Here is one of the classic early 1990s WNBC “We’re 4 New York” promo composed by Edd Kalehoff. New Jersey gets a brief mention with Jersey Shore at about 55 seconds in, but only after they mention Greenwich in Connecticut. It is still a bit better than what happened with the original 1992 version, which didn’t even mention the Garden State. But the original is truly a classic and you get to see Chuck, Sue, Len, Al Roker, Carol Jenkins, and the late great Ralph Penza, which sort of makes up for the short shrift of New Jersey. This is what happens when almost all of the state’s TV coverage comes from next door! Although we should mention that WNBC does have the best New Jersey coverage of any of the New York stations including the “Yeah we’re a New Jersey station” WWOR.
A few weeks ago we stumbled upon a clip of New Jersey television icon Uncle Floyd exploring New Jersey. We found another clip
from him. This time is is Patterson in Passaic County. As expected, wackiness ensues when hardly anyone recognizes him.
How did WCBS salute New Jersey in 1981?
With about ten seconds of film - a plane landing at Newark Airport, what we think may be the State House in Trenton, and a highway bridge!
Yeah, that really sums up New Jersey!
In this video we found on YouTube part of something that aired on the obscure CTN cable channel sometime in the early to mid 1990s, we get to hear the great New Jersey television icon Uncle Floyd sing the classic “Deep in the Heart of Jersey” then go on to try to figure out why Nutley in Essex County has someplace called “Four Corners” on the Nutley-Bloomfield border. We really wish that The Uncle Floyd Show would resurface on TV in either reruns, new shows or both!
We remember it from NJN. It would probably be a good pledge special, since it would actually be something about New Jersey and not one of these self help idiots or third rate singers.