I'm 57 yr old and everytime I hear that ABC theme song I think about when I was a kid in the 70's and watching an ABC movie on tv 📺 with my family. I also get a little 😢 misty eyed because I was the youngest in my family and I miss my mom my dad and my older brother because their all have passed on.

@jimmymac9843

24 күн бұрын

I understand. In many ways, better times.

Only Burt Bacharach could come up with a tune like that. I know it’s just a TV show theme song, but it’s incredibly beautiful and takes me back to my childhood. Even the announcer’s vocalization and his reading of the over-the-top script add magic to this.

@michaellewis836

5 жыл бұрын

John beautiful memories

@rodneykingston6420

2 жыл бұрын

Totally! I hadn't heard this in over 40 years and I was transported right back to my best friend's house, warm summer night with the slider open, fresh air, laying on the white shag carpet, watching the big pedestal Zenith, some crazy flick about ants getting toxic at a resort, or the lady from Bewitched escaping a killer in a big house during a storm or parents desperately trying to find their kidnapped daughter whose been buried alive in a box. Good times!

@mauricegilliam7102

2 жыл бұрын

Who was the narrator?? I'll Google it. Brought back feelings to.

@EmilyTienne

2 жыл бұрын

@@mauricegilliam7102 If you find out, that would be awesome. He had a hell of a voice.

@jess4metoo

Жыл бұрын

Believe it’s Dick Tufeld, “Danger Will Robinson, Danger”.

when i was a kid i just loved this theme, it sent chills through me.

To grow up in the 60's and 70's when TV was innocent. I miss those days.

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

yea tv use to be so innocent and i loved it but now tv is making us learn too much bullcrap

@robertpreston2220

5 жыл бұрын

We all miss those days!

@williamvasilakis9619

4 жыл бұрын

I miss those days too.

@williamvasilakis9619

4 жыл бұрын

I miss those days too Twyla.

@mordecaiesther3591

3 жыл бұрын

I can just feel it !!!! Living in Owings Mills , Maryland and going to Timber Grove elementary school and looking at this with my mother . Ahhh those were such beautiful days . I wish I could relive it for just a month at least .

Ah! This makes me long for a simpler time...when families were together. Granma and grampa in their chairs with tv in the corner and us kids watching and making popcorn in the fireplace. I had no idea the world would become like this. I am lucky to have grown up in the 70's. It was a good time to be a kid.

@BigTee3099

7 ай бұрын

Amen!

The music theme and the announcers represented excellence in the broadcast industry.

@opusmax1

Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, the announcer is Dick Tufeld. Doesn’t ring a bell? He was the voice of the Robot in Lost in Space.

Whenever I am missing my mom I watch this, I lost her this past summer at the age of 50 to cancer, these weekly programs were one of her favorites she always watch, thanks for posting this.

@scottmorley3672

Жыл бұрын

Your story sounds like mine Joey. My mom was 51. She and all of the memories like these openings are frozen in time.

@NfiniteLogic713

Жыл бұрын

We can all relate. Lost my Mom at 55 in 2000. Truly blessed we can share precious moments spent with them enjoying how TV brought families closer as a beautiful way to keep their memories alive. Pretty sure they are smiling down now. God Bless...... 🙏🏾

1 tv set, a transistor radio, spaghetti 4 times a week and fried fish every Friday night. Everyone was young, even the country was younger and everyone thought about "someday". It was a great time to be young.

@STURTBASCOMB

9 жыл бұрын

machia0705 You said it well sir...

@weitzfc1

9 жыл бұрын

machia0705 in the old neighborhoods , every house had a porch . neighbors would stroll by and visit, we even used to bring the tv set out on the porch. now in slowburbia the porches are on the back of the house, and people seldom see their neighbors.go to a sports event where people spend hundreds of dollars on tickets , and maybe one in five persons doesn't have his face buried in a smart phone.

@puplover7991

9 жыл бұрын

machia0705 I agree w/ everyone's post, but we all sound so old...lol!

@weitzfc1

8 жыл бұрын

less community , and more disconnect from each other.

