The week this originally aired, as an episode of "Don Kirschner's Rock Concert", some of us especially wanted to watch it, for being the only time a Klaatu song was aired on American television. Plus it was the only completed animation for a proposed film called "Happy New Year, Planet Earth."
Never liked Byron Allen, but now I've got some respect for him, since it's clear he started out very young...One of the most powerful people in the industry now.
What's up with the clipped music videos? Rod Stewart, Olivia Newton-John and Mike Nesmith had their songs removed, while we got the entirety of The Unknown Comic?! That's a glitch in the Betamax!
49:56 - It's interesting to see an advert for Penn Hills Resort. There is a good mini-documentary about this place on TH-cam which I have seen. It's abandoned now, but was still operating into the 2000's I think.
"Klay-Two?" Glad to see the rare music video, but I imagine their management was a little annoyed that they pronounced the band's name wrong. Klaatu was once rumored to be The Beatles incognito, but in actuality were a trio of Canadian musicians who had revealed their identities by the time this song was released. The song "A Routine Day" came from their third album "Sir Army Suit" released in 1978.
Gawd the Jordache look…commercial was on 50 times a day..as a 9 year old ah yes I remember the “look” ha ha,..you know I never noticed the bartender completely spills the dudes 🍺 beer!
14:40 my neighbor had one. I remember walking down the steps and sliding even though I was tall when I was in kindergarten. Never should have stopped making it, but I bet some mom thought it might be dangerous. 😢
Don Kirschner's Rock Concert (which this is a part of) began on ABC, but apparently by the time of this airing in 1979 it had become syndicated, and was aired nationwide. I've seen it listed in newspapers as having aired on August 18, 1979.
And it’s not about the music; it’s the nostalgia especially for GenXers. Besides, anyone who remembers Don Kischner’s Rock Concert knows the musical acts were always hit or miss, anyway.
I was either in 5th or 6th grade depending on what month this aired. Looking back on this the only thing I can think of was the vast amount of coke available in the green room.
I was 15 and would watch anything music related on tv. If ya didn't have the $ for a concert then this is what were left with... the tv.... or rent/buy concert videos on VHS or Betamax haha. Concerts were dirt cheap too, but ya had to mow a lot of lawns to afford a $25 ticket. I'm not going to say anything else because I sound boomer-ish... and I am :(
Wow, 3 seconds each of Nesmith, Cocker and anything else anyone might give a shit about, leaving nothing but honey garbage and old ads! There's almost a minute of Cheap Trick, but only because they're in a freaking commercial! What a total bummer!
Thanks for watching the video. There's copyright restrictions on uploading to youtube especially for music. I could have just chose to share the commercials only and not the show at all, but I wanted to share lost media with everyone to enjoy.
So it was a pilot for a show on a local station. They didn’t may much of a budget. They tried to do an SNL skit-type thing anyway. They favored advertisers by putting a lot of ads in it, presumably for free. It didn’t work. Thats ok, they tried. At least the girls are cute.
@@timstamps5281 I will defer, but it’s has so many plugs for local NBC affiliate that it looks like a local show. Many local stations tried something like this back in the day.
Yeah,we got to see hot girls and listen to great music. Nothing creepy or weird about how people are today. Like grown men saying they "identify" as a 12 year old girl. Nothing creepy about that at all. Right?
Copyright is a thing you know. The fact that any footage uploaded is a godsend. I mean when are you ever going to find such a rare segment? So not lame….
I am looking for the Cartoon Episode from I't Punky Brewster The SHoe Must Go On. The original Hourlong Ghostwriter blocks from PBS with the original contests between the 2 episodes. Thanks.
A good example of how horrible pop culture was in the 70s. Yes, we had Frampton and Zeppelin but it was 98% this shit. You only had one or two other channels to choose from and there as no way to skip past the ads.
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Oh dang, I thought I was gonna get to see The Time Machine - lol!
I remember seeing that when it came out. So bad, it was good
More Star Wars
Less Steampunk
Am I Right?
@@samuelcarrasquillo4590you had to be there, kid.
@@michaellatta7699 LOL same here!! Thats the guy who got his head bashed in in Rollerball unforgettable scene!
