around 10 in the mid eighties. It's funny the stuff that you forget about until you see it in a video like this. And seeing the quality of the video/audio, it's hard to believe we could enjoy it or actually understand what was going on. But, we did.
I had totallly forgotten about "Night of the Comet" and "My Science Project"!