@cynthialyman2636

8 жыл бұрын

Then greed and the corporate mindset took over; your comment was poignant and all too true. The 70s was my coming of age decade and with each passing year so dissimilar to them, they grow more sweet.

Oh man , talk about nostalgia, how I felt comforted by this on those cold and rainy winter nights watching TV as a family right up to the end :" alright kids, time for bed, school tomorrow." Now I'm pushing 60 and miss my folks so bad, now long buried and forgotten by the world.

@rahlohmcdonogh9839

7 жыл бұрын

They aren't forgotten brother!And they are waiting for you!

@karimbennett5651

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Dollinter, Yes, so nostalgic. It's amazing how normal it was back then for entire families to watch television together. I grew up in a family of seven. And it seems like on the big movie of the night weeks, there were often a couple of neighbor kids or cousins over, so there might be nine or ten of us camped out all over the living room. In fact, we used to use our cub scout sleeping bags in the living room, pillows everywhere. No worries. How comforting just to think of it.

@rahlohmcdonogh9839

7 жыл бұрын

+Rahloh McDonogh As I think about it many of those movies were quite disturbing.I just remember my grandmother being there and feeling safe;

@karimbennett5651

7 жыл бұрын

Rahloh McDonogh, That's right. A lot of those made for TV movies were horror films, suspense movies, or psychological thrillers. I remember being frightened by many, but so enveloped in family I felt safe. I had three of my brothers in the same bedroom with me. As I look around the block where I live today, I see many houses with one person living alone. And the condo and loft developments that have mushroomed around the neighborhood are full of single people living alone or couples without children. I doubt many of those folks are up late watching horror movies!

@rahlohmcdonogh9839

7 жыл бұрын

+Karim Bennett That Hope Lange one with everyone dressed like puritans comes to mind.

Memories of sitting in front of our Admiral T.V. as a a kid with my family. A simpler time with T,V. movies like 'Brian's Song" and 'The Night Stalker" and artists like David Janssen and Angie Dickinson. Grateful to have been there. Thank you for posting.

@TheBelldiver

9 ай бұрын

I say tgat all the time to until I really start remembering Chet Huntly David Brinkly and Walter. The civil rights movement the beginning years of Viet Nam, it was simple if you lived in a cave; maybe but otherwise; the crap has never stopped raining down on us EVER. We just train ourselves to forget the lies and deception and replace the truth with fantasy and what it should be. ABC NBC CBS FOX are government controlled propaganda hubs designed to push their approved narritive. The six o'clock news gave everyone a reason to watch Saturday Night at the movies just to escape the real world tragedies. In 1970 I enlisted in the Army I served in a combat artillery battalion and there was nothing simple about that time to this time or honestly; before that time. But I like you and everyone like to say "It was a simpler time" lol

This brings a tear to my eyes.

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

how do you think i feel i want my childhood back

@sharondamadison7888

7 жыл бұрын

Larry Barrios mine too it's so nostalgic

@MVR326

7 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean Larry. And with these kind of dramatic and excitement show introductions and music, it MADE you want to watch the movie regardless of what it was ! I have memories of everybody settling into place in the living room with that music playing. Makes me sad actually.

@SorryWereOpen247

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Rubinate ... You guys all make good points !!! I think what makes us 'Teary-eyed' is hearing the music...Immediately brings back memories of the sense of FAMILY when we were growing up. Your parents if not everyone, would be in the living room watching, but regardless of what room you were in, You could hear the TV set !

@sharondamadison7888

6 жыл бұрын

twilight's last gleaming watching this is tearing me apart, your right omg 😭😭

I want to go back to these times,such good memories of childhood!

@alanmorris7669

5 жыл бұрын

don64 I'm 52 years old now and I can still remember laying on the floor in the den, watching the ABC Movie of the Week with my family on our big RCA ColorTrak 26" Console TV set. The 1970s are gone now, but I will always cherish the memories!

@robertpreston2220

5 жыл бұрын

We all do

@damin9913

Жыл бұрын

We all do so much!

@BigTee3099

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!

