Timex did a live commercial with the watch strapped to a propeller blade of an outboard engine with prop lowered into a clear tank of water . The spokesman pulled the rope and it started up at high speed , He then stopped it and said , Let's see if it is still ticking . When the camera zoomed in the watch was gone and all they could find was a few small pieces in the bottom of the barrel . :O)
Remember their slogan was : "Takes a licking , and keeps on ticking !" I remember as a kid , we actually co-opted this phrase to apply to something's toughness , as in "I/It/They/You/We/That , etc. , etc. can take a licking and keep on ticking !" Of course , lick/licked/licking is old slang for taking punishment/a beating as in : "Someone's gonna get the licking they deserve" , "We're a better team , we can lick em " , "Give up ? I'm not licked , yet !" I realise two things having wrote that out : 1. Aged myself pretty nicely, there . Alas ! AND , that I feel dirty , somehow , but I can't imagine why ........ Lol 😛
@SumNumber lol I seem to remember that one , or one with water in it . Pretty sure a watch was run over by car in one , and maybe stood on by elephant in another.... BUT ... they weren't always destroyed like in your reference , were they ? Yours got me thinking - "sure , they're tough . But a prop , a car , an elephant , ARE pretty extreme ways, lol , to do watch toughness test . Y'know, like tossing one off Empire State Building .... who cares if WATCH is "still ticking" , or not , because the wearer won't be . Like , they're funny because purposely over-the-top. I was thinking they survived because of slogan, but .... ?
Great program; interesting artefact from the prehistoric days of television, when shows like this could still get legitimate airtime. My only gripe - and it is a serious one - is the stretching to "fake widescreen" during the up-convert to HD. For some reason people seem to equate "widescreen" with HD, which is not necessarily so.
Very true, its a fake HD widescreen, good point and analogy, to make people believe it is much newer than it is so more people will watch it?, if some see that original 4x3 aspect ratio, they may not watch it possibly cause it looks too old. Or it could be people want to use every square inch of their huge lcd tvs?, I think it very well could be that people not understanding how tvs work or what an aspect ratio is that if they see the dreaded ""black bars"" of death on the top/ bottom or right/ left they think theres something wrong with their tv, phone screen or are getting ripped off by their HD video subscription service? lol Or maybe because it makes people look fat when the picture is stretched with a lot of overweight people around it makes them feel good and fit in with the people in the show even making it look more modern, since there's more overweight peeps now. IDK really but there should be a cogwheel option control for aspect ratio here. Finally it seems that most people don't even care at all that a lot of SD standard definition older content is shown in a stretched picture in many many places, its just not something most people concern themselves with in the slightest.
This was not part of the television series "In Search of, with Leonard Nimoy" That show began in 1977 a few years after these one off documentaries were produced. The In Search of series was produced by Alan Landsburg after the success of these documentaries that he also produced. Im tired of hearing people talk about Leonard Nimoy like he just took over the narration after the 3rd episode. That was a series that came after. These were one-off TV specials.
I have a great suggestion: You can keep your ancient astronauts. And I keep my timex watch, which I love much much more than the ancient astronauts. Because timex watches beat everything.
@0:24 a flat top of a mountain...any idea what's involved clearing and leveling a mountain top THAT size? Not to mention there NO evidence of removal of all the millions of tons of dirt that would have left trails all over the place like at mining sites, and where did they drop off the dirt and debris?
...actually we are really close in Knowing. We are sitting in the degree of Knowing, and the answers are literally emerging. *You will Know, if you don't already.*
I watched this one debut, got to stay up late, w/o parents and everything! Rod Serling hosted the first one, maybe the 2nd, and suddenly passed away. And then Leonard Nimoy took over hosting the program.
Another great video,,takes me back to my childhood,and started me on my own quest to find truth,,thank you rod sterling,for all you have done,and the legacy you have left behind,you might be gone,but your not forgotten..thankyou again for your great work
26:00 All you need is a system of measurement and a plan to scale. You wouldn’t necessarily need “an observer high in the sky”. I think ‘why’ is a more interesting question than ‘how’.
