Braniff "Commercial"

[Beetle007]

Anyone know the deal with the Braniff clip at the end of Comedy Central shows? I can't imagine they prepaid for 20 years of this "commercial" with commedy central. Of course, it is only like 3 seconds long.

So is there someone at comedy central connected with Braniff that started this?

 

[njcapt]

Here ya go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park

The Parker-Stone production company is named Braniff Productions, after a defunct airline. The logo (which featured a computer-generated shot of the Braniff airline with the subtitle "...believe it") originally appeared in Episode 101 as a joke, but it was decided (since Parker and Stone had already established Braniff as their company) that the logo would close every episode. The melody that plays while the Braniff airplane is shown is taken from "Shpadoinkle," a song that was written for and appears in Trey Parker's first movie (which he made while at the University of Colorado, Boulder), Cannibal! The Musical. The lyrics associated with the melody are: "The sky is blue/and all the leaves are green".

 

[Beetle007]

interesting link. I didn't realize that the pilots got to keep their pensions.

"The remains of the original Braniff are retained by a company named "Asworth" in Dallas. Asworth was formed out of the old "Dalfort" corporation (which was Braniff's holding company in the 1980s). Asworth is currently responsible for paying pilot pensions."

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

This may not be true but, I heard that they had finished animating a show one day back in the early days and put it to tape. Then, when they finished it and viewed the episode, right after the credits the "Braniff... Believe it!" splash played. Apparently they had put their short on a tape that already had something on it and they caught the tail end of an old Braniff commercial.

That's when they decided to keep it and the rest is history.


But probably an urban legend.

 

[NuGuy]

Anyone know the deal with the Braniff clip at the end of Comedy Central shows? I can't imagine they prepaid for 20 years of this "commercial" with commedy central. Of course, it is only like 3 seconds long.

So is there someone at comedy central connected with Braniff that started this?

I love the warped sense of time that youngsters have. It's so cute. There was no TV before cable, and no music before iPods.

When Braniff folded in 1982, cable was just STARTING to be something other than a novelty, and there were certainly no cable networks, as such. Comedy Central didn't even come into being until late in 1989.

Nu

 

[HalinTexas]

It was on old 1" tape stock, and hadn't been completely erased.

 

[Master Shake]

Well fark! I thought we were going to see a Braniff IV incarnation...

IMHO, the Braniff trailer after Southpark would be a lot better if it was painted in Braniff I's 70's " Ultra" livery. Damm, that was one great airline.

 

[JetDude]

This may not be true but, I heard that they had finished animating a show one day back in the early days and put it to tape. Then, when they finished it and viewed the episode, right after the credits the "Braniff... Believe it!" splash played. Apparently they had put their short on a tape that already had something on it and they caught the tail end of an old Braniff commercial.

That's when they decided to keep it and the rest is history.


But probably an urban legend.

You are correct....I saw an interview with the creators of the South Park show, and this is the explanation they gave. They also had to pay a cash settlement to keep the clip on future shows.

 

[dollacrackho]

braniff had some good commercials
"they like our girls"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-hlTmWVOSw&mode=related&search=

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Braniff is a great name for an airline. So

 

[Beetle007]

I love the warped sense of time that youngsters have. It's so cute. There was no TV before cable, and no music before iPods.
Nu

You forgot one....There were no bitter condescending pilots before the post bankruptcy contracts.

 

[Gorilla]

interesting link. I didn't realize that the pilots got to keep their pensions.

"The remains of the original Braniff are retained by a company named "Asworth" in Dallas. Asworth was formed out of the old "Dalfort" corporation (which was Braniff's holding company in the 1980s). Asworth is currently responsible for paying pilot pensions."

Two buddies of mine down the street are retired Braniff mechanics. They have an infinite number of humorous stories from their days turning wrenches on Connies, DC-6's all the classic birds.

They still get their pension; I think it's $75 per month. Both are working their butts off well into their 70's to pay their property taxes and to put food on the table.