I listened to this all the way to Disneyland when I was 4. When we checked into our hotel and everyone was getting ready to go explore Disneyland- I simply sat on the bed and started it again. Real men listen to The Black Hole- they don’t waste their time with Disneyland.
I actually think it's better than the movie, even though the deaths are removed and Maximilian isn't as scary. The narrator did an amazing job! The special effects also hold up a lot better as still pictures and it leaves more up to the imagination. As a kid, I really loved the shot of the sentries getting blown to pieces and assumed the movie must have looked amazing. Unfortunately, I was disappointed several years later when I caught it on TV.
So did I! I had it on cassette before I owned any music. Lol. All I could remember was the name "Palomino". Duck Duck Go led me the rest of the way here. So glad I found it!
@@nicholaschan8750 And better in my opinion. Sure, we didn't have all the technological advantages back then that we have now. But look what happiness we found just with what we had! Our imagintations were what opened the door to all this tech and it was all inspired by the little things we had like The Black Hole.
@@doctorclu No that's William Marshall (AKA Blacula). Percy Rodrigues did appear on a _Star Trek_ episode, though. Namely, he played Commodore Stone in the episode "Court Martial".
Oh, this is so goofy, lol. I had this record book when I was a child and I took it very seriously. I listened to it over and over again. I could practically quote some of it as your video was playing, haha! Great memories!
I still have these somewhere in storage I need to find it!! And Percy Rodriguez did the narration whaaaaaa?!?! Thank you so much for posting and bringing back the memories
This is the story of "THE BLACK HOLE". You can read along with me in your book. You will know it is time to turn the page, when you hear the chimes ring like this... ...Let's begin now!
Having just watched the movie, this barely even resembles it. They completely cut Harry and Alex, the destruction of the Palomino, Kate's near-lobotomy, and removed any personality from the cast. Oh, and the scene with the meteor chasing the crew across the bridge was mirrored. I know they had very little run time on the record, but yikes! I grew up with this record, but wow, it's very very inaccurate. 😂 Edit: Thanks for uploading, I'm glad I could hear this again!
I noticed all references to Booth and Durant are removed. I guess they didnt want any people dying in a childrens book. And Reinhart turned the crew into robots instead of lobotomizing them...
I had this but at the beginning it said, "This is the story of the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, I got so used to it, I was kind of expecting to hear that. Now I'm a little disappointed lol.
The only voice actors I can identify in this read along version are Percy Rodrigues as the narrator and the late Linda Gary (He Man and the Masters of the Universe) as Dr. Kate McCrae. Star Trek fans will recognize Percy from TOS episode Court Marshall as Commodore Stone.
I had the full-LP version of this, which was not only longer but had the actual cast’s voices and the actual lines from the movie. How odd that they re-recorded it. (Assuming this isn’t just speed adjustment to avoid a strike.) maybe they couldn’t come up with a short enough edit of the actual soundtrack.
I'd never heard of this format before and I have seen the film, once when I was very young. I remember thinking 2 things: 1st Old Bob is so cool 2nd WTF is going on with the weird ending Even younger me felt robbed of an ending for a great story.
I used to love Disney as a child, timeless classics like Snow White, Fantasia, and masterpieces like Old Yeller. And this movie, a merge of timeless elegance and sci fi together. But now Disney is heading for a "black hole" of it's own doing. With one of the worst slaps in the faces of Star Wars fans with The Last Jedi (should have named it Social Justice Wars, Rise of the Snowflake) and it's political agenda seeking properties, it's no wonder Disney cancelled the reboot of The Black Hole. Probably for the best, I couldn't imagine how much powerful characters like Max Schell would be hacked up to insure Political Correctness.
@@T.R.R.Jolkien I actuall have fun rewatching Rogue One and Solo. Yeh stopped with Last Jedi on the latest Star Wars trilogy. Marvel movies have been a lot of fun. Some could have been better but so many of those movies have been amazing. All that said, Disney has their own creations like Tron, John Carter, and The Black Hole... might be fun to revisit those when they need to take a breather from the Marvel/Star Wars lines.
@@T.R.R.Jolkien Ha, didn't notice that, I am a bit "color blind". I just knew that Tarkin was originally white (and love what they did recreating him) and Krennic was just well played. Don't worry though, there are plenty of other times for "non-whites" to play the bad guy in the Star Wars universe, such as Gideon in the Mandalorian. That actor does a great job of making a villain I just want to reach through the screen and punch. :D
I have not heard this in over 40 years, those chimes are unforgettable. For 10 minutes and 18 seconds I was back somewhere in 1979-1982 again.
