We got HBO back in the 1970's. Since my Dad is a movie nut, he loved it. Then, my Mom heard the F-Bombs in the movies that HBO played. Then, we DIDN'T get HBO. :)
We got it in the early 80's, along with Showtime and Skin-e-max (yes, I still call it that...) through installing rooftop antennas for them. No cable in our area back then and the only other option was a huge expensive sattelite dish mounted in the yard. I credit that for becoming the movie fan I am today, having all of those options available instead of having to go to the theater or the VCR tape rental place. We weren't allowed to watch it late at night though, for *some* reason, lol.....
I guess people know it's adult, but that's why you have to pay. It makes since TV would give parents the choice to expose their children to what they thought was appropriate. that's my complaint with youtube, make people pay for an adult version.
I like his videos but sometimes he overdoes the "I don't want to get too technical" stuff to the point where it feels like he's actually talking to 5th graders. I would't mind more in-depth, technical details.
Oh, I didn't get too technical about how cable worked in the early days because I'm not too knowledgeable about it. Definitely wasn't trying to be condescending there, I'm usually not too hesitant to get technical when it comes to the business parts.
@@MexiCooki i know right? I wonder what other companies thinking, giving low quality product for inflated price. And they have the gall to call it premium as well. Oh the audacity! I won't say a name though 😏
Let's not forget that Feature Presentation intro in 1983 that is so symbolic and so impressive, and the work that went into making it. Go look up the documentary of the making of that intro and how much time and work went into making a minute and change intro for their features. I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that hasn't seen that intro at least once.
I purchased a "black box" from a mail-order catalog when I was in my early teens. Talk about "real sex", that little $25 box made out of poorly soldered wires and cheap plastic paid for itself in the first week with 24hr descrambling of the Penthouse and Playboy channels ;D
Don't forget "Dream On" (1990 - 1996). I used to watch it while my parents were asleep. You could almost guarantee that there would be some nudity in each episode.
Oh man I remember it was a huge deal when there would be a 2-3 day free preview weekend on HBO or Showtime. We would go buy a bunch of VHS blanks and record as many movies (good or bad lol) as we could and almost always recording at the slow speed (SLP) to cram as much as we could. Lol for years these were the only way I ever saw movies outside of the theater and when DVD came out I was blown away at seeing a lot of detail I had never known existed. Ohhh the 80's/90's
Same, those 8-hour extended play VHS tapes were the bomb but the video quality was atrocious. And kids these days complain when they can't watch RUclips in 720pHD......
@@Raskolnikov70 for reeeal lol analogue VHS tapes at best were 480p but realistically I think most people got 360p at best. Most people had an old CRT tv, hand me down VCR, and it was hooked up over RF not composite. Combined with recording at SLP (EP) you were lucky to get 240p sometimes. And the wow/flutter of the audio was also really bad. Can't forget about tracking lol I remember if someone played a tape in their VCR and it had auto-tracking I would think damn look at this top notch device. If you wanna really get into the weeds of VHS and even Beta, go check out Technology Connections. He's also a millennial and really goes in depth on the subject.
Yep, totally remember the 'Free' weekends. HBO/Cinemax, Showtime, The Disney Channel... My parents never paid for them when I was a child, so getting the 'Free Preview' weekends were a treat!
I remember when I was a kid in 1977 having HBO hooked up and watching Jaws. That was when we only had 13 channels on TV and HBO was on channel 2. And back then they wasn't a 24 hour channel. I believe they went off the air at midnight or 1am and didn't come back on till 11am. I feel so old
This episode reminds me so much of why I love your channel (beyond the ultra clear and comprehensive delivery), breaking down our contemporary history and tying all these familiar elements all together so well! I honestly had no idea that HBO was such a vital part of Tri Star and Comedy Central, but cable television as a whole, thank you for enlightening us! Favorite HBO exclusive is Last Week Tonight, its comically apparent how much money they are willing to invest in that show.
He didn't even mention "HBO antennas". Before most places had cable the only alternative you had to broadcast TV was installing a 10-foot-wide sattelite dish in your yard. HBO began offering small rooftop antennas to pick up its service which were just as cheap and easy as a regular TV antenna to install. That was probably one of the main reasons they were so successful and it probably led to a much faster spread of cable TV networks in the country. And NOW I feel really old.....
YOOOOOOOOOO did any of y’all use to watch HBO Family. They had the best shows - Kindergarten, A Little Curious, Crashbox, Harold and the Purple Crayon, all bangers.
That’s how I found out about them. I *loved* me some Crashbox. Anybody remember the 90s Little Lulu cartoon? Always loved when reruns of it came on late afternoons back in the early 2000s.
Don't forget the time Nintendo was in the "Love Hotel" industry and connections to the Yakuza. Nintendo has enough industry switches for several videos.