As of this writing(7/30/24) Murray Langston (the Unknown Comic) is still alive at age 80!!
The week this originally aired, as an episode of "Don Kirschner's Rock Concert", some of us especially wanted to watch it, for being the only time a Klaatu song was aired on American television. Plus it was the only completed animation for a proposed film called "Happy New Year, Planet Earth."
Holy cow, Klaatu?!
What a find, I didn't know that video existed.
Great flashback of late 70s cheese. I graduated from HS in 1980, but missed this.
Sarah Dash, too! My goodness!!
You make me old I was 54 in 1980
I was in the eighth grade in 1979 and i remember this it was really great and
Thanks for the Memories Meredith.
🇺🇲📺🇺🇲
Wasn’t great though-aged horribly
Never liked Byron Allen, but now I've got some respect for him, since it's clear he started out very young...One of the most powerful people in the industry now.
I was 12 at the time. I remember watching this. Thanks for posting!
Oh cool! Glad to bring back some memories and thanks for watching the video 🙂
What's up with the clipped music videos? Rod Stewart, Olivia Newton-John and Mike Nesmith had their songs removed, while we got the entirety of The Unknown Comic?! That's a glitch in the Betamax!
Copyright
This 1979 rare lost TV pilot Weekend Jam was totally awesome, plus, super magnificent commercials as well!!
49:56 - It's interesting to see an advert for Penn Hills Resort. There is a good mini-documentary about this place on TH-cam which I have seen. It's abandoned now, but was still operating into the 2000's I think.
I was freaking out when I saw this.
The commercials i have not seen in forever.
"Klay-Two?" Glad to see the rare music video, but I imagine their management was a little annoyed that they pronounced the band's name wrong. Klaatu was once rumored to be The Beatles incognito, but in actuality were a trio of Canadian musicians who had revealed their identities by the time this song was released. The song "A Routine Day" came from their third album "Sir Army Suit" released in 1978.
Thanks for sharing this! Too bad the songs are cut out--I would have liked to see Michael Nesmith do "Rio."
Stupid copyright stuff. Internet archive don't cut stuff out
Wow! Brings back a lot of memories. Those commercials! Everything was dripping with SEX.
LOL! Mike Nesmith once threated to punch Don Kirschner is the face.
I mean who wouldn't
Awfully punchable
And sadly his segment is cut here. I get it, copyright issues
@@jimringomartin Maybe Mike punched another wall to get it cut.
That was a good show. The ads brought back some memories!
Looks like night flight before USA Night Flight!
This aired at 1 a.m. Sunday, June 3, 1979.
So I’m guessing that the little clip of SNL must have been the end of the Rolling Stones episode.
i'm only here for the commercials
I blanched yet immediately began singing Jordache Look. jordache loo-ooh-ook.
It all looks like a commercial to me 😂
@@scottanderson2458 well, it IS all a commercial...so, yeah, good call.
is that Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira in the "Tony Hot wax" sketch?
Yep thats her
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Yeah I was going to post that if no one else had.
That's what I said too!!
Nice to see that I wasn’t the only one to notice.
She looked great! Also Joe Piscopo & Hoover from animal house in Dr.pepper commercial
"..'push up, plunge, or convertible..."
Great commercials!
Thanks, this upload is awesome!
Gawd the Jordache look…commercial was on 50 times a day..as a 9 year old ah yes I remember the “look” ha ha,..you know I never noticed the bartender completely spills the dudes 🍺 beer!
Thanks for posting this!
PHANTASM....for the WIN!
I just noticed Joe Piscopo as an extra in the Dr. Pepper commercial.
He's not the only one..... The Dr. Pepper Ad even included Bugs Bunny. ❤😅
Also guy from animal house in commercial too
@@chriswalsh2481 Yes, the late, great John Belushi of SNL & Blues Brothers fame.
@@ArnoldKates ha! No tall blonde dude
I remember that Jordache jeans and Sunkist commercials. I had those Dr. Scholl sandals.
Do you know how Jordache jeans got their name? An Italian guy walked by during the fitting and said, "Hey, them jeans, they make yourdash stick out."
