Night Flight

Before the days of MTV, this was a reason for me to stay home, and get so much entertainment. Music, old cartoons I heard Porky Pig Swear, Cult Classics, Rutles almost anything, Night Flight had it. Anyone have an idea about availablity of video's? If I remember corectly, I voice of a woman hosted, than later, Katherine Kinley sp?. This was so much better that anything I could remember in the pre cable tv days in my area. Id love to get some uncut episodes. or have some thoughts to trigger my mind, Thanks

 

I was a big fan of Night Flight too. I remember seeing a Frank Zappa concert from his "You Are What You Is" tour and would kill to have a copy of that...I havent' heard of any video/dvd releases, but would be first in line if they did release em.

 

J-Men Forever, which was shown often on Night Flight, is out on DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...68543/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/104-4449713-1015910

 

Yeah, that show had its moments, but like all good things......

 

I remember the Night Flight with Porky Pig cussing....classic stuff!!!

 

Those two shows (10/31/81) have been aired on more TV channels/videos and in more different edits than any other Zappa concert. I'm pretty sure there is a DVD that edits all of the available footage together (including the "Night Flight" footage).

 

Yep, back in 1982, 1983, I also got into the Friday and Saturday night routine of watching Night Flight. I also liked Night Tracks. It just seemed more fun than watching MTV.

 

Loved Night Flight. It got sort of silly later on, but in its early days ('81-'82) it was the only place you could see rock movies like The TAMI Show, Journey Through the Past, Jimi Plays Berkeley, One to One (Sympathy For the Devil), etc.

Keep in mind that this was before most households even had VCRs, so for music nuts like me, it was a very big deal to be able to see these movies, even as lousy as some of them were.

 

I was a huge fan of this show and here's a great site with info and links to video:

http://www.night-flight.tk/

BTW, the voice of Night Flight was Pat Prescott, seen here:
http://www23.brinkster.com/nightflight1/prescott.html

I had my first VCR back then and I collected several videos from the show (anybody remember the amazing timelapse video that used Jean Luc Ponty's music?). I promised somebody here (Ed?) a copy of this video on DVD and I haven't forgotten my promise!!

 

I got cable in 1982 and I remember they kept repeating a short number of Night Flights, the one with the Catholic Girls the most.

 

I used to love Night Flights! I remember watching two concerts of Genesis and Roxy Music and they ran the documentary "The Compleat Beatles".

 

Night Flight had a show devoted to Kate Bush around the time Hounds Of Love came out that I may still have on VHS somewhere. They were also the first place I saw her 1979 Hammersmith Odeon concert video.

USA Network actually had quite a line-up of music shows back in the early 80's. I recall a New Year's Eve Utopia concert, and a series of live concerts featuring club-level acts including Renaissance and NRBQ.

 

One of the best things on cable back in the 80's, I really wish they would bring it back:

 

For now, the closest thing we have is this:

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I'd completely forgotten about that show, it was awesome.

 

Watched this every weekend, especially in the years before MTV came to our area. Loved it. Didn't it turn into USA Up All Night?

 

Night Flight was fantastic, I enjoyed watching it.

 

I have that clip.

 

Lots of great programming! The concert films seem to have stuck in my mind, especially the Genesis and Zappa.

 

I remember watching an edited "Magical Mystery Tour" on Night Flight several times during the summer of 1985.

 

The notorious "Night Flight" interview. The producer, Cynthia Freedland, was a fan, but the interview was done by a total airhead. I have the unedited footage, and it was about as close as I've ever seen Kate to ripping the microphone off and leaving the studio. My wife and I and two friends were seated on the couch in the back of the control room, and were biting our arms to keep from saying anything. I later put the whole thing on the Lovehounds Collection:

 

I remember seeing Johnny Thunders, Jason and the Scorchers and Lenny Bruce's Mask Man cartoon there. Heady stuff for the mid-80s, when about all you had access to previously was network television. Apparently some of the Night Flight content is available for streaming here:

http://www.nightflightplus.com/

 

Here's the view we had from the couch during the Night Flight interview. Terrible photo, but it was on film in a very dark room.