WABC Eyewitness News vintage newscast -- Oct. 8, 1980

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • Turn back the clock to the 6 p.m. Eyewitness News from Oct. 8, 1980. Our top stories include a Jordache Jeans blimp crash, a rat crisis in Rockland County, Ted Kennedy on the campaign trail, a Penthouse Pet who rejected the title of Pet of the Year, and much more.
    Most of the newscast is here, except sports.
    The anchors are Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel. The newscast opens cold, with Grimsby talking over the start of the theme music, without the traditional open playing.
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  • @cliffpadilla5871
    @cliffpadilla5871 2 месяца назад +4

    Good evening. I'm Roger Grimsby, here now the news.

  • @thahman187
    @thahman187 9 месяцев назад +9

    Just turned 12 years old when this newscast aired.
    RIP Roger Grimsby, Bill Beutel, Bob Miller, John Slattery, Milt Lewis & Roger Sharp. Tracy went upstate to WTEN, now retired, don't know Storm's whereabouts, but this was when the news was worth watching!

    • @DonKeecock
      @DonKeecock 8 месяцев назад +1

      Storm Field, Born Elliott David Field, November 25, 1948 (age 75) Field was let go by WWOR in 2007 after ten years due to cutbacks at both WWOR and its sister station, WNYW, and was replaced by former WCBS weather personality Audrey Puente. He retired shortly thereafter. Field has two daughters and lives in Westchester County, New York.

    • @thahman187
      @thahman187 8 месяцев назад

      @@DonKeecock Thanks for the update. I remember he worked at Ch. 2 as well. I'd like to know what ever happened to Chee Chee Williams?

  • @raivenneny
    @raivenneny Год назад +17

    Roger Grimsby, "Jeans weren't made for blimps." Straight faced. Here I'm dying 🤣 Loved him & Bill Beutel.

  • @elpilonvideo
    @elpilonvideo 5 лет назад +14

    Thanks for the memories ✌🏽🙏🏾 Bill Beutel the only one I recognized in this video😳 he died saturday , March 18 2006 at the age of 75 🤔 I was 18 years old when I started watching channel 7 In nyc...didn’t speak any English but did learn a lot by watching 'Eyewitness’

  • @alfonsogreen2722
    @alfonsogreen2722 3 года назад +16

    R.I.P Roger Grimsby Bill Beutel Roger Sharp n John Slattery

  • @twel604
    @twel604 5 лет назад +30

    I wish Channel 7 would bring back the Cool Hand Luke theme. I love it.

    • @swayybaby9772
      @swayybaby9772 3 года назад +2

      @@sillygoose635 your opinion

    • @thebestchannel5456
      @thebestchannel5456 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@sillygoose635It sounds pretty smooth to me

  • @Tonia682
    @Tonia682 4 года назад +41

    That theme song brings back childhood memories.

    • @2004cyrus
      @2004cyrus 3 года назад +4

      I can’t get enough of it! I get chills. I think it is a wonderful news orchestral piece. I could play it on repeat tbh. I’m also in tv news. None of the local news intro music is like this anymore.

    • @JoeBuck207
      @JoeBuck207 3 года назад +1

      Cool hand Luke movie.

    • @Thedecider1984
      @Thedecider1984 3 года назад +1

      They should bring back it back

    • @GeneralZodFDNY77
      @GeneralZodFDNY77 3 года назад

      Same.

    • @southernlightning775
      @southernlightning775 3 года назад

      Yes it does😎👍 Love it!!

  • @samuelgriffin4167
    @samuelgriffin4167 Год назад +10

    Bill Beutel was the nicest newsman opposite Roger Grimsby

  • @oliverv291
    @oliverv291 Год назад +20

    Can I go back to 1980 , I was 15

    • @eaglefood4584
      @eaglefood4584 3 месяца назад +2

      I was 2.

    • @themig71
      @themig71 3 месяца назад +1

      Take me with you.

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 3 месяца назад

      I was 11-1980 was a fun year. I didn't give two shits about politics, religion or anything like that. I lived in Southern California and I was only interested in the NFL and skateboarding.

    • @tias.6675
      @tias.6675 22 дня назад

      Me too. I didn't come around until the end of the decade lol.

  • @TollieHorton-c1n
    @TollieHorton-c1n Год назад +7

    I'm from long Island this is a part of my childhood

  • @sockhopskunk
    @sockhopskunk 4 года назад +19

    This is so much more interesting than the news of today!

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 3 года назад

      not true.

