It's almost surreal to see all of this Talent on one stage together promoting their lineup. This is classic. Bittersweet as many of these stars are no longer with us.

The Fonz with a beard is priceless.

As a kid I remember that it felt like a big deal to see all the tv stars doing these promos. I love this and I wish they'd bring them back.

@user-sc7gq9pf9k

Жыл бұрын

Sooo corny, even for 1980. But I absolutely agree it felt like a big deal at the time. And some stats I forgot had shows at the time…Burgess Merideth. Ann Jillian,

@dougfredricks2017

11 ай бұрын

From a better era of TV. Today's offerings are Goat tripe

@demetriusdillard2863

10 ай бұрын

I enthusiastically concur, @@dougfredricks2017!

I . . . could watch this 1,000 times and still enjoy it

@toddanthony6664

9 ай бұрын

Confession: Sometimes I do.

@itsjemmabond

8 ай бұрын

Me too!

@RazorsEdge1810

5 ай бұрын

Would if I could.

@dezsmith9275

Ай бұрын

Sameeee

I love that Tom Hanks barely makes the video. We need to highlight the BIG stars.

I remember when these people ruled the world 😊

I was working at an ABC affiliate down in deep south Texas when this first came down the line in, I guess it was late August of 1979. Watching it on the control room monitors, I remember thinking that we were affiliated with a network that was SERIOUS about promotion, and that our jump from NBC a few years before was indeed a very smart move. ABC made the affiliates feel line the network would indeed support THEM. Good days.

@paulchakola7372

11 ай бұрын

This is pretty interesting insight from someone who worked in that era of television, thanks for sharing

I wish there were stars like this now. Today, the celebs are all either reality “stars” or “influencers” and they don’t have as deep of an audience.

The opening piano riff reminds me of George Benson's cover of "On Broadway"! And it's entertaining to see Henry Winkler (albeit with a beard and long hair), Tom Hanks, Joyce DeWitt, John Davidson, Missy Gold, Ann Jillian, Hal Linden, Cathy Lee Crosby, Bernie Kopell, Diana Canova, Paul Kreppel, and Jill Whelan strutting their stuff and singing their hearts out! May Robert Urich, Gavin MacLeod, Burgess Meredith, Tom Bosley, Al Molinaro, Ricardo Montalban, Robert Guillaume, Roscoe Lee Browne, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Robert Donner, Tom Poston, Danny Thomas, Inga Swenson, Ted Knight, and James Noble continue to rest in peace...they are still missed!

@demetriusdillard2863

2 жыл бұрын

Whoops. I didn't even realize that Inga Swenson is still alive and kicking (in fact, she'll turn ninety in December). I'll have to correct my initial comment. Thanks for commenting, @@savellexsse.

@DNSKansas

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, Cindy Williams has left us.

@demetriusdillard2863

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that is (unfortunately) true. I'll have to update my original comment from five years ago to add Cindy Williams to the memoriam of deceased TV stars of yesteryear...seems like a majority of the cast from "Laverne & Shirley" is no longer among the living, save for Michael "Lenny" McKean. Thanks for commenting, @@DNSKansas.

@culttelevision

Жыл бұрын

It's a direct rip from that song with the same instrumentation even down to the muted low end wah :)

@ericsondesiongco1745

10 ай бұрын

Don't forget Inga Swenson Marion Ross and Lauren Tewes. But did I see Erin Moran and Anson Williams too?

I was 10 when this aired...I remember promos like this were what made me want to be a session singer. It's also so crazy to see who went on to rule the world and who ended up fading into "regular" life. So cheesy good!

1980 was a happier time than we let on, especially after the Miracle on Ice and Reagan getting elected...in the sense that it was new and took the disco late 70s and started to give it a 80s vibe and pinch on the rear

I specifically looked for this commercial. This was my JAM. When I sang it, everyone in the neighborhood discovered I could sing. 🤣

Love "off season" Winkler with the beard and long hair. What a freaking icon.

