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Not from Chicago, but from what is considered (population-wise) these days the "actual" "Second City," Los Angeles, a repeat showing of the made-for-TV movie "Dummy" (original air date May 27th 1979) as presented on the CBS Network over KNXT (now KCBS) Channel 2. A bonus will follow.
This starred LeVar Burton (in-between his roles of Kunta Kinte in the minseries "Roots" and as Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation - not to mention Reading Rainbow) as a "deaf and dumb" young man accused of murdering a Chicago prostitute - and is defended by a deaf lawyer (Paul Sorvino). Also starring Brian Dennehy, Rose Gregorio and Gregg Henry.
Includes:
Recording coming in midway through preview the preview of the movie
Commercials for:
"For Your Eyes Only" (theatrical trailer)
Wrigley's Spearmint chewing gum (hang-gliding from a snow-covered mountain)
Federal Express (voiceover by Simon Oakland?)
Pepsi (outdoor dog washing)
Film segment 1 (with opening credits and setup)
Commercials for:
Louis Rich turkey franks ("The Rich Life")
Kodak camera with Sensolite Flash (with Michael Landon)
Good Year Arriva tires
Purina High Protein Flavors dog food
Dan Rather promo for upcoming CBS Evening News
Promo for CBS Sports Saturday (voiceover by Don Robertson)
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Commercials for:
American Airlines - Super Savers
Sambo's Restaurant - Dinner for $2.99
Station ID / news promo with Jess Marlow
Film segment 2
Commercials for:
Jean Naté After Bath Splash
Listermint mouthwash
For Faces Only by Coppertone
Coors beer - "We Are Coors"
Film segment 3
Commercials for:
Skippy peanut butter (with Annette Funicello and a girl named Emily)
Five Alive fruit beverage
Wrangler jeans
Duracell batteries (had to be mostly cut - but posted separately in its entirety here: youtu.be/5X2vkasl9fw)
Promo for Dallas
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Commercials for:
Pacific Telephone
Knott's Berry Farm - "Urban Cowboy Days"
Channel 2 Newsbreak with Jess Marlow
Station ID / promo for Barney Miller
Film segment 4
Commercials for:
Denny's "Circle D" burgers
Mmm! What a Tan! lotion
Wisk detergent
Taylor California Cellar chablis
Film segment 5
Commercials for:
Ziploc storage bags
Swift Sizzlean
Silkience shampoo
Coppertone Super Shade sunblocking lotion (voiceover by Karl Weber) (had to be mostly cut but will be posted separately)
Promo for Search for Tomorrow (voiceover by Allen Berns)
Promo for "Terror Out of the Sky"
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Commercials for:
Sea World
Channel 2 News (touting recent local Emmy wins)
Ralph's and McDonald's - $4 Million Los Angeles Bicentennial Fiesta
Station ID / PSA for First Amendment
Film segments 6 and 7
Commercials for:
Mennen Speed Stick super-dry anti-perspirant
Lay's potato chips
Sears Big Bold White Sale
Maybelline Moisture Whip Moisturizer (with Lynda Carter)
Promo for "Mahogany" (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Ending credits (with voiceover promo for The CBS Late Movie presentation of Columbo by Dave Campbell)
Promo for Magnum, P.I. and Knots Landing
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Jess Marlow and Marcia Brandwynne preview upcoming 11pm Channel 2 News Update
Commercials for:
Mervyn's - Men's Week of Values
Mexicana Airlines
Kotex Maxi-Pads with tie-in to latest Redbook issue
Station ID touting Channel 2 News' Emmy wins
Bonus: Channel 2 News Update (posted separately here: youtu.be/mLrkQvyLttI) followed by first minute of The CBS Late Movie presentation of Columbo episode "Étude in Black" (originally broadcast under the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie umbrella on September 17th 1972) (voiceover by Norm Stevens) (opening with the Mystery Movie music theme had to be "echoed" to avoid YouTube blocking)
This aired on local Los Angeles TV on Tuesday, June 23rd 1981 during the 9:01pm to 11:31pm (Pacific) timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Not from Chicago, but from what is considered (population-wise) these days the "actual" "Second City," Los Angeles, a repeat showing of the made-for-TV movie "Dummy" (original air date May 27th 1979) as presented on the CBS Network over KNXT (now KCBS) Channel 2. A bonus will follow.
