3AM EST- 12 Midnight PST on election night, 1960, and a weary Vice President Richard Nixon delivers a rambling half-concession speech to his supporters. In Hyannisport, JFK tells his inner circle,"Why should he concede? I wouldn't". 8 hours later Nixon has his press secretary Herb Klein deliver the formal concession, an act JFK complains about- it proves Nixon has "no class".
The closing credits to one of Ernie's ABC Specials. Something of a lost art considering networks now want the time to plug their upcoming shows. My favorite part of this is the credit for the Production Coordinator- given Ernie's propensity for exceeding budgets, what we see may not have been too far from the truth.
The New Casper Cartoon Show debuted on ABC in 1963, and stayed on Saturday mornings until 1969. Here's the opening title sequence, which was heavily influenced by the folk music show "Hootenanny".
Better known as The Bullwinkle Show, this is the original opening when it ran on ABC in 1959. Surprise- the actual title was "Rocky the Flying Squirrel". For the second season, Jay Ward made a new opening sequence, and changed the title to "Rocky and His Friends".
From the premiere episode: Barth asks Happy Kyne and the Mirth Makers to play a song, and they respond with their own version of KC & the Sunshine Bands "(Shake,Shake,Shake) Shake Your Booty".
From 1966 when the Cap'n was in his prime- fighting pirates instead of Soggies. Jay Ward Productions did the animation, and Daws Butler voiced the Cap'n, but odds are you already knew that. That's Bill Scott doing Jean La Foote (the Barefoot Pirate) and Paul Frees does the narration at the end.
We really need to get Fernwood 2-Night released on DVD. Here's the close to the Aug. 24, 1977 show. That's Jim Varney as Virgil Simms (who told viewers how to ensure their car broke down before the warranty expired), and look at the credit roll for some famous and soon-to-be famous names. Yes, the Benjamin Stein credited as a Creative Consultant is Ben Stein.
Sorry,you have to turn the sound up. The opening to Olsen and Johnson's follow-up to Hellzapoppin. O&J arrive in Hollywood and create a panic at Universal. Andy Devine warns everyone, Leo Carrillo prefers to be with a skunk, & Basil Rathbone really gets into his role
Some people are even old enough to recall that. Here's the post-buzzer coverage, some of the locker room interviews and we learn who the 1978 Finals MVP was. BTW, Media General Cable doesn't exist anymore, so don't bother calling them
The first commercial (done by Bill Melendez, BTW-that explains why the kids look like they come from Charlie Brown's neighborhood) introducing a new General Mills cereal, Lucky Charms. Lucky sure has changed over the years...
The New Casper Cartoon Show was a staple of ABC saturday morning during the 60's. Here is the sweet closing song that Casper and his friends did- imagine being a five year old plunked in front of the set while this ran. Today the networks run split screen credits- que malo.
The close to Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales from its final CBS season. We get a preview of next weeks show, and a sponsor tag for Super Helmet Seven- whatever that was. Don Adams as Tennessee, Bradley Bolke as Chumley, Larry Storch as Phineas J. Whoopie (who was the greatest). Kenny Delmar did Baldy, and Mort Marshall did Stanley Livingston.
![Early Cap\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/ILr8l4rbr70/2.jpg "Early Cap\")