I totally remember this- I loved it

Oh my God I was 13 when this was on!!! Blast from the past!!!

The best thing about all this is seeing the big name stars and supporting actors/actresses all dancing, and nobody's taking themselves too seriously.

I loved this promo when it first aired. So many stars in one place doing a song and dance number. Hats off to them for putting it together. I'm pretty sure those stars didn't want to do it, but it may have been in their contracts. Especially, when practically everyone of them weren't professional singers and dancers.

@sierria64

7 ай бұрын

ricardo maltiban was a MGM Satr he was. watch how he comes down.. he knew

1:10 - Hal Linden really feeling himself

@brockreynolds870

10 ай бұрын

Hal Linden is originally a musical theater man. He's in his element!

I love this!

I can't believe how brilliant this is. Thank you SO MUCH for posting!

This was for the 1980-81 new season on ABC. No participation from some of the top hits then ("Hart to Hart," "Taxi" and "Charlie's Angels"). "Mork & Mindy" was actually represented by Tom Poston when he appeared as Mr. Bickley, and Robert Donner represented the show as Exidor, but I believe he was there for the spinoff of his character that never happened. Diana Canova had left "Soap" and was in the new show "I'm a Big Girl Now" along with Danny Thomas. Robert Guillaume also had left "Soap" to appear here with his "Benson" colleagues. It turns out Burgess Meredith was on this as the host of "Those Amazing Animals." Shows from preceding years that missed being included: "Battestar Galactica," "Starsky & Hutch," "Welcome Back, Kotter" and "What's Happening!!" The shows just on the horizon included "Dynasty," "The Greatest American Hero," "Joanie Loves Chachi," "The Fall Guy," "T.J. Hooker" and the way-too-short-lived "Police Squad!"

@FomorViceroy

Жыл бұрын

Welcome Back, Kotter, What’s Happening!!, and Starsky and Hutch were cancelled at the end of the 1978-1979 season. Galactica 1980 was cancelled the previous season.

@savellexsse

Жыл бұрын

Of course you mean the following season, in fact the flagship series "Battlestar Galactica" along with "Starsky & Hutch," "Kotter" and "What's Happening!!" were all canceled on the same day, along with two others, "Delta House" and "Makin' It." I remember seeing the item in TV Guide.

@susandenny7500

Жыл бұрын

Kate Jackson from "Charlie's Angels" is in the promo.

@JHollowayNetwork

Жыл бұрын

"Three's Company" was represented by Joyce DeWitt here.

@DNSKansas

Жыл бұрын

@@susandenny7500 Um, Kate left Charlie's Angels in May 1979. And by the time of the promo, so had Shelley Hack.

I was 15 and looked forward to TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, IT'S A LIVING, BOSOM BUDDIES and I'M A BIG GIRL NOW, all 4 new ABC comedies. Sad, so many have passed on as of June 2018. I remember these ABC promos. When Primetime was still worth watching.

It's only the beginning!

Wow this takes me back! Looks like they added Joyce DeWitt later. The original of this I saw she was not in and when she is in now it's a closeup and no one around her. Still good fun. Great to see Robert Urich! And the Fonz look wonderful!

Love the shimmy by Cathy Lee Crosby at 0:29...mm hm...

Henry Winkler looks so awesome with the shaggy hair and beard....straight out of the late 70s/early 80s

@DNSKansas

Жыл бұрын

Faux Bee Gee

I’m not saying it was perfect, by no means, but life was so much better back then.❤

Ricardo Montalban swaggering in like the Don he was!

I remember this so well. I was 16 years old and tv was great! I couldn’t wait for the start of the new season. This brings back the best memories.

To show what a big, happy family the stars of ABC were. Listen to the lyrics.

That is just amazing. can you imagine how much those actors hated their lives in that moment? I would just love if ABC or one of the networks made their stars do something like that now. Also why has no one like Conan pulled that clip to show Hanks?

@OURadQueen

2 жыл бұрын

I had to watch it again to see Tom Hanks. Thanks for the heads up!

