It's amazing how such a short intro can bring back such a long legacy of nostalgia. Thanks for this.

I miss those days so much. Life was so much better and easier than today. It makes me cry

Beautiful music intro and very impressive graphics. I sure miss these heart stopping intros.

These was themes that I grew up to, You never realize how much a part of your childhood they were till you see and hear. Im instantly transported back to my moms living room watching the Tuesday Night Movie

I like the way the filmstrip becomes the CBS logo. That's really creative.

I will never forget these cause as soon as they came on what was it your parents always told you? GOOD NIGHT TIME FOR BED! UGH MOM COME ON!

An open like one of these was also used before the presentation of the 1985 TV movie "Malice in Wonderland" starring Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander.

Hello Mr. Teitzell. I'm 32 years old and I've loved this theme song and intro and remember this very well since I was 8 years old back in 1984! My overall favorite one was the cartoon commercial for Saturday morning's on NBC back in the mid 1980's featuring a roller coaster and Casey Kasem saying "we'll return after these message's"! The theme song that NBC used for that commercial was probably my all time favorite! This is some good classic stuff man and truly and sadly a real lost art!

I am incredulous that all of these comment-writers seem to know and remember this graphic so well? Why? Because it is so LONG ago and so lost among so much TV graphics ephemera . How can I say that? My company made this move open. My name is Jay Teitzell and we did virtually every on-air promo graphic between 1979 and 1985. This particular open was designed by the great John LePrevost, Directed by David Bleiman and Produced by David and I. I guess I should get in touch with Mr. EYEONTV.

Thank you for your efforts. Its these images and sounds that left a lasting impression and make up the parts of great memories of our childhood and growing up. When watching something on TV was such an epic event. These intros that ran on ABC, NBC, and CBS made the movie presentation larger then life.

I remember that theme song when I was a child brings back a lot of memories in those days i was nine years old at that time.

wish they would bring the old CBS back!

TV was fun to watch back then now you almost dread to turn it on

Ah, this brings back great memories, and the quality couldn't be better! Thank you, eyeontv!

For the mid 1980’s, this great CBS Movies theme song was way ahead of its time. Very sophisticated theme & graphics!

This brings back memories of being on my parent's bed getting my hair dried and knowing it was almost time for bed....

The theme was later reused for the 1987-1989 intro.

Nostalgia 😍😍😍😍😍

@Teitzell Mr. Teitzell: When I hear this song, it takes me back: fresh out of a bath and ready for bed, mom was going to tuck me in and then watch the movie. That was when I was six years old. Now, I appreciate the graphics and not only does the music take me back, like I said, but it sounds so "big" and exciting. I'm sure this preceeded the Wizard of Oz a few times as I grew up and that may be why I remember it so well. Cheers to you and your crew, Mr. Teitzell.

Instant childhood memories

This jingle and opening always made me think of the show, "Alice", which was nearing its run on the network.

I LOVE YOU CBS 1990 MOVE

These were awesome graphics and what a great team!!

Now, for almost a decade, CBS Saturday night has consisted of a repeat at 8-9, then 48 Hours from 9-11 OR a college football game.

I think it looks good enough the way it is. They're always looking for a new hook. Keeping it retro gives it character. Sorta like a "good things back in the day" campaign.

I miss this music and opening. When they changed the opening, it just wasn't the same eventhough they kept the theme.

@dolphinbuc - ABC 70's and 80's intro is just spectacular to me.- no kiddin dude, once the ABC Sunday Night Movie opening kicked off it was like "whoa! just drop everything cuz some real quality entertainments about to come on the tube"

Lots of memories of seeing this on WWL and WAFB! 😄

Love it! I'm a native Washingtonian myself (and I still live in the area). I'm on the lookout for anything from 1984 from the DC market (mostly CBS Saturday mornings and afternoon kids blocks from the indie channels between September and October of 1984, but that's a long story in itself).

great theme/memories!

CBS Movie Night graphics from 1980's on channel 7 KIRO-TV in Seattle Washington.

God, this is so old school. I love it. This came out one year before I was born.

This is the first CBS movie opening to use computer graphics. This one was generally used from 1983 to 1986; though during the 1985-86 season it continued as a secondary movie opener on the network, along with the 1978 colorful cutting room floor intro, and the 1985-89 3D Digital CGI intro with the exact same theme music with higher quality. By the fall of 1986 this opening and the colorful cutting room floor opening were discontinued, leaving the HQ 3D CGI the sole CBS movie intro until the fall of 1989.

I LOVE IT!

My childhood is calling me back on the phone line 2

Great theme from cbs

I worked for a C B S station for most of the decade of the 80's, I remember all of these.

That theme music brings back lots of memories.