Wow. This brought back some memories. The power of music never fails to amaze me.

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

everything we had back then are the best todays cant beat our childhood it just cant

@williamcrowe2576

4 жыл бұрын

It's the instrumental version of "Nikki".

@paradoxdea

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!!

@robertortiz8540

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I was 10 years old in 1970 brings back memories.

I'm flooded with memories of junior high school and the good things about that time. The cheese of the movie wasn't such a problem back then. We weren't so mean. And it's freakin' Burt Bacharach. Wow.

@frankdenardo8684

3 жыл бұрын

He wrote the Movie Of The Week theme

@ferrisbueller6012

3 жыл бұрын

@@frankdenardo8684 To be fair, he wrote "Nikki" and they bought it from him. That song is a reference to his daughter (that he had with Angie Dickinson), who has an incredibly sad story.

@frankdenardo8684

3 жыл бұрын

@@ferrisbueller6012 interesting story. I read she later took her own life which was unfortunate

Yup, I'm 45 and it gave me goosebumps! I felt like a kid again. What a great childhood I had. Wish I could go back.

I just love this ABC Movie of the Week theme for the 1970s - AWESOME Memories!

I got all emotional..wow this took me back....loved this theme song and movie of the week....247 movies made for television aired until the concept ran its course in May of 1975....I miss old tv..those of us who had it are truly blessed.

@sharondamadison7888

7 жыл бұрын

nesemarie this is so true 😢

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

i know tv back in those days are the best i hate how things changed today its nothing great about it at all i wann go back

@frankdenardo8684

5 жыл бұрын

nesemarie great films with titles such as seven in darkness, the ballad of Andy crocker, the over the hill gang, daughter of the mind, Carter's Army, along came a spider, night slaves, crowhaven farm, in search of America, escape, the forgotten man, the last child, the people, say goodbye Maggie Cole the night stalker, the night strangler, and many others. production companies included ABC films, Aaron spelling, Danny Thomas, Leonard Goldberg, Bing Crosby. those were the days.

@jessfucket

4 жыл бұрын

TUESDAY movie of the week!

The visuals really are incredible, but for me it's the music that opens the door of memory. Hearing this connected me to my early teens, remembering my mom, the "tv room", the less hectic life. Life wasn't a bowl of cherries growing up, but hearing this is all positive. It made me seek out other tv themes and unexpectedly, when I found the theme to Room 222, I couldn't help but cry. Still don't know what it touched, but it was real. I'm glad to have those memories and feelings stirred again.

@dixgun

Жыл бұрын

I’m with you on the ‘Room 222’ theme especially but also everything else you said here rings true.

@11dsw

9 ай бұрын

@@dixgunI'm a 7os/8os kid. Room 222 was on at 5a on weekdays before the early morning news in the 8os. I always watched it eating my cereal before getting ready for school. So, also childhood memories from the following generation. Definitely, that song...!!

@dixgun

9 ай бұрын

@@11dsw cool description. I can relate.

RIP to Burt Bacharach ( May 12, 1928 - February 8, 2023). Condolences to his family and friends.

I've been reading a lot of these comments--wow, you've all touched my heart! There's a collective memory going on here for many 60's kids: listening to the MOTW theme behind a closed door while drifting off to sleep. I think that if any of us got together for a beer or two, we'd have a lot to talk about (and maybe some tears to shed) because we all experienced that time together---scattered but somehow together---and listening to this lovely haunting theme song from movie of the week.

@compuserveuser2779

Жыл бұрын

I wasn't born in that era, but it somehow brings me back, too.

@alangray9117

7 ай бұрын

I'm a 70s kid and they were sure using it until the mid 70s.

Seeing this intro brings back many emotions,can't explain them though!My age is starting to take toll.

@chesterhill5083

7 жыл бұрын

Rahloh McDonogh mine as well memories

@rahlohmcdonogh280

6 жыл бұрын

Chester Hill Yep

@lwc2009

5 жыл бұрын

I can totally relate... same here....

@lwc2009

4 жыл бұрын

@Konga 5000 well said my friend.. well said...