@jenniferbaldini3527

2 жыл бұрын

Jason Yavor, if they hated themselves in *that* moment, I wonder what they felt doing "Circus of the Stars" and "Battle of the Network Stars"??? Loved those shows as a kid and was glad ABC tried to bring back 'Battle' in 2017.

@thatsjarrod1965

Жыл бұрын

They probably loved it! This was back when folks were still allowed to have fun

@expletivedeleted7853

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know, Henry Winkler and Danny Thomas seem to be having a genuinely great time!

@AsYourCruiseDirector

Жыл бұрын

Everyone except John Davidson.

Welcome to the 80's!

Who died Burgess Meredith 1908-1997 Danny Thomas 1912-1991 Robert Urich 1945-2002 Riccardo Montalban 1920-2009 Tom Bosley 1927-2010 Ted knight 1926-1986

The best part is the voice of doom at the end saying, "It's only the beginning", which should have been followed by, "May God have mercy on our souls".

@BAYAREA-kd1ig

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

RIP Ted Knight, Danny Thomas, & Tom Bosley. Most of the people in this commercial are still alive. Henry Winkler looks so 70s here.

@Michaelahol

5 жыл бұрын

Penny Marshall, Erin Moran, Robert Guillaume

@totallytivo

2 жыл бұрын

It makes sense that Henry Winkler would let the hair and beard grow during time off between seasons. It was like a Clark Kent disguise so he could vacation in peace.

@t-bo2734

2 жыл бұрын

@@totallytivo He looks like a middle of the road singer-songwriter.

@DNSKansas

Жыл бұрын

@@totallytivo Maybe Ron Howard knew this promo was coming so he got out before they stuffed him into a white tux and made him dance. LOL

@t.b.g.504

7 ай бұрын

Ted Knight would have been 100 this year. DOB 7 December 1923.

I remember this back when I was 12. Awesome.

Back When Networks, Like Abc, Would Have a Party, to Thank The Audience and The Stars of The Shows,To Make More Great Shows, and Thank Them Again, for The Great Music, Comedy and Entertainment

@seatspud

3 ай бұрын

I miss the Saturday Morning Preview Specials myself.

Love it!

This was back when there was something worth watching on television.

@parmesancrisp

Жыл бұрын

Please. About 95 percent of these shows were total crap. Before The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men, The Bear, etc, we had three channels of subpar entertainment and we just dealt with it because we had no choice. Nostalgia is misleading

@BaseballPlayer0

4 ай бұрын

@@parmesancrisp U are wrong. The shows were better than today

@BAYAREA-kd1ig

Ай бұрын

@@parmesancrisppreach to these boomers

1:27 Tom Hanks!

They should've take this performance on Broadway. That would be something. Lol 😆!!! After all these years, it's still very entertaining I could still watch this over and over again 🤣!!! That time, I felt that it was a big deal for all these actors and actresses from their respective ABC shows to band together and do all these promos especially for the 1980-81 fall lineup.

TOM HANKS with the JEW FRO!!❤❤❤❤

OK..from as best as I can figure, here are the answers to your questions. I have no idea who is next to Hal Linden. Dianne Kay from Eight is Enough is the girl at :10. Right after that is Inga Swenson with James Noble from Benson. The actress with Gavin McLeod is Cathryn Damon from Soap.

You are sooo wrong, for the most part. All of those actors were proud to have their own shows on ABC in 1979 and knew this promo appearance was part of the deal. Plus, they got to run into colleagues they probably hardly ever got to see. ABC was a big family back then, unlike network TV now.

@jonthomas8569

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing! They were all actors who had gigs on network television, and this was probably a lot of fun.

Love Like This commercial

Rest in peace Burgess Meredith Richardo Montalban Danny Thomas Penny Marshall Ted knight Tom Bosley

I never saw this one, very 1980.

Tom Hanks at 1:27 :)

Love this. The excitement of the new TV Season!

1:39, "It's only the beginning."