HBO is the best cable channel, everything that has HBO brand, you now that will be a great tv show or movie. My favourite tv show is Westword. And just give HBO Max a few years, they are spending a lot of money on some great tv shows and movies
Company Man, I've watched everything you made and I loved them. I believe HBO created a Blue Ocean, despite competition these days, they seem to be far ahead in foresight compared to the other folks. Appreciate your beautiful work man.
I feel that HBO MAX could’ve been advertised better. I mean they own so many iconic cartoon characters, and they didn’t do a short crossover showing all their properties. They own Rick & Morty & Looney Tunes, and didn’t have Rick & Bugs traveling through different properties together
I agree it would've been cool to see them kinda do crossover commercials but I personally disagree I thought the HBO Max commercials did a great job showcasing the variety on their service although it would've been been nice to see them at least throw in more obscure shows as well like Class Of 3000 or something if it's even on there but compared to Disney+ which only focused on Pixar, Marvel & Star Wars HBO Max advertisements shows off more in my opinion.
I feel HBO Max didn’t have to worry too much about advertising. Not just because of the HBO name, but the majority of people already subscribed to HBO get HBO Max free. The launch day stuff wouldn’t have been anything to make me go to it day 1, but since I got it through my cable, I used it day 1. Additionally, another benefit it has is it’s picking up a lot of smaller shows with strong followings that were on smaller/niche networks/services. The two that instantly come to mind are Search Party and Doom Patrol. Search Party was a pain in the ass to recommend because TBS would only have it available for streaming a month or so every year. Not to mention, I know I was dying for a new season after waiting 3 years, so you bet your ass I knew it was coming to HBO Max and was ready to watch it. Doom Patrol was the most praised show on DC’s streaming service, but no one was using that. Similarly, there were a lot of people wanting to watch it, and many waiting for a new season, so they knew it was there. Lastly, you have to keep in mind, one of HBO’s biggest strengths is word of mouth. Look at Watchmen this past year. It did not have a large audience at the start, but it had huge numbers by the end due to word of mouth. Quality speaks for itself, and I don’t think HBO Max had to worry too much about advertising.
growing up the only time I got to see hbo was when they would have those free pre-view weekends (My mom would run the vcr most of the weekend). their biggest sell for me was the boxing (especially being able to see their ppv fights the next weekend on regular hbo)
Did they have PPV in the 80's? I don't remember that being a thing until later, but my family wasn't much into sports so if they offered it I probably didn't see it.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver is my favourite HBO show. Funny, insightful, and intelligent. Plus it's really really cool to see a man with so much control over a show, HBO stands behind everything John does, even going as far to make a Coal Baron sue them in a SLAPP Suit and still stand behind him. HBO themselves say they give him 100% creative freedom and a ton of money to play with.
@@benjaminwatt2436 You do need a Dairy Queen video. ruclips.net/video/HiQP5htOcPc/видео.html I thought Dairy Queen is a Texas company too, but I also assumed Whataburger is a Florida company. The story of Dairy Queen in Texas is remarkably interesting though. H-E-B is a most excellent choice too.
I loved watching HBO Family when I was little. Great programming like Crashbox, I Spy, and Happily Ever After Fairytales for Every Child. Watched it all the time
I was lucky enough to get to watch HBO when cable first came out in my area of Maine. My father saw workers near the main road and asked what they were doing. They explained they were putting in cables for ...well... cable and included HBO and MTV. Because our house was so close to the road they connected it to the house and at the time it only cost a few dollars a month because they wanted people to try it. I remember my parents watching Alien on HBO and I watched it hiding because I was waaay too young and had nightmares for weeks. I have fond memories of the HBO miniature town with the camera flying through it and the MTV logo with the astronaut.
A true Gen-X or Millenial will almost always recognize that epic 1983 HBO "in space" Feature Presentation intro. There's actually a couple uploads of the making of this, be prepared to squint though as the quality is 240p-360p, worth it
I am very much a millenial (born in 1990) but i have never seen any HBO show that i know of prior to 2010. If you would have asked me what HBO was in the 90's i would not have had a clue. But then only programs bought in licensing for Dutch tv would have been shown in the Netherlands.
Company Man barely touched on what it was like growing up in the 70's and 80's when these premium channels had just started coming out as an alternative to the broadcast networks. Hard to imagine today when we have 500+ channels plus streaming services plus RUclips plus sites for pirated content.
Back in the day, I used to put a mod chip in our cable boxes to get free HBO/Showtime/whatever (it unscrambled the signal). That is until my cable company figured out I was doing it and charged me like $800 for modifying their hardware.
When I was a kid, we didn’t have cable for the majority of my childhood. When we finally did, we never got the expensive packages that would have included HBO. All I ever heard of it was my parents saying that it was bad because the content they play usually has a lot of bad stuff in it. Lol! Now I freaking love HBO Max! We got HBO Now to watch Game of Thrones and switched over to Max once that came out. The HBO original content is the best original content I’ve ever seen. The quality in shows like Westworld, Game of Thrones, Succession, Watchmen, the list goes on, is absolutely staggering. There arent hardly any other shows that can parallel HBO shows when it comes to quality. It’s like watching a movie, but it’s a show with lots of episodes! Not to mention all of the actually great and decently new movies they give you access to. Definitely the highest value of any streaming service I pay for
I can't believe Company Man hasn't done a video about the birth (1889), rise (1980s), decline (late 90s), rise again (2006), decline again (2012), and rise again (2017) of Nintendo. We've had one about Sony with passing mention of PlayStation and Nintendo bears attention. We need an episode on Nintendo.