What a nostalgic rush...just a mere 40 or so years ago, television movies were considered major events, and promoted as such. Even the opening music gave you a pang of excitement- that a big deal was about to happen. This 49-year-old appreciates it!!

I never get tired of watching this. I wish there were more ABC Movie of the Week promos out there. The intro is so cool...

This melody triggers an uneasy euphoria in me. True, unpretentious art can do that to a person.

@jimr7398

5 жыл бұрын

great comment !

@binklebabe4725

5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said, like poetry!

@damin9913

Жыл бұрын

The word you looking for is magical that's how television was back then very peaceful and simple

I still remember it like it was yesterday. I loved the ABC movie of the week. Sometimes my parents wouldn't let us stay up late to watch it, but when we did we would take our baths early and gather in front of the family TV to watch the ABC movie of the week! Can't replace those memories.

What magical memories......the announcer is Dick Tufeld.......voice of the robot from Lost in Space. Thank you for sharing this with us

Such a wonderful, almost magical memory from my childhood in Woodland, CA. Nostalgic as hell and wish I was back "there" again. For a minute we can because of this...

makes me sad brings back so many memories of my youth and loved ones I was surrounded by that are no longer here

@chesterhill5083

7 жыл бұрын

anthony deluca yes me too i know the feeling all to well

@sharondamadison7888

7 жыл бұрын

anthony deluca so true I feel the same way tears streaming down my face , so poignant , 😢😢

@anthonydeluca5174

7 жыл бұрын

strange how hearing this can bring such a flood of memories back happier times mom and dad and my little sister at home and grandma coming to visit all gone now

@sharondamadison7888

7 жыл бұрын

anthony deluca yes it was me and two brothers I was the middle child, were still here but mom, dad grandma, grandpa are gone, holidays to aren't the same,

@anthonydeluca5174

7 жыл бұрын

believe me i knowhow you feel

oh gosh! When I hear the theme song and his voice it triggers emotions of the 70s my school yrs. Sitting here now thinking and remembering. Mom can I stay up and watch this movie? I very much so miss those days :(

Oh man, The music brings back those memories!! I need a time machine!!

I miss the 1970s and this intro brought back so many memories, we would all watch the night stalker when it was the premiere movie of the week

I miss those day of TV so very much!

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

i feel like that everyday

Well produced intro, and I remember thinking at the time that that music was the best I'd ever heard in my life..

I have been wanting to see this intro for 23 years!!! I will always associate part of my childhood with watching this introduction to the ABC Movie of the Week and listening to Burt Bacharach's "Nikki".

this clip literally brings back my childhood. about ten years old , my parents were still alive and most of the older members of the family. simpler times, free from adult responsiblities. i wouldn't trade my childhood with todays youth for all the money in the world. today everything seems so pc and sterile.how three networks seemed to keep us entertained seven days a week seems amazing in todays world.

I'm sitting here in kind of a daze....I never thought I'd ever hear this again except in a kind of scratchy faded faint memory in the back of my mind....it takes me back to one of the happiest times in my life... Isure do appreciate you putting this on the Tube...it means a lot...thanks again.

@born_again_torinos

9 жыл бұрын

I'm with you. I was on the verge of tears and I wondered why. I got to thinking about it and with the state that our country is in now it makes me long for those days as a care free kid. It so sad to see our country circle the drain like it is now.

@theophilusthistle1988

9 жыл бұрын

ABC is missing a goldmine, having not as yet released this great series on DVD....

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

i miss all the old days so much i cant stand todays

@sharondamadison7888

7 жыл бұрын

nose job 😢😢

@sharondamadison7888

7 жыл бұрын

nose job 😢 I'm tearing up

oh my goodness true childhood memories thank you

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

i know right that music is so magical

@moonleverette5611

7 жыл бұрын

daminmancejin it takes you back to your childhood coming home or coming in the house to watch the movie

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

yea i always feel this way everyday my brain feeds the 60,70,80, and 90s all over again i miss the days we had im sick of todays

@frankdenardo8684

4 жыл бұрын

@@moonleverette5611 I remember this program back in the day. The Ballad Of Andy Crocker, The Monk, Seven In Darkness, The Over The Hill Gang, In Name Only, Gidget Grows Up, Night Slaves, How Awful About Alan, Crowhaven Farm, Assault On The Wayne, The Forgotten Man, Five Desperate Women, Escape, Along Came A Spider, The Letters, The Point, The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler, Pursuit, The Chadwick Family, Hit Lady, Dead Man On The Run and many other films aired on this program that debuted fifty years ago.

