Memorable TV-Special Themes from the ’70s and ’80s

January 15, 2010

Hopefully you will get all tingly inside when you hear some of these marvelous and majestic “TV Special” themes from your past. 

ABC Afterschool Specials

ABC Weekend Specials

CBS Special Presentation

HBO Intro 1983

ABC 4:30 Movie

ABC Sunday Night Movie

CBS Saturday Night Movie

WOR-TV Channel 9 “Million Dollar Movie”

Wonderful World of Disney

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6 Replies to “Memorable TV-Special Themes from the ’70s and ’80s”

  1. Priceless. The laser sounds in The Big Event theme are especially choice.

    The dance fight is odd for so many reasons – not the least of which is the fact that all of the bad guys are wearing very feminine purple outfits. But most of all, the lyrics are really violent and weird – made even stranger by the cornball delivery. Creepy.

  2. Priceless. The laser sounds in The Big Event theme are especially choice.

    The dance fight is odd for so many reasons – not the least of which is the fact that all of the bad guys are wearing very feminine purple outfits. But most of all, the lyrics are really violent and weird – made even stranger by the cornball delivery. Creepy.

  3. It took a lot of flashy lights and sounds to distract you from the fact that you were a big loser home watching a movie with commercial interruptions on a Saturday night. Remember how they’d say “and now, the exciting conclusion of…”

  4. It took a lot of flashy lights and sounds to distract you from the fact that you were a big loser home watching a movie with commercial interruptions on a Saturday night. Remember how they’d say “and now, the exciting conclusion of…”

  5. Wow…the 4:30 movie on ABC. That’s awesome.

    When I was a kid, every time I turned on the 4:30 movie it was either Lady In A Cage or Day Of The Triffids.

  6. Wow…the 4:30 movie on ABC. That’s awesome.

    When I was a kid, every time I turned on the 4:30 movie it was either Lady In A Cage or Day Of The Triffids.

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