Hey gang!
For those unversed with the technicalities of tv/cable programming lingo, promos indicated promotional material utilized by a tv/cable channel to drum up interest in that station's programs, with the plug for their channel being ever-present. Bumpers were short segues to and from a show also courtesy of the channel. Station IDs prominently showed the channel and served to show/remind you what channel you were watching.
Examples:
Promos:
http://youtu.be/t6BEia7xFbE (http://youtu.be/t6BEia7xFbE)
Bumper:
Good ol' Casey Kasem!
http://youtu.be/MU8mjC2nPnA (http://youtu.be/MU8mjC2nPnA)
Station ID:
http://youtu.be/HIxGyrQz_e8 (http://youtu.be/HIxGyrQz_e8)
Or ratings bumpers or "coming next" clips for cable!
Have at it, tv/cable lovers!
1988 - 1993? ABC - Saturday morning bumpers
http://youtu.be/0vI0UcUxzrQ (http://youtu.be/0vI0UcUxzrQ)
^The horse falling on the cowboy always cracked me up. :)
I rather liked the spacey/video gamey bumpers from the 80s for CBS cartoons.
Here's a couple; the latter was always just before the cartoon's end credits.
http://youtu.be/SjOyhqaY8ow (http://youtu.be/SjOyhqaY8ow)
The first thing that popped into my head was that peacock one you posted :teddyr:
Sci Fi used to have a bunch
http://youtu.be/7qeL9Fm-9W0 (http://youtu.be/7qeL9Fm-9W0)
One of the many ABC promos set to the hit song "Still The One". (1977)
http://youtu.be/-L5DcSieInE (http://youtu.be/-L5DcSieInE)
And a "coming next" bumper from Showtime during their "Showtime Excitement" days, based on the Pointer Sisters song "I'm So Excited".
http://youtu.be/ACeYJvaRE3s (http://youtu.be/ACeYJvaRE3s)
Sci-Fi Channel 1990s
http://youtu.be/n75wBxl0lJ4 (http://youtu.be/n75wBxl0lJ4)
http://youtu.be/5GCEJ3RB1_4 (http://youtu.be/5GCEJ3RB1_4)
http://youtu.be/W_p8aQO_juQ (http://youtu.be/W_p8aQO_juQ)
http://youtu.be/kvNyqU5DArw (http://youtu.be/kvNyqU5DArw)
http://youtu.be/iqRhJmRmIDY (http://youtu.be/iqRhJmRmIDY)
USA Cartoon Express - 1991
http://youtu.be/XuRnyDKsBZY\ (http://youtu.be/XuRnyDKsBZY%5C)
Does anyone remember this?...
^Watched plenty of USA Cartoon Express at my mom's in Vancouver WA on the weekends in the mid 80s. Cable TV and Aladdin's Castle arcade at the Vancouver Mall.. good times!
I liked the barbershop quartet/doo wop Nickelodeon bumpers.
Especially when they would lead into Dangermouse or You Can't Do That On Television. :)
http://youtu.be/aQ79AqEtHXo (http://youtu.be/aQ79AqEtHXo)
Miss these channels: Scream & Drive-In Classics
http://youtu.be/1b6-fA8mbAM (http://youtu.be/1b6-fA8mbAM)
http://youtu.be/a9XpKa-WHVM (http://youtu.be/a9XpKa-WHVM)
http://youtu.be/y3dLE1ScOZk (http://youtu.be/y3dLE1ScOZk)
http://youtu.be/vI__5ywHKuY (http://youtu.be/vI__5ywHKuY)
http://youtu.be/HHBT0UR96YQ (http://youtu.be/HHBT0UR96YQ)
http://youtu.be/JYUXJa_n0n8 (http://youtu.be/JYUXJa_n0n8)
http://youtu.be/FUhwkqJd8Fw (http://youtu.be/FUhwkqJd8Fw)
HBO in space (this was the usually-seen version that was cut from the original), plus an R-rated bumper. I loved these as a kid; I was gonna see blood and boobies!