I remember when the ABC TV network first started airing The Movie of the Week in 1969. I was amazed at that time by the graphical video effects of the opening sequence. In those days, as a nine-year-old, all I had to worry about was getting along with my older siblings. Like so many others, I wish I could turn back the hands of time.

This was classic TV!! I remember watching tv during the week & hear that theme song! Wow! Almost brings tears thinking about the good old days!!!! Love it!! Thanks for sharing!

Man -- this catapults me straight back to childhood, trying to sneak in a few minutes of the movie of the week before my mother told me to turn the TV off. The addictive Bacharach melody, the hypnotic 2001-style special effects … it's all back.

Wow - this was great. I always loved the Burt Bachrach music.

Great comment as I felt the same exact pain. I heard this and was transported back to my childhood home and our living room and all the love and security I had with all my brothers and parents relaxing at our home back then. It even kind of brought a tear to my eye knowing it's all gone. Funny how a movie jingle can do all that. What great times those were. It's sad to see what we have on TV today. A total mess.

@billybatson8657

6 жыл бұрын

That's why I came here lol. The movie of the week was a family event, and back then was virtually like going to the movie theater.

@Carl6231

4 жыл бұрын

DeliverTheWord1 I agree. Listening to a music jingle like this represents the hard work and excellence in a TV production like this..Somehow, the music sounds so lush. You can sense ABC wanted to let the viewer know that they were bringing the best technology. To the forefront.

Oh God, Can't i just go back and be a little kid again, just for a little while? Thanks for sharing

I loved these movie bumpers. I was born 1959, so I saw them from 1969 on through to the 1980s. Anytime I watch them on you tube, they make me think of the simple times as a child and teen. I remember watching this movie, always liked Brian Keith and William Windom.

BRING BACK MY FAVORITE ANTHOLOGY SERIES.....THE OLD ABC MOVIES OF THE WEEK

I've got a downright Pavlovian reaction to this music... seeing the intro again is fabulous. Takes me right back to being a kid and desperately trying to tune in our television to catch The Screaming Woman without my parents catching me.

I am 43 too and this is totally my childhood! Many wonderful memories of a time forgotten.

I loved the movie of the week when I was coming up.as a kid. I miss the good old days, movies back then was real movies, I wish they could come back.🎬📺

I remember watching the movie of the week in the early 70's. Watching this intro again brings back so many memories. Also the 4:30 movie, and Million Dollar movie intros. Ahhh the good ole' days

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

i miss all of that stuff so much it was so magical

"Duel" was a powerful little thriller. Very effective!

Way cool- Movie of the Week was the first program we watched on our first color TV back in 1969..

Thank you for posting this! I loved the theme music! I love how the music makes you feel like something really incrible and yet poignant was about to be shown. I loved watching this as a kid with my sisters and grandmother. Such happy, simplier times, and so many great films that I have never forgotten: "The People", "Short Walk to Daylight", "The Screaming Woman", "Five Desperate Women", "Death at Love House". It's a crime that ABC has not released all of them on DVD!

Watching this transports me right back to the early seventies! This opens a treasure trove of old precious memories and feelings! I used to watch these movies week after week gathered together with my family! I miss those days so much, it make me rather sad. The 21st century just isn't the same. It makes me wish I could just step into the screen and go back there again!

@frederickrapp5396

9 ай бұрын

“We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.” JFK 11/22/63

Back when my family only had one tv set. Had to watch what Mom wanted to see.

