My folks were on a religious kick around that time. My mom said watching TV was a sin because it was a waste of time, so I justified watching this show by telling her it was a way of learning history.
When I was 8 years old I watched Charlie's Angel's. They weren't just pretty faces, the show was actually pretty good. I also loved Alice. Quincy is the only show I feel holds up to this day. I used to watch re-runs in the 80's.
Man, I can watch these forever, great for my short attention span, great nostalagia, even though I was born in '78, I will definitely take some time getting to know this channel, thank you for this awesome content, run on sentence, hehe.
And I wonder about the actors. I'm sure they thought they had their big break when they were cast in a series. But I've never heard of a lot of them. I wonder how much other stuff they did.
And think about how difficult it is just to get a show on the air, Then most of them vanish without a trace. The memorable shows are a small percentage of a small percentage.
My goodness... I cant stop watching these intro shows of every year....but what a nice way to binge watch on a lazy Saturday... and remember your childhood😊
I agree with you for the most part. Network TV had to cast a pretty wide "net" and appeal to a large segment of the TV viewing population. So a lot of shows had to be watered down
Wow...Only "Alice", "Charlie's Angels", and Quincy M.D." seems too be the biggest hits that stayed for a while than the other ones on the television season of that year it seems like when seeing this full clips of intros of them.
Wow, thank you for this! I can't believe that I actually remember most of these; a few flew under the radar, but most of them left trace memories. I remember really loving "The Tony Randall Show" and being sorry when it was cancelled.
It was a rare ABC Sitcom that didn't insult your intelligence. Sadly, when CBS took it to Saturday night, it was killed off by ABC's "junk food" cop show Starsky & Hutch.
She was tall and looked a bit exotic or "half-something". Probably would be the most hyped of the 3 if the show ran today, as would Janet on 3s company instead of Chrissy
I got to see Bernadette Peters, that made my day. Had a crush on her as a 14 year old, still do 45+ years later. Dick Van Dyke and Nancy Walker just couldn't make it and Alice ran for 8 or 9 years. Vic Tayback seemed like such a nice guy, died way to early. Ball Four had like 12 people on the intro. That spelled trouble. And a Ted Lange sighting a year before Love Boat. Oh and Charlie's Angel, my favorite episode, Angels in Chains, Judd Hirsch 2 years before Taxi. And wanted to be a M.E. like Quincy, the great Jack Klugman.
"Spencer's Pilots" is one of the many dramas that appeared at the 8pm slot in the 28-year gap between the cancellation of "Gunsmoke" and the debut of "NCIS". It aired for one season in 1976 and it failed to compete against "Sanford & Son" and "Donny & Marie".
I must have been in cryogenic stasis at that time, as I hardly remember any of these. Either that, or one of the years that my father decided TV was bad for us -- and got rid of our set.
I was 18 and my had first job that fall, working nights. That’s why I don’t remember a lot of these. I finally got out of the house, and home vcrs were not quite a thing yet.
Funny how Serpico was intended for adult audiences only. 99% of today's crime TV dramas would classify as for adult audiences only by 1970's standards. That goes for every episode of Law & Order SVU.
I love the mini-series drawn from novels that were prevalent at this time extending into the 1980's. *Captains & the Kings* was one of the best and had the advantage of accurately portraying basically who controls our economic and political system. The Rockefellers at the time took the lead in pushing a one-world government with a Globalist economy. We see this movement continuing to this day, pretty much out in the open. David Rockefeller admitted in his 2002 autobiography that he was pushing just this one-world agenda.
@@evelk5233 No there is not a one world regime that governs all people. There are various nations with no one-world government or other institution overseeing all people on earth. Such a one-world regime that brings all of the people on earth together would be tyrannical and obliterate the natural affinities and loyalties of the distinct peoples of the world.
The book goes into it even further, but the mini-series is very bold about that subject, just as you say. It has a lot of other things going for it too. "Best Sellers" also has "Once An Eagle," a very good story. I always wonder how many Sam Elliott fans don't even know it exists.
This is a like a drug it illicits such strong feelings of nostalgia. I always felt this time period was the height of civilization and long to go back.
One thing about folks that make it to the WORLD SPOTLIGHT. Being GOOD LOOKING helps.(with WOMEN especially) But with men,,, its MORE about having "THE" LOOK. And of course the TALENT.
I must have been too busy to watch much TV. I can only remember a few of these shows. But I definitely remember the Farrah Fawcett poster that every guy had on the wall.
I had no idea that Jim Bouton, the baseball player and author of the controversial "Ball Four" had been an actor too. He was even in a Robert Altman film. The intro appears to show the players doing something they called "beaver hunting". If you don't know, read the book!
