hy lit show question

[RunWithScissors]

If anyone is old enough to remember the Hy Lit show on WKBS-TV on Saturday evenings, I have a few questions. What ever happened to the heavy set guy who would dance, they used to call him Bucket Belly, he was alot of fun and a good dancer to boot. Also I recall there used to be what I call the first music video ever made, it used to feature the long instrumental part of In A Gadda Da Vida and showed various pictures of John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luthur King as the music played. I always thought that was touching and it was done in a fashion that you had to see to believe. I don't know who put it together if it was Hy or the producers but it was the first theme put to music I can remember. Does anyone have a copy of that video, it would be great to see again. Last but not least, I remember on one show Hy had the Rockin Bird on and Joe came out with love beads around his neck and a beard and Hy called him the Father Bird.....what a fantastic show. Now we have Chio, Kidd, Whoppie, Booker the Power and Beat slop, Joyner on the radio and Pimp my ride on the tube, wow we have really advanced morally as a nation.

 

[starlitejon]

Run With. THE HY LIT TV SHOW ON WKBS Channel 48 was by far one of the Best Dance Shows ever !!!!! It was so popular on WKBS They Repeated on Sunday Morning's at 11:00am and my wife Donna and I Watched it on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and It was syndicated throughout the United States by WKBS , I'M sure HY and SAM Will be able to answer some of Your other questions about THE HY LIT TV SHOW (Rember the Go-Go girl SHERRY )

 

[csp-1]

i totally remember sherry ... age has not been kind to her , by the way . wkbs , the kaiser broadcasting station , channel 48 , used to have a tune "that happy feeling" (or something like that) as their ditty when doing the f.c.c. obligation thing .. the song was done by bert kaempfert .... hy definitely still knows about sherry , still , i think ..

 

[fred flintstone]

i totally remember sherry ... age has not been kind to her

Ah, some women are like ordinary white wine, pleasant but best consumed early.

Others are like fine red wine. More complex. Deeper hues, aromas and flavors. They require a more sophisticated palate. And such wines only improve with age.

 

[qtpieislit]

WKBS TV was one of five UHF stations Kaiser Aluminum put on the air in 1964 in selected major markets. Kaiser had deep pockets and launched with state of the art video, recording and editing studios, locally at 3201 s. 26th St. in South Philadelphia in a custom built warehouse across from what was then the ARCO refinery (now Sunoco).
The Hy Lit Show was one of the first to air Music and Video as composite production components. The In-A-Godda-Da-Vida programming vignettes and bumpers had a multitude of visual montages, many of which Hy has archived along with the entire recorded ‘Music Video’ catalogue from his show here at HyLit.com. We are looking at a promotion to make them available via HyLitRadio.com next year. Stay tuned.
Sheri-Jane is fine and doing well. Hy speaks to her on a regular basis, and she even stops by semi annually from Tennessee. There is an early photo of her, an e-mail address with a link for her on the HyLitRadio.com home page. She has a fond recollection of the show. I'm sure she’d love to hear from you and exchange some memories.

 

[fred flintstone]

Kaiser Broadcasting

WKBS TV was one of five UHF stations Kaiser Aluminum put on the air in 1964 in selected major markets. Kaiser had deep pockets and launched with state of the art video, recording and editing studios, locally at 3201 s. 26th St. in South Philadelphia in a custom built warehouse across from what was then the ARCO refinery (now Sunoco).

Kaiser Aluminum was a subsidiary of Henry J. Kaiser Company, Ltd., as was Kaiser Broadcasting.

WKBD, Detroit, followed by WKBS, Burlington, went on the air in 1965. Followed by additional stations in the late 60s and early 70s, for an eventual total of seven UHF stations (the then-legal maximum).

WKBD went on the air with a unique all sports format (with Red Wings, Pistons and Tigers games plus college sports, especially Big 10 contests involving Michigan or Michigan State), almost 15 years before the launch of ESPN.

The station subsequently added the pioneering Lou Gordon Program, which went into national syndication, and served as a prototype for current TV political talk programs. The program generated national headlines in 1968 when Gordon provoked then Michigan governor George Romney (father of current Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney) into saying he had been "brainwashed" on Viet Nam, forcing Romney from the race for the Republican presidential nomination (clearing the way for former vice president Richard Nixon).

In the 70s, WKBD (years before the launch of the original AMC or of TCM) launched a daytime schedule of classic pre-48 Hollywood films hosted by local broadcasting legend and former Warner Brothers contract player Bill Kennedy (still heard doing the opening narration on TV's classic "The Adventures of Superman"). Kennedy peppered the films with inside gossip and behind the scenes stories of the movies being shown and the actors appearing in them. Kaiser attempted to re-create the formula in Philly, launching an inferior copy with Bernie Herman as host. Bernie read a few books, but he hadn't been there and he didn't know the people personally - and it showed.

Kaiser Broadcasting was ahead of its time in many ways and finally died due to lack of profits. The company shut down WKBS in 1977. Field Communications bought out Kaiser's interest in the remaining stations in 1978. Other Kaiser companies were going through hard times during this period. Kaiser was forced to leave the auto industry leaving behind the Jeep nameplate, now owned by Damlier-Chrysler.

About the only break WKBS got before shutting down was the fact that KYW-TV (then an NBC affiliate owned by Group W) and WFIL-TV/WPVI (an ABC affiliate owned by The Inquirer and then Capitol Cities Broadcasting) consistently pre-empted several network shows, which channel 48 was able to pick up.

 

[coops]

Wow, what memories. Ch. 48 and the others would usually air shows Channel 3 wouldn't air from NBC because they were running Group W produced shows like Mike Douglas, when he was on at 12-30 pm or David Frost. I remember a game show called "Eye Guess" that was on CH. 17. and when 3, 6 or 10 had the Mummers Parade on New Years Day, one of them would pick up the entire day of bowl games. Remember Adam Android and Dickory Dock

 

[JimWilliams]

Ah, yes coops, Eye Guess...with Bill Cullen! Yes, I've seen clips of the show. The Page O Clips (www.pageoclips.com) occasionally lists clips of said show on their main page. Fun little game that begged to be revived.