Saturday mornings with my Dad were set or at least they were in New England. Candlepin Bowling (WCVB) then the Pro Bowlers Tour and finally good ol' Jim McKay with his classic intro to Wide World of Sports. Yeah, I miss those days and my Dad too.
I remember watching this every Saturday, now over 40 years ago... young men and women truly trying to represent themselves doing their best... for their country, the city ... and their mom and dad... days gone by. Loved that opening.
Being from Slovenia, Vinko had never seen it until ABC flew him to America in 1981 to attend the 20th Anniversary party for the show. He had no idea how famous he was.
Classic! The best sports program ever. You used to get all the best boxing matches in boxing's golden era, great track and field events, horse racing, and so much more. Jim McKay was an awesome broadcaster and Howard Cosell was still there in 81.
Loved this. It covered so many sports, sports that I would never go out of my way to watch, but they way they presented it with those great announcers, made it so awesome. Miss those days.
"Cartoons, Soul Train and American Bandstand were over!" where I grew up, all those were on Saturday. (that said, Bandstand was on the radio on Sunday mornings. tbf, the only reason I know that is bc, on Sundays, I worked alone at my HS job - and kept the radio on to keep me company. so I accidentally know the german words to "Neunundneunzig Luftballons" out of sheer repetition. all bc I was afraid of changing the radio station. (nk.)
I remember that intro back then... and even today... 40 years later I love watching... such a great feel to watch men and women trying to do their best... to represent their country, their city, their mom and dad... and themselves... days gone by.
This is such an epic intro and what a great show. I can hardly believe this only has 203,000 views. Really brings back great memories of a show that lasted 33 years.
@@SWalkerTTU I just found this mini-bio of the guy sliding off the edge of the high jump. (given the era, OF COURSE it's someone from soviet sphere. which - in itself - is kinda interest for how even jim mckay rolled in the Cold War.) th-cam.com/video/jKEDD1i4oGk/w-d-xo.html
The Wide World or Sports theme was ghost-written by Charles Fox (then 24 yrs old) for $500. That theme opened every show for all 33 years. Though Fox didn't receive screen credit there, it did lead directly to him writing the original theme for "ABC's Monday Night Football" and a host of other tv themes including "Love American Style", "Happy Days" "Love Boat", "Wonder Woman" and "Laverne & Shirley". Fox also wrote the Grammy winning song "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and was voted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2004.
Yeah, we cool. Two things. Don't tell nobody about this. This shit is between me, you, and Mr. Soon-To-Be-Living-The-Rest-of-His-Short-Ass-Life-In-Agonizing-Pain Ski-Jumper here.
I used to love the competition where the ice skaters would jump over barrels lined up. They would add more if they cleared the previous ones. They had some epic wipeouts in that. Wonder how many broken tailbones resulted from that???😬
I was up on Saturday before the local ABC station would come on the air. Way earlier than I ever did for school. Saturday morning cartoons were an institution. Sad to see them go.
There used to be a lot more airlines, large and small. Two large ones that no longer exist are TWA, which went under long before 1980, and Eastern Airlines, which I can remember flying on in the ‘80s. Fuel prices and mergers/buyouts took out many well-known carriers.
@@Banichi04 did you know Donald Trump bought Eastern Airlines and renamed it Trump Airlines but it soon turned into one of his failures in business???!!!
This is NOT a slam on the poster... But was the sound really that muffled back then? Yeah, sure I know about copying VHS into digital. But still... Have our ears changed that much over time? Weird, as I move further forward into time, the recordings of the past seem to get worse and worse. Again, NOT a slam on the poster. It just seems like the sound quality may have been bad back then and we just didn't realize it. Even stuff from the 2000's seems to be "off" somehow when you look at it nowadays.
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+Chan Kobun Apparently you do. If you didn't then you wouldn't have wasted your time replying to a comment made two years ago. Glad to see all of that time eating corn chips in your mothers basement isn't being wasted.
arcanum70 Wow, what an original response. Must've taken you a full ten seconds to come up with that one. Now shove off, you fat waste of oxygen, and don't bother replying.
+Chan Kobun ROTFLMAO...guess I hit a nerve. As to the response, I wasn't going for originality, and ten seconds to come up with it is better than the two years it took your short buss ass to come up with one. :D Enjoy your cheese puffs.
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This is so sad to me, because those good old days are long gone. Those were happy times.
Amen
@@asanokatana you’re forgetting when this was posted
Saturday mornings with my Dad were set or at least they were in New England. Candlepin Bowling (WCVB) then the Pro Bowlers Tour and finally good ol' Jim McKay with his classic intro to Wide World of Sports. Yeah, I miss those days and my Dad too.
I'd watch this with my mom and dad.
True.