@ikegee7420

7 жыл бұрын

this was when family watched tv together with only one set maybe two channels to watch and no remote, the simple day and times are long gone. so thankful for youtube it do take us back for some relief of todays tv shows.

@billybatson8657

6 жыл бұрын

Back when I'd have to hold the antenna through the entire movie so our family could watch ABC lol.

@argerinejordan4703

6 жыл бұрын

Hodgepodge Buhgodge Yep. I remember those days😀😀

I just wanted to say thanks to 'Sterling' & all of you fellow kids of the '60s & '70s for the commentary. Gosh- who says gosh anymore- this is akin to a school reunion but more a nostalgic reunion of our generations class. Make sure we keep it alive with sharing our memories of our youth. Again, thank you all for 'seeing what WE all see...' Only seven channels on 'our tube' and we truly got more for less. Keep watching classic TV! God... time truly waits for no one. I just blinked. Thanks.

Made-For-TV movies were great back then.

I am 65 and the ABC Movie Of The Week was a big deal. These movies were good. I was in Junior High and my parents let me stay up until 11:00 pm, so I would do my homework in the afternoon and after eating dinner, helping do the dishes, and taking a bath, I then enjoyed watching television from 8:00-11:00 pm. I stayed up until 2:00 am on Friday to see the Horror Movie Late Show!

I feel the same - very evocative of exactly what I doing in my childhood when these movies came on. So glad I found it - better late than never.

Ah, memories of Family nights down in the ole' rec room. Between this and the Sunday Night Movie theme its pure memory alley!

Brings back memories of hearing my parents watching television in the living while it was bedtime for me because of school. The good old days.

I know that this is a strong nostalgia jolt for baby boomers, but as a 90s child who never knew about this until the internet, I can proudly say that this one intro is a masterful consolidation of so many great talents (Burt Bacharach's haunting original piece mutating into a high-grandeur arrangement courtesy of Harry Betts played over evocative post-2001 A Space Odyssey slit scan work by Harry Marks and topped by a warm, comforting VO by Dick Tufeld) combining into something greater than the sum of its parts. Everyone involved in this intro,directly or indirectly, came together to create an emotional depth charge that can be felt by anyone, regardless of when they grew up.

My family watched these movies on our old RC Victor...lol. Floor model of course...later I got an used one for my room..smaller tv with an old tv stand that wobbled when I moved it around the room Lol....I miss those days....

As a teen in the 70s I wanted to be an actor, and loved TV, and movies. ABC Movie of the Week was my favorite show, I thought the previews and intros where the coolest. I would record the intros on cassette tapes and listen to them later. We liked the movies so much, my brothers, a neighbor and I made a homemade Night Stalker movie. This intro brings back tons of wonderful memories from that time. The 60s and 70s were great years to be a teen. Great memories, thanks Sterlingyoyo for sharing.

Brings back many memories, and the movies were pretty good. Brings back the memory of my parents purchasing their first color tv in 1969- "the Movie of the Week" was the program we watched to "break in" the new set!!

Miss those days

Love this whole thing...great memories.

This takes me back to the early and mid 70s when I was a kid, I'd be laying on the living room floor with no light on, just light from the tv and watching this and the movie, knowing my mother was going to say at anytime, "Ok time for bed, you got school in the morning ". Man, I miss those nights. I get a little misty eyed seeing and hearing this, what memories.

You know... I am glad that I am not the only one who is "strangely impacted" by this song. I can remember it as a child. And when I was about 20, I happened to hear it on the radio and got the title and artist. I have always been a Burt Bacharach fan, so it was thrilling to me to have access to listening to this song whenever I wanted. Glad to know there are others out there who appreciate it as much as I do!

such a beautiful, touching, 1970's feeling !

This movie of the week reminds me of the good old days of analog television with the old Crown tena rotor 2, Back then our first colour tv was a Eatons viking 26 inch made by zenith the antenna had to be aimed south to pick up channel 7 but channel 2 was the hardest to get signal was week and this was before cable , Life was so different then you always turned in to a tv station for a movie if you just wanted to relax and have a nice evening, those times are gone

@josephforest7605

5 жыл бұрын

1975 21 inch Hitachi with remote control , our first colour lasted years, dad sprung for cable . What a great time in Niagara.

