WABC Eyewitness News vintage newscast -- Oct. 8, 1980

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  • @raivenneny
    @raivenneny Рік тому +18

    Roger Grimsby, "Jeans weren't made for blimps." Straight faced. Here I'm dying 🤣 Loved him & Bill Beutel.

  • @thahman187
    @thahman187 Рік тому +11

    Just turned 12 years old when this newscast aired.
    RIP Roger Grimsby, Bill Beutel, Bob Miller, John Slattery, Milt Lewis & Roger Sharp. Tracy went upstate to WTEN, now retired, don't know Storm's whereabouts, but this was when the news was worth watching!

    • @DonKeecock
      @DonKeecock Рік тому +1

      Storm Field, Born Elliott David Field, November 25, 1948 (age 75) Field was let go by WWOR in 2007 after ten years due to cutbacks at both WWOR and its sister station, WNYW, and was replaced by former WCBS weather personality Audrey Puente. He retired shortly thereafter. Field has two daughters and lives in Westchester County, New York.

    • @thahman187
      @thahman187 Рік тому

      @@DonKeecock Thanks for the update. I remember he worked at Ch. 2 as well. I'd like to know what ever happened to Chee Chee Williams?

  • @twel604
    @twel604 5 років тому +30

    I wish Channel 7 would bring back the Cool Hand Luke theme. I love it.

  • @Tonia682
    @Tonia682 4 роки тому +43

    That theme song brings back childhood memories.

    • @2004cyrus
      @2004cyrus 3 роки тому +5

      I can’t get enough of it! I get chills. I think it is a wonderful news orchestral piece. I could play it on repeat tbh. I’m also in tv news. None of the local news intro music is like this anymore.

    • @JoeBuck207
      @JoeBuck207 3 роки тому +1

      Cool hand Luke movie.

    • @Thedecider1984
      @Thedecider1984 3 роки тому +1

      They should bring back it back

    • @GeneralZodFDNY77
      @GeneralZodFDNY77 3 роки тому

      Same.

    • @southernlightning775
      @southernlightning775 3 роки тому

      Yes it does😎👍 Love it!!

  • @alfonsogreen2722
    @alfonsogreen2722 3 роки тому +16

    R.I.P Roger Grimsby Bill Beutel Roger Sharp n John Slattery

  • @TollieHorton-c1n
    @TollieHorton-c1n Рік тому +7

    I'm from long Island this is a part of my childhood

  • @DonKeecock
    @DonKeecock Рік тому +4

    I remember that drought of 1980. My Dad dug a hole in our back yard and pumped ground water out to water the garden. Scary times. Thanks.

  • @sockhopskunk
    @sockhopskunk 4 роки тому +21

    This is so much more interesting than the news of today!

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 роки тому

      not true.

    • @swayybaby9772
      @swayybaby9772 3 роки тому +2

      @@sillygoose635 opinion something you can’t judge

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 6 місяців тому

      ​@@sillygoose635He said interesting - not sad and pathetic

    • @666THEMARK666
      @666THEMARK666 5 місяців тому

      Interesting because we know how it all turned out. Today, we think the media was somehow different. It's still the same ol same ol.

    • @tias.6675
      @tias.6675 4 місяці тому

      The people were definitely more professional and eloquent in their speaking. I don't watch television, so when I do see some of the modern days news anchors, it's.. shocking.

  • @elpilonvideo
    @elpilonvideo 5 років тому +13

    Thanks for the memories ✌🏽🙏🏾 Bill Beutel the only one I recognized in this video😳 he died saturday , March 18 2006 at the age of 75 🤔 I was 18 years old when I started watching channel 7 In nyc...didn’t speak any English but did learn a lot by watching 'Eyewitness’

  • @oliverv291
    @oliverv291 2 роки тому +20

    Can I go back to 1980 , I was 15

    • @themig71
      @themig71 6 місяців тому +1

      Take me with you.

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 6 місяців тому

      I was 11-1980 was a fun year. I didn't give two shits about politics, religion or anything like that. I lived in Southern California and I was only interested in the NFL and skateboarding.

    • @tias.6675
      @tias.6675 4 місяці тому

      Me too. I didn't come around until the end of the decade lol.

    • @JuanCruz-j6d
      @JuanCruz-j6d 3 місяці тому

      I WAS 5 YEARS OLD.

  • @cliffpadilla5871
    @cliffpadilla5871 5 місяців тому +4

    Good evening. I'm Roger Grimsby, here now the news.

