HBO Break/Sign Off/Color Bars (early A.M., Mon. 1/12/1981)

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Ай бұрын

Yeah, another posting of the same old HBO Sign-Off. The idea here is to let the color bars just run and fall asleep to 'em. Well, that, and to admire that nice, clear PLUGE.
The last movie of the night was "When Time Ran Out". This aired in the early-morning/overnight hours of Monday, January 12, 1981.
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@MitchellHang Ай бұрын

The January 1981 HBO Guide is on Internet Archive, where I found that this sign-off aired in the early hours of January 12 (my birthday), 1981. The film ending is actually from “When Time Ran Out.”

@ArchiveAnnex Ай бұрын

Info updated. Thanks!

@connorsrarevhsopeningclosi1259 Ай бұрын

Very terrible film, but about how you managed to correct him about the sign-off being from January 12, 1981, that I'm very happy to see. I've been curious about an HBO sign-off in January 1981 for time.

@Praxibetel-Ix Ай бұрын

I love the sign-off animation so much. Really gives a cozy end-of-evening vibe.

@FrankChickens 2 жыл бұрын

Far better than the signs offs we got over in the UK. All we got was the announcer reading out a list of local radio stations that were still broadcasting and a goodbye.

@meridian2000 Ай бұрын

@FrankChickens Are You Joking, I prefer the sign off the British way with the announcer reading out a list of radio stations and wishing viewers a goodnight, how dare you prefer the American way. Which we the British Don't like, Your Opinion Is wrong.

@Xanthro2 Ай бұрын

I like the little outtro they did before the color bars. that mid 70s style art of everyone/everything getting ready to go down for awhile.

@ChristopherSobieniak Ай бұрын

It goes there!

@HappySnoutHour Ай бұрын

I'm hoping tomorrow is a full fledged sign-on/sign-offs episode. Sign-ons were especially funny as at that time of the morning (usually between 5:00-5:30 AM) they'd start out with the national anthem and go in reverse. Then they'd start out with usually a local affairs show, reruns, cartoons or shows they couldn't run any other part of the day. Some of those local shows were very archive worthy like on the weekends on KTLA during the late '80s and early '90s they'd have a soul show on at 6 AM with local acts and has-beens which were trying to make it big again by promoting whatever album they were trying to sell. I also remember an aerobics show which was on in the early '80s that was on at that time which was briefly popular.

@NotoriousBJD 28 күн бұрын

Little did we know, some forty years later, that The CW would get Inside the NFL.🏉

@gluechunk Ай бұрын

I'm gonna start saying "Say WHAT?" more often.

@far7310 Ай бұрын

Charles Fleischer sighting. Later to star as Roger Rabbit.

@connorsrarevhsopeningclosi1259 Ай бұрын

An HBO sign-off from a date in January 1981 has surfaced on the internet. I shall say, finally.

@smcgamer1 Ай бұрын

It's so odd that the main video is quite yellow but the color bars look much more normal. Overly red, if anything.

@ericariley1696 Ай бұрын

Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman before he was hugely famous.

@CrowTRobot-ni7zu Ай бұрын

I hear the Michigan Lottery music during the "Inside the NFL" promo. I wish the Lottery hadn't abandoned that theme.

@ChristopherSobieniak Ай бұрын

Always remember the Ohio Lottery theme myself!

@CrowTRobot-ni7zu Ай бұрын

@@ChristopherSobieniak I do too. I’ve always been in SE MI, so I could sometimes receive Toledo stations.

@ChristopherSobieniak Ай бұрын

@@CrowTRobot-ni7zu It's pretty easy to see that contrast in Monroe County.

@mightyfilm Ай бұрын

Very early Pee Wee Herman right there. Probably the only comedian in that series that was actually funny.

@user-vk5ld5uf8l Ай бұрын

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