GEMINI MAN was shown on MST3K as "Riding with Death"! Plus, I know the show was shown on NBC and was cancelled after maybe 8 eps. Then on CJOH TV in ONT Canada (we received it on our ariel form Rochester NY USA), I could have sworn they showed maybe 3 more eps NOT shown on USA TV.
When you watched stuff as a little child you might not remember how bad it was, I used to watch Get Smart and Hogans Heroes now, I see them as horribly stupid.
IIRC the general policy was "Viewer Discretion Advised" for anything that skewed too close to an R Rated Film something tells me "AO" for Serpico was a Marketing stunt, more so than a proper content advisory
I was 16 and only remember a couple of these shows. I think that was when I started being involved with the anti-nuclear movement and the counter culture in my hometown. Hippie girls.
Gemini Man 😂😂 MST3K did an episode about this. "It can't beeeee, you're invisibleeeee" "It's stop and go slow and go over the secret government project" "I'm Ben Murphy"
GREAT arrangement of "Chicago" by George Aliceson Tipton (1:12)! But a great theme does NOT a great series make......"MR. T. & TINA" was cancelled after five episodes.
At 5:40 Pretty sure that "Bigfoot" was Ted Cassidy (aka Lurch from The Addams Family). He took over the role from Andre the Giant on The Six Million Dollar Man.
I actually watched a good many of these...but not necessarily all from the beginning. SPENCER'S PILOTS, though--not only don't I remember it, I can't say I'd heard of *any* of the cast members!
of the five cast members of the first two, and the last one are all over as 'that guy from that show' character actors... but I couldn't have even guessed their names w/o the Clip either - Chris Stone appears to have been the Villain of the week on just about Everything in the 80s - Todd Susman saw his hairline recede soon after (this is the most hair I've ever seen him have) , and got a lot of work as Cops and or petty criminals; Newhart might be his most notable (look him up on IMDB and his face will surely ring some bells) - Britt Leach appears to have been a 'guest' on everything 80's as well, with 5 episodes of the Waltons across 3 seasons being the closest he came to a successful series
1:25 A TV show with "Mr. T" in the title, and it stars...Pat Morita?!? Well, he did train "The Karate Kid", so I pity da fool that tries to mess with him... ;)
Around that time, Aaron Spelling is still 2nd to Quinn Martin as the producer of 1970s hour-long television. By comparison: Spelling: Family Charlie's Angels Starsky & Hutch QM: The Streets of San Francisco Barnaby Jones Most Wanted Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
I remember watching Baa Baa Black Sheep with my dad. He loved that show.
I remember the syndicated version better (_Black Sheep Squadron_)
My folks were on a religious kick around that time. My mom said watching TV was a sin because it was a waste of time, so I justified watching this show by telling her it was a way of learning history.
My dad loved that too.
Found both seasons of Baa Baa sheep on DVD, this show got me interested in ww2
First Season: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Second Season: Black Sheep Squadron
The original made-for-tv movie on which _Delvecchio_ was based, _Hittin’ Shopping Carts & Trippin’ Dudes,_ was a riot. Loved it.
Television was a lot better than it is now.
Charlie's Angels still has one of the best intros of all time.
Of one of the dumbest shows ever. Totally ridiculous those three would EVER pass a police academy. Might mess up their ' hair-do's'.
Pfssssst.
@@Melinda8162 OK Karen.
Richard Crena was in HIGH DEMAND THROUGH THE 70'S 80'S AND 90'S.
Cant nothin get with that 70'S HAIR.
Baa Baa Blacksheep...with NO "black people".
Cashing in on the bionic craze, as a kid I watched Holmes & Yoyo. Totally forgot about it until now. Thanks
I have been loving this channel. I started down the rabbit hole earlier in the week and I can't stop! Keep this great nostalgia coming!
When I was 8 years old I watched Charlie's Angel's. They weren't just pretty faces, the show was actually pretty good. I also loved Alice. Quincy is the only show I feel holds up to this day. I used to watch re-runs in the 80's.
I luv Quincy!!
Man, I can watch these forever, great for my short attention span, great nostalagia, even though I was born in '78, I will definitely take some time getting to know this channel, thank you for this awesome content, run on sentence, hehe.
I didn’t realize how many bad shows where made each new year until watching these videos.It looks like maybe 10% where actually hit shows.
And I wonder about the actors. I'm sure they thought they had their big break when they were cast in a series. But I've never heard of a lot of them. I wonder how much other stuff they did.