  • @samuelgriffin4167
    @samuelgriffin4167 Рік тому +10

    Bill Beutel was the nicest newsman opposite Roger Grimsby

  • @michaelfruchter732
    @michaelfruchter732 8 місяців тому +1

    Great Video
    Thank You for posting. Love The Whole Eyewitness News real . Miss Bill and Roger

  • @jorgegaston5391
    @jorgegaston5391 2 роки тому +5

    October 8, 1980 (I was 8 year old at that time) I was in my 6th year in The Bronx when all this was happening. The NYCTA buses and subway cars were experiencing a Graffiti pandemic. Carter will lose the presidency to Reagan a month later. This new decade would start a development for me that will garnish so many awards along the way

    • @khaledkifafi8403
      @khaledkifafi8403 2 роки тому +3

      I was 11 years old lots of beautiful and good memories know i am 53 years old

  • @paulj0557tonehead
    @paulj0557tonehead 3 роки тому +10

    Tomorrow will be John Lennon's 40th Birthday. His last. In five days I will be 15. I was born on Lenny Bruce's and Margaret Thatcher's 40th birthday. It would be Lenny's last.

  • @kursk_kuku141
    @kursk_kuku141 4 роки тому +11

    The Boy Band Cons” documentary brought me here. Late Alan Gross was telling the story of Jordache Blimp crash, and how Lou Pearlman purposely orchestrated this disaster to get a $3 Million insurance.

  • @TheRonnette4
    @TheRonnette4 Рік тому +4

    New York Memories....

  • @SamuelGriffin-zt1ze
    @SamuelGriffin-zt1ze 3 місяці тому

    Roger's dry humor gets to me when I was tuned in to Eyewitness News WABC-TV with my parents

  • @Zickcermacity
    @Zickcermacity 3 роки тому +2

    24:31 I say this to every customer as they conclude their visit to the store i work in!

  • @THENEWYORKVOICE
    @THENEWYORKVOICE 10 днів тому

    No big fancy graphics and stingers. Creative writing that told the story. No obsession with the present tense. A real sense that the journalists were having fun as they reported the news. I wish local news was more like this.

  • @cellpat7392
    @cellpat7392 3 місяці тому

    RIP Bill Beutel (1930 - 2006) I was 12 in 1980, he was 49.
    He anchored channel 7 eyewitness news for many years.
    He died at age 75 in 2006

  • @ericsamuelson5656
    @ericsamuelson5656 3 роки тому +4

    Can you please upload Eyewitness News from 1971 when Peter Jennings anchored with Bill Beutel. Peter was subbing for Roger Grimsby.

  • @joes9954
    @joes9954 4 роки тому +2

    Grimsby must have thrown out one of his priceless asides as they were all fighting laughter when Tracy Egan was tossing back to Bill.

  • @dawnwelch6579
    @dawnwelch6579 2 роки тому +3

    This was also my 12th birthday! Cool!

  • @AndyB718
    @AndyB718 3 роки тому +23

    When NEWS was NEWS and not activist telling everyone how they should feel.
    Real New Yorkers remember and love this.

  • @steveferguson823
    @steveferguson823 8 місяців тому +2

    Miss 1980 wanna. Relive. My. Senior. Year. Wanna. Relive. 1980

  • @davidbaise5137
    @davidbaise5137 3 роки тому +3

    A lot of top local stories, thanks for uploading. I guess Gabe Pressman was at WNBC at this time.

  • @josephhoman8602
    @josephhoman8602 3 роки тому +9

    Back when news reporters had jokes

    • @bethdibartolomeo2042
      @bethdibartolomeo2042 3 роки тому +3

      You can still see many gaffes and wisecracks if you watch news blooper compilations on YT. ;)

  • @WaltGekko
    @WaltGekko Рік тому +2

    They noted in the promo they were on late, which suggested this was following Game 2 of the National League Championship Series at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia between the Phillies and Houston Astros which I believe started at 3:05 PM ET and was three hours, 34 minutes in length as the Astros won 7-4 in 10 innings.

  • @nedwart
    @nedwart Рік тому +2

    0:04 ABC's coverage of game 1 of the 1980 ALCS pushed the news back by about 15 minutes on this evening.

  • @steverogers9824
    @steverogers9824 5 років тому +22

    WHEN NEWS WAS TRUSTWORTHY .....

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 роки тому +5

      still is.