I grew up watching "Inside the NFL" back when it was on HBO, with Len Dawson and Nick Buonicotti (and later, Chris Collinsworth) hosting, and Harry Kalas narrating all the weekly highlights.
The most gangster comedy news show in existence! in fact, so gangster that it can make fun of their boss (HBO) and their boss' boss (AT&T) and still exist. My favorite bit was the one where he had a squirrel present a check to a litigious coal magnate for "three acorns and eighteen cents" written out to "Eat Shit Bob" with "Kiss my ass" written in the memo. Then the show was sued and won. HBO paid a shit ton of money for this stunt...and he still has a job. I hope they never turn HBO into shit like most other networks have done.
I know this may appear pedantic, but for an antenna receiving a tv signal height is might, not size of the antenna. Most TV signals are UHF and VHF, which are "line of sight" frequencies, so the height of the antenna is more important than the size of the antenna. A quarter wavelength antenna that is 10ft up in the air will receive a signal better than a full wavelength antenna that is 5ft in the air. Oh and my favorite HBO original is "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"
Before HBO was known for their original content they were well known for their documentaries. To this day I think HBO has some of the best documentaries ever made.
I love how you talked about the TV antenna as though it's this obscure, ancient technology requiring explanation. I had one in my back yard when I was a kid, and I'm not even 40 yet! Just goes to show how fast technology has moved.
I think one topic worth looking at is the creation of a lot on "online" restaurants by big brands for food delivery services. You have the offshoot done by Chuck-E-Cheese, and just recently there was the launch of "It's Just Wings" which is a Chili's offshoot. It's just a weird sort of pandemic fueled wrinkle in how these businesses work.
My parents said there was another service that was only in NYC called WHT. WHT had set times for movies. They moved to Long Island and when I was a kid I remember no matter where you rode your bike they were digging up the streets and sidewalks to lay cable. They also told me that HBO was offered in cablevisions basic package. When I was kid and even today my favorite special I saw on HBO was Child of Rage. They also had a tendency in the 90s to show very odd/off movies and my friends and I would stay up all night to watch them.
@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN Honestly, if Nickelodeon was retained by Warner Media on the 80s, CN likely doesn't exist as we'd think of it. Then again, that might have inspired Viacom to straight up make their own kids network...
It also led to competing premium movie channels such as The Movie Channel (formerly StarChannel which later shared it's channel space with Nickelodeon), Showtime, sister channel Cinemax and other premium pay-tv channels across the country (ONTV, Spectrum, SelecTV etc...)
And likely a rise and fall of DirecTV here in a couple of months - that place is imploding (and should be after ATT bought them it's gone way down hill).
Not gonna lie, I was a little disappointed you didn't go into more detail about the original programming and how that style of TV show altered the drama landscape. I just finished watching Oz while quarantined and something about being confined to an apartment for months with my own schedule (cook, eat, shower, exercise, etc...) made me relate to those characters/story alot more than if I were working and socialising regularly. Since finishing Oz I've been searching for reviews and analysis of the show, however, I have yet to find any on RUclips and was hoping it would at least get a mention in this video and the impact it had on television.
Oz is the originator but flawed and sometimes over the top. Oz took the risks so that the wire and the sopranos could learn from its mistakes and correct them. I got nothing but love for Oz though. Flaws and all.
I’ve been fresh out of the boat since 1995 and I got to say I had my exposure of HBO in 1997 and I got to tell ya I didn’t know English but I knew their programming didn’t disappoint. Their fresh movies on Saturday nights. Their straight to video movies, along with their tv shows just amazing all around. It is true any show on HBO is guaranteed good quality.
Since my family was frugal when it came to entertainment and took a long time to even get basic cable, HBO was always something I looked forward to as a kid whenever we stayed in a hotel. Even rundown motels often bragged about offering HBO and would put it on their signs - apparently considering it as much of a selling point as having a pool.
Don't forget to include their Canadian Adventure where they underestimated the customer, spent a ton of money, and then ran away stiffing the creditors
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I really would like to see Scholastic Books, and how they rose...then fall...and maybe rise again
Shmueli I would also hope he does the Rise and Fall of Hertz, and how they rose and are now in deep economic troubles.