This starred LeVar Burton (in-between his roles of Kunta Kinte in the minseries "Roots" and as Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation - not to mention Reading Rainbow) as a "deaf and dumb" young man accused of murdering a Chicago prostitute - and is defended by a deaf lawyer (Paul Sorvino). Also starring Brian Dennehy, Rose Gregorio and Gregg Henry.
Includes:
Recording coming in midway through preview the preview of the movie
Commercials for:
"For Your Eyes Only" (theatrical trailer)
Wrigley's Spearmint chewing gum (hang-gliding from a snow-covered mountain)
Federal Express (voiceover by Simon Oakland?)
Pepsi (outdoor dog washing)
Film segment 1 (with opening credits and setup)
Commercials for:
Louis Rich turkey franks ("The Rich Life")
Kodak camera with Sensolite Flash (with Michael Landon)
Good Year Arriva tires
Purina High Protein Flavors dog food
Dan Rather promo for upcoming CBS Evening News
Promo for CBS Sports Saturday (voiceover by Don Robertson)
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Commercials for:
American Airlines - Super Savers
Sambo's Restaurant - Dinner for $2.99
Station ID / news promo with Jess Marlow
Film segment 2
Commercials for:
Jean Naté After Bath Splash
Listermint mouthwash
For Faces Only by Coppertone
Coors beer - "We Are Coors"
Film segment 3
Commercials for:
Skippy peanut butter (with Annette Funicello and a girl named Emily)
Five Alive fruit beverage
Wrangler jeans
Duracell batteries (had to be mostly cut - but posted separately in its entirety here: youtu.be/5X2vkasl9fw)
Promo for Dallas
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Commercials for:
Pacific Telephone
Knott's Berry Farm - "Urban Cowboy Days"
Channel 2 Newsbreak with Jess Marlow
Station ID / promo for Barney Miller
Film segment 4
Commercials for:
Denny's "Circle D" burgers
Mmm! What a Tan! lotion
Wisk detergent
Taylor California Cellar chablis
Film segment 5
Commercials for:
Ziploc storage bags
Swift Sizzlean
Silkience shampoo
Coppertone Super Shade sunblocking lotion (voiceover by Karl Weber) (had to be mostly cut but will be posted separately)
Promo for Search for Tomorrow (voiceover by Allen Berns)
Promo for "Terror Out of the Sky"
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Commercials for:
Sea World
Channel 2 News (touting recent local Emmy wins)
Ralph's and McDonald's - $4 Million Los Angeles Bicentennial Fiesta
Station ID / PSA for First Amendment
Film segments 6 and 7
Commercials for:
Mennen Speed Stick super-dry anti-perspirant
Lay's potato chips
Sears Big Bold White Sale
Maybelline Moisture Whip Moisturizer (with Lynda Carter)
Promo for "Mahogany" (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Ending credits (with voiceover promo for The CBS Late Movie presentation of Columbo by Dave Campbell)
Promo for Magnum, P.I. and Knots Landing
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Dave Campbell)
Jess Marlow and Marcia Brandwynne preview upcoming 11pm Channel 2 News Update
Commercials for:
Mervyn's - Men's Week of Values
Mexicana Airlines
Kotex Maxi-Pads with tie-in to latest Redbook issue
Station ID touting Channel 2 News' Emmy wins
Bonus: Channel 2 News Update (posted separately here: youtu.be/mLrkQvyLttI) followed by first minute of The CBS Late Movie presentation of Columbo episode "Étude in Black" (originally broadcast under the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie umbrella on September 17th 1972) (voiceover by Norm Stevens) (opening with the Mystery Movie music theme had to be "echoed" to avoid YouTube blocking)
This aired on local Los Angeles TV on Tuesday, June 23rd 1981 during the 9:01pm to 11:31pm (Pacific) timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
![KMBC Channel 9 [Kansas City, MO] - Leap Day News (Partial Newscast, 2/29/1980)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pzScXYppR6Y/hqdefault.jpg "KMBC Channel 9 [Kansas City, MO] - Leap Day News (Partial Newscast, 2/29/1980)
Heres part of a newscast of The News: 6 OClock Report on KMBC Channel 9 in Kansas City, MO, which fell on a Leap Day. The anchor is Scott Feldman, with Don Fortune (not seen here, but referred to in the open) and meteorologist Dave Dusik (who is featured).
