Sitting here tearing up as well. Brings back great memories of watching along side my dad. We looked forward to TWIB every week. I hold these memories close to my heart. Miss my dad 😢
Everyone seems to have almost the exact same memories, sentiments and nostalgia. This was a weekly ritual, watching this after the Saturday morning cartoons and before The NBC Game of the Week with Joe Gariagola and Tony Kubek. A stop at this era, would be my very first destination with a Time Machine…. 😊
It's crazy how I remember all of these names 45 yrs later, never missed TWIB as a kid, great memory!! Definitely one good thing about social media and RUclips, you can watch anything, anytime....👍👍
Used to be shown during rain delays of Braves games on TBS. When baseball returned to Washington, they showed it at RFK Stadium on the jumbo Tron an hour and half before the first pitch.
I’m so grateful that I was able to attend games at Wrigley in the 70s-80s… no lights, billboards, rooftop bleachers, player names on home jerseys. It was freaking magical.
Thank you so much for this. I have bookmarked every single one. TWIB was such a big part of my childhood. Mel Allen's voice rings in my ears to this day.
can always remember this was on , on a Saturday early afternoon, and if it was nice out would put the kitchen black and white tv on the porch and try and watch it thru the sun glare. was followed up by the game if the week where every now and then you get lucky and get to see the other league play, it is how i fell in love with the Phillies back in the late 70's
Man oh man. 11 yrs old when this came out. Me and my friend Jimmy were blowed away. Anybody here play stratomatic baseball as a kid? Keep stats. Loved it! Didnt miss a game or twib during the summer months. NBC Game of the Week w Joe Garigiola and Tony Kubek
I'm not sure when I pissed off myself more at 10, 11, 12 years old (1977-79): when I missed the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour or This Week in Baseball (TWIB notes!) on Saturdays. Like many have pointed out already the intro music and the closing theme were so iconic. My reaction when the closing music started: Already?! As a young baseball player and collector of TOPPS baseball cards, TWIB must have been the fastest half hour in the history of TV. At least in my baseball loving eyes. I remember the Pete Rose belly flop into 3B so well; and the closing in slow-mo ... the music was every bit as effective as NFL films. "How about that!?" Mel Allen was awesome. Unforgettable voice. He did the homespun charm for baseball what Keith Jackson did for football. And did everyone see that clip of the fan falling over the fence after the Craig Nettles (NY Yankees) HR?! That mighta' left a mark. I came back with an edit for the commercials a bit surprised some avid TV fan in the '70's didn't mention Gordon Jump from WKRP in Cincinnati in the Mobile 1 Oil commercial. Larry Wilcox was waxing his car in the other commercial, soon to don a cop uniform and a motorcycle for the show CHIPs. Ah, TV in the 70's, indeed.
So many beautiful memories. Baseball has changed a lot in the years since, but it's still a beautiful game. I used to look forward to watching this every week.
How I long for the days when guys were complete ballplayers with good fundamentals. Hit n run and advancing runners was the name of the game with runners on. Risked life and limb (yet still far fewer injuries than today), ran the bases aggressively, and shortened their swings at the plate with two-strikes, etc. Even a Mickey Mantle commercial, too! Oh how the game has changed!!!
Other things of note from video: -George Foster hit 52 HR in 1977. In the footage (Dodgers vs Reds), he didn't stand around admiring his blast, he was already on first base when the ball cleared the wall. -Jim Rice was a natural pull hitter, but could shoot a ball the RF when they pitched him outside (Shift be damned). -A young, unknown Dennis Eckersley tosses his only career no-hitter in front of only 900 fans in Cleveland...which had the largest capacity of any stadium in MLB at the time.
Wow. Hearing that classic theme music takes me back. Still like baseball but back then I LOVED baseball. Mel Allen was such a great personality and his voice just was perfect for a show like this. Used to watch Yankee games here in New York on WPIX channel 11 with my Grandmother back in the late 70s. Such great memories. Baseball back then was classic.
In the first ad (for Mobil One) we see Ronnie Schell (Duke Slater from Gomer Pyle, USMC) and Parley Baer (from Bewitched, The Andy Griffith Show, etc.)
Loved this show when I was a kid. Grew up in Central New Jersey. Watched The Mets The Phils and the Yankees. It was nice to see different teams once a week
I was living in Calgary when this show began, and it ran on Saturdays before the NBC Game of the Week on the Spokane station. There are some familiar musical cues in this episode; the music at the beginning was also used in the "Spiderman" cartoon series. And that's Dave Madden doing the voice-over in the Kit ad at about 9:26.