Giving me flashbacks to "Book Fairs" at elementary school
33 SixtyNine well if you aren’t a kid and don’t have kids then you aren’t the target demographic
I bought so many junie b Jones and magic tree house books because of them lol
Absolutely 👍
We got HBO back in the 1970's. Since my Dad is a movie nut, he loved it. Then, my Mom heard the F-Bombs in the movies that HBO played. Then, we DIDN'T get HBO. :)
We got it in the early 80's, along with Showtime and Skin-e-max (yes, I still call it that...) through installing rooftop antennas for them. No cable in our area back then and the only other option was a huge expensive sattelite dish mounted in the yard. I credit that for becoming the movie fan I am today, having all of those options available instead of having to go to the theater or the VCR tape rental place. We weren't allowed to watch it late at night though, for *some* reason, lol.....
How long until you got it back?
Yes HBO was off limits to us kids in the 90s by our mom lol
I guess people know it's adult, but that's why you have to pay. It makes since TV would give parents the choice to expose their children to what they thought was appropriate. that's my complaint with youtube, make people pay for an adult version.
Good thing hbo family exists
The 80's HBO intro is one the best intros ever made
This intro represents my whole childhood.😁
I was amazed and terrified by it at the same time.
@@Kara_Kay_Eschel SAME 😭
You mean the flight through the neighborhood? If so, you are correct, that was the best
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Next episodes: the rise and fall of Myspace, Friendster, and Ebaumsworld.
He tends to wait until they rise again.
Ebaums good one
uh, excuse me sweaty ebuamsworld is still kicking.
Don’t forget Tag and Bebo
Gaardian uh why is he sweaty
Company man has done it again...he breaks down the most complex business structures to the point that a 5th grader could understand.
I like his videos but sometimes he overdoes the "I don't want to get too technical" stuff to the point where it feels like he's actually talking to 5th graders. I would't mind more in-depth, technical details.
Oh, I didn't get too technical about how cable worked in the early days because I'm not too knowledgeable about it. Definitely wasn't trying to be condescending there, I'm usually not too hesitant to get technical when it comes to the business parts.
@@companyman114 Keep it up company man you're doing great! :D
@@companyman114 doing good!
@@companyman114 that's cool, always enjoy these~
Thankful to have The Wire from HBO
we *just* finished The Wire. It was mighty good.
To me, it’s one of those shows that once it’s over, you miss it and the characters
And the Sopranos
HBo knows how how to tell a story. even when they miss they cant miss.
HBO has been broadcasting entertaining content over the years, they deserve the slogan- Changing an Industry
Facts
Agreed!
HBO was also very influential in combat sports with HBO After Dark. They were responsible for multi careers and memories for fans.
Proof that people will pay more for high quality content
I’ve never heard anyone dispute that fact. It’s pretty obvious
It’s worth the $15/mo, especially now with HBOmax
oh my the old yt default pic
Can someone with HBO Max tell me if Class Of 3000 is on it?
@@MexiCooki i know right? I wonder what other companies thinking, giving low quality product for inflated price.
And they have the gall to call it premium as well. Oh the audacity!
I won't say a name though 😏
Let's not forget that Feature Presentation intro in 1983 that is so symbolic and so impressive, and the work that went into making it. Go look up the documentary of the making of that intro and how much time and work went into making a minute and change intro for their features. I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that hasn't seen that intro at least once.
I'll never forget being a teenager watching the Sopranos and Oz plus late night shows like Real Sex and Taxicab Confessions Haha.
I purchased a "black box" from a mail-order catalog when I was in my early teens. Talk about "real sex", that little $25 box made out of poorly soldered wires and cheap plastic paid for itself in the first week with 24hr descrambling of the Penthouse and Playboy channels ;D
The moment I read "Real Sex" the theme song popped in my head lol
@@LovelessYayaoi not for me, it just popped the intro jingle for sweetheart video in my head.
Don't forget CatHouse
Don't forget "Dream On" (1990 - 1996). I used to watch it while my parents were asleep. You could almost guarantee that there would be some nudity in each episode.
I love how he always replies and likes comments and how he takes ideas from what his viewers want. It shows he really cares about his fan base.
Oh man I remember it was a huge deal when there would be a 2-3 day free preview weekend on HBO or Showtime. We would go buy a bunch of VHS blanks and record as many movies (good or bad lol) as we could and almost always recording at the slow speed (SLP) to cram as much as we could. Lol for years these were the only way I ever saw movies outside of the theater and when DVD came out I was blown away at seeing a lot of detail I had never known existed. Ohhh the 80's/90's
Same, those 8-hour extended play VHS tapes were the bomb but the video quality was atrocious. And kids these days complain when they can't watch RUclips in 720pHD......
@@Raskolnikov70 for reeeal lol analogue VHS tapes at best were 480p but realistically I think most people got 360p at best. Most people had an old CRT tv, hand me down VCR, and it was hooked up over RF not composite. Combined with recording at SLP (EP) you were lucky to get 240p sometimes. And the wow/flutter of the audio was also really bad. Can't forget about tracking lol I remember if someone played a tape in their VCR and it had auto-tracking I would think damn look at this top notch device.