@demetriusdillard2863

6 жыл бұрын

Of a ratings slump, that is...ABC slid to second place after CBS rebounded with "Dallas" that year.

Mr.Tom Hanks with all that hair 😂

Great promo!

1:01 Henry Winkler with Beard Look Like Barry Gibb With Beard

@thewipsportstalkfan3160

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking Kenny Loggins myself but any 70s 80s artist would fit the bill.

Two words: contractual obligation. 😂

The Fonz with a beard? Someone on Twitter said it looked like Ellis from Die Hard. Classic.

You and me on channel 3 WVEC-TV Norfolk Virginia.

R I P Tom Bosley Danny Thomas Burgess Meredith Robert Urich

@alfonsogreen2722

5 жыл бұрын

N Robert Guilliame

@Michaelahol

4 жыл бұрын

Erin Moran & Penny Marshall

Pretty sure I spotted Robert Urich briefly.

Tom Hanks 1:29 😂 loving the hair

John Davidson you’re in this one too.

RIP Al Molinaro, Tom Poston, & Ricardo Montalban.

@demetriusdillard2863

6 жыл бұрын

And Robert Guillaume, Robert Urich, Tom Bosley, James Noble, Robert Donner, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Danny Thomas, Ted Knight, Burgess Meredith, and Roscoe Lee Browne as well!

@malletpropstudios That Voice Is None Other Than Texas Native And Voice Announcer/Radio DJ At 98 KZEW FM Mr. John B. Wells.

You and Me and channel 13 WVEC-TV Norfolk Virginia.

Abc television shows from 1980 Charlie's angels with Jaclyn smith Taxi with Judd Hirsch Too close for comfort with Ted knight Fantasy island with Richardo Montalban

Look at Tom Hanks near the end of the sequence. Maybe Letterman can have a good laugh by showing this clip the next time Tom is a guest on The Late Show.

@DNSKansas

Жыл бұрын

I bet Rita found it and teases Tom about it

Soap, Vega$, Charlie's Angels, And Eight Is Enough Was Their Final Season On ABC

There's more production in the promo than the shows themselves.

Wow, you're right! I didn't even recognise him! Though, this had to be a choreographer's nightmare trying to get everyone on point at the right time. It would never happen today, their egos are too big.

Network TV has never been that good. It is just more people watched it back then. They did right better jingles in those days.

WXYZ-TV had a local version of the 1980 ABC campaign: "You and Me and Channel 7"

Holy crap, I didn't even recognize him!

@galateasca Thanks so much for the help! About Gina Hecht, I don't remember her being that good-looking...one in front of Hal Linden at the first I'm pretty sure is Diana Canova from Soap...Marion Ross was with Roscoe Lee Browne at the first, don't think that's her at the end...once again, thanks!

Still Alive in 2018 Hal Linden age 90 Henry Winkler age 73

Bro... this was social media back in the day 🤯

Epic

Obviously for the network's promotional campaign..like all networks have done throughout the anals of TV history.

1:01 was a shaggy Henry Winkler.

This is so chic’

All the people that raised me

Wow! Am I that damn old? You never see that sort of advertising anymore and never will again. And was that really Henry Winkler looking like Barry Gibb? Did anyone notice the very young future OSCAR winner in that group? Mr. Tom Hanks hamming it up with the likes of Ted Knight, Tom Bosley, and the guy who played Exidor on "Mork and MindY" (all 3 of them dead)

That's Henry Winkler, aka Fonzie

I used to think this was an advertisement for a variety show special. I was so disappointed when I learned it wasn't.

ABC was #2 that year. Soap, Charlie's Angels, Eight is enough and Vegas were all cancelled.

@demetriusdillard2863

6 жыл бұрын

Yep. CBS was numero uno that year, thanks to "Dallas."

@FomorViceroy

3 жыл бұрын

They fell to number two the previous season because of some terrible rescheduling decisions that resulted in several hit shows losing millions of viewers. This was also the year Ron Howard did not return to Happy Days. Laverne and Shirley switched their setting to L.A., and I believe this was also the season Suzanne Somers was finally pushed out of Three’s Company. Dynasty did premiere mid-season this year.

