This is why I love Tom Snyder. I started watching him in the 70's.He introduces information and allows the viewer to educate themselves by being exposed to different points of view. Tom always let people speak and never interrupted. Loved Tom's positive and fair style. I miss him. Please keep this going! Thank you!

Snyder was one of the TV greats, l miss him on radio also. Annmarie has his smile.

Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show was the first show as an adult that I fell in love with.

I started watching Tom during summer vacations in high school in the '70s. I followed him from place to place after that. LOVED his style and format. He's never been equalled. Thanks for posting this!! ❤️

Marvelous interview, E*Rock and Ann Marie. Simply tremendous. I'm among the youngest of Generation X. As such I was just short of two years old when the "Tomorrow Show" went off the air, so I have no recollection of the series when it was active. Though if I did, it would have been during the infamous "Coast to Coast" era of the show, so it's probably best that I missed out. My introduction to Mr. Snyder was definitely his initial iteration of "The Late Late Show" on CBS. I will admit that I preferred him over Conan initially... though when Conan really got into his groove, I started tuning in to "Late Night" more and more. "The Late Late Show" with TS was a different vibe, and I enjoyed the one-on-one quieter conversations that Tom would have with his guests, and the personable connection Tom had with his audience. Letterman respected the history and traditions of broadcasting, so when he had the ability to bring in anyone he wanted to follow his "Late Show" on CBS, it was a definite showing of respect that he brought TS back on network TV (after he initially took over the timeslot of the "Tomorrow Show" way back when). I've since enjoyed watching clips of episodes of the "Late Late Show" that I've missed (especially on Don Giller's channel), as well as from his earlier iterations on CNBC, the radio (especially the post-air commentary to the affiliate engineers), and of course the "Tomorrow Show". The man was a consummate broadcaster through and through, and while he didn't try to make late night funny, he definitely made it interesting. He was, as demonstrated in this interview, a family man who really loved his kids, and I'm pleased to see that Ann Marie has such wonderful memories and stories from growing up with such a unique man as a dad. I'm glad that this momentous anniversary was commemorated in such a respectful and true-to-form manner. I look forward to more videos about Tom and late night TV from this channel. Until then, I'll fire myself up a colortini and watch the pictures as you fly'em through the Web.

Always enjoyed Tom Snyder. I think I started watching him during his Late Late Show years. He struck me as being extremely intelligent and knowledgable. No topic was off limits and he could navigate through some difficult waters while interviewing people of all walks of life. His journalistic background served him well, as he tried to present the facts and let you figure out which point of view made the most sense. Also, he made for an interesting guest when he appeared on other shows like the Tonight Show. Loved his style and laugh. We were all lucky to see him in action doing his thing.

TS was the very best at what he did. I greatly miss him. Thank-You for celebrating the Legacy of this truly great gentleman and broadcaster.

I started out watching Tom on the Tomorrow Show. I really miss him.

I may be one of Tom's earliest fans. Before Tom did the Tomorrow Show, and before he did the news at KNBC which led to the Tomorrow Show, he spent five years in Philadelphia at KYW doing news and talk shows. I first saw Tom in the summer of 1965 on an 8:25 AM local newsbreak and from literally the first minute I watched him, I knew that this man was someone special, someone unlike anyone we had seen on television, and destined to be someone seriously important in television. Tom created the template for the Tomorrow Show and the Late, Late Show in Philadelphia in the mid-60s with a morning show called "Contact," the first TV call-in show in the country, and a summer Sunday night show in 1968 called "The Wave Machine" which was a multi-guest conversation. Tom was the co-anchor of the country's first noon newscast, he helped launch Eyewitness News which changed television news forever, and he was the first true news star. Innovative, brilliant, a master of both the arts of interviewing and conversation, he was made for television and television was made for him. He was one of my heroes from from the first moment I saw him and still is today. There was simply no one like him and he deserves to be honored for his many and unique gifts and contributions to the history of broadcasting. Thank you for this tribute on the 50th anniversary of the Tomorrow Show.

@charlesheck6812

3 ай бұрын

Beautiful comments, thank you for sharing. I got to know Tom with Kelly Lang Ross Porter, Bryant Gumbel, John Barbour, and the rest of the KNBC Los Angeles news team growing up… I really miss him so much.

Thanks for a tribute to good old TS and his colorcast. I bought his DVDs of The Tomorrow Show.

when i was in my early teens, i dreamed of being a late night talk show host. where i would sit in a room and talk with a singular guest each episode. what i didn’t know then is i wanted to be Tom Snyder.