If you wanna really get into the weeds of VHS and even Beta, go check out Technology Connections. He's also a millennial and really goes in depth on the subject.
Yep, totally remember the 'Free' weekends. HBO/Cinemax, Showtime, The Disney Channel... My parents never paid for them when I was a child, so getting the 'Free Preview' weekends were a treat!
I still have some of my SLP tapes
2010: HBO Go
2015: HBO Now
2020: HBO Max
2025: HBO Chungus
2030: HBO Cyber Chonk???
2035: HBO infinite
2080: HBO Smile
2091: HBO Sleep
I would like a big chungus show
Lmao these comments...
"Not Necessarily the News" was a childhood favorite.
I remember when I was a kid in 1977 having HBO hooked up and watching Jaws. That was when we only had 13 channels on TV and HBO was on channel 2. And back then they wasn't a 24 hour channel. I believe they went off the air at midnight or 1am and didn't come back on till 11am. I feel so old
We wouldn't have The Wire without HBO. I think that was one of the best thing they ever produced
Agreed, but give Six Feet Under, Deadwood and Boardwalk Empire a shot too.
Disagree
And the first six seasons of Game of Thrones.
And Band of Brothers
I agree but that was 15 years ago... It’s already outdated for people who didn’t see it when it first came out.
This episode reminds me so much of why I love your channel (beyond the ultra clear and comprehensive delivery), breaking down our contemporary history and tying all these familiar elements all together so well! I honestly had no idea that HBO was such a vital part of Tri Star and Comedy Central, but cable television as a whole, thank you for enlightening us! Favorite HBO exclusive is Last Week Tonight, its comically apparent how much money they are willing to invest in that show.
I really don’t watch tv much but True Detective season 1 will always be one of my favorites.
You are a person of culture I see
Yes, that was an incredible show. Sucks that it fell off such a steep cliff after that first season.
Sooo good and dark! It’s where McConaughey finally became an actor.
@@rnrstar82 And now he is back to shyt again.
Hearing you having to explain how tv antennas work makes me feel so old
He didn't even mention "HBO antennas". Before most places had cable the only alternative you had to broadcast TV was installing a 10-foot-wide sattelite dish in your yard. HBO began offering small rooftop antennas to pick up its service which were just as cheap and easy as a regular TV antenna to install. That was probably one of the main reasons they were so successful and it probably led to a much faster spread of cable TV networks in the country.
And NOW I feel really old.....
Company Man single-handedly keeping the stock footage industry alive
HBO is just so much better than every other channel, their shows are literally better than most high budget movies.
YOOOOOOOOOO did any of y’all use to watch HBO Family. They had the best shows - Kindergarten, A Little Curious, Crashbox, Harold and the Purple Crayon, all bangers.
Don't forget about Tintin and Babar.
im so glad theres others who remember those series!! i talk about them all the time but none of my friends know what they are lol
I did, but in the 80s & early 90s.
Don't forget Happily ever after fairytale for every child.
That’s how I found out about them. I *loved* me some Crashbox.
Anybody remember the 90s Little Lulu cartoon? Always loved when reruns of it came on late afternoons back in the early 2000s.
So close to a million subs... so proud of you Mike!!!
"HBO: It's not TV, it's porn." -MADtv
Have you seen this? Definitely not safe for kids, but it's hilarious.
vimeo.com/106985968
🤣 I loved MadTV
You could also possibly do a "Nintendo - Switching Industries". They switched from Toys and more to Video games.
We know. Who cares?
yo Alex Do you have a grudge against Nintendo? You’ve said something negative on two comments who want a video on Nintendo.
Ha. I see what you did there!
Don't forget the time Nintendo was in the "Love Hotel" industry and connections to the Yakuza. Nintendo has enough industry switches for several videos.
HBO is the best cable channel, everything that has HBO brand, you now that will be a great tv show or movie. My favourite tv show is Westword. And just give HBO Max a few years, they are spending a lot of money on some great tv shows and movies
First season of Westworld was excellent. Second season was Exhibit A of the saying "get woke, go broke".
Deadwood is the best thing they ever made , even with no ending
Company Man, I've watched everything you made and I loved them. I believe HBO created a Blue Ocean, despite competition these days, they seem to be far ahead in foresight compared to the other folks. Appreciate your beautiful work man.
I feel that HBO MAX could’ve been advertised better. I mean they own so many iconic cartoon characters, and they didn’t do a short crossover showing all their properties. They own Rick & Morty & Looney Tunes, and didn’t have Rick & Bugs traveling through different properties together
HBO MAX is probably the streaming service that has offered the most content on day one, they really messed up when it came to advertising that
I agree it would've been cool to see them kinda do crossover commercials but I personally disagree I thought the HBO Max commercials did a great job showcasing the variety on their service although it would've been been nice to see them at least throw in more obscure shows as well like Class Of 3000 or something if it's even on there but compared to Disney+ which only focused on Pixar, Marvel & Star Wars HBO Max advertisements shows off more in my opinion.