@DNSKansas

Жыл бұрын

@@demetriusdillard2863 Don't forget Dukes of Hazzard, The Incredible Hulk, MASH and Trapper John, M.D. were all popular at that time as well

@demetriusdillard2863

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget "60 Minutes," "The Jeffersons," "One Day At A Time," "Lou Grant," "Knots Landing," "Archie Bunker's Place," "WKRP In Cincinnati," and "Alice"! CBS was truly kicking ass in the ratings during that period! Thanks for commenting, @@DNSKansas!

@demetriusdillard2863

Жыл бұрын

@@FomorViceroy, ABC did indeed move several of their hit programs to different timeslots (most notably "Mork & Mindy") during the 1979-80 fall season in a futile and ultimately unsuccessful attempt in order to increase viewership on those aforementioned nights; "Mork & Mindy's" once-solid ratings rapidly plummeted as a result, and many of their established successes--"Happy Days," "Laverne & Shirley," "Barney Miller," and "Charlie's Angels"--began to decline.

@galateasca Oops, wrong about Diana Canova...she appears at 0:22 with Danny Thomas when the singing starts...sorry, at 0:51, Cindy Williams has no rhythm...Inga Swenson looked fiiinnne.w/James Noble :)

Twitter brought me here (7/27/22)

@andromedagalaxy5950

2 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha! Me too!!!!!!!

@ONESORROW Actually Henry just liked growing a beard while on sabbatical. He did that for quiet a few years.

Veteran series Soap, Vega$, Charlie’s Angels, and Eight is Enough all ended that season.

@DNSKansas

Жыл бұрын

Jaclyn Smith. Cheryl Ladd and David Doyle aren't in the promo

1980 you and me and NBC ( sound like you and me and abc ) Celebrities from NBC family appearance Michael Landon Melissa Gilbert Peter Falk Raymond Burr Milton Berle

Do you remember the version that showed various stars dancing while a voiceover (the guy from The Love Boat, I think) did sort of a role call? I specifically remember Dianne Kay dancing and being introduced, while a different kind of song called "You and Me and ABC" played in the background.

1:19-1:20. RIP Marian Mercer (1935-2011)

Were there any other sets of the 1980 ABC Fall Promo (You & Me) with Suzanne Somers (her last season on Three's Company), John Ritter (who was in the other promo with the stars painting the building), Susan Richardson, Willie Aames, Dick Van Patten, Scott Baio, Robert Mandan, and several others?...

Can’t do that nowadays cause everyone is divided and hate each other

@darcimonet

Ай бұрын

No. Their agents are smart enough to keep obligations like this out of their contracts. That's all it is.

The girl behind John Davidson appears to be Gina Hecht from Mork and Mindy, but I'm not 100%. Fist pumper? Not sure. At :44 with Tom Poston looks to be Phyllis Davis, from Vegas. At :59, although the AA actress bears a small resemblance to Sheryl Lee Ralph from It's A Living, I don't think it is her. The three blonds with Tom Hanks are for sure Ann Jillian and Marion Mercer and I think the third is Donna Dixon.

@brockreynolds870

10 ай бұрын

Fist pumper is Joanna Cassidy from 240 Robert

0:15 Robert Urich Look Like Dudley Moore

Ralph didn't join It's a Living until 1986, during its syndicated run.

When WEWS made their own version of "You and Me and TV5," didn't Channel 5 mention CATCH 5 from Frank Gari in the promo?

ABC had at least a better 1980 Promo than what Appauling NBC did back then.

That's not Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito. That's Al Molinaro (top) and Tom Bosley from Happy Days. Al played the dude at Arnold's and Tom was Mr. Cunningham.

I second that!

Did they mention Frank Gari's HELLO PITTSBURGH in the WTAE Version of the ABC 1980-81 promo?