That sign off was really cute and retro. Wish some stations would sign off for a few hours of maintenance. We should all pull the plug on the world at night.
I feel really old telling my younger cousins and kids about how TV used to go off the air at night seems all my conversations start off with "Why I remember when" like i'm a 90 year old xD
+Uchiha Madara lol. You could remember this, but today all the Networks are 24/7 (it sucks!) Television should do this again. The society of this law needs to return!
This brings back memories,after HBO went off the air it was time to watch the Playboy Channel with a few lines running across it but the audio was clear.
These sign offs have captivated me for years. I’m not from this generation, but they give me a feeling of eerie calm (a true oxymoron, I know). Anyone else? And if so, why?
Hi, I am from the generation that saw these sign offs and I just discovered them here on RUclips. Not sure about eerie but calm yes. I suspect they created these sign offs to make you feel good and relaxed as the day ended. They were a little weird, but made you smile.
I don't know how to explain it, but TV sign offs like these, gives me a feeling of being happy and calm, with the reassurance that my favorite network or channel will come back in the morning ( or later in the day ), and also, a feeling of uncertainty and sadness, like you think the world is going to end, but it isn't.
I'm a little late to the party here, but I understand what you mean by it. To me it always felt as if the world sort of got smaller and collapsed in on itself when stations went off the air. We went from having signals being broadcast from hundreds or even thousands of miles away carried into our homes, to suddenly being very much thrust back down into our small little corner of the world. Like "Okay the station is going off the air for the night, you're all on your own until then. Good luck and we'll see you on the other side" sort of vibe.
@@Slaashr that perfectly captures how it made me feel. The thought of TV shutting down for the night and being truly -alone- until 6am is such a foreign concept in the 21st century. And a little unnerving!
I know right. I remember only having 12 channels on cable and HBO was the best one. I would sit up late after my parents went to sleep and watch HBO until the sign off. Such a long time ago.
I first got HBO in central IL in 1977. I think it added $5/mo to my $9 monthly cable bill. In addition to these sign-offs they would show videos between the features which they started on the hour or half-hour. These were taken by a bicycle riding through Central Park. Anyone else remember those?!
I remember them showing short films in between features- Hardware Wars being one of them. Plus, they had Stiller and Meara hosting a half-hour show about everything that was on HBO that month. Plus, Consumer Reports had a show as well. A totally different looking HBO back in those days! ~ Caretaker
I'm glad I was born in 1994 after all of these networks went 24/7! Although I do think sign-on and sign-off bumpers are interesting, it does help that networks these days run 24/7 because what if I can't get back to sleep and wanna watch some TV and there's nothing on? What do I do then?!
I know some that signed off in 1994. My boyfriend was born in 1992, and he remembers television stations signing off every night on a couple channels. But yes, it is nice to for television stations to run 24/7-especially if you can't sleep at night.
I remember when FX started in 1994 and they would sign off at a certain time but whistling the national anthem. Now if anyone can find it please upload it. It is hilarious lol👍👍
Yes your right thoes tone was for the cable companies in later years they trigger the computer to run the local commercial on CNN and tnt and tbs and some other cable stations. Those was the good old days.
Lol! That dial tone sequence was overly played every hour and mostly on CNN and MTV if I barely recall. What was the purposes of the dial tones? Like a Cable TV signal ID or something?
The tones were signals used for switching sort of like a modem. They would signal the network to run a commercial, switch to different programming, stuff like that. Whatever was supposed to run next.
Yep, CBC had the same set-up for their relay of transmitters in Canada. Cable networks like MTV would use these so that it would automatically tell the cable operator to switch to local ads during the program break.
0:48 Eric: Well, that’s all the time we have on the GoAnimate Movie Channel. Join us tomorrow for more movies. My work here is done, good night! Brian: Good night!
I think television stations should do this again. Maybe people would go to sleep at night, instead of watching television all night, or going out and getting into trouble. That's why God made night, so people would get some sleep.
Hard to believe, not that long ago... I mean, I can remember 79 pretty well. As for today, would somebody please switch off the internet at, let's say 10.30 :D
We had what they called Jones Intercable they didn't have Playboy, but they did have The Movie Channel. And they showed dirty movies after midnight on TMC and also Cinemax
***** Things were interesting for me because my parents didn't want me hogging the tv so they got me my own cable converter in 1981(In November 1981). I was probably the only 15 year old in my high school with a cable box. For us you had to watch a semi scrambled Playboy Channel with 3 lines on it but with sound. Our first Cable was from a company called Smyrna Cable.
