I was watching Rosanne, and Dan started to hum some familiar sounding music – which I mistakenly thought was the old theme from the HBO Feature Presentation bumper that used to be shown on the network when I was a kid. So I did what any good procrastinator will do – I went and watched the bumper – and then I watched a video about how they made the bumper, which was pretty cool. So, courtesy of HBO’s Channel on YouTube, here they are!
First, the 1983 HBO Feature Presentation bumper:
You know, that end part with the lights spinning in the “O” always made me think of Wheel of Fortune. Anyways, here’s the making of:
BONUS! Here’s a couple of different HBO-produced parodies used as April Fool’s jokes in the late 80’s
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