At 20:25, Johnny talks about Ben Grauer at Times Square on New Year’s Eve. If it weren’t for the NYE celebration, I wouldn’t have known who the heck Grauer was. I was 11 when this aired in 1965, so by then my folks allowed me to stay up on NYE. Every NYE, Grauer was reporting from Times Square in his overly-dramatic 1940’s style voice and cadence like he was announcing the end of World War II or something really important and earth-shattering!! He was a throwback to my parents’ generation. Note Johnny rolling his eyes as he talks about Grauer, as if to imply that Grauer was a relic.
I find it confusing that in recent years they -lay the ABC News @ 11pm after part one of the primetime hours instead of after the primetime hours end like they always do.
Recreation: 1. Guy Lombardo on top left, whole crowd on the bottom left, and the ball drop on the right. 2. Kissing couples 3. Balloons going down 4. The sign “1976” 200th anniversary