@dwoodard78 Well isn't peacock's only selling point The Office and Friends?
I think the problem is that HBO Max isn't on Roku
I feel HBO Max didn’t have to worry too much about advertising. Not just because of the HBO name, but the majority of people already subscribed to HBO get HBO Max free. The launch day stuff wouldn’t have been anything to make me go to it day 1, but since I got it through my cable, I used it day 1. Additionally, another benefit it has is it’s picking up a lot of smaller shows with strong followings that were on smaller/niche networks/services. The two that instantly come to mind are Search Party and Doom Patrol. Search Party was a pain in the ass to recommend because TBS would only have it available for streaming a month or so every year. Not to mention, I know I was dying for a new season after waiting 3 years, so you bet your ass I knew it was coming to HBO Max and was ready to watch it. Doom Patrol was the most praised show on DC’s streaming service, but no one was using that. Similarly, there were a lot of people wanting to watch it, and many waiting for a new season, so they knew it was there.
Lastly, you have to keep in mind, one of HBO’s biggest strengths is word of mouth. Look at Watchmen this past year. It did not have a large audience at the start, but it had huge numbers by the end due to word of mouth. Quality speaks for itself, and I don’t think HBO Max had to worry too much about advertising.
I like the background music. It feels so ethereal and chill.
growing up the only time I got to see hbo was when they would have those free pre-view weekends (My mom would run the vcr most of the weekend). their biggest sell for me was the boxing (especially being able to see their ppv fights the next weekend on regular hbo)
Did they have PPV in the 80's? I don't remember that being a thing until later, but my family wasn't much into sports so if they offered it I probably didn't see it.
@@Raskolnikov70 yeah PPV been around since 83
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver is my favourite HBO show. Funny, insightful, and intelligent. Plus it's really really cool to see a man with so much control over a show, HBO stands behind everything John does, even going as far to make a Coal Baron sue them in a SLAPP Suit and still stand behind him. HBO themselves say they give him 100% creative freedom and a ton of money to play with.
I would love to see a rise, fall and rise again on Polaroid. They have a really intresting history and innovations.
The instant camera was a miracle
@@TheInkPitOx Definitely. It changed the whole industry.
Thanks for the info
Can you do a video on Dairy Queen im just curious
i'd like dairy queen and HEB, love my Texas companies
@@benjaminwatt2436
You do need a Dairy Queen video. ruclips.net/video/HiQP5htOcPc/видео.html I thought Dairy Queen is a Texas company too, but I also assumed Whataburger is a Florida company. The story of Dairy Queen in Texas is remarkably interesting though.
H-E-B is a most excellent choice too.
I think it's funny that with HBO's reputation as a center for adult entertainment, their first original series was actually Fraggle Rock.
They also had not nesacerarilly the news& the hitchhiker! Before tales of the crypt
Oh, so THIS is how Dolan got rich and ended up owning the Knicks...
I loved watching HBO Family when I was little. Great programming like Crashbox, I Spy, and Happily Ever After Fairytales for Every Child. Watched it all the time
I would like to see a “Rise, fall and rise again” of Chipotle
Rise in cases of food poisoning and fall... and rise again.
I am not really sure there is a "rise again" for Chipotle at this point. They're still getting pummeled.
AKA "E Coli: The True Story of One Disease's Brave Attempts at Fighting Eradication."
This aged well
I’ve been waiting for this... FOREVER!!!
You need to make a video on Einstein Bagel Bros's rise, fall, and rise again!
I was lucky enough to get to watch HBO when cable first came out in my area of Maine. My father saw workers near the main road and asked what they were doing. They explained they were putting in cables for ...well... cable and included HBO and MTV. Because our house was so close to the road they connected it to the house and at the time it only cost a few dollars a month because they wanted people to try it. I remember my parents watching Alien on HBO and I watched it hiding because I was waaay too young and had nightmares for weeks. I have fond memories of the HBO miniature town with the camera flying through it and the MTV logo with the astronaut.
Todd McFarlane's Spawn, especially the first series. Star Wars Return of the Jedi recorded on VHS. HBO was the best place to record movies.
I saw this title and immediately thought, “maybe I will finally understand the difference between HBOMAX, HBOGO and HBO NOW...”
Man bruh, My dad always watches The Sopranos on HBO sometimes even though I’m too young to watch it. God Bless HBO.
I would love to see a rise and fall of Sega! Great video, today
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a Sunday night tradition.
“ Sex and the city” and” Curb your enthusiasm “ will always two of my favorite shows of all time!
Here’s what hbo Max’s selling point should be:
Infinity train.
You misspelled Metalocalypse
You guys suck at spelling, it seems
@@its_elkku135 sounds like you need a visit from the eye doctor
My favorite is still Tales From the Crypt! The Crypt Keeper? Hello! 😁👍
A true Gen-X or Millenial will almost always recognize that epic 1983 HBO "in space" Feature Presentation intro. There's actually a couple uploads of the making of this, be prepared to squint though as the quality is 240p-360p, worth it
I am very much a millenial (born in 1990) but i have never seen any HBO show that i know of prior to 2010.