Don Pardo: You'll never know when someone stands up and yell Contestant: JACKPOT!!!!! (0:20 is playing) Don Pardo: And now, the star of Jackpot, Geoff Edwards
This was the closest thing baseball had to NFL Films. I used to watch this on Saturday mornings. Too bad they couldn't create something like NFL Films. Baseball has so much history and tradition that it needs to be preserved.
I like the Cub's segment at 9:45 - ? 15:00 . Fun teams , enjoyable players and really affordable. $1.50 IN the bleachers. P.K. WRIGLEY treated the fans wonderful .
...and that house was the Bradford's from Eight is Enough with Rueben Kinckaid (sp?) (Dave Madden) from The Partridge Famiy doing the voiceover....you're welcome!...
Actually it was Dennis Eckersley that pitched that no hitter for Cleveland. However, Len Barker did pitch a perfect game for the Indians against the Blue Jays just 4 years later.
I used to watch this show with my father. It actually makes me tear up because I miss him. He loved baseball, loyal Reds fan.
may God bless him. And you.
❤️ this show; better than sport cable tv shows
Yep, just watched it and teared up myself. Dang man, this is when baseball was baseball ⚾️!!!
Sitting here tearing up as well. Brings back great memories of watching along side my dad. We looked forward to TWIB every week. I hold these memories close to my heart. Miss my dad 😢
N. B. right there with you, except throw in my older brother. Fond memories of Mel and the theme song
What a great show . I remember watching this every Saturday after the cartoons and the baseball game of the week .
No shat.....this was back when baseball every Sat morning....
I guess it is quite off topic but does anyone know of a good place to watch newly released movies online ?
@Jimmy Bryant flixportal :)
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Everyone seems to have almost the exact same memories, sentiments and nostalgia. This was a weekly ritual, watching this after the Saturday morning cartoons and before The NBC Game of the Week with Joe Gariagola and Tony Kubek. A stop at this era, would be my very first destination with a Time Machine…. 😊
WWF WRESTLING TOO
Just started following baseball around the time TWIB began what a great time for baseball
Well said. Baseball bunch too and then practice what was taught in the episode
The theme songs at the open and close are iconic
JACKPOT!
Jet Set and Gathering Crowds.
I was 12 years old in 77 playing 3rd base for my little league team. I remember just loving to play and watching MLB.
As a baseball freak kid growing up in the 70's I used to look forward to this show every Saturday.
Yep! & the game of week after. Tony Kubiak & Joe Garagiola if I remember right.
So grateful I was a kid in the 70s.
Absolutely me too
Amen unc !!😊
Ditto Uncletony!!
Yeah, me too.
At 4:15 the dude just fell out of the stands trying to grab Nettles’s homer. 😂. That is commitment!
I miss this kind of baseball
Absolutely when baseball was baseball these too teams new how to put on a show great rivalry's
ME TOO.
I sure miss how baseball was played!!! Watching this made me tear up. I miss these days like crazy.
Yea I agree. They messed it up. And that new extra innings rule is just wrong.
The uniforms were a lot better back then than they are today.
Definitely!
So was baseball
@@jasonbaber1526 Indeed!
100%
I don't know! Those Yellow Pants of The PIRATES Were AWFUL LOL Bad Slow Pitch Softball Pants!! The rest of them were very Cool though!!
Loved watching this growing up in the 70's. Never missed a episode. I wish they would still do this to this very day
It's crazy how I remember all of these names 45 yrs later, never missed TWIB as a kid, great memory!! Definitely one good thing about social media and RUclips, you can watch anything, anytime....👍👍
That's Gordon Jump ( Mr. Carlson on WKRP in Cincinnati) in the first commercial for Mobil One!
Ruben Kinkaid (Dave Madden) was in one of the commercials too.
Big Guy!
That intro...chills ...it has the endurance of the stars
Awesome. Those were the days. Love watching this stuff; brings me back in time.
Used to be shown during rain delays of Braves games on TBS.
When baseball returned to Washington, they showed it at RFK Stadium on the jumbo Tron an hour and half before the first pitch.
Man, does this ever take me back...
A fan literally just fell out of the stands 4:15 and no mention of it. Back then, just part of going to a game.
I'm the luckiest man. I was a kid growing up to 70's sports. Especially baseball. I loved this show.
I’m so grateful that I was able to attend games at Wrigley in the 70s-80s… no lights, billboards, rooftop bleachers, player names on home jerseys. It was freaking magical.
Day games at Wrigley Field were special and unique prior to 1988.
I love this music SO much.
Thank you so much for this. I have bookmarked every single one. TWIB was such a big part of my childhood. Mel Allen's voice rings in my ears to this day.
Wonderful show, never missed an episode
I used to love watching this when I was a kid. Mel Allen was brilliant.