Yeah I was 10 yrs old in 76 I remember all these shows except ball 4 lol that sucked Rotten eggs lol
And think about how difficult it is just to get a show on the air, Then most of them vanish without a trace. The memorable shows are a small percentage of a small percentage.
I counted only 4 great ones.
1976 was an awesome year for TV!! My all-around favorite was the Best Sellers program...Captains and the Kings & Once An Eagle!!! 👍👏👍
Thank you for these, amazing memories! My go-to before bed for soothing reminders of the good ol’ days! ♥️
Linda Lavin is so pretty and a great singer too!
I like the theme to Delveccio. Interesting to see that Charles Haid and Michael Conrad worked on a series together before Hill Street Blues.
From Steven Bochco as well
My goodness... I cant stop watching these intro shows of every year....but what a nice way to binge watch on a lazy Saturday... and remember your childhood😊
Nice to see that captain and tenniel clip from American bandstand
This is a time capsule of my childhood
Absolutely brilliant 👍👍 Tons of great memories!!!
Right...😒
The Corsair is one of the most beautiful planes ever.
Reminds me of how 70s TV was truly lacking in entertainment value. And yet I find myself unable to stop watching these video medlies
I agree with you for the most part. Network TV had to cast a pretty wide "net" and appeal to a large segment of the TV viewing population. So a lot of shows had to be watered down
Wow...Only "Alice", "Charlie's Angels", and Quincy M.D." seems too be the biggest hits that stayed for a while than the other ones on the television season of that year it seems like when seeing this full clips of intros of them.
Wow, thank you for this! I can't believe that I actually remember most of these; a few flew under the radar, but most of them left trace memories. I remember really loving "The Tony Randall Show" and being sorry when it was cancelled.
It was a rare ABC Sitcom that didn't insult your intelligence.
Sadly, when CBS took it to Saturday night, it was killed off by ABC's "junk food" cop show Starsky & Hutch.
I love these, thank you.
Call me strange, but I always thought Kate Jackson was the best-looking Charlie’s Angel.
She was tall and looked a bit exotic or "half-something". Probably would be the most hyped of the 3 if the show ran today, as would Janet on 3s company instead of Chrissy
@@urbanleftbehind Janet didn't act as much like an air head as Chrissy so more appealing to most guys.
@@hydrolito Suzanne Somers was very competitive with Joyce DeWitt.
Cheryl Ladd is my favorite. Her father-in-law was movie legend Alan Ladd
What's up Strange?
I got to see Bernadette Peters, that made my day. Had a crush on her as a 14 year old, still do 45+ years later. Dick Van Dyke and Nancy Walker just couldn't make it and Alice ran for 8 or 9 years. Vic Tayback seemed like such a nice guy, died way to early. Ball Four had like 12 people on the intro. That spelled trouble. And a Ted Lange sighting a year before Love Boat. Oh and Charlie's Angel, my favorite episode, Angels in Chains, Judd Hirsch 2 years before Taxi. And wanted to be a M.E. like Quincy, the great Jack Klugman.
Thank you so much for the memories, RwDt09!
Alice was one of my favorites. I made a point to learn all the words to the theme song.
Jaclyn Smith woot!!!!
12:12 The hottest Angel, IMHO. Still beautiful now. Not that Farrah (RIP) and Kate weren't hot too, of course...
"Alice", "Quincy" , and "Charlies' Angeles" are the only three shows I remembered.
How about Chips? It ran from 1976-1983
I remember Mr. T and Tina....vaguely....and Baa Baa Black Sheep.
@@dougghiz8339 CHiPS debuted in the Sept 1977 on NBC.
@@teresapflaumer5717 I remember Larry Wilcox as Jon Baker & Eric Estrada as Frank Poncelleroon that show.
Jack Klugman had charisma to spare.
"Spencer's Pilots" is one of the many dramas that appeared at the 8pm slot in the 28-year gap between the cancellation of "Gunsmoke" and the debut of "NCIS". It aired for one season in 1976 and it failed to compete against "Sanford & Son" and "Donny & Marie".
Linda Lavin sounds like she's on helium! It's ridiculous the way they speed up the shows in syndication.
its amazing how many shows never make it, the millions spent too, back when a million was real money
Have always loved Alice's theme song!
Serpico at 14:45 good shots of NYC and subways.
David birney as serpico? HAHAHAHA!
Quincy Me my favorite show of all time
Mine too, I have every episode, unfortunately on VHS, great show
Great show. I've seen every episode at least twice.😊
To think that Philip McKeon (son Tommy on "Alice") passed away a couple of years ago. He was only 55.
