CBS Sunday Morning - news story on the MCA Videodisc - 1978!! videoholic50s60s70s 2026-09-20 | CBS Sunday Morning - news story on the MCA Videodisc - 1978!!
Shake & Bake Chicken - in 4K video! videoholic50s60s70s 2022-02-26 | Trying out my new 4K camera (which I have since sold), with some Shake & Bake chicken, to show the detail!
1960s Star Muffler Commercial - with Ernie Anderson and Big Chuck! videoholic50s60s70s 2022-01-30 | A local Cleveland place, Star Muffler did a lot of TV advertising back in the 60s and 70s! Here's a unique one, with Ernie Anderson playing the lead, and Cleveland legend "Big" Chuck Schodowski playing one of the Star Muffler mechanics. Always great to see a '65 Chevy Impala, too!
Some TV Commercials from May of 1978 - taped on a Quasar Great Time Machine! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-11-23 | From May 25, 1978, here are some TV commercials that were shown during a Bing Crosby special. There's even an ad for AMERICAN GRAFFITI for its first-run at the theater!! This was taped from Seattle on a Quasar Great Time Machine! I did not alter or change the quality of this recording in any way, so what you see is exactly the way it was recorded!
All Our Video Conventions - 1979 - 1981! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-11-16 | Here is camera footage of all the video conventions that we attended in the late 70s/early 80s, in NW Ohio....so much fun!! Luckily, we always brought a color video camera to these events to capture all the fun.....and the people!! We all brought some Betamax machines (and some of the guys even brought U-Matics and VHS machines), tons of blank tape, and our latest movies to dub! Those dubbing sessions usually went until the wee hours of the morning! And some of these guys, unfortunately, have passed on.
A Video Showing the Amazing 1959 Ford Skyliner Retractable! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-29 | Anybody old enough to remember this? This was a great feat of engineering back the 50s!!
The very FIRST 2-Minute TV Commercial - from 1972! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-28 | Here's a TV commercial that I distinctly remember, mainly because it was SO long...at 1 minute, 40 seconds...almost 2 minutes! And of course it had a classy British announcer (who is also an actor). I think this was from 1972. This was taped sometime in the 80s.
Big Chuck & Lil John - Boxing skit! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-24 | Probably from the 80s, here is a funny skit from the Big Chuck & Lil John show, from WJW-TV8, Cleveland, about boxing!
WBZ Boston News - May 29, 1978 videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-17 | Here is a condensed newscast from WBZ, Ch. 4 in Boston, from May 29, 1978!
Short News report of the death of Francis Gary Powers from KNBC - Aug. 1977 videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-17 | From August 1, 1977, here is a newsman breaking up as he announces the death of Francis Gary Powers (who was a helicopter pilot for KNBC, the station that is featured here) and an engineer, in a helicopter crash. Francis Gary Powers was the U-2 pilot that was shot down over Russia and captured in 1960. He was released and exchanged in 1962 for a captured Soviet KGB leader.
KNBC-TV4 Los Angeles - Pat Sajak doing the Weather with a COOL Chromakey Set - 1977!! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-16 | Before his reign on Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak was doing the weather on LA's KNBVC, Channel 4! I love this cool chromakey set!!!
WAKR, TV23, Akron OH - News Intro from 1977! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-16 | Here is a news intro from WAKR in Akron, Ohio, taped long-distance with my antenna, from 1977!
WJKW TV8 ID plus CBS TONE - 1977! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-16 | How rare is this to have on tape? From 1977, here is an ID from WJKW (now WJW) TV in Cleveland, going into CBS Network programming at the top of the hour - even got the CBS tone!!
WKYC, TV3 Cleveland - Snow report - Dec , 1976! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-16 | Here are Mike Landess and Doug Adair (plus Doug's future wife Mona Scott doing the weather) telling us about the blizzard and snow from December of 1976! Taped from WKYC, TV3, in Cleveland, OH.
Seasons Greetings from The CBS Evening News Staff + Footage from WKBN - from December, 1976!! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-16 | Here is some rare footage from Christmas of 1976, showing a Seasons Greetings from the staff of the CBS Evening News, followed by a couple of quick clips I was able to pull in from my antenna from CBS affiliate WKBN, Ch. 27, in Youngstown, OH!
WKYC TV3 News outro into NBC Nightly News...Dec. 23, 1976! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-16 | From Dec. 23, 1976, here is WKYC/Ch. 3 Cleveland's news outro going into the NBC Nightly News. At that time WKYC was an NBC O & O.
Jan Jones Doing the Weather on WJW TV - in 1976! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-16 | Here is the multi-talented Jan Jones doing the Weather on WJW-TV8, Cleveland, in late 1976!
