Anyone remember 'Night Flight' on USA in the '80s?

[Oeditpus Rex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cV9nM0UhUE



Three hours of cult classics every Friday and Saturday night. Gawdz, I'd kill to have it all on DVD.

[bluesbassman]

1. Those were great. Nice catch Oedi.

You'll remember this too... The Old Sourdough Show, with Watheekonoka (sp?) It was a couple of guys hawking MMM Carpet during a movie on KCIU, the perfect 36. Many a Mickey's Big Mouth drank and doobies smoked watching that show!

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. I never would've remembered the other guy's name

But the Old Sourdough was Gary... something. Later, when he hosted the movies alone, he spelled it "Ga3ry," thus becoming the first person to ever use 133t. The other guy reminded me a bit of Tommy Chong.

Before them, Movies 'Til Dawn was hosted by Jay Brown for Spartan Dodge, "where the Price Slasher lives. He's just a-hackin' and a-hewin' at those prices."

That was about the same time they had Carol Doda, "the Perfect 36," as their spokesperson and part-time editorialist. :)

[Doc_Technical]

20. "The Old Sourdough and Watchicanuka(sp?) show"

Before that they called themselves, "Ray Street and Bascom Avenue."

Jay Brown was taken off the "All night movie-go-round" and lost his
Dodge dealership after he was caught a-hackin' and a-hewin' on his
used car's odometers.

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. Good stuff!

Wachikanoka, yeah — or somethin' like that. Now it comes back.

I've actually wondered what happened to Jay Brown. Figured he died and was reincarnated as Glenn Hartzheim.

[Common Sense Party]

3. I loved Night Flight. I had forgotten how movie-oriented it was.

I remembered it mostly for music videos and performances.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. That was later

For the first... I dunno, two or three years, it was totally about cult films, indie films, outtakes and stuff.

I bet an entire generation got turned onto the likes of "Reefer Madness" and "I Was a Zombie for the FBI" by Night Flight. :)

Oh, and stuff like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmzxOh89vbQ

And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0IzA9zgAS4

[Common Sense Party]

8. Yeah, it must have been later when we finally got cable.

Night Flight was on the USA Network, wasn't it?

I just remember having to watch Night Flight to get music videos, because our cable company didn't have MTV yet.

[harmonicon]

4. Hell yeah!!

I loved that show.... it's probably responsible, in no small part, for me being the weirdo that I am today.

[stuntcat]

14. it is partly responsible

I was in a backasswards small town. If it hadn't been for stuff like Night Flight coming along at the right time I might would still be there. I thank goodness my dad got us cable.

Strength to Weirdos :headbang:

[SPKrazy]

6. Yeah, that and

USA Up All Night with Rhonda Shearer

:rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

19. Woo hoo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nJ358fWY2Y

And, of course, the work of the incomparable Gilbert Gottfried:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySspih_3-vI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ct8rdiWm9w

[CreekDog]

7. and remember "Night Tracks" on TBS?

grandparents didn't have MTV on their cable then, they were in Florida :eyes:

[Common Sense Party]

9. Oh! Maybe that's what I was thinking of! I always watched

Night Tracks, until our cable company finally got MTV.

[Writer]

10. Yes! That and...

The Film Vault on KTVT Friday Nights in Dallas...

and of course...

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000.


By the way, the dude on the right was waaaaay better than the dude on the left.

[Symarip]

18. MST3K was terrific

The shorts were the best and my favorite was The Signs of Life.

"I have no son"

lol

[myrna minx]

22. MST3k was a local program on Channel 41 "TV Heaven" before it went to cable.

They showed marathons of Get Smart and Batman well before the cable channels did. I love Joel Hodgson. Because he was local, I was able to see his stand up a few times.


Does anyone remember Commander USA's Groovy Movies? USA truly nurtured the strange woman I am today. :evilgrin: I still have the ancient VHS tape that I recorded I Was A Zombie for the FBI"...

[Phillycat]

11. No, but I remember "Friday Night Videos".

This was before MTV was popular (or maybe even around?). Friday night for 3 hours, I think, they played music videos. I used to tape it (on the Beta VCR!) every week. :D

[KatyMan]

12. When they started showing music

that was the best place to see great stuff, the Dead, BOC, all kinds of stuff. Especially videos that you didn't see on MTV. Great show, loved it.

[stuntcat]

13. Right On!

I was all OVER that, I never missed it! (no social life, see.. kinda sad but at least I saw Night Flight!)

[CrownPrinceBandar]

15. Whenever I think of "Night Flight", I think of this video..........

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IRrCZCN8Kj0

I also remember Fishbone's "Party At Ground Zero" on the same show. I think they were doing some kind of Cold War retrospective.

I'm with you on the DVD collection, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[datasuspect]

16. or free form FM radio formats?

[bif]

17. I remember a radio show called "Night Flight" in Detroit

I think it was on WJR.

[kentauros]

21. I sure do

:)

And the fact that the producer has the same name as my next-oldest brother.

Remember when they'd play "J-Men Forever"? You can get that on Firesign Theater's website now :)