    • @swayybaby9772
      @swayybaby9772 3 роки тому +1

      @@sillygoose635 not really

    • @thebestchannel5456
      @thebestchannel5456 Рік тому +4

      ​@@sillygoose635Good joke and the fools that agree with you 😂

    • @Polostar79
      @Polostar79 Рік тому +2

      News wasn’t corporate back then

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 6 місяців тому

      ​@@sillygoose635you definitely win a DB award for that one

  • @nicholaskoranteng811
    @nicholaskoranteng811 5 років тому +11

    Keep the Bill Beutel gems coming.

  • @salmenella5751
    @salmenella5751 4 роки тому +3

    Kudos 2 whoever cleaned up this video

  • @christophersmith1475
    @christophersmith1475 4 роки тому +8

    9:18 “Reagan also seen as a one-term President...”

    • @5drm825
      @5drm825 Рік тому

      Christopher u hot dude…would luv to talk more personal babe

    • @YilEspin-ey2mg
      @YilEspin-ey2mg Рік тому +1

      2 term president

  • @BloggingFromParadise
    @BloggingFromParadise 3 місяці тому

    My favorite parts:
    - Storm Field appearing to be 13 years old
    - Bob Guccione taking a sip of Tab

  • @susie7336
    @susie7336 5 років тому +6

    I was 4 months old in Brooklyn. 👶🏼

    • @TuRbOToNeAE101
      @TuRbOToNeAE101 5 років тому

      Susana Sunshine I was 4 months old in Spanish Harlem! Lol

    • @joyceanthony9526
      @joyceanthony9526 3 роки тому

      I was 24 years old in New Jersey

    • @teresamanuszak4183
      @teresamanuszak4183 3 роки тому

      I was 6 months old down the street from that blimp!

    • @Polostar79
      @Polostar79 Рік тому

      I was 75 living in Connecticut and now I’m dead.

  • @angelahoffman270
    @angelahoffman270 3 роки тому +1

    5:45 Broadcast is from: 5/6/1937

  • @ThoroughbredZone
    @ThoroughbredZone 6 місяців тому +1

    My dumpster is a bout 5-foot high! Lol.

  • @angelahoffman270
    @angelahoffman270 3 роки тому

    5:36
    *in July of last year a goodyear blimp was torn from its (?) by heavy winds in Iowa lots of damage but no one hurt*

  • @CalmKit
    @CalmKit 3 місяці тому

    Here on Oct. 8 2024 reliving my young adulthood.

    • @marcopolo3109
      @marcopolo3109 2 місяці тому

      What type of social media existed back then?

  • @Bobo-uh1bx
    @Bobo-uh1bx 4 місяці тому

    Best lineup in NY market for news.

  • @jeffj.3496
    @jeffj.3496 3 роки тому +1

    Boy I guess in Hindsight; Roger Grimsby did have a little smile now and then. But I did like him and Bill reading the news back then.

  • @consultaglobalbroker6273
    @consultaglobalbroker6273 Рік тому +1

    Can you leap me locate a news coverage regarding refugees arriving at JFK, May 21st 1986? News aired a few days later, I think.

  • @yougod7253
    @yougod7253 3 роки тому +5

    Not FAKE NEWS.

  • @keptyeti
    @keptyeti 4 дні тому

    I want to see Jon Johnson reporting about The Son of Sam. The way he said "The Son of Sam... or the 44 Caliber Killer" is etched in my mind.

  • @angelahoffman270
    @angelahoffman270 3 роки тому +2

    0:22 It was up for about two minutes….
    and then it *crashed*

    • @Prifly70
      @Prifly70 2 роки тому +1

      I miss him hahaha. So honest and to the point.

  • @77-ty7gb
    @77-ty7gb Рік тому +1

    @3:12 PLOT TWIST: After watching this Newscast, a new group of burglars broke in and stole every piece of paper in the house, leaving the family destitute.

  • @a.rosesrbleu9580
    @a.rosesrbleu9580 4 роки тому +11

    Real news from real people who actually fact checked their work and took pride in their reporting....so much better than what we have now with fake news and fake people...

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 роки тому +4

      "Real news from real people who actually fact checked their work and took pride in their reporting...." sounds like now, but you wouldn't know anything about today's news.

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 11 місяців тому

      ​@@sillygoose635 Kindergarteners with nothing but lies.

  • @tayk8080
    @tayk8080 2 роки тому +5

    Why tf am I watching this?, Maybe cuz I'm high

  • @chars437
    @chars437 3 роки тому

    Wow I was 14 years old this year 1980

  • @drumzRfun1
    @drumzRfun1 Рік тому +3

    Actual grownups. Very reassuring.

  • @peopleareajoke
    @peopleareajoke Рік тому +1

    LOL got that prediction wrong 9:17

  • @steveferguson823
    @steveferguson823 10 місяців тому

    Was class of 1980 the class of. 1980 rules. Rocked the best 80s class. 1980 best music. Cars.

