Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here's a complete broadcast of the sixth edition of Life's Most Embarrassing Moments as transmitted over WLS Channel 7.

Hosted by Steve Allen, this series of specials (aired between 1983 and 1986) was basically ABC's version of the NBC series TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, and covering pretty much the same ground: outtakes from various TV shows, news remotes and footage, and commercials (and pretty much everything else) gone wrong.

Show voiceovers by Johnny Olson.

Includes:

Promo for LIfe's Most Embarrassing Moments and "Hollywood Wives (Part 1)" (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Last part of end credits for Ripley's Believe It or Not! (with voiceover promo for Life's Most Embarrassing Moments by Allan Jefferys) (rest of credits left out)

Promo for The Fall Guy (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Commercials for:
Sony Trinitron XBR (voiceover by Jackson Beck)
Plymouth Cars - "Thank You America" Celebration

Station ID / promo for AM Chicago (Oprah Winfrey with Stevie Wonder)

Closed Captioned bumper

Show open, with reporter having hiccups; followed by opening titles (theme undergoing some alteration to avoid copyright dings), Steve previewing the night's entertainment, outtakes from Kate & Allie, and mishaps involving chairs

Sponsor billboard for pH-balanced Secret anti-perspirant

Commercials for:
Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup
Dodge Ram Trucks
Promo for Hollywood Wives (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Segment 2, featuring Steve hosting John Byner with outtakes from the latter's show Bizarre, plus misfired military salutes

Commercials for:
pH-balanced Secret anti-perspirant
Mountain Grown Folgers Decaffeinated Coffee
Promo for Hardcastle & McCormick (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys) (lower-third station ID shows up around 25:33)

Animated ABC ID

Segment 3, with spotlight on dogs who aren't exactly well-behaved (a few seconds of the BBC "Bonzo" dog blooper had to be cut), plus outtakes from The Danny Thomas Show, Romper Room & Friends (with Molly McCluskey), Sandy Becker as Hambone (music by Red Saunders Orch.), Wonderama, Wild Kingdom, and scenes of people behind other people

Commercials for:
RCA Full Spectrum TV (voiceover by Danny Dark)
Brief shot of Progresso Soup ad ("P.S. I Love You"), interrupted by:
Phillips Petroleum
Promo for Three's a Crowd and Who's the Boss? (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Bumper

ABC News Sports Update with Dick Schaap (opening voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Promo for Eyewitness News at 10pm ("Look Like a Hollywood Wife") (voiceover by Gary Gears)

Station ID / promo for Eyewitness News at 4 and 10pm ("Chicago Cares")

Segment 4, with Steve hosting René Auberjonois, leading to Benson outtakes

Commercials for:
Sears Washington's Birthday 2-Day Sale on Craftsman tools and Easy Living Satin Flat paint
AT&T (with Cliff Robertson)
Campbell's Tomato Soup
Ford Tempo GL sedan
Promo for Moonlighting (voiceover by Mason Adams)

Segment 5, with bloopers from various local newscasts, plus an outtake from Happy Days leading off scenes of people forgetting their trains of thought, and an embarrassing tree planting

Commercials for:
Dodge 5-Year Truck Warranty
Michelob Light
Promo for Hollywood Wives (Part 1) (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Steve says goodnight, a plug for where to write, and end credits (with local voiceover by Mike Jackson promoting Eyewitness News at 10pm look of nighttime soaps and other items - ending just as national voiceover Allan Jefferys says, "Next!")

Promo for The Fall Guy (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Commercials for:
Borateem Bleach (voiceover by Paul Frees?)
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin / American Dairy Association - "Milk's Got More"

Station ID / promo for Eyewitness News

Closed Captioned bumper

Bonus: First 20 minutes of Hollywood Wives (Part 1), starting with preview (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Commercials for:
Robitussin Cough Medicine
Listerine Antiseptic Mouthwash

Act I, before recording ends.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, February 17th 1985 during the 7pm to 8:20pm timeframe.

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