RUclips is the closest thing we have to a time machine
It really is. I'm 57 years old and I watch RUclips more than television.
can always remember this was on , on a Saturday early afternoon, and if it was nice out would put the kitchen black and white tv on the porch and try and watch it thru the sun glare. was followed up by the game if the week where every now and then you get lucky and get to see the other league play, it is how i fell in love with the Phillies back in the late 70's
God, l loved this show SO much…I have both the opening theme (JET SET) and the closing theme (GATHERING CROWDS) in their entireties on my iTunes.
I’d be singing those songs on my way to the ball field that was right thru my backyard. We played til dark almost every night in the summer.
Man oh man. 11 yrs old when this came out. Me and my friend Jimmy were blowed away. Anybody here play stratomatic baseball as a kid? Keep stats. Loved it! Didnt miss a game or twib during the summer months. NBC Game of the Week w Joe Garigiola and Tony Kubek
Every Saturday morning! Loved this show
14:27--Kent Tekulve always looked so cool with those aviator shades.
That Hobson/Munson plate collision was epic.
One of my favorite shows growing up. The end theme is an epic and unforgettable masterpiece.
I'm not sure when I pissed off myself more at 10, 11, 12 years old (1977-79): when I missed the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour or This Week in Baseball (TWIB notes!) on Saturdays. Like many have pointed out already the intro music and the closing theme were so iconic. My reaction when the closing music started: Already?! As a young baseball player and collector of TOPPS baseball cards, TWIB must have been the fastest half hour in the history of TV. At least in my baseball loving eyes.
I remember the Pete Rose belly flop into 3B so well; and the closing in slow-mo ... the music was every bit as effective as NFL films.
"How about that!?" Mel Allen was awesome. Unforgettable voice. He did the homespun charm for baseball what Keith Jackson did for football.
And did everyone see that clip of the fan falling over the fence after the Craig Nettles (NY Yankees) HR?! That mighta' left a mark.
I came back with an edit for the commercials a bit surprised some avid TV fan in the '70's didn't mention Gordon Jump from WKRP in Cincinnati in the Mobile 1 Oil commercial.
Larry Wilcox was waxing his car in the other commercial, soon to don a cop uniform and a motorcycle for the show CHIPs. Ah, TV in the 70's, indeed.
Am I old when I knew everyone of those opening credits players, owners and managers.
Love that theme song! It was used by the NFL also. To this '70's kid, that sound means Sports.
Mel Allen .................. One Of The Best ........................ EVER !!!!
Seeing Thurman Munson still hurts to this day.
His untimely death crushed me for weeks.
RIP #15
That is some great stuff and there's no one better than Mel Allen. They made the perfect choice.
Who’s still watching this in 2021?
I couldn't have been happier finding and watching this
Nope, it’s now Aug 2024!
1:42 Whoa, Mick!
So many beautiful memories. Baseball has changed a lot in the years since, but it's still a beautiful game. I used to look forward to watching this every week.
If I close my eyes.. I’m a kid again. I loooved this!!!
How I long for the days when guys were complete ballplayers with good fundamentals. Hit n run and advancing runners was the name of the game with runners on. Risked life and limb (yet still far fewer injuries than today), ran the bases aggressively, and shortened their swings at the plate with two-strikes, etc. Even a Mickey Mantle commercial, too!
Oh how the game has changed!!!
Other things of note from video:
-George Foster hit 52 HR in 1977. In the footage (Dodgers vs Reds), he didn't stand around admiring his blast, he was already on first base when the ball cleared the wall.
-Jim Rice was a natural pull hitter, but could shoot a ball the RF when they pitched him outside (Shift be damned).
-A young, unknown Dennis Eckersley tosses his only career no-hitter in front of only 900 fans in Cleveland...which had the largest capacity of any stadium in MLB at the time.
I love the bass line at the beginning song. Always get hyped
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Yep I was 10 when this came out.
Wow. Hearing that classic theme music takes me back. Still like baseball but back then I LOVED baseball. Mel Allen was such a great personality and his voice just was perfect for a show like this. Used to watch Yankee games here in New York on WPIX channel 11 with my Grandmother back in the late 70s. Such great memories. Baseball back then was classic.
Fantastic show never missed it when I was in. Junior. High and High School
In the first ad (for Mobil One) we see Ronnie Schell (Duke Slater from Gomer Pyle, USMC) and Parley Baer (from Bewitched, The Andy Griffith Show, etc.)
This show was why I was a Baseball fan...every Saturday after cartoons
cant beat it
Probably my favorite show of all time, loved that theme song.
No one but Mel Allen is the only voice who could do this show properly
Mel Allen...is for real.
Loved this show when I was a kid. Grew up in Central New Jersey. Watched The Mets The Phils and the Yankees. It was nice to see different teams once a week
there will never be two teams as good as the reds vs dodgers playing each other, the talent on those teams wont be matched ever again.