I must have been in cryogenic stasis at that time, as I hardly remember any of these. Either that, or one of the years that my father decided TV was bad for us -- and got rid of our set.
He was right!
Man what the hell happen to TV??!!
holmes and yo yo= inspector gadget
I was thinking yo yo = Hymie of Get Smart
That show was so bad n unfunny
You're not far off. 🤖
Was never into Quincy, but Charlie's Angels and Alice are my favorites among some of my other favorite shows of the 1970s and '80s
I was 18 and my had first job that fall, working nights. That’s why I don’t remember a lot of these. I finally got out of the house, and home vcrs were not quite a thing yet.
I was losing hope for this season's offerings until I saw Black Sheep Squadron.
I want a fully unironic reboot of _Holmes & Yoyo._
Maybe as a full-length feature film.
I was in sixth grade watching these shows, God I'm old
@@willielarimer7170 Fourth grade here - feel old too.
Who would play Yoyo in your dream reboot?
@@oncydium Ben stiller as Holmes and Colin Hanks as yoyo
6:05 this was known as the Dorothy Hamill cut, and some women still have it.
omg I did that cut from beautiful long blonde hair to a bowel haircut at 7 years old and boy did I regret it 😂
At least they tried something different then not like now were they just do mainly remakes and reboots, bring back the memories of the 70s
4:29 ... The Tony Randall Show was fantastic!
Funny how Serpico was intended for adult audiences only. 99% of today's crime TV dramas would classify as for adult audiences only by 1970's standards. That goes for every episode of Law & Order SVU.
Nielsen ratings recorded a five percent loss to cable TV in 1976.That started network television's loss of dominance.
I love the mini-series drawn from novels that were prevalent at this time extending into the 1980's. *Captains & the Kings* was one of the best and had the advantage of accurately portraying basically who controls our economic and political system. The Rockefellers at the time took the lead in pushing a one-world government with a Globalist economy. We see this movement continuing to this day, pretty much out in the open. David Rockefeller admitted in his 2002 autobiography that he was pushing just this one-world agenda.
Last time I checked there was only one world
@@evelk5233 No there is not a one world regime that governs all people. There are various nations with no one-world government or other institution overseeing all people on earth. Such a one-world regime that brings all of the people on earth together would be tyrannical and obliterate the natural affinities and loyalties of the distinct peoples of the world.
The book goes into it even further, but the mini-series is very bold about that subject, just as you say.
It has a lot of other things going for it too.
"Best Sellers" also has "Once An Eagle," a very good story. I always wonder how many Sam Elliott fans don't even know it exists.
@@evelk5233 But not a one-world government uniting the entire world so that nations no longer exist.
I fondly remember Alice. Baa baa black sheep, quincy. The last two mostly from syndication
RIP Phillip McKeon
I remember quite a few of these.
Mr. T & Tina was definitely not what I was expecting.
'Mr. T and Tina' should be an entire exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance. 🤦♂️
I remember some of these tv shows
Keep up the good work. Don't let the copyright bandits get you down
Barbara Parkins, "Betty on Peyton Place ". Mad Crush, leading right into puberty!!Lol.!
This is a like a drug it illicits such strong feelings of nostalgia. I always felt this time period was the height of civilization and long to go back.
One thing about folks that make it to the WORLD SPOTLIGHT. Being GOOD LOOKING helps.(with WOMEN especially) But with men,,, its MORE about having "THE" LOOK. And of course the TALENT.
I must have been too busy to watch much TV. I can only remember a few of these shows.
But I definitely remember the Farrah Fawcett poster that every guy had on the wall.
Homes and yoyo
I watched one episode
And i remember homes
Finding out yoyo was a robot god how i miss the 1970s
The 70's was ALL ABOUT THEM "HORNS" AND STRINGS".
I had an encounter with the Captain & Tennille in August 1985 while on vacation at Lake Chatuaqua.
Nice
I had no idea that Jim Bouton, the baseball player and author of the controversial "Ball Four" had been an actor too. He was even in a Robert Altman film. The intro appears to show the players doing something they called "beaver hunting". If you don't know, read the book!
Super Dave first appeared on Van Dyke and Company.
GEMINI MAN was shown on MST3K as "Riding with Death"! Plus, I know the show was shown on NBC and was cancelled after maybe 8 eps. Then on CJOH TV in ONT Canada (we received it on our ariel form Rochester NY USA), I could have sworn they showed maybe 3 more eps NOT shown on USA TV.
notgrillo collector/ gamer I thought Gemini Man looked familiar. As elusive as Robert Denby.