![HBO [Home Box Office] - "Different Music!" (Sign-Off, 1976)](/img/1.gif)
Hear this and get a little teary eyed takes me back to a better time in my life , when a lot of my family members & some friend were still here
That sign off was really cute and retro. Wish some stations would sign off for a few hours of maintenance. We should all pull the plug on the world at night.
Too bad we can switch to streaming TV and videogames 😐
It's quite easy to have a redundant system and allow maintenance
One of the best animated TV sign offs in the world.
Definitely my favorite one. 🙂
Sign offs on HBO? Well I guess this was before we had cable and HBO which was around 83. Cool old retro stuff like this is why I love RUclips.
I can remember being about 10 years old and my grandfather had HBO. It didn't even sign on until 3 pm.
0:19 Coming back to this after the death of Martin Mull, may he rest in peace
Such an aesthetically pleasing animation sign off
I feel really old telling my younger cousins and kids about how TV used to go off the air at night seems all my conversations start off with "Why I remember when" like i'm a 90 year old xD
+Uchiha Madara lol.
You could remember this, but today all the Networks are 24/7 (it sucks!)
Television should do this again. The society of this law needs to return!
Love the new HBO sign-off clip you guys just posted! So interesting comparing it to this, more familiar version.
A tour-de-force from simpler times.
Extra trivia: the credits are the last few seconds of "Murder By Death".
Ss
That's how I recognized it.
That's why it looks familiar to me. It was a long time I have seen that movie!
Which is the movie Alec Guinness was shooting when he received the script for Star Wars.
This brings back memories,after HBO went off the air it was time to watch the Playboy Channel with a few lines running across it but the audio was clear.
Playboy channel did not exists back then.
Yeah i think the Playboy Channel first went on air in 1983 or 1984.
@@shirleysmith4510 The channel launch on November 1 1982. HBO was already a 24 hour channel!
1:05 The bird is like, what in the world is going on?!?!?!?! XDDD
These sign offs have captivated me for years. I’m not from this generation, but they give me a feeling of eerie calm (a true oxymoron, I know). Anyone else? And if so, why?
Hi, I am from the generation that saw these sign offs and I just discovered them here on RUclips. Not sure about eerie but calm yes. I suspect they created these sign offs to make you feel good and relaxed as the day ended. They were a little weird, but made you smile.
I don't know how to explain it, but TV sign offs like these, gives me a feeling of being happy and calm, with the reassurance that my favorite network or channel will come back in the morning ( or later in the day ), and also, a feeling of uncertainty and sadness, like you think the world is going to end, but it isn't.
@@tracymurray6840 sounds like a great analogy for life as well :) maybe that's why the feelings are so enduring!
I'm a little late to the party here, but I understand what you mean by it. To me it always felt as if the world sort of got smaller and collapsed in on itself when stations went off the air. We went from having signals being broadcast from hundreds or even thousands of miles away carried into our homes, to suddenly being very much thrust back down into our small little corner of the world.
Like "Okay the station is going off the air for the night, you're all on your own until then. Good luck and we'll see you on the other side" sort of vibe.
@@Slaashr that perfectly captures how it made me feel. The thought of TV shutting down for the night and being truly -alone- until 6am is such a foreign concept in the 21st century. And a little unnerving!
Man, where did those 43 years go?
I know right. I remember only having 12 channels on cable and HBO was the best one. I would sit up late after my parents went to sleep and watch HBO until the sign off. Such a long time ago.
i dig the animation. very cool!
Reminds me of classic Sesame Street.
I am sure I have seen something else from the animator before, perhaps a NFB film short from Canada?
I never knew HBO to sign off. I remember them in the 80’s as a 24/7 paid movie channel. We didn’t get HBO in the 70’s.
I first got HBO in central IL in 1977. I think it added $5/mo to my $9 monthly cable bill. In addition to these sign-offs they would show videos between the features which they started on the hour or half-hour. These were taken by a bicycle riding through Central Park.
Anyone else remember those?!
I remember them showing short films in between features- Hardware Wars being one of them. Plus, they had Stiller and Meara hosting a half-hour show about everything that was on HBO that month. Plus, Consumer Reports had a show as well. A totally different looking HBO back in those days!