I also loved The Baseball Bunch
Best opening theme to a sports show in history only rivaled by 70s Monday night football.
I Watched every week. Mel Allen was awesome.
Oh my, flash from the past, thanks
me and my brother would watch faithfully every weekend! and on Sunday's...watch the dodgers and listen to Vin Scully ~
Back when it was OK to enjoy simple things. I was 12 in 1977 and was baseball crazy. We’ve lost so much.
Funny to see them hit home runs, drop the bat and jog around not stand there and point to God, and push each other around in a cart
I was living in Calgary when this show began, and it ran on Saturdays before the NBC Game of the Week on the Spokane station. There are some familiar musical cues in this episode; the music at the beginning was also used in the "Spiderman" cartoon series. And that's Dave Madden doing the voice-over in the Kit ad at about 9:26.
Don Pardo: You'll never know when someone stands up and yell
Contestant: JACKPOT!!!!!
(0:20 is playing)
Don Pardo: And now, the star of Jackpot, Geoff Edwards
may 31 is my birthday.and i remember this like yesterday
the music gives me chills
I had to check T.W.I.B. out on RUclips, that theme and the iconic voice of Mel Allen.
Truly great memories and baseball too!! Beats social media these days that is for sure
Loved watching it every Sunday before the Yankees games
This was the closest thing baseball had to NFL Films. I used to watch this on Saturday mornings. Too bad they couldn't create something like NFL Films. Baseball has so much history and tradition that it needs to be preserved.
4:13 that guy fell out
On RUclips i can go back in time and watch my games, pro wrasslin, and Roller Derby!
Love the fake sounds of the bat cracking
I loved watching this back in the day
Great episode right here.
Back when kids actually had some ambition
I like the Cub's segment at 9:45 - ? 15:00 . Fun teams , enjoyable players and really affordable. $1.50 IN the bleachers. P.K. WRIGLEY treated the fans wonderful .
When they described the pennant drought of 32 years....it would be another 39 before they ended the drought
I miss the old days....It didn't matter what color your skin was..the back of the card is what matters the most!!!!!! You suck?....well...You suck!!!
Essential watching back in the day!
Check out a young Larry Wilcox in the car polish commercial at 9:14 ... That's before CHiPs !!
Yep. CHiPs would premiere that fall on NBC.
Believe that commercial was for "Kit" car wax. Another sponsor of the show, however, near the end, was "Rally" car wax!
...and that house was the Bradford's from Eight is Enough with Rueben Kinckaid (sp?) (Dave Madden) from The Partridge Famiy doing the voiceover....you're welcome!...
I miss the voice of Mel Allen. This show was a part of my younger life.
Mel Allen was the shit!
Larry Wilcox in the car wax commercial, also known as John Baker on CHiPS.
Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that!
There are no better sports broadcasters in any sport than Mel Allen or Vin Scully
yup. I'm partial to Bob Uecker as well. It's a very short list
@@xman777b I do like me some Harry Doyle too
Lon Simmons
0:36, a little high with those cleats, ya think?
Holey Cow Mel, I was at that game where Pat Kelly had the ball go over the fence for a homer. Wow.
1:20 Venus Flytrap shows up for the nightshift.
How I loved this show.
This was classic baseball, with real professional players.....no show-boating, no bat flips, no dugout chains...real men whi earned their pay....
That commercial had Larry Wilcox, about a year before he became known as Ponch's partner Jon Baker in CHiPs. It's fun looking back at stuff like this.
There was a commercial could be the same one you're referring to, narrated by Dave Madden from Alice and The Partridge Family
Thats awesome
Such great memories of Saturdays in the 70s and 80s.
My favorite show I was 13
Zimmer left Tiant in way too long.
Great show, great voice, and great memories!
My favorite show
Wow, Len Barker no hitter was the play of week, in the first episode of TWIB? So cool. Go Tribe!
Actually it was Dennis Eckersley that pitched that no hitter for Cleveland. However, Len Barker did pitch a perfect game for the Indians against the Blue Jays just 4 years later.
the greatest game ever invented...BASEBALL.
TWiB. Baseeebaaall, this is Baseeebaaall, as Mel Allen would say. TWiB would be on before The game of the week.
"As God is my witness, I thought Mobil1 could fly"...
Later brought back for the 2000s on Fox with Cam Brainard of Disney Channel fame doing the voice. With the same theme song!
That Mickey Mantle Bryl cream commercial was so cheesy!
Mantle more than likely banged those chicks in the commercial.
This Week In Baseball, PROBABLY paved the way, for FUTURE highlight shows, like Baseball Tonight and Quick Pitch.