Indeed . Just what I was thinking ( not for the first time ) . But the large scale definitely "SUGGESTS" aerial viewing . Perhaps they had some kind of ceremony , maybe annually, where very high wooden towers were constructed , enabling a , hitherto unseen , view of some pageantry of some sort with gigantic backdrop .... but I think that stuff stretches far beyond human "eyeshot" in distance and interfering terrain . Sorry , just speculating wildly here ! Lol But , yeah , scaled construction from smaller model ( 1"=10' kinda thing ) , but , again , WHY ? (Oh , those wacky Ancestors and their goings-on ! Lol. Prob something completely mundane , like , just to freak out the neighbors with this lunacy , so they'd be scared to mess with them !) 🍻😮👍
I love anything by Rod Serling. I used love programmes like this. Today I am more interested in Graham Hancock and the idea of an antediluvian civilization of ancient humans rather than aliens.
I went pretty deep into this stuff before I realized how insane and stupid I was. It's cement, I can't believe everyone just accepted that it was stone until recently when they finally tested it.
That seems to be the direction my interests are going as well. Since humans have been extant as a species for at least 250,000 years and it took 12,000-15,000 years to go from Paleolithic world to our current civilisation, civilisations could have risen and fallen several times. I believe that is what happened.
@@two-moonz2953Thank you for the information. I'll have to sign up for Netflix and watch that. I loved his "Underworld" Series, too. I think they have some episodes of that on You Tube.
Here’s what Some of the commercials should’ve sounded like. ‘ ladies and gentlemen here we are at the top of the great pyramid and we now throw the Timex watch. It goes careening down bouncing from block to block as it makes its way down bouncing and bouncing all the way to the ground striking the sandstone rocks all the way. Now here we are in ladies and gentlemen at the bottom of the pyramid now we see the watch let’s pick it up and examine it. Would you believe it ladies and gentlemen this timex watch is still ticking!! Now here we are at the Incan site where our crane is now lifting the upper stone block off and we now place the timex watch down on the lower block. Now we let our crane lower the other block again crushing the timex between these two massive blocks. Now let’s have the crane lift up the upper block and let’s remove this watch and examine. Just look at that ladies and gentlemen!! The Timex watch is still ticking!! Look at that Cave drawing Mr Serling was describing before the commercial ladies and gentlemen I think that was a drawing of a timex !! Now if we could just find a Timex watch in the ruins of these ancient sites instead of a Rolex it would be proof that the spacemen knew timex to be the best!!
I liked his shows especially Night Gallery! He really put you in the mood for strange things. I would pop the corn, get my Coke and watch everything of his!
Hi Obsolete Video thanks for this classic very interesting documentary with one of my favorite writers & voices Rod Serling and for keeping the commercials IN! :) that was a nice touch! - I still like the analog magnetic tape formats like you, such as VHS can you please tell me what is the reason for "baking" the tape, what does it do or help? and if so do you know the time & temp for an oven tape batch?
This should be titled 'KNBC-4 1973 In Search Of Mysteries Rod Serling', given the NBC promo with Eddy King voiceover after the show's end, and the very brief shot of a KNBC ID at the very end of this clip. Meanwhile . . . this seems to be a de facto pilot for the syndicated 1976-81 "In Search Of" series hosted by the late Leonard Nimoy. Especially given that Alan Landsburg produced this one as well.
"In Search of Ancient Astronauts" and its sequel "In Search of Ancient Mysteries" did indeed serve as de facto pilots for the "In Search Of" TV series; the series was supposed to be hosted by Mr. Serling as well. His premature passing, at the age of 55 during a 1975 cardiac surgical procedure, necessitated the recasting of Mr. Nimoy as host.
This series (along with the doco "Chariots of the Gods) is basically what turned me into the cynical creature I am today. I remember watching it when I was 10 & asking my Dad why they went to such lengths to twist things to suit their story. His answer was simple & factual - MONEY! Thanks for sharing it. I got a good laugh...