Everyone in the house knew. Off the phone. Park your Schwinn bicycle. Come in off the front porch. Grab the cracker jacks, a charlston chew, and a 16oz pepsi in the hard glass bottle. We plopped on the avocado carpet. Parents sat on the couch with the plastic covers. The rabbit ears adjusted. Fuzz gone. It was indeed Tuesday and time for "Scream of the Wolf", " Bad Ronald" , " The girl most likely to..." " A Stranger in the Woods" , and my two favorites " One of my Wives is Missing" and "The Night Stalker". What a wonderful time to be a kid. Barry Diller from ABC. This was your idea. A classic signature memory of childhood. Thank You for making Tuesday nights frightening and beautiful to watch.

000hhhhhhhhhh the soudn, that music. I haven't heard it in 45 - 50 years .... reminds me so sweetly of my grandmother and watching TV with her as a child in our living room. She'd be watching the movie of the week with enjoying her Carlton 100s with a few cups of Sanka. Miss her and those times so much.

I feel like crying, because of such great memories and I can't go back I'm stuck in the crazy world of today.

@PC-CPPC

Жыл бұрын

I know how you feel. These songs remind me of such a good time growing up. It’s all disappearing.

Since the lack of new shows are on, wouldn't it be nice if ABC would do a movie of the week with this opening.

Hearing this theme song,sure bring back some great memories in my childhood..

Wow, now this really brings back wonderful memories of my childhood that I truly cherish. I wish I could go back to those wonderful days❤️❤️

Thanks so much for sharing that great little piece of nostalgia I would hum that opening theme for years and completely forgot where it came from lol 😅

"Killdozer!" A classic! lol But NOTHING beats "Duel."

@hatcher2262

2 жыл бұрын

Those 2 were my favorites along with Ordeal.

One of the most memorable tv intros… beautiful

Oh my goodness!! What fantastic memories of my youth! I thought I would never listen to this wonderful opening theme music again! Thank You!!😃

Hearing this song reminds me of being told its bedtime by my parents.....

@caliden3785

7 жыл бұрын

ikr

@ErichLRuehs

7 жыл бұрын

That is so funny! I remember hearing this while in the bedroom. Me and one bed, my brother Karl in the other, while mom and dad watched a movie. Can still hear my mother laughing during a funny scene. Then again, some were dramas and other suspense.

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

i know hearing this is sooo magical

@ThisSideGlassbottle651

7 жыл бұрын

depends what kind of movie it was.If it was a monster flick of some sort my parents let us watch it

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

I MISS THIS SO MUCH

My mom would take us to the Lucky's store and get all the best snacks. She would cook breakfast for dinner. The t.v guide would be marked . And I would have on my favorite p.j's. The best times. When one parent worked, most people purchased homes, nice cars and vacations. ❤

love it, miss all the old shows we grew up with

I loved those short story movies the theme was amazing

omg I'm Tearing Up Nostalgia

@jessfucket

4 жыл бұрын

me too

Actually, I was also still watching some TV series of the late '60s in that period too, such as "Adam-12," "The Carol Burnett Show," "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," "Here's Lucy," "The Mod Squad," and "Room 222." And I also remember "Arnie" (starring Herschel Bernardi) and a short-lived sitcom called "A Touch of Grace," which was Shirley Booth's terrific second sitcom after "Hazel" that not enough viewers watched, since it was on ABC against CBS' killer Saturday evening line-up.

Wow this brings back a lot of great memories when I was a kid long before cable TV, when television was family friendly.

When I was little I used to go around with this theme music in my head. I was 6 in 1969. They don't call them the formative years for nothing.

@Jeff-ip6ev

3 ай бұрын

Remember the same, family centered around the TV every night, this song sucks me back to a simpler time...wish I could go back and appreciate it for a week!