I'm bummed because I didn't get to see the entire Sarah Dash clip!!!!!
Danny Aiello in ad for local New York show
14:40 my neighbor had one. I remember walking down the steps and sliding even though I was tall when I was in kindergarten. Never should have stopped making it, but I bet some mom thought it might be dangerous. 😢
NBC is a network.
WNBC is a local station. (New York)
Don Kirschner's Rock Concert (which this is a part of) began on ABC, but apparently by the time of this airing in 1979 it had become syndicated, and was aired nationwide. I've seen it listed in newspapers as having aired on August 18, 1979.
@@timstamps5281 - "DKRC" had been syndicated since 1973. Its first NYC venue was WNEW-TV 5.
ABC had a program with a similar format titled In Concert. That and Rock Concert were different shows.
People seemed so much more calm and normal back then.
Dude, we were all coked out of our heads. 'Normal' he says.. 🤣😂🤣🤣😅
Crazyyyyyyyyyyy Eddieeeeeeee!!
I listened to the music, wore the clothes and hairstyles. And, my girlfriend looked hot dancing in those Jordache Jeans.
I see why this failed to get picked up.
Thanks. Never heard of this.
I wish we could see the $1.98 Beauty Show. 😊
is there any way you can upload at least the Klaatu segment from this on something like Google Drive? thank you so much for the upload :D
4k video downloader.
This is freaking amazing... Is there any way to get a copy of the unedited version? I'm obsessed.
Too bad that Olivia newton john thing was cut out.
If this was after Saturday Night Live, then it must have 1am or 1:30am for this premier.
"Blow on it!" Damn.
Terrible yet wonderful
Really disappointed that the music numbers can't be played. I know it's because of rights issues, but it still sucks
I'm sorry 🙁 Yeah, it's youtube not by choice. It wouldn't let me post the musical numbers or the whole video would have been blocked.
@@meredith_vintageI guess no way I can get a unedited copy?
@@meredith_vintagePut it on the Internet Archive? That's the ideal place for something like this.
klaatu is the band everyone thought was the beatles
And Beatlemania ad. The first Beatles Tribute band/show. Mitch Wiesseman great Paul look a like sadly right handed.
Tony “Hot Wax” was played by Peter Jurasik who played “Londo Mollari” in Babylon 5 👍
I'm pretty sure that was Elvira as his assistant. Also known as Cassandra Peterson.
@@calvertbriand Think you could be right there! 👍
Awesome!
2nd creepiest host ever next to Gene Rayburn. But then...it WAS 1979. Unknown Comic killed as always.
Did anybody else spot Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira?
A real pity the music has to be cut out.
Totaly forgot about the unknown comic😂
I wanted to see the incredible shrinking gas pump :)
I wanna see that Joey Travolta movie Sunnyside, never heard of it!
Why bother watching if you can't see the music.
You do know copyright exists on TH-cam right? I mean the fact that the footage was even uploaded is great.
And it’s not about the music; it’s the nostalgia especially for GenXers. Besides, anyone who remembers Don Kischner’s Rock Concert knows the musical acts were always hit or miss, anyway.
Horrifying!
I was either in 5th or 6th grade depending on what month this aired. Looking back on this the only thing I can think of was the vast amount of coke available in the green room.
Mmmm... tedious. I could not make it past the college skit. Interesting piece of TV history, though
Amazing
depending when this aired in 79 I was 2 1/2 or 3 yrs old back when
Gosh TV used to be wonderful.
That’s Elvira in the cowboy hat!!! Cassandra Peterson!!!❤@21:10
Wow, how did I miss her. She looks amazing 😮
"Bob Dewback"
What school (“Clayton College”) is featured in Kevin Dole’s “Once Upon a Time” film? Thanks.
I was 15 and would watch anything music related on tv. If ya didn't have the $ for a concert then this is what were left with... the tv.... or rent/buy concert videos on VHS or Betamax haha.
Concerts were dirt cheap too, but ya had to mow a lot of lawns to afford a $25 ticket. I'm not going to say anything else because I sound boomer-ish... and I am :(
Oh cool 🙂 Yeah I digitized this from a betamax tape. The 70s definitely seem like it was a fun decade to grow up in.