Includes:
Recording coming in during promo for Benji and Andy Kaufman Special (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
Recording then cuts to preview for 6pm News
Commercials for:
Braniff International Airlines (voiceover by Doug Jeffers?)
Pearle Vision Center (with Edward Binns)
1980 Chrysler Cordoba - Corinthian Edition (with engineers Jim Royer and Tom Hildebrandt, and Ricardo Montalban)
Station ID / promo for PM Magazine
The News open (with same cut of Lalo Schifrins Tar Sequence theme from Cool Hand Luke that was used for years for ABC-owned stations Eyewitness News and variants such as WXYZ Detroits Action News and KGO San Franciscos News Scene)
- Dave on Arctic weather from Canada coming into Kansas City area to bring bitter cold throughout weekend
- March 31 jury trial date set for reputed mob bosses Nick Civella and Peter Tamburello
- Kansas City massage parlor owner Daryl Burkhead (sp?) found guilty on 5 of 6 drug-related charges
- Marion, KS judge sentences Timothy Newfield to one life and two 15-to-life terms for his part in kidnapping and slaying of 24-year-old Peabody State Bank employee last summer
- Congressional investigation into job hazards at Postal Service, spurred by death of bulk mail handler in New Jersey last December; Brenda Williams reports on safety record of Kansas City post office, with interviews with Bob Kessler of the postal union, employee Mary Wiggins and KC postal officer in charge Donald Ethier
- Bob Doles presidential campaign hanging by a thread
Commercials for:
The Lady Vanishes (theatrical trailer) (main voiceover by Jerry G. Bishop)
Jansens Furniture (with Ed Jansen)
Good News Missouri (with Diana Ward)
Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel
- Pam Whiting (?) on program (Utilicare) to help seniors pay utility bills and how its working (or not); interviews with Sally Fahrenthold of Metro Lutheran Ministry and Grace Meek of the KC office of the Division of Family Services
- W. Robert Semple resigns as Independence City Manager at request of Mayor Lee Comer; they disagreed over discipline of Power & Light Company employee over gratuities received for long-term coal contract
Commercials for:
Wards (Montgomery Ward) Hardware Week Sale
John Ray and Pete Franklin Chrysler-Plymouth
Promo for PM Magazine for 6:30pm
Dave with more detailed weather forecast on just how cold it will be the next few days (recording ends as hes midway through)
This aired on local Kansas City TV on Friday, February 29th 1980 during the 5:58pm to 6:17pm timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!")
![WGN Channel 9 - Ray Rayner & Friends [with Bozo!] (Promo, 1979) 🤡](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qKmQUyWrToY/hqdefault.jpg "WGN Channel 9 - Ray Rayner & Friends [with Bozo!] (Promo, 1979) 🤡
Heres a (perhaps moderately confusing?) short commercial promo for Ray Rayner and Friends on WGN Channel 9 - BUT featuring Bozo the Clown (Bob Bell), advising kids to tune-in every school day at 7am. For Ray Rayner. Not Bozos Circus. (until like a year later, then - err, nevermind) Cross-promotional action!
Bonus: Closing segment of Star Blazers which featured a preview of the next episode (voiceover by Phil Tonken). (Ntrivia: Princess Invidia later went on to found the worlds most valuable publicly traded company, with a market capitalization of over $3.3 trillion.) Followed by the first moments of the ending credit sequence.
WGN Television 9!
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, October 29th 1979 within the 6:55am to 7:00am timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!")