http://youtu.be/sLFcNQzcoas (http://youtu.be/sLFcNQzcoas)
Showtime early 90s After Hours bumper:
http://youtu.be/X7ypnDS6210 (http://youtu.be/X7ypnDS6210)
CBS game show promos from 1974!
http://youtu.be/yLhV-ynWE9Q (http://youtu.be/yLhV-ynWE9Q)
And from 1979:
http://youtu.be/ypZPOIsDK90 (http://youtu.be/ypZPOIsDK90)
And 1984:
http://youtu.be/e7ibtrIxaRc (http://youtu.be/e7ibtrIxaRc)
Space: The Imagination Station (used to be a cool Canadian channel in the 90s, early 2000s)
http://youtu.be/E47g329vWcQ (http://youtu.be/E47g329vWcQ)
http://youtu.be/IE87K9Yfnm8 (http://youtu.be/IE87K9Yfnm8)
http://youtu.be/yoyFhsEQiN0 (http://youtu.be/yoyFhsEQiN0)
http://youtu.be/X6cwe0KVGBw (http://youtu.be/X6cwe0KVGBw) (Space Bar was a wrap around movie host style show)
More Drive-In Classics
http://youtu.be/U2Ep6bSjd_k (http://youtu.be/U2Ep6bSjd_k)
An 80s station ID for Portland's KPTV-12 (now FOX-12). The voice is Portland's "Ramblin' Rod" Anderson, host of a long-running Portland kids show, "The Ramblin' Rod Show". Good ol' Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach in the vid.
http://youtu.be/tTRdhvyUOmc (http://youtu.be/tTRdhvyUOmc)
And in the early days of Portland/Vancouver's KPDX-49 (80s), this morning movie intro:
http://youtu.be/QQH_fgkkk9U (http://youtu.be/QQH_fgkkk9U)
And Portland's own game show ON THE SPOT ('84-87). Larry Blackmar is (was?) local newscaster Tracy Barry's husband. I remember walking right in front of him live on camera at the Rose Festival; I'm sure he wasn't thrilled. :)
http://youtu.be/WOyMQ8fkw2U (http://youtu.be/WOyMQ8fkw2U)
GORGON VIDEO ID for their home video tapes. I remember their tape boxes being GIGANTIC at the mom-and-pop VHS stores. Some sort of gory, shoestring-budgeted garbage would be inside!
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzjWUUx5NXo#)
Also, some often-seen distributors:
VESTRON VIDEO
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovV5hSn7wCA#)
THORN EMI
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhtlclcBr80#)
MEDIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdwhKPwPvug#)
WARNER HOME VIDEO
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfuOw9QE2lY#)
UNITED ARTISTS
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuaJm8_0cZ0#)
PARAMOUNT
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD2T5KHd0ok#)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI8IZgdHP-U#)
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHJonU8HNyQ#)
http://youtu.be/MUWMjUjit_U (http://youtu.be/MUWMjUjit_U)
I lived in Auburn/Federal Way area of Washington State in the late 80s/early 90s. KCPQ13 was on a lot on our TV sets. Here's a clip of 1982 news and a station ID (Ding! Ding!).
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0F5w27JUBY#)
A bit later in the 80s the station ID would show the time of day as it segued into the next program.
PARAMOUNT TELEVISION
The "Zoom into the mountain" one.
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMYGp_DES4A#)
SCREEN GEMS
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQd-ls7Psh8#)
VIACOM
"V" of doom!
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10LDTLjEPDM#)
MARK VII/UNIVERSAL
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPCa2mYTYF4#)
RANKIN-BASS
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_65xX86jYA#)
20TH CENTURY FOX/LUCASFILM
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYameKFvd7Q#)
http://youtu.be/klG9G4BDLtA (http://youtu.be/klG9G4BDLtA)
http://youtu.be/ML5RExK1Mac (http://youtu.be/ML5RExK1Mac)
"DEEK!"
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTBBNVwz5Dc#)
Promos from the very short-lived cable channel SPOTLIGHT:
"Spot-light! Shi-ning bright! Dayyy or night! We light up the stars with the spot-light!"
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8oWUqUA7bY#)
CINEMAX AFTER DARK aka "Skinemax" promos!
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4zeyy3yKU0#)