What I miss most about these days was how exciting these intros made Toronto feel. I didn't live in Toronto, and I honestly just thought it seemed like the most awesome place. I wonder sometimes if Moses Znaimer is the reason I ended up moving to TO. The city did not disappoint me; it changed my life. But unfortunately I feel like now that we don't have local TV for Toronto, we have less of a sense of identity. Makes me sad.
No TV station gives that sense of local identity anymore. In addition to CITY-TV, I grew up with some great local stations from Buffalo, Cleveland, Eerie, etc, which all lost their unique identity when they scrapped locally produced programming in favour of made-for-syndication shows, joined new networks like FOX / WB / etc. And on a national level, you had things like MuchMusic which exposed Canadians to music from the entire country and helped shape my generation's sense of Canadian identity, and that's gone too.
Citytv was an amazing channel in the 80's and 90's. Especially the 80's. I have so many memories of all the late great intros and movies they showed. I also loved the chum countdown. Muchmusic was also amazing during this time period too. Why must everything change?? It's not the same anymore. It makes me sad
The current owners, Bell, turned MuchMusic into crap. It became more like a second CTV Comedy Channel that airs The Simpsons. How pity of them making a mistake that CTV 2 was a small market version of Citytv before Bell swooped in.
I loved City Tv and Much Music in the 80's and 90's. It put Toronto on the map. You got a feel what it was like living in the city during those decades. We lost our identity when Rogers took it over
Blame CTV/Bell. Because the CRTC won’t allow them to own both two stations in five major cities all at once, they made them sell off five Citytv stations in order to get CHUM which went downhill after Moses left and the founder died. Rogers originally wanted six A-Channel stations, CKX, SexTV/Cooking Channel and CLT/OWN but they said no.
You have no idea what this video means to me! I was no more than 3 or 4 when I saw that first intro and it was so vague within my memory bank, but retained just enough to remember. I used to think I was crazy and that it didn't exist. All I could remember is that it came on once after an episode of Mash and it contained to sailors. I have goosebumps right now. Thanks Retro and thank you RU-vid
I use to have my own 10inch Black and white Tv as a kid in my room, I remember watching all those old late great movies and then falling asleep to Night Ride.
The very first intro I have very slight and vague memories of it, and the second intro is the FIRST memory I have of Great Movies. And obviously the third intro is the most popular or common (for lack of better words) intro ever. I think. Truly great memories. I'm so glad I was born and raised in Toronto - because anywhere else, and I would've missed out on Citytv, WUTV and CKVR
Back in those days, there were approx 15 channels and only about 3 or 4 showed movies. Today there are 500 channels and still only about 3 or 4 show movies!
0:35 is my absolute favorite intro...ah those were the good ol'days. I used to sing that song out loud when making stupid videos on my 8mm camcorder back in the day. Good times that'll never come back.
I Remember The #3 One And The Others After...What Happened To Movies On CityTv And Speakers Corner I Remember Being A Little Kid...I Can't Believe You Have This WOW
Awesome upload! Would also love to know, if there is another version, prior to the 78 one?? This upload is a total masterpiece! Great stuff as always. Maybe a late great,,and not so great movie intros collection next? ;) Just wondering, when exactly did the "late" and "not so great" start up? And was there also a "late late"?
Good branding, weak creative and execution throughout, though in the second one Mark Dailey’s improv voice-over, which is the best thing and the camp video makes it kind of fun to watch now.
This ended up inspiring the Atlantic Satellite Network, or ASN(an unofficial CityTV affiliate in Halifax) to name their block of movies that would air weeknights at 8PM, with 'ASN Late Great Movies' airing within an hour of the end of ASN's Atlantic Pulse(news), and with weekend matinees as well, which I think were broadcast at 4PM on Saturdays and Sundays. 'ASN Great Movies' also still did air on Saturday and Sunday nights too, with the same 8PM and Late format as during the week. CHUM Broadcasting co-owned a share of ASN(which covered New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador only on cable/satellite), as well as ASN's Maritime-only sister station, ATV(which did also broadcast over-the-air), with the CTV Television Network. ATV(Atlantic Television System) was mostly responsible for airing CTV programming. Bell Media now owns both stations in full, and have since Baton Broadcasting bought them back in 1997. And both are located on 2885 Robie St. in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
you are sort of wrong here, CHUM 100% owned ATV/ASN until 1997 when both stations were sold to CTV, Bell has 100% owned both channels since Bell bought CTV.
MichelleC3245 some of the promotions that voiced over sometimes called City, the current owners Rogers dropped the TV at the beginning of 2013 when it became City
QUESTION: Retrontario, were Neeson's films Gun Shy (2000), Under Suspicion (1992), Nell (1994), Rob Roy (1995), and Michael Collins aired on Citytv at one point or another? Answer me!
I wish I had a time machine to go back to those great eras. The current era just sucks so bad. Look how just awesome these channel intros were. Its like the littlest things had more effort and creativity put into them. Now everything is just boring, the exact same. Its pathetic.