God rest Jim McKay. The way he presented the program was unmatched. 🏆🏆🏆
agreed
I remember watching this every Saturday, now over 40 years ago... young men and women truly trying to represent themselves doing their best... for their country, the city ... and their mom and dad... days gone by. Loved that opening.
Can on about 5 pm
Best intro to anything, anywhere, ever.
Poor Vinko...imagine to make one huge mistake and have it replayed over 1000000 times during your life. He was he face of AGONY!
Being from Slovenia, Vinko had never seen it until ABC flew him to America in 1981 to attend the 20th Anniversary party for the show. He had no idea how famous he was.
On the flip-side, Vinko will be immortalized for eternity . . . while all those Gold-Medal Wining Champions have passed through memory and forgotten.
I think of Vinko every time I have to carry something bulky up or down the stairs.
@@Dehmitz Or when I was sledding on the snow and wiping out.
The face...and "de feet"!
Jim McKay was one of the finest sportscasters who ever lived.
If you look through all the years of this intro. The thrill of victory changes, but the agony of defeat is always the same. 😂
That poor guy!
I was 10 years old. Our first colored TV set in the Philippines: "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!"
Jim McKay. Who can forget that voice?
Classic! The best sports program ever. You used to get all the best boxing matches in boxing's golden era, great track and field events, horse racing, and so much more. Jim McKay was an awesome broadcaster and Howard Cosell was still there in 81.
Loved this. It covered so many sports, sports that I would never go out of my way to watch, but they way they presented it with those great announcers, made it so awesome. Miss those days.
I like the Acapulco cliff diving and the Swedish barrel jumping.
Yep. No pay per view. So the great fights.
Great production from a simpler time, era of 📺
I would watch this intro, then go outside to play. Cartoons, Soul Train and American Bandstand were over! That music really sells it!
"Cartoons, Soul Train and American Bandstand were over!"
where I grew up, all those were on Saturday.
(that said, Bandstand was on the radio on Sunday mornings. tbf, the only reason I know that is bc, on Sundays, I worked alone at my HS job - and kept the radio on to keep me company.
so I accidentally know the german words to "Neunundneunzig Luftballons" out of sheer repetition.
all bc I was afraid of changing the radio station. (nk.)
Dang! That was my Saturday! Life was so great.
Yes sir
Them was the days FOREAL
I remember that intro back then... and even today... 40 years later I love watching... such a great feel to watch men and women trying to do their best... to represent their country, their city, their mom and dad... and themselves... days gone by.
I'm not a sports fan but I love the open of wide world of sports
This is such an epic intro and what a great show. I can hardly believe this only has 203,000 views. Really brings back great memories of a show that lasted 33 years.
I remember being 12 years old, in my bedroom doing homework and hearing this theme from the TV in the living room ..
Homework on Saturday afternoon? Nerd.
I came here for the "AGONY OF DEFEAT!"
lol....memories
We called it "agony of the feet!"
Eric 12374
Dude, I am 41 years old, up until EbaumsWorld in 2004 I thought it was about "agony of the feet" too!
Everyone watches for the ski jump wipeout OOOF!
navyman4 de feet
@@SWalkerTTU I just found this mini-bio of the guy sliding off the edge of the high jump.
(given the era, OF COURSE it's someone from soviet sphere. which - in itself - is kinda interest for how even jim mckay rolled in the Cold War.)
th-cam.com/video/jKEDD1i4oGk/w-d-xo.html
Wow! I haven’t seen this since I was knee high to a grass hopper. Great memories watching this with my Dad
That ski crash horrified me growing up,.Definitely an OMG moment
Wish they would bring the show back.
I wish this was still on i miss this era and this kind of TV
I don't think I watched the entire show many times but I always watched this introduction.
Just to get a major boxing title fight was such a treat. Howard Cosell and Chris Shankel led the way. The real ABC I want to remember.
I miss those times of great FREE tv sports events before PPV ruined everything!
The Wide World or Sports theme was ghost-written by Charles Fox (then 24 yrs old) for $500. That theme opened every show for all 33 years. Though Fox didn't receive screen credit there, it did lead directly to him writing the original theme for "ABC's Monday Night Football" and a host of other tv themes including "Love American Style", "Happy Days" "Love Boat", "Wonder Woman" and "Laverne & Shirley". Fox also wrote the Grammy winning song "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and was voted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2004.
The more you know! Thanks for sharing!
I prefer TH-cam over regular TV
That’s SO awesome!! Thank you for sharing that. I had no idea!
As a kid I would chill on the couch during the winter watching Wide World of Sports in the afternoon and Hockey Night in Canada at night. Great times
I always felt bad for Vinko Bogataj, the "agony of defeat" guy.
i miss the 80's sooo much! hate this era and wish it ends! thank you for posting abc wws-
Back in the days when they were actually making an original intro for each show... What a great theme that was!