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 6 місяців тому

      Nah, 70s were better, although 1980 was better than what came after it though LOL

    • @marlonreid9856
      @marlonreid9856 5 місяців тому +1

      Class of 1980 here also.I was 17.Turned 18 in November.Wonderful memories.Ch.7 was my go to channel for the news.Great line up.Lived in Brooklyn.

  • @aheim6646
    @aheim6646 Місяць тому

    06:47 Can anyone else hear the producer talking?

    • @aheim6646
      @aheim6646 Місяць тому

      08:53 - again lol

  • @josephhoman8602
    @josephhoman8602 3 роки тому +2

    Was that blimp joke a joke made towards fat people?? I ain't gonna argue

  • @SamuelGriffin-u8d
    @SamuelGriffin-u8d Рік тому

    Whatever happened to Bob Miller

  • @shanew3293
    @shanew3293 2 роки тому

    where is Ron Burgundy?

  • @samuelgriffin4167
    @samuelgriffin4167 Рік тому +1

    Eyewitness News then Eyewitness News now

  • @t.b.g.504
    @t.b.g.504 4 місяці тому

    Not a very flattering photo of Al D'Amato @ 9:44 - he looks like a madman!

  • @epaddon
    @epaddon 4 роки тому +2

    Did they cut out the sports on this? The Yankees were falling on their faces in the ALCS at this time.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 роки тому +1

      yes, they did. as stated in the description

  • @Canyonradio
    @Canyonradio 7 місяців тому

    2:24 ONE of the worst returns coming home from a trip? What else happened and how is he taking trips on a magicians budget?

  • @tylerlozano9849
    @tylerlozano9849 Рік тому

    My confusion this broadcast was on John Lennon’s 40th Birthday two months later he would be shot.

  • @marc108
    @marc108 9 місяців тому

    Isabella lanza ...ahhh 79/80

  • @MissterX
    @MissterX 6 місяців тому

    It's funny how it took so long for people who are in charge of these big media news stations to figure out putting beautiful women on screen instead of old dudes would be good for ratings.

  • @christophersmith1475
    @christophersmith1475 4 роки тому

    13:52. Hospital Strike!

  • @charleanastasia5557
    @charleanastasia5557 3 роки тому +1

    Even in the early 80s Republicans had campaign money scandals. Yikes

  • @gluechunk
    @gluechunk 11 місяців тому

    It's hard to beat Bob Guccione sipping on a can of Tab

  • @Memnoch67
    @Memnoch67 3 роки тому

    I wonder if they understand the difference between a dirigible and a blimp? I don't think they do.

  • @christophersmith1475
    @christophersmith1475 4 роки тому +1

    7:11 Ted Kennedy “The Supreme Court must not become a political pawn of the New Right”

  • @edwardscott2498
    @edwardscott2498 3 роки тому

    0:23 It was up for about two minutes and then it cræshed

  • @choossuck7653
    @choossuck7653 Рік тому

    Too many ads

  • @kevinvaughan7134
    @kevinvaughan7134 Рік тому +1

    This was the real news not this BS TODAY

  • @geraldfarr8279
    @geraldfarr8279 5 років тому +2

    9:04 Laughable political predictions.

  • @hankwells8723
    @hankwells8723 7 місяців тому

    That first story wtf was that

  • @666THEMARK666
    @666THEMARK666 5 місяців тому

    Funny how history repeats

  • @jchristianw
    @jchristianw Рік тому

    the news used to be amazing

  • @mshroye2
    @mshroye2 5 років тому

    Why we’re they late

    • @WaltGekko
      @WaltGekko Рік тому

      This was following Game 2 of the National League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia that started I believe at 3:05 PM ET. The Astros won that game 7-4 in 10 innings in a game that ran three hours and 34 minutes (ABC had the League Championship Series that year while NBC has the World Series).

  • @STARSportsAsia1991
    @STARSportsAsia1991 Рік тому

    Newswatch theme

  • @BlazeOfGlory742
    @BlazeOfGlory742 Рік тому

    I was 6 😂

  • @vanillacreem816
    @vanillacreem816 2 роки тому +2

    Back when news was real news and not propaganda

  • @christophersmith1475
    @christophersmith1475 4 роки тому

    12:21 The Rats!

  • @foulmouthken1812
    @foulmouthken1812 5 років тому

    1994

  • @thekelth
    @thekelth Рік тому

    N.j.J. Loves destroying mayden voyage blimps!