![]() ![]() Is it better that our current view of the end of the world is some kind of slow destruction of civilization through climate change? It's like growing up and losing the idea that you might die in an exciting, action-packed way and realizing you're probably going to get cancer and wither away when you're 70.Įnormous thanks to Anthony Scibelli, who reminded me of this scene in Gremlins 2. This is one of the conceits of Poltergeist that I bet baffles younger viewers. After a week of meetings on the debt ceiling, Congress, the White House and the country still do not have a clear path forward to avoid a cataclysmic default. It used to be that at around 2 or 4am the networks would sign off - play the national anthem and then cut away to a test pattern or static until someone came back into the studio in the morning. TV channels still exist, but they program for 24 hours now, which was a novelty in 1980. It's also a relic of the idea of 'signing off,' something that doesn't really happen at all anymore. The threat of an atomic holocaust was very real in 1980, and it seemed likely that once the Russian nukes started flying Turner's nascent cable channel would have a few minutes warning to sign off. CNN was founded in 1980, during the Cold War, at a time when I was in school having nuclear attack drills. What's fascinating about the CNN video is that it's a relic of an era when the end of the world seemed present and possible. I like Clamp's better - it's more uplifting. It's a video that has been legendary in media circles for decades, and the closest we ever came to seeing it before today was the above sequence in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, where John Glover's Daniel Clamp shows Billy the Clamp Cable Network's final sign off video. See Bill Nye's warning about 'doomsday' glacier CNN 14.7M subscribers Subscribe 15K 806K views 1 year ago CNN News Scientist and TV personality Bill Nye discusses climate change and. Turner was thinking about the end of the world even at CNN’s company launch when he said, “Barring satellite problems, we won’t be signing off until the world ends,” and clearly he meant it.Ĭurious as to what you’ll see on CNN when the world is about to end? Here’s Turner’s Doomsday video on YouTube.The biggest news story of the day, for my money, is Jalopnik sharing CNN's "Doomsday Video" - a clip that Ted Turner created at the beginning of the 24-hour cable channel to air in the eventuality of the end of the world. CNN’s ‘Doomsday’ Archive Video Posted Online (Report) The network had saved a clip to be aired when the world ends, according to Jalopnik. ![]() “Ballaban said the video was well known at CNN in 2009, although it took some effort to track down,” according to the article. The entire video is only one minute long and shows a military band in formation playing “Nearer My God to Thee,” which was reportedly the last song played on the Titanic.Ĭalled “Turner’s Doomsday Video,” it was supposed to be held onto until the end of the world was confirmed. When that time comes, we’ll cover it, play ‘Nearer My God to Thee’ and sign off,” according to a LAD Bible article. The video was more of an urban legend back in the 80s and 90s, but in 2015 a former intern, Mike Ballaban, leaked the video for the world to see.ĬNN Founder Ted Turner, was quoted saying, “We’re gonna go on air June 1, and we’re gonna stay on until the end of the world. So ready, in fact, that they have a video just waiting for when that moment arrives. At this point last year, gas prices were racing toward 5 a gallon, angering. But gas prices are miles away from last summer’s nightmare. ![]() The rumors are true – CNN is ready for the end of the world. New York CNN Filling up at the pump might not be cheap. #creepyfacts #scary #facts #horror #fyp ♬ 13 Angels Standing Guard ‘Round The Side Of Your Bed – Silver Mt. ![]()
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