~ Caretaker
I'm glad I was born in 1994 after all of these networks went 24/7! Although I do think sign-on and sign-off bumpers are interesting, it does help that networks these days run 24/7 because what if I can't get back to sleep and wanna watch some TV and there's nothing on? What do I do then?!
I know some that signed off in 1994. My boyfriend was born in 1992, and he remembers television stations signing off every night on a couple channels. But yes, it is nice to for television stations to run 24/7-especially if you can't sleep at night.
I remember when FX started in 1994 and they would sign off at a certain time but whistling the national anthem. Now if anyone can find it please upload it. It is hilarious lol👍👍
Just found the FX sign off video lol
Read a book, surf the net, watch dvds, play music.
Watch RUclips
Yes your right thoes tone was for the cable companies in later years they trigger the computer to run the local commercial on CNN and tnt and tbs and some other cable stations. Those was the good old days.
I've been hearing those tones on the MGM channel, it happens during commercials
📺The Home Box Office (HBO) network launched on this date (November 8) in 1972.
its kind of crazy when you feel guilty about how old you are
I was only 3 in 1979 and only a year away from entering preschool. As I’m sitting here typing this I can’t help but wonder where the 43 years went. 🥴🤯
Those years just flew by.
Thank you for posting this.
I second that, thank you. 🙂
A couple news channels on the firestick still have sign offs like this but not as common.
Remember well
1:48, the annoying, ear-piercing color bars, that make me have insomnia, this is my nightmare.
Just nightmare fuel
Ending voiceover was Fred Collins.
The house needs an efficient lock. 1:13
Lol! That dial tone sequence was overly played every hour and mostly on CNN and MTV if I barely recall. What was the purposes of the dial tones? Like a Cable TV signal ID or something?
The tones were signals used for switching sort of like a modem. They would signal the network to run a commercial, switch to different programming, stuff like that. Whatever was supposed to run next.
The dial tones were used to turn off transmitters. Like some type of "log-off password".
Yep, CBC had the same set-up for their relay of transmitters in Canada. Cable networks like MTV would use these so that it would automatically tell the cable operator to switch to local ads during the program break.
Never heard that long of a tone before thow
0:49 THAT’S NO GOOD FOR YOU, HBO!
Me: Hey HBO What you added in the end HBO: I added a colorballs bumper
Me: oh and it's agreed
0:48
Eric: Well, that’s all the time we have on the GoAnimate Movie Channel. Join us tomorrow for more movies. My work here is done, good night!
Brian: Good night!
I like the music it's dope I wanna sample it
Me too! 🙂❤️
1:39-2:10 What are those sounds? And why did they use them?
What was the glass jug for?
Milk
@@MrT8599 Thanks
HBO signed off? They didn't just replay Raid at Dieppe again?
Or "Eyes of Laura Mars"?
Andy Dunn Or Porkys II, though at this point an old fashioned test pattern would have a certain appeal.
525Lines I think HBO went to 24 hours 7 days a week in November or December 1981
HBO went 24 hours a day 7 days a week on December 24th 1981
@@davesmith6624 See the description
The HBO channel is 24 hours
since 1981
1:39 - 2:10 very creepy.
Well, what did you expect? 🙂
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I think television stations should do this again. Maybe people would go to sleep at night, instead of watching television all night, or going out and getting into trouble. That's why God made night, so people would get some sleep.
Hard to believe, not that long ago... I mean, I can remember 79 pretty well. As for today, would somebody please switch off the internet at, let's say 10.30 :D
That's a mouthful! You are so very right!
***** I just stayed up watching the Movie Channel or the Playboy Channel
We had what they called Jones Intercable they didn't have Playboy, but they did have The Movie Channel. And they showed dirty movies after midnight on TMC and also Cinemax
*****
Things were interesting for me because my parents didn't want me hogging the tv so they got me my own cable converter in 1981(In November 1981). I was probably the only 15 year old in my high school with a cable box.
For us you had to watch a semi scrambled Playboy Channel with 3 lines on it but with sound. Our first Cable was from a company called Smyrna Cable.
1:01 watermark
#HBO
Martin Mull was never funny
I thought he was. Check out the movie Serial or Mr. Mom.
You've obviously never seen Clue.
Seems like 2 lifetimes ago.