My LAST Betamax Library Camera Tour!!! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-10-01 | From early October 2014, here is my LAST tape-by-tape camera tour of my "permanent" Betamax library! I've removed about 600 tapes over the last few years - items I no longer have interest in, no longer want, and/or now have on DVD - so what you see in this video is what will stay forever. The camera work gets a bit sloppy near the end, I think my arm was getting tired! There is NO music in this video.
Hoolihan & Big Chuck - Oldies Night, July 1977 - WJW, TV8, Cleveland! videoholic50s60s70s 2021-09-17 | Taped in July 1977, here is "Oldies Night" from the Hoolihan & Big Chuck Show, from WJW-TV8, Cleveland. Some vintage stuff here!!!
Hoolihan & Big Chuck - Show from the Summer of 1977 - WJW-TV8, Cleveland videoholic50s60s70s 2021-09-16 | From the Summer of 1977, here is another Hoolihan/Big Chuck Show! Taped from WJW-TV8, Cleveland.
My College Star Trek Production - 1971/2019 Comparison! videoholic50s60s70s 2019-01-04 | Here is a dual-screen comparison of my 1971 Star Trek production! The audio is taken from the 2019 version. Somewhat synched up, it falls out of synch a little near the end. Enjoy!
My 1971 College Star Trek Production - Modernized!! videoholic50s60s70s 2019-01-04 | Here is a newer version of my 1971 college Star Trek production, "Legacy of the Past, with newer titles and other corrections made. Enjoy!
Various TV News Reports on the Death of Elvis - Aug. 1977 videoholic50s60s70s 2017-08-14 | Here are some various TV news reports on the death of Elvis Presley, from August 1977, from some Cleveland TV stations and some network news.
My 10-Year YouTube Anniversary Video! videoholic50s60s70s 2017-03-19 | Celebrating my first 10 years on YouTube!! Recorded on March 17, 2017.
WIXY JINGLES ON CARTS! videoholic50s60s70s 2016-01-22 | Here is a 1970s broadcast cart machine playing some old WIXY-1260 jingles!
Two of the First Cleveland Beta-Philes on Camera - from May, 1977!!! videoholic50s60s70s 2015-12-21 | Recorded at Higbee's at Severance Center, in May of 1977 (yep, 1977 - many of you probably weren't born yet!), here are myself and fellow videophile Gary Herman on camera! At that time both of us were heavily involved in video trading and dubbing, and we thought it would be cool to do intros to put at the beginning and end of tapes that sent to other people! This was recorded on a Sony LV-1901 Betamax console, with that old b/w Sony video camera that was sold as an accessory, and needed a LOT of light! The original video was very dark so I brightened it up in my video editing program. Enjoy the nostalgia!!!
Some TV Commercials from 1975!! videoholic50s60s70s 2015-03-28 | Here are a few TV commercials from early 1975!!
A Special Message from the Videoholic - March, 2015! videoholic50s60s70s 2015-03-08 | The copyright police did me in again! Another update from early March, 2015......Here is the link to subscribe to my new videoholic90sB channel:youtube.com/profile?user=videoholic90sB#grid/uploads
My Video Room - Nov., 1979!! videoholic50s60s70s 2015-03-07 | Here is a very rare video of my video room at my girlfriend (who became my Mrs. the next year) Mickey's townhouse, which was an extra bedroom. You'll see both my very first video rack and my first patch bay! And this is one of the few videos where you'll see me smoking (I quit 4 years later)......
My LAST Betamax Library Camera Tour - 2014!!! videoholic50s60s70s 2014-10-14 | From early October 2014, here is my LAST tape-by-tape camera tour of my "permanent" Betamax library! I've removed about 600 tapes over the last few years - items I no longer have interest in, no longer want, and/or now have on DVD - so what you see in this video is what will stay forever. The camera work gets a bit sloppy near the end, I think my arm was getting tired!
To Tell The Truth - With the Voice of Popeye! videoholic50s60s70s 2014-09-16 | From 1973, here is a segment from TO TELL THE TRUTH, with the man behind the voice of Popeye!!
John Forsythe Tareyton Commercial + PSA For United Way videoholic50s60s70s 2014-08-27 | From the late 50s (?), here is John Forsythe, from the end of a "Bachelor Father" episode, hawking Tareyton cigarettes! This is followed by a short PSA for the United Way.
Wyatt Earp Promo - late 1950s videoholic50s60s70s 2014-08-27 | Here is a rare network promo for "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," starring Hugh O'Brian, from the late 1950s!
Meeting Art Vuolo for the very first time - May, 1978!! videoholic50s60s70s 2014-08-13 | Taped at my old apartment in Chagrin Blvd. in Woodmere, Ohio, here is a rough black and white camera video of the very first time I met Detroit radio icon Art Vuolo, when he came to visit me on May 22, 1978! The other guys in attendance comprised the "VCO", the Video Collectors of Ohio, a loose-knit group of videophiles that were all good friends and traded and dubbed tapes. We actually had 9 Betamaxes on my floor, all inter-connected and dubbing tapes!! This is one of the few videos that was shot in my apartment, before I moved in 1979.