The station ID indicates ABC. Amazing how much a greater Mature Documentary Style the Productions were created with, and this speaks to several points, but it also is an indicator that they held a greater respect for the Audience/Public.
"In Search of Ancient Mysteries" is a sequel to "In Search of Ancient Astronauts," which was Alan Landsburg's made-for-TV remake of "Chariots of the Gods." Landsburg's version used much of Harald Reinl's footage from "Chariots," and added some scenes shot by his own crew.
It is normal. Most of the kids used to say Sterling. They also thought Peter Graves was named Bruce Geller. They called Star Trek Star Trak in the first season. I used to try and correct everyone. waste of time. Some poor kid is out there telling his friends that they shouldn't be shooting vertical video with a gazillion dollar iPhone. let it go kid. save yourself... lol. Oh and one more thing....ahem...youuuu keeeds! get off my lawn by cracky!!!
I was 9 days old when this was telecast. I remember every episode too 😂. I mustve watched reruns with my Dad a few years later. If you like Rod Serling watch his interviews and Aldus Huxley interviews. They are incredible.
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Serling had one of the best narrator's voice ever.
So did Orson Wells and Leonard Nimoy.
Thank you for uploading. These old TV documentaries are so well made and interesting. Much better than the ones made today.
Everything was better then..
A year after this was released, Rod Serling passed. He was possibly the most hard working and humble man in television.
ETs called him. Rewarded.
He was a great narrator.
You’re right. He was amazing and is missed.
He had to enter another Dimension . Not of Sight and Sound , but of Mind .
Hope to see him there , someday .
He really was a workaholic
Mr. Serling left us far too soon.
Great honestly. The commercials OMG lol love it.
Yeah . The jams and psychedelic look to that last one with the three "mannequins " .... like , pretty far out ! Lol 🍻
The timex commercials are worth the watch alone
Back in the day you used to HAVE to produce working machines OR YOU GOT FIRED
Timex did a live commercial with the watch strapped to a propeller blade of an outboard engine with prop lowered into a clear tank of water . The spokesman pulled the rope and it started up at high speed , He then stopped it and said , Let's see if it is still ticking . When the camera zoomed in the watch was gone and all they could find was a few small pieces in the bottom of the barrel . :O)
Remember their slogan was : "Takes a licking , and keeps on ticking !" I remember as a kid , we actually co-opted this phrase to apply to something's toughness , as in "I/It/They/You/We/That , etc. , etc. can take a licking and keep on ticking !"
Of course , lick/licked/licking is old slang for taking punishment/a beating as in : "Someone's gonna get the licking they deserve" , "We're a better team , we can lick em " , "Give up ? I'm not licked , yet !" I realise two things having wrote that out : 1. Aged myself pretty nicely, there . Alas ! AND , that I feel dirty , somehow , but I can't imagine why ........ Lol 😛
@@jeffreese1828 It is ok because having seen the commercial I mentioned , we are in the same boat on that . :O)
@SumNumber lol I seem to remember that one , or one with water in it . Pretty sure a watch was run over by car in one , and maybe stood on by elephant in another.... BUT ... they weren't always destroyed like in your reference , were they ? Yours got me thinking - "sure , they're tough . But a prop , a car , an elephant , ARE pretty extreme ways, lol , to do watch toughness test . Y'know, like tossing one off Empire State Building .... who cares if WATCH is "still ticking" , or not , because the wearer won't be . Like , they're funny because purposely over-the-top.
I was thinking they survived because of slogan, but .... ?
This is a time travel back to 1973,with commercials included, Timex
Filmed and Copywrite 1973, it aired on NBC Thursday, January 31st, 1974, at 8pm pre-empting The Flip Wilson Show (and the tape is KNBC 4)
Serling always did like science fiction. Still fun to watch though.
Great program; interesting artefact from the prehistoric days of television, when shows like this could still get legitimate airtime.