I love the abc movies of the week...they should bring back the tv series anthology series a,great series.. on cable

@luisreyes1963

5 жыл бұрын

Easier said than done due to the fact that TV networks are loath to spend money on creating movies made for TV, opting instead to produce cheap "Reality TV" shows. Also, the majority of old movies are now the property of basic cable TV channels. 🎞️

The music is by Burt Bacharach, which I just discovered this week!

@Blackorpheus68

8 жыл бұрын

+SuperWidemouth -Nikki great song relaxing, I think it was written for a friends daughter that committed suicide

@HosieO

8 жыл бұрын

+Blackorpheus68 Nikki was Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson's daughter. www.standard.co.uk/news/tormented-daughter-of-burt-bacharach-commits-suicide-7202678.html

@Blackorpheus68

8 жыл бұрын

thank you for knowledge

@MP-co2kp

6 жыл бұрын

Blackorpheus68 u

@susanbeverly2186

6 жыл бұрын

I think the music is beautiful but the melody sounds kind of sad to me. I remember hearing that tune on the tv as a child and I felt that way when I heard it even back then.

I was 5 yrs old listening to this intro! CLASSIC!

I still watch this every week at some point. Brings back such great memories!

Harry Marks is still with us. He gives occasional talks and lives in Laguna Hills. Great guy and with lots of memories of working at ABC!

@AmusedChild

10 жыл бұрын

I hope that someone is recording his oral history. His knowledge of the network at that time is invaluable!

@ninamarks6947

10 жыл бұрын

AmusedChild The network intrigue is is pretty colorful. I had dinner with him last night - he's an incredible cook! We talked about Fred Silverman and Aaron Spelling. . . I never get tired of hearing the stories. You can view some of his history at lynda.com. He did a talk here on the Monterey Pensinsula (where he resides) last year, and has been invited to do more.

@AmusedChild

10 жыл бұрын

Nina Marks Thanks a lot!

Also before cell phones and computers ! back then everything was a bigger, more exciting deal, as we hadn't been overloaded and dumbed down with an information and tabloid mentality. We played OUTSIDE,not in.

I feel exactly the same. I was a child of the 70s and this takes me right back there.

I accidentally back-doored into this theme song for a show I wanted to see, and I felt as though defib paddles had been used on me. I'd totally forgotten this theme song--so glad to hear it again

I. am a little sad. !I just shut off my cable programing nothing on! two hundred channels I miss the movie of the week also go ask alice and the over the hill gang. and Yuma with Clint walker. were some of the greatest movie growing up. now I'm 57 and bored where is the good programing gone is this it? now I'm a asleep at 8p m

@emerybayblues

8 жыл бұрын

+Louis Ramos Ditto, cxlled my comcast 2 months ago & i'm buying an antenna.

@daminmancejin

7 жыл бұрын

i know how you feel back in the days we had the very good tv shows and magical programs but now tv is so boring its not funny

Who does the narration? Always loved this along with the 4:30 movie and the Mystery Movie series.

@sterlingyoyo

9 жыл бұрын

That is the voice of Dick Tufeld. articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/25/local/la-me-dick-tufeld-20120125

@trucking604

9 жыл бұрын

sterlingyoyo Didn't he do the Lost In Space robot's voice as well as other Irwin Allan series narrations?

@OPTIONALWATCH

8 жыл бұрын

+trucking604 Yes, that was a great voice for narration.

@joemirabile513

4 жыл бұрын

That is NOT Dick Tufeld. Dick had a higher, cleaner, more elegant voice. He did (besides the robot) a lot of commercials and special events like awards shows. Listen to some of his commercials: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6B2qLCDYMmpc6Q.html EDIT: the middle part of the clip (the actual preview of the movie) could be Dick. But he is not the series announcer at the beginning and end.

Folks, these will always be cherished memories for us all. Keep them fresh in your mind always! I love em! 👍

As a child, this theme song and arrangement always symbolized New York City, which I lived a couple hundred miles from and where I thought television came from. It sounded so confident and safe, the product of monumental talent. I never guessed that it was written by Burt Bacharach, although I knew his hit songs well and loved them all. At the time, I assumed it was composed by some anonymous writer who worked for ABC.