This was an excellent interview and look into TS. I was and am a huge fan! Thank you for making note and giving us an extremely great Golden Anniversary.

I came to know of Tom Snyder when I was quite young. My mother watched him each night and talked about what she had gleaned the next day. I began watching him some in college, but was really addicted later in the late Nineties and early 2000s. I had a radio interview show in my 40s and emulated him and his style.

Thank you for sharing. I got to know Tom with Kelly Lange, Ross Porter, Bryant Gumbel, John Barbour, and the rest of the KNBC Los Angeles news team growing up… I really miss him so much.

His laughter is simply the greatest!

@SportsBossMan

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely. It certainly was an infectious laugh. And he only laughed when he thought something was truly funny. Not a fake, stupid, I better-laugh-at-this type of laugh that Jimmy Fallon does every time he's uncomfortable and can't think up a clever response.

I know that I said it when it came on your other channel, but I will say it again. You did a great job honoring Tom Snyder and interviewing his daughter. I hope that you will do this again soon because your interviewing skills are amazing. You should be on TV.

@FanboyFilms

10 ай бұрын

Thanks again, Elie! And thanks for repeating the praise since I had to switch channels at the last minute. :)

@KungEMuller

10 ай бұрын

@@FanboyFilms My pleasure. Keep up the good work.

@jamesmiller5331

9 ай бұрын

Where's the other channel?

@KungEMuller

9 ай бұрын

@@jamesmiller5331 You should find it on his channel page.

@FanboyFilms

9 ай бұрын

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I remember your father when he was on the Late Late Show in 1995

Tom's Late Late Show debuted when i was in college, and that was the first i ever remembered hearing about him. He was square, and kinda out of touch with a few of his guests. Things sometimes went over his head, but damn was he entertaining. I was sad that even with Letterman behind him, the show ended so soon. It wasn't until the KZread days that i was able to discover an even better program...the Tomorrow Show.

@johnsjohnson448

10 ай бұрын

For me, Dave and Tom were the two best hours in late night during the mid 1990's.

My deceased dad, Frank Rumreich, was friends with Tom when they both attended St Agnes school, then Marquette. Dad would tell the story about how he and Tom got fired from their jobs at a soda bottling plant for goofing off. Years later (maybe the late seventies or eighties), my grandmother called to tell us that she heard Tom telling the story about this on his show. I've always wanted to see a transcript of it or watch a tape, but finding it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Really excellent vid, thanks for posting. How in the world does it have less than 10K views?

@FanboyFilms

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Now tell six thousand friends about it and we can reach that goal!

I just got finished watching the late night wars you created. I hope you can show more, the history is amazing. And also the format that you choose to explain it is amazing as well.

@jamesmiller5331

9 ай бұрын

I keep periodically checking back hoping he does the Leno versus Letterman thing because I think there's a lot of meat on that bone

In high school I would try to catch his show (sometime in the early to mid 70s) since I was a night owl. I didn't see a reference here to his interview with John Lennon, which I think is one of his best known. Maybe I missed it. I did enjoy the strange guests like furtive CIA or KGB agents and the weird paranormal people. I got into pyramid power after Pat Flanagan was on his show. I recently read Henry Bushkin's biography of Johnny Carson and he relates a story of how he, Carson, McMahon, and friends were at a restaurant after the Emmy's (I think) and Carson, who couldn't hold his liquor, tried to physically assault Tom but was stopped by McMahon. Tom was able to calm him down and they all partied together until the next morning. Funny story!

Thank you for the good interview. I was wondering if you knew if Ann Marie was still working on the documentary project that was announced in 2022?

@FanboyFilms

6 ай бұрын

Last time we spoke, it is still in the works. When it comes out you can be sure I'll talk about it!

Love your films. I might be mistaken but I've seen no spot on Craig Kilborn. A guy thats ratings were constantly rising with a radical fan base. Most certain to take Letterman's place. Then he quit. Some say from a nervous breakdown. I need more!

@FanboyFilms

7 ай бұрын

I'd like to get to Kilborn at some point!

@Rob_Kates

7 ай бұрын

Kilborn now has a podcast that is quite enjoyable. I liked his Late Late Show and his quirky bits like Yambo.

Your dad has balls

Dire Straits is one of my favorites

Tom Snyder

Stephen Colbert is on now