That promotion for The Hobbit was the first time it aired on television. I saw it when I was 8 years old and that began my fascination with Tolkien. Been trying to track down the full commercial preview. The Doonesbury cartoon aired right after it.
Pretty sure this is 1976, at least in the early part of the video, as a) the TRU commercial says 1976 at the end, and b) BankAmerica card changed to VISA in '76, re: that ad. And c) Tomlin hosted SNL on 9/18/76. Thanks for uploading, it's awesome, but just thought I'd mention.
I hate to be that guy, but here’s the evidence I’ve found: -Research by my friend @bjdwsm shows that the 9/18/76 episode was rerun on NBC on 11/26/77 (this airing) and 5/23/81. - 6:34 The (first) SNL tie-in book came out in 1977. - 5:54 The Neil Diamond album was released on 11/11/77. - 14:07 There’s an ad for “A Doonesbury Special” which aired on NBC on Sunday 11/27/77 - the day after the 26th (which became the 27th at 12 AM, LOL). -There’s also quite a few holiday themed ads, to be expected during the weekend of Thanksgiving.
0:30 - ...So THAT'S where the Visa card came from! XD 4:23 - With skills like this, it's NO WONDER that Granny kicked butt in that ol' Beverly Hillbillies show! XD
So Peggy Taylor was on duty at the KNBC booth at the time of this repeat. In New York, they alternated, sometimes changing shifts at midnight: namely, Bill Rippe and Fred Facey, though I seem to remember hearing Arthur Gary on duty at WNBC-TV during "SNL" on some nights (apparently, such as on this night - he did the promos heard before local station breaks) - and also, Bill Hanrahan.
That promotion for The Hobbit was the first time it aired on television. I saw it when I was 8 years old and that began my fascination with Tolkien. Been trying to track down the full commercial preview. The Doonesbury cartoon aired right after it.
Thanks for uploading this!!
Pretty sure this is 1976, at least in the early part of the video, as a) the TRU commercial says 1976 at the end, and b) BankAmerica card changed to VISA in '76, re: that ad. And c) Tomlin hosted SNL on 9/18/76. Thanks for uploading, it's awesome, but just thought I'd mention.
I hate to be that guy, but here’s the evidence I’ve found:
-Research by my friend @bjdwsm shows that the 9/18/76 episode was rerun on NBC on 11/26/77 (this airing) and 5/23/81.
- 6:34 The (first) SNL tie-in book came out in 1977.
- 5:54 The Neil Diamond album was released on 11/11/77.
- 14:07 There’s an ad for “A Doonesbury Special” which aired on NBC on Sunday 11/27/77 - the day after the 26th (which became the 27th at 12 AM, LOL).
-There’s also quite a few holiday themed ads, to be expected during the weekend of Thanksgiving.
Swingtown wasn't released until October 1977
Actually the Steve Miller Band album Book of Dreams was released May 10,1977. The Single Swingtown was released in Oct of 1977.
0:30 - ...So THAT'S where the Visa card came from! XD
4:23 - With skills like this, it's NO WONDER that Granny kicked butt in that ol' Beverly Hillbillies show! XD
I hate to be that guy... but that wasn't her.
@@walter-r5o you beat me to it.
So Peggy Taylor was on duty at the KNBC booth at the time of this repeat. In New York, they alternated, sometimes changing shifts at midnight: namely, Bill Rippe and Fred Facey, though I seem to remember hearing Arthur Gary on duty at WNBC-TV during "SNL" on some nights (apparently, such as on this night - he did the promos heard before local station breaks) - and also, Bill Hanrahan.
It must've been a repeat of SNL. Lilly Tomlin was on SNL on November 22, 1975.
She also hosted on Sept. 18, 1976. Wasn't her first stint from when it was still "NBC's Saturday Night"?
@wmbrown6 Yes, that latter episode was repeated this night.
@@wmbrown6 The Toys R Us commercial shows the year, '76, so this must be Nov. of '76, not '77. In addition, BankAmerica became VISA in '76.