Knots Landing Commercial Bumpers

**Knots0709** · 07-02-2012, 04:01 PM

Hi All - I've been doing some restoring and editing from the best audio and video elements I've been able to get my hands on. Below are the season 1 and 2 Knots Landing commercial bumpers (commonly seen half-way through the show during the original CBS broadcast) restored. If you like and if this is something you will all like to see continue let me know.

Season 1:

Season 2:

**Greg Sumner** · 07-02-2012, 04:32 PM

I think they're awesome!

**Daniel Avery** · 07-02-2012, 06:09 PM

I recall when the first seven seasons were sold in syndication to a local station where I lived, they tried to preserve those bumpers and air their commercials around them (probably as a timing device for the commercials), but at some point the season one bumper was used in ALL seasons, which looked odd later on. When TNT aired the show, they tried to produce their own bumpers but they were not as good. These are in great shape---keep up the good work.

**Knots0709** · 07-02-2012, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Daniel Avery

I recall when the first seven seasons were sold in syndication to a local station where I lived, they tried to preserve those bumpers and air their commercials around them (probably as a timing device for the commercials), but at some point the season one bumper was used in ALL seasons, which looked odd later on. When TNT aired the show, they tried to produce their own bumpers but they were not as good. These are in great shape---keep up the good work.

Yes, when Knots was first packaged by Lorimar (the first 160 episodes) in first run syndication back in the 80s, they preserved all the bumpers. Some of the music cues for this project I have restored from old VHS recordings from these syndication runs shown locally in DFW on WFAA Channel 8 in the late 80s. All of these episodes had the "Lorimar Presents" logo followed by a narrator saying "In Knots Landing..." and he would do a narrated recap of the prior episodes set to the Knots theme. Incidentally, all of these versions of Knots all contained the "Next on Knots Landing" teaser at the end of each episode, which is missing from many of the episodes today seen on cable syndication and now the DVDs.

**Mel O'Drama** · 07-02-2012, 10:20 PM

They look and sound great.

We didn't get the bumpers in the UK, as it first aired on a commercial-free channel (happy times!), and later repeated on a channel that used a still image as the show's ident.

My first experience of the bumpers was when I got the UK version of the Season One dvd. On the dvd, a bumper (possibly the Season 2 variant) was used where the main titles would normally be for part 2 of Bottom Of The Bottle.

I hope you continue with these Knots0709. I'm loving them.

**Greg Sumner** · 07-03-2012, 01:54 AM

I wish I could get a a nice clean photo of the cul-de-sac without the Knots logo over it... anyone able to help me with that? The bigger/better quality the better.

**Mel O'Drama** · 07-03-2012, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by Greg Sumner

I wish I could get a a nice clean photo of the cul-de-sac without the Knots logo over it... anyone able to help me with that? The bigger/better quality the better.

I found these from a quick Google. Not amazing quality though.

There are a few seconds during the original titles when the cul de sac is still on screen after the Knots logo has dissolved. Maybe someone could take a screen cap from the dvd?