    • @swayybaby9772
      @swayybaby9772 3 года назад +2

      @@sillygoose635 opinion something you can’t judge

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 3 месяца назад

      ​@@sillygoose635He said interesting - not sad and pathetic

    • @666THEMARK666
      @666THEMARK666 Месяц назад

      Interesting because we know how it all turned out. Today, we think the media was somehow different. It's still the same ol same ol.

    • @tias.6675
      @tias.6675 22 дня назад

      The people were definitely more professional and eloquent in their speaking. I don't watch television, so when I do see some of the modern days news anchors, it's.. shocking.

  • @michaelfruchter732
    @michaelfruchter732 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great Video
    Thank You for posting. Love The Whole Eyewitness News real . Miss Bill and Roger

  • @steveferguson823
    @steveferguson823 5 месяцев назад +2

    Miss 1980 wanna. Relive. My. Senior. Year. Wanna. Relive. 1980

  • @jorgegaston5391
    @jorgegaston5391 2 года назад +5

    October 8, 1980 (I was 8 year old at that time) I was in my 6th year in The Bronx when all this was happening. The NYCTA buses and subway cars were experiencing a Graffiti pandemic. Carter will lose the presidency to Reagan a month later. This new decade would start a development for me that will garnish so many awards along the way

    • @khaledkifafi8403
      @khaledkifafi8403 2 года назад +3

      I was 11 years old lots of beautiful and good memories know i am 53 years old

  • @DonKeecock
    @DonKeecock 8 месяцев назад +4

    I remember that drought of 1980. My Dad dug a hole in our back yard and pumped ground water out to water the garden. Scary times. Thanks.

  • @paulj0557tonehead
    @paulj0557tonehead 3 года назад +10

    Tomorrow will be John Lennon's 40th Birthday. His last. In five days I will be 15. I was born on Lenny Bruce's and Margaret Thatcher's 40th birthday. It would be Lenny's last.

  • @WaltGekko
    @WaltGekko Год назад +2

    They noted in the promo they were on late, which suggested this was following Game 2 of the National League Championship Series at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia between the Phillies and Houston Astros which I believe started at 3:05 PM ET and was three hours, 34 minutes in length as the Astros won 7-4 in 10 innings.

  • @dawnwelch6579
    @dawnwelch6579 2 года назад +3

    This was also my 12th birthday! Cool!

  • @cellpat7392
    @cellpat7392 10 дней назад

    RIP Bill Beutel (1930 - 2006) I was 12 in 1980, he was 49.
    He anchored channel 7 eyewitness news for many years.
    He died at age 75 in 2006

  • @TheRonnette4
    @TheRonnette4 Год назад +4

    New York Memories....

  • @kursk_kuku141
    @kursk_kuku141 4 года назад +11

    The Boy Band Cons” documentary brought me here. Late Alan Gross was telling the story of Jordache Blimp crash, and how Lou Pearlman purposely orchestrated this disaster to get a $3 Million insurance.

  • @ericsamuelson5656
    @ericsamuelson5656 2 года назад +4

    Can you please upload Eyewitness News from 1971 when Peter Jennings anchored with Bill Beutel. Peter was subbing for Roger Grimsby.

  • @josephhoman8602
    @josephhoman8602 3 года назад +9

    Back when news reporters had jokes

    • @bethdibartolomeo2042
      @bethdibartolomeo2042 3 года назад +3

      You can still see many gaffes and wisecracks if you watch news blooper compilations on YT. ;)

  • @AndyB718
    @AndyB718 3 года назад +23

    When NEWS was NEWS and not activist telling everyone how they should feel.
    Real New Yorkers remember and love this.

  • @nedwart
    @nedwart 11 месяцев назад +2

    0:04 ABC's coverage of game 1 of the 1980 ALCS pushed the news back by about 15 minutes on this evening.

  • @davidbaise5137
    @davidbaise5137 3 года назад +3

    A lot of top local stories, thanks for uploading. I guess Gabe Pressman was at WNBC at this time.

  • @BloggingFromParadise
    @BloggingFromParadise 6 дней назад

    My favorite parts:
    - Storm Field appearing to be 13 years old
    - Bob Guccione taking a sip of Tab

  • @Zickcermacity
    @Zickcermacity 3 года назад +2

    24:31 I say this to every customer as they conclude their visit to the store i work in!

  • @yougod7253
    @yougod7253 3 года назад +5

    Not FAKE NEWS.