These read alongs do that. For me, it’s the Star Wars books and planet of the Hoojibs, and the Wrath of Khan.
Me too. I just happen to be on acid right, now. But me too....
The narrator has done so many trailers for tv and movies. The sound of his voice brings back a flood of memories from my childhood.
Frank Langella?
Percy Rodriguez@@padawanmage71
It's Percy Rodriguez. His voice was inescapable back then. I think the first thing I ever heard him do was the trailer for the original "Jaws."
I listened to this all the way to Disneyland when I was 4. When we checked into our hotel and everyone was getting ready to go explore Disneyland- I simply sat on the bed and started it again.
Real men listen to The Black Hole- they don’t waste their time with Disneyland.
Wow. I havent heard this in 35 years! Thank you for sharing. It took me WAY back!
Yeah, me too. I might have had a cassette tape version. After 35 years, it is not easy to remember.
Yeah, I thought this was lost forever
@@stt5v2002 , this was only available as a 45 record.
This showed up in my feed today. I love the internet sometimes. Haven't heard this in a long, long time. Thank you for sharing it!
Remember when they not only trusted kids to handle darker, edgier material, but they put it in a frickin Disney book with a record in the back?
Word. I loved this and turned out fine
@@mccallosone4903I *do* vote republican now and again, but....
We were expected to be more mature back then.
Listened to this 100 times as a kid. Had the LP version too
Finally found this! Couldn’t remember the name of this piece of my childhood for years and had been irritating me no end. Thanks!
Thanks for posting this! I must have played this a hundred times over when I was a small child. Oh the memories!
Ah a wonderfully quick telling of the story, so action packed with an amazing narrator voice.
I actually think it's better than the movie, even though the deaths are removed and Maximilian isn't as scary. The narrator did an amazing job! The special effects also hold up a lot better as still pictures and it leaves more up to the imagination. As a kid, I really loved the shot of the sentries getting blown to pieces and assumed the movie must have looked amazing. Unfortunately, I was disappointed several years later when I caught it on TV.
@@Zeffarian So Old Bob stays in "his home" and is crushed like an eggshell. Nice!
Dear lord....I had this read along book
Now you can't put stuff ...nevermind
Nicholas Chan so did I!
So did I! I had it on cassette before I owned any music. Lol. All I could remember was the name "Palomino". Duck Duck Go led me the rest of the way here. So glad I found it!
@@ibanezmaestro5630 Small world....Times were so much simplier
@@nicholaschan8750 And better in my opinion. Sure, we didn't have all the technological advantages back then that we have now. But look what happiness we found just with what we had! Our imagintations were what opened the door to all this tech and it was all inspired by the little things we had like The Black Hole.
I just love John Barry's music score in the background while the narrator has an ominous yet awesome voice.
Percy Rodrigues, narrator of "Heavy Metal" and MANY trailers--most famously, "Jaws." This movie's trailer, too.
@@georgewerner6404 The computer creator of the M5 in Star Trek's "Ultimate Computer"?
@@doctorclu No that's William Marshall (AKA Blacula). Percy Rodrigues did appear on a _Star Trek_ episode, though. Namely, he played Commodore Stone in the episode "Court Martial".
Thank you so much for uploading this, wow flashback to my childhood
I love this narrator's voice. This is such a Star Trek episode! Here from the Defunctland Halyx documentary.
OMG!!! I listened to and read this for years!! Thanks sooo much for the upload
Oh, this is so goofy, lol. I had this record book when I was a child and I took it very seriously. I listened to it over and over again. I could practically quote some of it as your video was playing, haha! Great memories!
I still have these somewhere in storage I need to find it!! And Percy Rodriguez did the narration whaaaaaa?!?! Thank you so much for posting and bringing back the memories
Thank you for sharing this… takes me back to when I was a kid reading this…
Same!
This is the story of "THE BLACK HOLE".
You can read along with me in your book.
You will know it is time to turn the page,
when you hear the chimes ring like this...
...Let's begin now!
I heard the chimes, the bell, R2-D2 beep, SO many times
Having just watched the movie, this barely even resembles it. They completely cut Harry and Alex, the destruction of the Palomino, Kate's near-lobotomy, and removed any personality from the cast. Oh, and the scene with the meteor chasing the crew across the bridge was mirrored.
I know they had very little run time on the record, but yikes!
I grew up with this record, but wow, it's very very inaccurate. 😂
Edit: Thanks for uploading, I'm glad I could hear this again!
One of my fave read alongs as a kid.