If you would have asked me what HBO was in the 90's i would not have had a clue. But then only programs bought in licensing for Dutch tv would have been shown in the Netherlands.
@@sirBrouwer totally understandable
Sorry boomer, but I don’t remember asking.😜
Chicken tail Who is the boomer you’re referring to?
Gen z kids won't know because we were all born between 1996 and 2012. Gen X would probably recognize it though
Thanks for doing my idea on companymanideas.com. You really nailed it again.
HBO legit has like 5 contenders for best TV show of all time.
I actually learned quite a bit I had not heard before. Good work!
Never knew there was that mush history behind HBO
Ask someone over the age of 35.
Company Man barely touched on what it was like growing up in the 70's and 80's when these premium channels had just started coming out as an alternative to the broadcast networks. Hard to imagine today when we have 500+ channels plus streaming services plus RUclips plus sites for pirated content.
You love Curb, making me love you and this channel more and more!
This was a hard one but my Top 5 of All Time:
1) Oz
2) Watchmen
3) Succession
4) The Wire
5) Insecure
in that order.
So glad you mentioned Tales from the Crypt. Highly underrated and forgotten.
I love HBO
Correction, I love pirating HBO
What’s pirating? Can I pirate Netflix?
FBI Open up!
@@chickentail7108 yeah, you can lol.
pirating hbo!? HOW!?
Back in the day, I used to put a mod chip in our cable boxes to get free HBO/Showtime/whatever (it unscrambled the signal). That is until my cable company figured out I was doing it and charged me like $800 for modifying their hardware.
The Larry Sanders Show was a decade ahead of its time.
I don't even know why I just like watching company man it's entertaining for me
wow thats crazy
When I was a kid, we didn’t have cable for the majority of my childhood. When we finally did, we never got the expensive packages that would have included HBO. All I ever heard of it was my parents saying that it was bad because the content they play usually has a lot of bad stuff in it. Lol! Now I freaking love HBO Max! We got HBO Now to watch Game of Thrones and switched over to Max once that came out. The HBO original content is the best original content I’ve ever seen. The quality in shows like Westworld, Game of Thrones, Succession, Watchmen, the list goes on, is absolutely staggering. There arent hardly any other shows that can parallel HBO shows when it comes to quality. It’s like watching a movie, but it’s a show with lots of episodes! Not to mention all of the actually great and decently new movies they give you access to. Definitely the highest value of any streaming service I pay for
I grew up with Showtime, so in some ways I came to view HBO as for the "rich kids".
I can't believe Company Man hasn't done a video about the birth (1889), rise (1980s), decline (late 90s), rise again (2006), decline again (2012), and rise again (2017) of Nintendo. We've had one about Sony with passing mention of PlayStation and Nintendo bears attention.
We need an episode on Nintendo.
You know what's weird, man. My brain played the sound when I saw the HBO logo.
I grew up watching "Inside the NFL" back when it was on HBO, with Len Dawson and Nick Buonicotti (and later, Chris Collinsworth) hosting, and Harry Kalas narrating all the weekly highlights.
Harry Kalas. A true legend !
I remember his first year with the Phillies. It was 1971 and the year Veterans Stadium opened.
"Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" are my favorite HBO Original series.
Have you done a video about VH1? I saw and loved your video on MTV.
My favorite HBO show Is last week tonight.
Yup.
The most gangster comedy news show in existence! in fact, so gangster that it can make fun of their boss (HBO) and their boss' boss (AT&T) and still exist.
My favorite bit was the one where he had a squirrel present a check to a litigious coal magnate for "three acorns and eighteen cents" written out to "Eat Shit Bob" with "Kiss my ass" written in the memo. Then the show was sued and won. HBO paid a shit ton of money for this stunt...and he still has a job. I hope they never turn HBO into shit like most other networks have done.
Just rewatched the wire and I have to say that is a well made show. I'm very excited for the sopranos movie this fall
As someone who lives 15 minutes away from NY the name Dolan makes my ears bleed.
I know this may appear pedantic, but for an antenna receiving a tv signal height is might, not size of the antenna. Most TV signals are UHF and VHF, which are "line of sight" frequencies, so the height of the antenna is more important than the size of the antenna. A quarter wavelength antenna that is 10ft up in the air will receive a signal better than a full wavelength antenna that is 5ft in the air. Oh and my favorite HBO original is "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"
HBO is that one kid with the most accounts
Before HBO was known for their original content they were well known for their documentaries. To this day I think HBO has some of the best documentaries ever made.
HBO MAX the only streaming service you will not search through a million times but will be Actually be watching a movie or tv show on the service.
I love how you talked about the TV antenna as though it's this obscure, ancient technology requiring explanation. I had one in my back yard when I was a kid, and I'm not even 40 yet! Just goes to show how fast technology has moved.
