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THE PROMOS/BUMPERS/STATION IDs ETC. THREAD!

Started by retrorussell, May 31, 2015, 06:43:25 PM

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retrorussell

May 31, 2015, 06:43:25 PM
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
Bumper:
Good ol' Casey Kasem!
http://youtu.be/MU8mjC2nPnA
Station ID:
http://youtu.be/HIxGyrQz_e8
Or ratings bumpers or "coming next" clips for cable!
Have at it, tv/cable lovers!
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

VenomX73

#1
May 31, 2015, 09:04:14 PM
1988 - 1993? ABC - Saturday morning bumpers

http://youtu.be/0vI0UcUxzrQ
Gilligan's island, Goonies and Godzilla information booth here!

retrorussell

#2
June 01, 2015, 02:22:25 AM
^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
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

Jack

#3
June 01, 2015, 06:08:58 AM
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
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retrorussell

#4
June 01, 2015, 05:39:03 PM
One of the many ABC promos set to the hit song "Still The One". (1977)
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
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

JaseSF

#5
June 01, 2015, 06:41:20 PM
"This above all: To thine own self be true!"

VenomX73

#6
June 01, 2015, 07:25:48 PM
USA Cartoon Express - 1991

http://youtu.be/XuRnyDKsBZY\

Does anyone remember this?...
Gilligan's island, Goonies and Godzilla information booth here!

retrorussell

#7
June 01, 2015, 08:41:45 PM
^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
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

JaseSF

#8
June 02, 2015, 06:26:50 PM
"This above all: To thine own self be true!"

retrorussell

#9
June 02, 2015, 09:25:39 PM
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
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

retrorussell

#10
June 02, 2015, 09:33:24 PM Last Edit: June 05, 2015, 09:22:28 PM by retrorussell
Showtime early 90s After Hours bumper:
http://youtu.be/X7ypnDS6210
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

retrorussell

#11
August 24, 2015, 03:36:29 AM
CBS game show promos from 1974!
http://youtu.be/yLhV-ynWE9Q
And from 1979:
http://youtu.be/ypZPOIsDK90
And 1984:
http://youtu.be/e7ibtrIxaRc
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

JaseSF

#12
August 24, 2015, 04:57:38 PM Last Edit: August 30, 2015, 06:12:30 PM by JaseSF
Space: The Imagination Station (used to be a cool Canadian channel in the 90s, early 2000s)

http://youtu.be/E47g329vWcQ

http://youtu.be/IE87K9Yfnm8

http://youtu.be/yoyFhsEQiN0

http://youtu.be/X6cwe0KVGBw (Space Bar was a wrap around movie host style show)

More Drive-In Classics

http://youtu.be/U2Ep6bSjd_k
"This above all: To thine own self be true!"

retrorussell

#13
August 24, 2015, 05:23:26 PM
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
And in the early days of Portland/Vancouver's KPDX-49 (80s), this morning movie intro:
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
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

retrorussell

#14
December 27, 2015, 04:26:19 AM
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
Also, some often-seen distributors:
VESTRON VIDEO
! No longer available
THORN EMI
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MEDIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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WARNER HOME VIDEO
! No longer available
UNITED ARTISTS
! No longer available
PARAMOUNT
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