My only gripe - and it is a serious one - is the stretching to "fake widescreen" during the up-convert to HD.
For some reason people seem to equate "widescreen" with HD, which is not necessarily so.
If we could get people to stop shooting vertical video in the 21st century...well I'd be ok with widescreen = HD. :)
Very true, its a fake HD widescreen, good point and analogy, to make people believe it is much newer than it is so more people will watch it?, if some see that original 4x3 aspect ratio, they may not watch it possibly cause it looks too old. Or it could be people want to use every square inch of their huge lcd tvs?, I think it very well could be that people not understanding how tvs work or what an aspect ratio is that if they see the dreaded ""black bars"" of death on the top/ bottom or right/ left they think theres something wrong with their tv, phone screen or are getting ripped off by their HD video subscription service? lol Or maybe because it makes people look fat when the picture is stretched with a lot of overweight people around it makes them feel good and fit in with the people in the show even making it look more modern, since there's more overweight peeps now. IDK really but there should be a cogwheel option control for aspect ratio here. Finally it seems that most people don't even care at all that a lot of SD standard definition older content is shown in a stretched picture in many many places, its just not something most people concern themselves with in the slightest.
This was not part of the television series "In Search of, with Leonard Nimoy" That show began in 1977 a few years after these one off documentaries were produced. The In Search of series was produced by Alan Landsburg after the success of these documentaries that he also produced.
Im tired of hearing people talk about Leonard Nimoy like he just took over the narration after the 3rd episode.
That was a series that came after. These were one-off TV specials.
I must’ve been to young, I remember Lenard Nimoy Spock
I have a great suggestion: You can keep your ancient astronauts. And I keep my timex watch, which I love much much more than the ancient astronauts. Because timex watches beat everything.
@0:24 a flat top of a mountain...any idea what's involved clearing and leveling a mountain top THAT size? Not to mention there NO evidence of removal of all the millions of tons of dirt that would have left trails all over the place like at mining sites, and where did they drop off the dirt and debris?
That terrain was already a plateau. No mystery to be solved. Sorry.
Finally I see commercial s!!!
...actually we are really close in Knowing. We are sitting in the degree of Knowing, and the answers are literally emerging.
*You will Know, if you don't already.*
Read Macchu Pichu
Was a refuge after the moon fell
The oceans rose
And that mountain was where the virrochocas lead people to safety
KNBC 4 Los Angeles 1974
Visitors from another planet built only in stone?
It all goes to show that back in the long past ancient 70's everyone was on LSD.
Nixon was president and everyone had a timex.
Incas no alphabets.
The guy sounds like he's bored out of his mind 😴😆
2:05 Nazi
🙄Any documentary that starts by citing the bible loses all appeal! 🥱
I watched this one debut, got to stay up late, w/o parents and everything! Rod Serling hosted the first one, maybe the 2nd, and suddenly passed away. And then Leonard Nimoy took over hosting the program.
...and Nimoy was a perfect replacement
Even the Timex © ads were cool. Rest in paradise, Rod. You were the best.
💫✨🛸🎇✨
Timex. It takes a Licking & keeps on Ticking.
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
A great voice, a better time.....gone forever. We miss you Rod.
I couldn't find the I really, really like this button. Thank you OVS.
Mark McKee Yours is one of the best comments ever. I really really like it. Lol.
It's insane how different the 70's were.
Another great video,,takes me back to my childhood,and started me on my own quest to find truth,,thank you rod sterling,for all you have done,and the legacy you have left behind,you might be gone,but your not forgotten..thankyou again for your great work
26:00 All you need is a system of measurement and a plan to scale. You wouldn’t necessarily need “an observer high in the sky”. I think ‘why’ is a more interesting question than ‘how’.