I SWEAR I first learned the word "agony" from ABC'S Wide World Of Sports....NOT KIDDING.
Jim Craig was the thrill of victory for much too short of a time.
We all watched for the skiing wipeout. Jim McKay could've said, "I'm Jim McKay and welcome to Jackass!" and we wouldn't have known any better.
😂😂😂
Saturday morning cartoons... and a nostalgic commercial .
What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?
Blazing saddles.
That's Ray Leonard kicking the Hitmans ass!
Freaking awesome!!!! That was true sports and w/o a doubt real competition.......
Incredible show. I'm not even a sports person and I still loved it! 🤣
amazing memories - thanks for posting
ESPN Sports Saturday < ABC Wild World of Sports
I just had to watch that guy wipe out one more time! Remember watching Wide Wide World of Sports and eating popcorn.
...Jiffy Pop, by chance?...
🍿😗🥤📺
MAN I think this is the best version of this...
They should bring back the Wide World of Sports to combat the obesity problem among the youth.
That's when tv was good
I agree
I always wondered if this dude lived after that fall......
I think he was in the audience for ABC's 50th Anniversary celebration in 2003.
He wasn't even hurt very bad. I was figuring broken bones and a long hospital stay!
I gotta think ESPN killed the Saturday sports shows.
What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is going on here?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? YESSS!
Remember Muhammad Ali fighting on Saturdays...
The intro voiceover ("Spanning the globe") is by Jim McKay. I have no idea whose voice is doing the sponsors.
0:13 is why I'm here
WW of S put figure skating in the map.
Saturday.
I can smell the nostalgia
Great program, always watched the USGP @ Carlsbad 🇺🇸🥇
yeah was how you watched boxing before pay per view
Amazing.
this is epicc
So much fun.
go sugar ray !!!
Yeah, we cool. Two things. Don't tell nobody about this. This shit is between me, you, and Mr. Soon-To-Be-Living-The-Rest-of-His-Short-Ass-Life-In-Agonizing-Pain Ski-Jumper here.
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I used to love the competition where the ice skaters would jump over barrels lined up. They would add more if they cleared the previous ones. They had some epic wipeouts in that. Wonder how many broken tailbones resulted from that???😬
🏀👋🥎🔆🆒
I hated this show when I was a kid. It meant Saturday morning cartoons were over.
Just had that conversion with my bro last week, Saturday morning cartoons are a thing of the past.
I was up on Saturday before the local ABC station would come on the air. Way earlier than I ever did for school. Saturday morning cartoons were an institution.
Sad to see them go.
Yup. I loved the intro though!
used come on at 2pm every Saturday
I remember cartoons going to 2:00 in the afternoon. Now you're lucky to see one or two of them.
i was 7
I hope y’all will reply to this I never heard of Republic Airlines
There used to be a lot more airlines, large and small. Two large ones that no longer exist are TWA, which went under long before 1980, and Eastern Airlines, which I can remember flying on in the ‘80s. Fuel prices and mergers/buyouts took out many well-known carriers.
@@Banichi04 did you know Donald Trump bought Eastern Airlines and renamed it Trump Airlines but it soon turned into one of his failures in business???!!!
@@Banichi04Also Braniff and Piedmont Airlines.
I loved watching abc wide world's of sports until they took it off the air which angered ne
When it was still cool to be a rah-rah-rah person......
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Hoping ABC trots this out for the UFC card on Saturday.
This is NOT a slam on the poster... But was the sound really that muffled back then? Yeah, sure I know about copying VHS into digital. But still... Have our ears changed that much over time? Weird, as I move further forward into time, the recordings of the past seem to get worse and worse. Again, NOT a slam on the poster. It just seems like the sound quality may have been bad back then and we just didn't realize it. Even stuff from the 2000's seems to be "off" somehow when you look at it nowadays.
Oh wow, back in the day we actually knew that the United States was a Republic, not a Democracy. I miss this show.
Republic
noun
1. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2. a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
3. a constitutional form in which the head of state is an elected or nominated president
+arcanum70 Nobody. Fucking. Cares.
+Chan Kobun Apparently you do. If you didn't then you wouldn't have wasted your time replying to a comment made two years ago. Glad to see all of that time eating corn chips in your mothers basement isn't being wasted.
arcanum70 Wow, what an original response. Must've taken you a full ten seconds to come up with that one. Now shove off, you fat waste of oxygen, and don't bother replying.
+Chan Kobun ROTFLMAO...guess I hit a nerve. As to the response, I wasn't going for originality, and ten seconds to come up with it is better than the two years it took your short buss ass to come up with one. :D Enjoy your cheese puffs.
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