The Beginnings of McKeesports WIXZ1360 - With A Robot Disc Jockey - Feb. 27, 1969! videoholic50s60s70s 2014-03-12 | When McKeesport PA's WMCK (1360 AM) changed formats and call letters to WIXZ in Feb. of 1969, this is what listeners heard! "I am Segue, your computerized disc jockey," droned a robotic voice. "This is the new 'Wick-zee' 1360, WIXZ McKeesport. You are listening to the sound of automated radio. I am the world's only perfect radio announcer ... I have no moving parts. I can never make a mistake. I have taken over your radio dial at 1360." And on came "Papa Oom Mow Mow" by The Rivingtons. Hour after hour, it continued. "Segue the Computer" would announce a "super oldie" by Pat Boone or The Beatles, and invariably play "Papa Oom Mow Mow" instead. For your sanity, I have cut out every playing of "Papa Oom Mow Mow" and just went on with whatever the robot said next! WIXZ's original line-up included George Brewer from 6 - 9 am, Jerry Butler from 9 am - 4pm, 'Wild Child' Dick Kemp from 4 - 9 pm, Terry Lee from 9 pm - 1 am, and Bobby Harper from 1 - 6 am.
Jimmy Dean Blooper! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-07-15 | From sometime in the 70s, here is a blooper featuring the late Jimmy Dean!
1960s Theater Graphics videoholic50s60s70s 2013-07-15 | These were shown (probably in the 1960s) at your neighborhood theater!
MPAA Ratings for theaters - 1970s! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-07-15 | Here are some of the first MPAA ratings! This was taken from a film copy, and these were used in theaters, probably in the 1970s. Recognize the announcer?
Save Free TV Promo - 1970s! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-07-15 | Before the proliferation of Cable and Satellite TV....we had THIS!
Theater Greeting for New Years, 1974-75 videoholic50s60s70s 2013-07-15 | Here's a really rare New Years greeting from your local theater, going from 1974 to 1975!
Intermission Animations as Shown by Theaters - 1960s/70s! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-07-15 | Here are some rare animations for Intermission, as shown in theaters in the 1960s and 1970s!
War of the Worlds Trailer for Filmex 75!!! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-07-15 | Taken from a film copy, here is a trailer for War of the Worlds, part of Filmex '75, in Century City, CA!!
Eisenhower Speaks About the Murder of JFK (1963) videoholic50s60s70s 2013-07-14 | This is a video that I downloaded from my friend Kerry Decker's YouTube channel. It is so popular (as of June, 2013, it has over 101,000 views!) I wanted to preserve it. As each November passes, many Americans still recall the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While reviewing the many films I have about that day, I came across one that's seldom seen. Former President Dwight Eisenower is interviewed as he leaves a meeting at the United Nations in New York City on November 22, 1963. With his unique perspective on national and international events & history, he gives a commentary to the reporters about the present and the future of this nation.
My 6-year YouTube Anniversary Video - part 2 of 2!! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-03-19 | From March 17, 2013 - exactly 6 years to the day of my very first YouTube camera video - here I am again, finally on-camera, explaining why I haven't been on camera in so long! Be sure to watch in HD! This is part 2 of 2.
My 6-year YouTube Anniversary Video - part 1 of 2!! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-03-19 | From March 17, 2013 - exactly 6 years to the day of my very first YouTube camera video - here I am again, finally on-camera, explaining why I haven't been on camera in so long! Be sure to watch in HD! This is part 1 of 2.
Hoolihan & Big Chuck - Beat the Owner Skit - 1970s!! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-02-21 | From an "Oldies Night" on the Hoolihan & Big Chuck Show, here is a short segment with Hoolie & Big Chuck, followed by a skit called "Beat the Owner." Not sure when I taped this, I'm guessing the early 80s. Part of the soundtrack is off during the skit, that's just the way it transferred to the computer. Taped from WJW-TV8, in Cleveland.
Alka-Seltzer Commercial with Sammy Davis Jr.!! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-01-25 | From the late 70s, here is an Alka-Seltzer commercial with the late, great Sammy Davis Jr.!!
A Disco McDonalds TV Commercial - from 1979!! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-01-25 | A true sign of the times, here is a "disco" McDonald's TV commercial, from 1979!!! How dated!!!
My interview with Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson) - September, 1964!!! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-01-11 | Here is an interview that I conducted with Cleveland legend Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson), way way back in September of 1964!! This was recorded on reel-to-reel tape, which I still have!! I was down at the WJW-TV studios recording his show on audiotape, and did this interview after the show, around 2 in the morning!!
CBS Were Coming On Graphics from 1979!!! videoholic50s60s70s 2013-01-07 | From early 1979, here is a CBS graphics I've actually never seen before, "We're Coming On!", with a preview for The Dukes of Hazzard.