The plot in this book/film is pretty much like any Star Trek episode!
Pure Nostalgia 70s style ✨
Holy unlocked memory, Batman. I had this!
I LOVED this as a kid!!!!!
I had this!! Thanks for posting!
Blast from the past.
I noticed all references to Booth and Durant are removed. I guess they didnt want any people dying in a childrens book. And Reinhart turned the crew into robots instead of lobotomizing them...
Well... turning them into robots would still be a gruesome process. And Charlie is looking a bit different at 2:38. :P
In this book, he electronically took over their minds!!!
I had this but at the beginning it said, "This is the story of the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole, the black hole,
I got so used to it, I was kind of expecting to hear that. Now I'm a little disappointed lol.
The Black Hole, the deadliest Force in the universe. Nothing can escape it. A journey that begins where everything ends.
MY CHILDHOOD!
The only voice actors I can identify in this read along version are Percy Rodrigues as the narrator and the late Linda Gary (He Man and the Masters of the Universe) as Dr. Kate McCrae. Star Trek fans will recognize Percy from TOS episode Court Marshall as Commodore Stone.
Great info! Thanks!
I have this book. The mid to late 1900s had high hopes for humanity.
I had the full-LP version of this, which was not only longer but had the actual cast’s voices and the actual lines from the movie. How odd that they re-recorded it. (Assuming this isn’t just speed adjustment to avoid a strike.) maybe they couldn’t come up with a short enough edit of the actual soundtrack.
That’s awesome! I’ll keep a eye on ebay for that version.
@@Edgarbopp it’s already on RUclips somewhere. I listened to it yesterday. Pretty sure that’s why yours came up in my feed 😃
I didn’t even know this was a movie until now!
Wow, you hardly miss Anthony Perkins and Ernest Borgnine in this streamlined version of the story.
Music:John Barry(1979)
Directed by:Gary Nelson
Ah!!! We had that! Awesome!
Is that Frank Langella as the Narrator?
Narrator sounds like the guy who voiced the jaws trailer.
That because it is the narrator from the Jaws trailer
The 45th Anniversary Of DISNEY'S THE BLACK HOLE.
1979-2024.
I remember this movie.
I'd never heard of this format before and I have seen the film, once when I was very young. I remember thinking 2 things:
1st Old Bob is so cool
2nd WTF is going on with the weird ending
Even younger me felt robbed of an ending for a great story.
Is Roddy McDowell doing the voice for the storybook as well as the film??
Doesn't sound like him to me. It's a very different voice delivery. Probably a sound-alike.
I used to love Disney as a child, timeless classics like Snow White, Fantasia, and masterpieces like Old Yeller. And this movie, a merge of timeless elegance and sci fi together. But now Disney is heading for a "black hole" of it's own doing. With one of the worst slaps in the faces of Star Wars fans with The Last Jedi (should have named it Social Justice Wars, Rise of the Snowflake) and it's political agenda seeking properties, it's no wonder Disney cancelled the reboot of The Black Hole. Probably for the best, I couldn't imagine how much powerful characters like Max Schell would be hacked up to insure Political Correctness.
You are sooooo correct. Star Wars is dead, Solo movie is proof. Corporate suicide... Trump 2020 🇺🇸
@@T.R.R.Jolkien I actuall have fun rewatching Rogue One and Solo. Yeh stopped with Last Jedi on the latest Star Wars trilogy. Marvel movies have been a lot of fun. Some could have been better but so many of those movies have been amazing. All that said, Disney has their own creations like Tron, John Carter, and The Black Hole... might be fun to revisit those when they need to take a breather from the Marvel/Star Wars lines.
doctorclu I thought Rogue One was an awesome movie, except that all the bad men were old white guys. More identity politics from the left. 👎🏽
@@T.R.R.Jolkien Ha, didn't notice that, I am a bit "color blind". I just knew that Tarkin was originally white (and love what they did recreating him) and Krennic was just well played. Don't worry though, there are plenty of other times for "non-whites" to play the bad guy in the Star Wars universe, such as Gideon in the Mandalorian. That actor does a great job of making a villain I just want to reach through the screen and punch. :D
doctorclu it’s not a white thing, it’s an identity politics thing. You missed it again...
Corey Burton voiced our villain Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Beep Boop I’m V.I.N.CENT
"Let's begin nowwww..."
Narrated by:Percy Rodriguez
i always thought Reinhardt sounded a bit constipated...looks like i was right :D
Well done!
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BLACK HOLE 40TH ANNIVERSARY 1979-2019.
Sweeney been told me