![]() Music/Sounds: An alternated version of the channel's main theme at the time. The silver ball opens up to reveal a fish bowl, which then opens up to reveal a mirrored ball with a fiddler juggling, and this continues to form an Earth globe, footage of a highway, footage of clouds in the sky, a snow globe and then the Silver Ball again, which flashes as usual with the neon lines inside and the word " N i C K E L O D E O N" zooming in and spinning. Then a human hand picks up the silver coin and flicks it up, where it turns into the usual silver ball on a sky background. ID: We see a silver coin on a live action pavement as a bike passes by. Silver Ball in the Air (Nickel) (1981-1983) Legacy: Like the previous ID, it's another interesting example of early Nickelodeon, especially how the ID was used before commercials were introduced. These were used as break-bumpers between programs (as Nickelodeon was still a commercial-free service during this period). However, recently, a bunch of these IDs began to surface on YouTube. Kids are finally getting the kind of television they deserve."Īvailability: Same as the previous ID. Innovative, non-commercial, cable television programming for young people. From the 1980 promo reel, it contains the hat ident that has the narrator that says "Nickelodeon.Sometimes, a jazz-like version of the music was used.Music/Sounds: An instrumental rendition of Teresa Brewer's 1950 hit song "Music, Music, Music!" (also known by its opening lyric, "Put Another Nickel in the Nickelodeon"). ![]() The text fades in when he starts dancing. Another variant involves the mime finding a broom, putting his hat onto it, and dancing with it.His fingers hold the hat up to wave, and after the text fades in, the hat is set down. The mime's hat with his hand hiding under the hat.The mime doing tricks with his eyes, with the text fading in on his hat.Then the picture shrinks onto a magazine being read by the mime, who pulls it down and winks at us once his head is visible. The mime taking off his hat and making a funny face with the text fading in.Variants: As this ID appears between the programming, it shows the mime doing different acts, at various lengths depending on how long it took for Nickelodeon to start the next program. The text " Nickelodeon" in the font used in the show "Pinwheel" appears one way or another. ID: We see a mime (played by Jonathan Schwartz, a.k.a. Some have felt that the dark atmosphere and the clicking make for a rather unsettling product, though the later variant lessens this due to the background music. Legacy: This ID is a really interesting example of early Nickelodeon. At this time, the channel was a commercial-free service, so this ID was likely used as break-bumpers between programs (like the next bumper), and/or as an actual promo on other TV stations. Due to its rarity, it has been difficult to find on home video recordings (due to the network premiering in the birth of the VHS format). It was only used for a year very early in the channel's existence as Nickelodeon. The result is Nickelodeon, the Young People's Satellite Network."Īvailability: Extinct on television, and rare on recordings. We kept everything that was good about it and made it better. Later Music/Sounds Variant: A piano tune, which sounds like something played over a silent film, now plays, and the announcer says "We took everything that was wrong with children's television and got rid of it. 14 hours of programming a day, 7 days a week that will make them wonder, laugh, ponder, and think." Children's programming that's fit for children. Music/Sounds: The clicks of the nickelodeon, and the announcer, Phil Tonken, saying "Introducing. Technique: Live action designed by Bemis Balkind and Joseph Iozzi Inc. Trivia: The man featured in this early Nickelodeon logo was lifted from this 1895 publicity still, showing him using Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope device. The camera fades to the first Nickelodeon logo, which shows a man looking at a nickelodeon machine on top of the " N". Then, we see a boy crouching and putting his eyes into the device. ID: The camera zooms in at a table with a nickelodeon device (also known as a Mutoscope) at the top. This logo contains flashing images at 0:04-0:09.
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