Joey Travolta might have been somebody...
Tony Gianelli = Peter Jurasik = Londo Molari from Babylon 5
The commercials were more entertaining than the show.
As soon as I hear “Magician Host” I’m changing the channel to the National Anthem sign off.
@31:21 What's Steve Rhodes From Married With Children Doing Here?!! 😂
I thought that was him!
Mike Nesmith on a Don Kirshner show? What other dimension did this wander in from?
So SNL, but worse and with MAGIC!
Byron Allen bought the Weather Channel and is now a billionaire.
He's also Executive Producer of every Court TV show in syndication.
WWOOOWWWWW
Wow, 3 seconds each of Nesmith, Cocker and anything else anyone might give a shit about, leaving nothing but honey garbage and old ads! There's almost a minute of Cheap Trick, but only because they're in a freaking commercial! What a total bummer!
*Hokey (fuckin' spelljacker...)
Thanks for watching the video. There's copyright restrictions on uploading to youtube especially for music. I could have just chose to share the commercials only and not the show at all, but I wanted to share lost media with everyone to enjoy.
@@meredith_vintage Just please note that in the description in future...
TH-cam's restrictions have screwed up everything.
@@meredith_vintagethanks Meredith, this time capsule of cheesy entertainment illustrates why I started drinking 😅
A better time.
Tony is Peter Jurasik, no?
Elvira!
So it was a pilot for a show on a local station. They didn’t may much of a budget. They tried to do an SNL skit-type thing anyway. They favored advertisers by putting a lot of ads in it, presumably for free. It didn’t work. Thats ok, they tried. At least the girls are cute.
It was broadcast nationwide as an episode of Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. August 18, 1979 (at least on some stations)
@@timstamps5281 I will defer, but it’s has so many plugs for local NBC affiliate that it looks like a local show. Many local stations tried something like this back in the day.
@@timstamps5281 ok
What is up with the songs being 3 seconds long? 😅
assuming copyrights.
Where,s the 8track tapes it,s 1979 here.
OMG😦🤣
The unknown comic, famous for like a week
what in the blue hell is this supposed to be???? :/
Boy, the Seventies were creepy!
Yeah,we got to see hot girls and listen to great music. Nothing creepy or weird about how people are today. Like grown men saying they "identify" as a 12 year old girl.
Nothing creepy about that at all. Right?
Yeah, "the now" is super creepy and that's not all. Miserable.
WNBC 1979 Commercials? Pfft! No thanks!
Genuinely horrible. The only good parts were chopped.
Look, you can at least be grateful that any of this is up at all. TH-cam won't allow the full special, so this is the best we can get for now.
It’s shockingly bad. 70s acting “comedy”campy and over the top. Better acting/comedy before and after.
Music overrated too tbh
Well….there’s a laugh track so I guess it’s supposed to be funny?
Thanks youtube for your dumb copyright junk, we can't see a musical performance. Thats why we buy bootlegs.
Great, now that you've found it, do everyone a favor and Lose it again!!
Ya didn’t record Rod Stewart singing? Lame.😣
Copyright is a thing you know. The fact that any footage uploaded is a godsend. I mean when are you ever going to find such a rare segment? So not lame….
1979, a very cheesy year.
The host with the hands in his pockets .. .
I am looking for the Cartoon Episode from I't Punky Brewster The SHoe Must Go On. The original Hourlong Ghostwriter blocks from PBS with the original contests between the 2 episodes. Thanks.
A good example of how horrible pop culture was in the 70s. Yes, we had Frampton and Zeppelin but it was 98% this shit. You only had one or two other channels to choose from and there as no way to skip past the ads.
On the other hand if you were watching TV at 1AM, you were lucky to get anything at all.
Your opinion.
@@visamanYeah we’re either watching the national anthem or the color bars and tone. LoL
Disco years
@TheNeonRabbit the ad breaks were short 2 minutes per half hour compared to 10 minutes today.
Hi can you do sprout commercial break dec 1 2013 after caillou and before Justin time?
Please
Joey Travolta... He could have been somebody... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Truly terrible- best and only thing about it is the Ads!
The music would have been good, If it wasn't all cut