  • @salmenella5751
    @salmenella5751 4 года назад +3

    Kudos 2 whoever cleaned up this video

  • @steverogers9824
    @steverogers9824 5 лет назад +23

    WHEN NEWS WAS TRUSTWORTHY .....

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 3 года назад +5

      still is.

    • @swayybaby9772
      @swayybaby9772 3 года назад +1

      @@sillygoose635 not really

    • @thebestchannel5456
      @thebestchannel5456 Год назад +4

      ​@@sillygoose635Good joke and the fools that agree with you 😂

    • @Polostar79
      @Polostar79 11 месяцев назад +2

      News wasn’t corporate back then

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 3 месяца назад

      ​@@sillygoose635you definitely win a DB award for that one

  • @nicholaskoranteng811
    @nicholaskoranteng811 5 лет назад +11

    Keep the Bill Beutel gems coming.

  • @joes9954
    @joes9954 4 года назад +1

    Grimsby must have thrown out one of his priceless asides as they were all fighting laughter when Tracy Egan was tossing back to Bill.

  • @Bobo-uh1bx
    @Bobo-uh1bx Месяц назад

    Best lineup in NY market for news.

  • @ThoroughbredZone
    @ThoroughbredZone 2 месяца назад +1

    My dumpster is a bout 5-foot high! Lol.

  • @christophersmith1475
    @christophersmith1475 3 года назад +8

    9:18 “Reagan also seen as a one-term President...”

    • @5drm825
      @5drm825 Год назад

      Christopher u hot dude…would luv to talk more personal babe

    • @YilEspin-ey2mg
      @YilEspin-ey2mg Год назад +1

      2 term president

  • @susie7336
    @susie7336 4 года назад +5

    I was 4 months old in Brooklyn. 👶🏼

    • @TuRbOToNeAE101
      @TuRbOToNeAE101 4 года назад

      Susana Sunshine I was 4 months old in Spanish Harlem! Lol

    • @joyceanthony9526
      @joyceanthony9526 3 года назад

      I was 24 years old in New Jersey

    • @teresamanuszak4183
      @teresamanuszak4183 2 года назад

      I was 6 months old down the street from that blimp!

    • @Polostar79
      @Polostar79 11 месяцев назад

      I was 75 living in Connecticut and now I’m dead.

  • @tayk8080
    @tayk8080 2 года назад +4

    Why tf am I watching this?, Maybe cuz I'm high

  • @jeffj.3496
    @jeffj.3496 3 года назад +1

    Boy I guess in Hindsight; Roger Grimsby did have a little smile now and then. But I did like him and Bill reading the news back then.

  • @angelahoffman270
    @angelahoffman270 3 года назад +1

    5:45 Broadcast is from: 5/6/1937

  • @drumzRfun1
    @drumzRfun1 Год назад +3

    Actual grownups. Very reassuring.

  • @peopleareajoke
    @peopleareajoke Год назад +1

    LOL got that prediction wrong 9:17

  • @angelahoffman270
    @angelahoffman270 3 года назад +2

    0:22 It was up for about two minutes….
    and then it *crashed*

    • @Prifly70
      @Prifly70 2 года назад +1

      I miss him hahaha. So honest and to the point.

  • @angelahoffman270
    @angelahoffman270 3 года назад

    5:36
    *in July of last year a goodyear blimp was torn from its (?) by heavy winds in Iowa lots of damage but no one hurt*

  • @marc108
    @marc108 5 месяцев назад

    Isabella lanza ...ahhh 79/80

  • @chars437
    @chars437 3 года назад

    Wow I was 14 years old this year 1980

  • @consultaglobalbroker6273
    @consultaglobalbroker6273 11 месяцев назад

    Can you leap me locate a news coverage regarding refugees arriving at JFK, May 21st 1986? News aired a few days later, I think.

  • @steveferguson823
    @steveferguson823 7 месяцев назад

    Was class of 1980 the class of. 1980 rules. Rocked the best 80s class. 1980 best music. Cars.

    • @arthurbishop3173
      @arthurbishop3173 3 месяца назад

      Nah, 70s were better, although 1980 was better than what came after it though LOL

    • @marlonreid9856
      @marlonreid9856 Месяц назад

      Class of 1980 here also.I was 17.Turned 18 in November.Wonderful memories.Ch.7 was my go to channel for the news.Great line up.Lived in Brooklyn.

  • @a.rosesrbleu9580
    @a.rosesrbleu9580 3 года назад +11

    Real news from real people who actually fact checked their work and took pride in their reporting....so much better than what we have now with fake news and fake people...