Indeed . Just what I was thinking ( not for the first time ) . But the large scale definitely "SUGGESTS" aerial viewing . Perhaps they had some kind of ceremony , maybe annually, where very high wooden towers were constructed , enabling a , hitherto unseen , view of some pageantry of some sort with gigantic backdrop .... but I think that stuff stretches far beyond human "eyeshot" in distance and interfering terrain . Sorry , just speculating wildly here ! Lol
But , yeah , scaled construction from smaller model ( 1"=10' kinda thing ) , but , again , WHY ?
(Oh , those wacky Ancestors and their goings-on ! Lol. Prob something completely mundane , like , just to freak out the neighbors with this lunacy , so they'd be scared to mess with them !)
🍻😮👍
I like these older type documentaries. Fascinating, don't you know! 🥳
Originally telecast on January 31, 1974 at 8pm(et/pt).
I love anything by Rod Serling. I used love programmes like this. Today I am more interested in Graham Hancock and the idea of an antediluvian civilization of ancient humans rather than aliens.
I went pretty deep into this stuff before I realized how insane and stupid I was. It's cement, I can't believe everyone just accepted that it was stone until recently when they finally tested it.
Rod serling
That seems to be the direction my interests are going as well. Since humans have been extant as a species for at least 250,000 years and it took 12,000-15,000 years to go from Paleolithic world to our current civilisation, civilisations could have risen and fallen several times. I believe that is what happened.
@@harrietharlow9929 I am watching 'Ancient Apocalypse' on Netflix with Graham Hancock
@@two-moonz2953Thank you for the information. I'll have to sign up for Netflix and watch that. I loved his "Underworld" Series, too. I think they have some episodes of that on You Tube.
I am suddenly really hungry for a Timex watch
I bought a Timex watch ⌚
I kinda feel like I meed a new watch... any recommended brands?
Hamilton
Any Cell Phone.
If you get the $25 Timex, you’ll never have to wind it! I’m so old I have owned watches that needed winding!
Maybe,. A Timex. 😉
Don't come after me they look like they come from outer space. Have watched numerous videos on this flight event and none have that quote.
Stay tuned for Ironside next on NBC
Or Hawaii 5-0, Mod squad maybe even the Rockford files
LMAO 😅and the Beachcombers, Kojak, Starsky and Hutch...
Ed Lauter ("The Longest Yard") in that final commercial.
This is the same doc you've got posted as coming from KNBC-TV4 (1974)... that one is much better quality though!
Thanks for posting. Please keep posting great content like this. I love stuff like this.
Right after "Ironside!"
This looks exactly like a documentary called "The Outter Space Connection'.
How do you spell sidly? Any information on it? I think I know where it came from.
Incas no wheel concept.
I love night gallery
I remember the commercials from those days. The shows too. I always had an interest into the unknown that's guided my life. Question EVERYTHING!
Here’s what Some of the commercials should’ve sounded like. ‘ ladies and gentlemen here we are at the top of the great pyramid and we now throw the Timex watch. It goes careening down bouncing from block to block as it makes its way down bouncing and bouncing all the way to the ground striking the sandstone rocks all the way. Now here we are in ladies and gentlemen at the bottom of the pyramid now we see the watch let’s pick it up and examine it. Would you believe it ladies and gentlemen this timex watch is still ticking!! Now here we are at the Incan site where our crane is now lifting the upper stone block off and we now place the timex watch down on the lower block. Now we let our crane lower the other block again crushing the timex between these two massive blocks. Now let’s have the crane lift up the upper block and let’s remove this watch and examine. Just look at that ladies and gentlemen!! The Timex watch is still ticking!! Look at that Cave drawing Mr Serling was describing before the commercial ladies and gentlemen I think that was a drawing of a timex !! Now if we could just find a Timex watch in the ruins of these ancient sites instead of a Rolex it would be proof that the spacemen knew timex to be the best!!
Lol!
I liked his shows especially Night Gallery! He really put you in the mood for strange things. I would pop the corn, get my Coke and watch everything of his!
Hi Obsolete Video thanks for this classic very interesting documentary with one of my favorite writers & voices Rod Serling and for keeping the commercials IN! :) that was a nice touch! - I still like the analog magnetic tape formats like you, such as VHS can you please tell me what is the reason for "baking" the tape, what does it do or help? and if so do you know the time & temp for an oven tape batch?