R.I.P. To all of the deceased actors and actresses of this you tube video
that general foods logo at the end gave me the tingles
looks like Quincy wins for longevity
Jacklyn Smith.....hubba hubba
Jaclyn, not Jacklyn. She never had a "K" in her first name
When TV was free or relativly free, and you knew what was on and when!
$40 Antenna and a Compass and you can still get 25+ Channels in some areas
2:20 Huh, I did not remember Bouton's book was adapted as a Tv series starring him! :D
Charlie's Angels killed them all in the ratings.
Sad there's only the promo to The Nancy Walker Show and not any episode of the show to be found anywhere.
And that's a bad thing? 😆
15:45 It's Quincy!
Here's a guy named Quincy
Touching peoples' bodies
Snap the rubber gloves
And the magic begins
Just think how different the tv show Taxi would have been if Delvecchio had been successful
Love it some hits some Misses
I remember Holmes and Yoyo :) Never thought it was _that_ bad
When you watched stuff as a little child you might not remember how bad it was, I used to watch Get Smart and Hogans Heroes now, I see them as horribly stupid.
Wow! That show All’s Fair opening theme sounds almost like The Rockford Files!
Spencer's Pilots intro reminds me of the intro to Dallas. Wonder if the production company was the same
That “AO” rating for Serpico surprised me! It’s the 70s version of TVMA. Was that an actual rating used for other shows???
IIRC the general policy was
"Viewer Discretion Advised" for anything that skewed too close to an R Rated Film
something tells me "AO" for Serpico was a Marketing stunt, more so than a proper content advisory
Robert Stack was the man.
I always loved Kurt Russell in The Quest.
Yes, somehow the name of the show got cut from the intro clip.
Ball four by Jim boulton was a good book but I dont remember that show. Lol..rest in peace phillip McKeon
I was 16 and only remember a couple of these shows. I think that was when I started being involved with the anti-nuclear movement and the counter culture in my hometown. Hippie girls.
70s cop shows required a crash through a trash can /grocery cart/mail box
Gemini Man 😂😂
MST3K did an episode about this.
"It can't beeeee, you're invisibleeeee"
"It's stop and go slow and go over the secret government project"
"I'm Ben Murphy"
Fred Silverman and ABC however yanked Cos, and ABC commisioned Universal to do a Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew hour-long show as a midseason entry.
How many pilots did Richard Crenna do?
Charlie ' s Angel's my favorite!
11:21 "Once upon a time, there were THREE LITTLE GIRLS who went to the police academy" Could they make it any more sexist? LOL
Totally remember Holmes and Yoyo.
As do I.
GREAT arrangement of "Chicago" by George Aliceson Tipton (1:12)! But a great theme does NOT a great series make......"MR. T. & TINA" was cancelled after five episodes.
At 5:40 Pretty sure that "Bigfoot" was Ted Cassidy (aka Lurch from The Addams Family). He took over the role from Andre the Giant on The Six Million Dollar Man.
I actually watched a good many of these...but not necessarily all from the beginning. SPENCER'S PILOTS, though--not only don't I remember it, I can't say I'd heard of *any* of the cast members!
of the five cast members of the first two, and the last one are all over as 'that guy from that show' character actors... but I couldn't have even guessed their names w/o the Clip either
- Chris Stone appears to have been the Villain of the week on just about Everything in the 80s
- Todd Susman saw his hairline recede soon after (this is the most hair I've ever seen him have) , and got a lot of work as Cops and or petty criminals; Newhart might be his most notable (look him up on IMDB and his face will surely ring some bells)
- Britt Leach appears to have been a 'guest' on everything 80's as well, with 5 episodes of the Waltons across 3 seasons being the closest he came to a successful series
Robert Stack IS Mrs. Esterhouse.
13:34 The downtown L.A. skyline pre - US Bank tower.
I never got the chance to see a single episode of "Mr. T and Tina" it was canceled so fast.
Consider yourself lucky. ☘️
1:25 A TV show with "Mr. T" in the title, and it stars...Pat Morita?!? Well, he did train "The Karate Kid", so I pity da fool that tries to mess with him... ;)
That show was the WORST depiction of Japanese-Americans before the TV version of Gung Ho.
"I pitty the fool who doesn't wax on wax off!!"
Around that time, Aaron Spelling is still 2nd to Quinn Martin as the producer of 1970s hour-long television.
By comparison:
Spelling:
Family
Charlie's Angels
Starsky & Hutch
QM:
The Streets of San Francisco
Barnaby Jones
Most Wanted
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Don’t forget Norman Lear
and i worked so hard to forget Holmes and Yoyo..oh well..thanky anywaze