Could you make a video on State Farm or BOSE - it'd be really interesting!
Keep up the good work.
My family never paid for the HBO channel, but I remember watching Crashbox whenever it was free on demand. Fun children’s show about puzzle solving.
Love the inclusion of HA! in this video. Much like HBO, the Comedy Channel had a better line up, but that HA! logo was awesome.
Everyone company man is close to a million subscriber, so let's make it happen everyone. We can do it. So just do it.
Keep in mind, AT&T currently owns HBO.
Business Daddy
John Oliver reminds us weekly on his show LOL.
not for much longer
@@onewisefrog5785 what do you mean?
@@ICE-wx5sy at&T is spinning it off and combining with discovery
I think one topic worth looking at is the creation of a lot on "online" restaurants by big brands for food delivery services. You have the offshoot done by Chuck-E-Cheese, and just recently there was the launch of "It's Just Wings" which is a Chili's offshoot.
It's just a weird sort of pandemic fueled wrinkle in how these businesses work.
your the reason Wednesday is one of my favorite days
My parents said there was another service that was only in NYC called WHT. WHT had set times for movies. They moved to Long Island and when I was a kid I remember no matter where you rode your bike they were digging up the streets and sidewalks to lay cable. They also told me that HBO was offered in cablevisions basic package. When I was kid and even today my favorite special I saw on HBO was Child of Rage. They also had a tendency in the 90s to show very odd/off movies and my friends and I would stay up all night to watch them.
The old Time Warner created and invested in some of the other great cable channels. Like A&E, MTV, Nickelodeon and more.
A&E is owned my A+E networks,
& MTV & Nick are owned by Viacom...
@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN Nick and MTV was created by TimeWarner before it got sold to Viacom.
@@ronielalado3868 damn, Imagine CN & Nick being owned together...
@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN Honestly, if Nickelodeon was retained by Warner Media on the 80s, CN likely doesn't exist as we'd think of it. Then again, that might have inspired Viacom to straight up make their own kids network...
@@andrejg4136 true...
It also led to competing premium movie channels such as The Movie Channel (formerly StarChannel which later shared it's channel space with Nickelodeon), Showtime, sister channel Cinemax and other premium pay-tv channels across the country (ONTV, Spectrum, SelecTV etc...)
Att owns warner.. slightly expecting a “rise .. and fall” video on HBO coming in a few years.
And likely a rise and fall of DirecTV here in a couple of months - that place is imploding (and should be after ATT bought them it's gone way down hill).
att is also now selling warner
@@onewisefrog5785 where did you read that?
@@ICE-wx5sy at&t investor relations and alot of news sources
Not gonna lie, I was a little disappointed you didn't go into more detail about the original programming and how that style of TV show altered the drama landscape. I just finished watching Oz while quarantined and something about being confined to an apartment for months with my own schedule (cook, eat, shower, exercise, etc...) made me relate to those characters/story alot more than if I were working and socialising regularly. Since finishing Oz I've been searching for reviews and analysis of the show, however, I have yet to find any on RUclips and was hoping it would at least get a mention in this video and the impact it had on television.
Oz is the originator but flawed and sometimes over the top. Oz took the risks so that the wire and the sopranos could learn from its mistakes and correct them. I got nothing but love for Oz though. Flaws and all.
Thank you, HBO, for helping me discover Crashbox and softcore 👌
I really enjoy this channel. Thanks!
I'd have to say Fraggle Rock is my favorite HBO show. I really like the movies they produce too, like the one about Temple Grandin and Grey Gardens.
LOVED Fraggle Rock!!
I’ve been fresh out of the boat since 1995 and I got to say I had my exposure of HBO in 1997 and I got to tell ya I didn’t know English but I knew their programming didn’t disappoint. Their fresh movies on Saturday nights. Their straight to video movies, along with their tv shows just amazing all around. It is true any show on HBO is guaranteed good quality.
4:46 Oh god it's the stock footage woman that poses as a scientist and politician.
Now posing as a director!
Cable wasn't invented for remote areas, it was invented for populated areas in upstate NY & PA where hill & mountains often blocked the signal.
And now: "The Home Box Office," on Modern Marvels!
Since my family was frugal when it came to entertainment and took a long time to even get basic cable, HBO was always something I looked forward to as a kid whenever we stayed in a hotel. Even rundown motels often bragged about offering HBO and would put it on their signs - apparently considering it as much of a selling point as having a pool.
Do Target, how it grew so big and their success
NO
I
HATE
TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget to include their Canadian Adventure where they underestimated the customer, spent a ton of money, and then ran away stiffing the creditors
When I was a kid I always thought that HBO stood for, Hey! Beastmaster's On!, since that and Excalibur were pretty much showing every day for years.
"Atari - What Happened?" I need it.
Yes, please. I lived through the Great Video Game Crash of 1983, there's definitely a story there that needs to be told.
This was a really cool intro to the history of cable companies!