At 53:53 mannequins commercial for ‘timex watches’. Early 70s perverted weirdness
This should be titled 'KNBC-4 1973 In Search Of Mysteries Rod Serling', given the NBC promo with Eddy King voiceover after the show's end, and the very brief shot of a KNBC ID at the very end of this clip.
Meanwhile . . . this seems to be a de facto pilot for the syndicated 1976-81 "In Search Of" series hosted by the late Leonard Nimoy. Especially given that Alan Landsburg produced this one as well.
"In Search of Ancient Astronauts" and its sequel "In Search of Ancient Mysteries" did indeed serve as de facto pilots for the "In Search Of" TV series; the series was supposed to be hosted by Mr. Serling as well. His premature passing, at the age of 55 during a 1975 cardiac surgical procedure, necessitated the recasting of Mr. Nimoy as host.
Oye vey!
Aliens still don't have computers.
So what?
But every time I want to see what time it is I would get beat up by the boat. I think a better place for the watch is back on your wrist. Just sayin’
"It's After The End Of The World.Don't You Know That Yet?" (Sun Ra)
A mystery is a dead god Disponia🌹🌑👍 rest in the good news 🌹 okay bye
I remember seeing these when I was a kid 👍👍👍
titikaka
I wear a Timex 😂
We are now living in the 5th dimension. Hey Rod !!!!!!!!!
Maybe they were so sneaky
They left idols to mislead their subjects
Wall of faces like games of thrones
Many face killer
Cairn
This series (along with the doco "Chariots of the Gods) is basically what turned me into the cynical creature I am today.
I remember watching it when I was 10 & asking my Dad why they went to such lengths to twist things to suit their story.
His answer was simple & factual - MONEY!
Thanks for sharing it. I got a good laugh...
Manhattan Project
did that tv special aired on ABC or NBC tv in either 1973 or 74?
1973
The station ID indicates ABC.
Amazing how much a greater Mature Documentary Style the Productions were created with, and this speaks to several points, but it also is an indicator that they held a greater respect for the Audience/Public.
Yes ... I think it did!
@@obsoletevideo6048 did this inspire the later series with L.Nimoy .. IN SEARCH OF ?
Is this a copie of chariots of the gods or vice versa?
I would say: "yes" ...
"In Search of Ancient Mysteries" is a sequel to "In Search of Ancient Astronauts," which was Alan Landsburg's made-for-TV remake of "Chariots of the Gods." Landsburg's version used much of Harald Reinl's footage from "Chariots," and added some scenes shot by his own crew.
44:32 oxen, eagle, man etc. = 4 standards of the 4 houses of the 12 tribes of Israel
Pat Rick Can you please elaborate. I love biblical truths. Thank you.
@@tammysims5164 that's an oxymoron.
I remember Rod Sterling not Serling .... Anyone else????
I sure do. He had a great voice for doing documentaries.
It's not just you; there are also people who confuse Rod Serling with Rob Sterling.
The credits say Rod Serling.
It is Rod Serling
It is normal. Most of the kids used to say Sterling. They also thought Peter Graves was named Bruce Geller. They called Star Trek Star Trak in the first season. I used to try and correct everyone. waste of time. Some poor kid is out there telling his friends that they shouldn't be shooting vertical video with a gazillion dollar iPhone. let it go kid. save yourself... lol. Oh and one more thing....ahem...youuuu keeeds! get off my lawn by cracky!!!
I was 9 days old when this was telecast. I remember every episode too 😂. I mustve watched reruns with my Dad a few years later. If you like Rod Serling watch his interviews and Aldus Huxley interviews. They are incredible.
My favorite show in the 70s aside from Sanford and Son.🛸👽🌍
Maureen Arthur is the actress featured in the phone commercial at the end.
Intelligent interesting television. It's gone now days. My dad was all in stuff like this.