Nothing beats ABC with Ernie Anderson as the announcer

You know it's rare when a movie airs on network television anymore.. ABC might air something on a Saturday night, like I saw a week or so ago... but I don't remember an intro or bumpers... what do they do now? Just go right into the movie with no warning whatsoever? Just "here it is!"

I love your company's work. Back when I was trying to get into video production, the style of your work influenced me a lot. I LOVED the promo reel you guys had on your website back in the early-mid 2000's. It had such an authoritative feel and sound to it. You should post that up on youtube if you get the chance. I'd love to know who did the music for it.

I miss the 1980s so much I can't stand todays

Correction... Virtually every graphic on CBS, that is. But for two of those years we were also doing NBC.

I remember seeing this intro for the first time in early 1984 on the Sunday Night movie presentation; it was a movie starring James Farentino as the dad of a young lady killed by a drunk driver, and he sued the drunk driver.

CBS Movie Night graphics from the 1980's on WTKR-TV channel 3 in Norfolk Virginia.

While CBS's was good, ABC's early 80's sunday movie intro was first and still hasn't been beat for inspiring excitement as the lead-in to their incredible lineup of epic movies. Khan!!!

Bill Conti of "Rocky" fame.

looks so good. I wish their graphics were as good as they were then.

I remember this opening and its cool slit-scan look. But I seem to recall that after this was in use for some reason they went back to the previous open with the camera, the arc lamp carbons, film splicer, etc. I don't know if that on KZfaq anywhere.

and I'd love to know how Mr Teitzell did these back then? I was just a kid back then but grew up in computers and television production and I could only imagine how long it took for these to render back then? weeks?

HeeHee! I remember this!!!

And the music is nothing less than inspirational.

The 1978-84 CBS Movie Intro Scared Me as a kid with the brightness, generic disco music and the graphics coming to you 3D stile. This one is better and the CGI graphics were very good for it's time.

this music always reminds me of "bedtime" :(

i miss the CBS movies, take off the stupid shows and bring back the movies

@Teitzell well done jay good work

Tomorrow, CBS will air it’s movie night show with Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

The CBS movie open were actually introduced for the 1983-84 season. replacing the previous one that was used since 1978-79.

I second what they said.

I still think the 1985 version - done by PDI - was the best, but this is still pretty good. I like the original bumper themes here better than the reedits used with the later opens.

Why would you want to watch a movie with ads in it when you can watch the same movie without ads on home video or HBO/Cinemax/TCM?

1:06 - 1:22 commercial break & return to movie.

Did they not have TV shows back then?

except that if this was re-rendered and shown today, only people who watched CBS in the early 80s would know that it was from the 80s tho.

I remember They showed Rocky IV in 89 I believe they used this? or the music?

Dolphinbuc I agree with you. Though CBS and NBC have a place in my collection of fond memories of television in the 70s & 80s, I was and still am very partial to ABC. To me you just couldn't top the star tunnel intro or the one before that. Ernie Anderson and Joel Crager's voice over the trailers could get you running to the TV. Abc just had the whole package, a combination of things that put them way over the other 2 networks.

@bmasters1981 Compared to the other intros this is a step down to me.That ABC 70's and 80's intro is just spectacular to me.The one before this one on CBS seemed better and upbeat.I'm upbeat so I see things differently the world does.Most people are pessimists on KZfaq.They can't wait to shoot someone down.You found it not to be lame God bless you,but for me it's step down from the others.Going to live my life*end transmission*

was your company dolphin prod.? dolphin and edstan studios produced many cbs opens then. btw - was this done optically (forox etc.) or digitally?

Hello Mr. Teitzell: Just replying to your comment to ask-- are you on Facebook? The reason I ask is because I have a group there whose purpose is the appreciation of openings such as this CBS one, as well as those from the other networks, cable outlets and local stations. It's called "TV's Box Office." I thought that I'd let you know about that in case you were interested.

Did CBS ever aired movies from 20th Century Fox like Star Wars, Predator, Revenge of The Nerds, The Omen movies and The 1986 Fly movie?

bill conti? is you?

Was those CBS movie graphics made by PDI?

Back when movies were worth watching and didn't SUCK

@Teitzell Hmmm... 1979-1985. That era encompassed this set of opens, plus its predecessor, the series with the film projector. Prior to that era, most of CBS's on-air promo graphics came from the late, legendary Lou Dorfsman. Dorfsman even created my all-time favorite, the 1972-84 "CBS Late Movie" title (particularly, the full 20-second version).

@dolphinbuc What do you find lame about it? I found nothing lame.

Looking back, these seem like a ripoff of the HBO intros with the pulsing text at the end.

This is kinda lame!

What a dull bumper. ABC’s was so much better.