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 3 года назад +4

      "Real news from real people who actually fact checked their work and took pride in their reporting...." sounds like now, but you wouldn't know anything about today's news.

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@sillygoose635 Kindergarteners with nothing but lies.

  • @samuelgriffin4167
    @samuelgriffin4167 Год назад +1

    Eyewitness News then Eyewitness News now

  • @epaddon
    @epaddon 4 года назад +2

    Did they cut out the sports on this? The Yankees were falling on their faces in the ALCS at this time.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 3 года назад +1

      yes, they did. as stated in the description

  • @77-ty7gb
    @77-ty7gb Год назад +1

    @3:12 PLOT TWIST: After watching this Newscast, a new group of burglars broke in and stole every piece of paper in the house, leaving the family destitute.

  • @SamuelGriffin-u8d
    @SamuelGriffin-u8d 11 месяцев назад

    Whatever happened to Bob Miller

  • @MissterX
    @MissterX 2 месяца назад

    It's funny how it took so long for people who are in charge of these big media news stations to figure out putting beautiful women on screen instead of old dudes would be good for ratings.

  • @shanew3293
    @shanew3293 2 года назад

    where is Ron Burgundy?

  • @gluechunk
    @gluechunk 8 месяцев назад

    It's hard to beat Bob Guccione sipping on a can of Tab

  • @t.b.g.504
    @t.b.g.504 28 дней назад

    Not a very flattering photo of Al D'Amato @ 9:44 - he looks like a madman!

  • @tylerlozano9849
    @tylerlozano9849 10 месяцев назад

    My confusion this broadcast was on John Lennon’s 40th Birthday two months later he would be shot.

  • @Canyonradio
    @Canyonradio 3 месяца назад

    2:24 ONE of the worst returns coming home from a trip? What else happened and how is he taking trips on a magicians budget?

  • @charleanastasia5557
    @charleanastasia5557 3 года назад +1

    Even in the early 80s Republicans had campaign money scandals. Yikes

  • @Memnoch67
    @Memnoch67 3 года назад

    I wonder if they understand the difference between a dirigible and a blimp? I don't think they do.

  • @hankwells8723
    @hankwells8723 4 месяца назад

    That first story wtf was that

  • @thekelth
    @thekelth 11 месяцев назад

    N.j.J. Loves destroying mayden voyage blimps!

  • @josephhoman8602
    @josephhoman8602 3 года назад +2

    Was that blimp joke a joke made towards fat people?? I ain't gonna argue

    • @5drm825
      @5drm825 Год назад

      Joseph mmmmm

  • @jchristianw
    @jchristianw Год назад

    the news used to be amazing

  • @choossuck7653
    @choossuck7653 Год назад

    Too many ads

  • @sportsnetwork3509
    @sportsnetwork3509 Год назад

    Newswatch theme

  • @christophersmith1475
    @christophersmith1475 3 года назад

    13:52. Hospital Strike!

    • @5drm825
      @5drm825 Год назад

      Babe yeah🥰

  • @edwardscott2498
    @edwardscott2498 3 года назад

    0:23 It was up for about two minutes and then it cræshed

  • @kevinvaughan7134
    @kevinvaughan7134 10 месяцев назад +1

    This was the real news not this BS TODAY

  • @BlazeOfGlory742
    @BlazeOfGlory742 10 месяцев назад

    I was 6 😂

  • @foulmouthken1812
    @foulmouthken1812 4 года назад

    1994

  • @geraldfarr8279
    @geraldfarr8279 5 лет назад +2

    9:04 Laughable political predictions.

  • @mshroye2
    @mshroye2 4 года назад

    Why we’re they late

    • @WaltGekko
      @WaltGekko Год назад

      This was following Game 2 of the National League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia that started I believe at 3:05 PM ET. The Astros won that game 7-4 in 10 innings in a game that ran three hours and 34 minutes (ABC had the League Championship Series that year while NBC has the World Series).

  • @vanillacreem816
    @vanillacreem816 Год назад +2

    Back when news was real news and not propaganda

  • @christophersmith1475
    @christophersmith1475 3 года назад +1

    7:11 Ted Kennedy “The Supreme Court must not become a political pawn of the New Right”

  • @christophersmith1475
    @christophersmith1475 3 года назад

    12:21 The Rats!

  • @666THEMARK666
    @666THEMARK666 Месяц назад

    Funny how history repeats