Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's the complete, first-run broadcast of an episode of the short-lived series Cover Up (starring Jon-Erik Hexum [whose tragic death sadly preceded this airing by nine days] and Jennifer O'Neill), "Nothing to Lose" (S01E05), as presented over the CBS Network via its Chicago outlet, WBBM Channel 2.
In this installment, an American couple vacationing in Rome for their 50th anniversary are targeted by drug smugglers, and it is left to Dani (Ms. O'Neill) and Mac (Mr. Hexum) to help the couple. With guest stars Noah Beery, Jeanette Nolan, Daniel Faraldo, and special guest star Vince Edwards.
Includes:
Show preview, opening titles, and Act I
Commercials for:
Improved Kodak Kodacolor VR disc film (sung by Leon Redbone?)
American Airlines - "Something Special in the Air"
Political ad for President Reagan - "Leadership That's Working" (with the 40th President himself)
Selsun Blue dandruff shampoo
Promo for "Silence of the Heart"
Promo for "Sweet Revenge" (voiceover by Brad Crandall?)
Animated CBS "We've Got the Touch" ID
Act II
Commercials for:
American Express IDS Personal Financial Planners
New Atune shampoo, conditioner and hair spray
Del Monte Lite sliced peaches, fruit cocktail and pear halves
Bumper (voiceover by William Conrad)
Promo for 60 Minutes (with Jackie Gleason interview) (voiceover by Bill Gilliand)
Promo for Murder, She Wrote, The Jeffersons, Alice and Trapper John, M.D. (voiceover by Mark Elliott?)
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Bill Martin)
Channel 2 Newsbreak with Mike Parker (starts at 9:31pm):
- 2-week-old girl in California doing fine after receiving baboon's heart
- CBS News/New York Times poll shows Reagan leading Mondale by 19 points
- Jumbo jet loses parts of engine housing over Wood Dale, but plane lands safely and no-one is hurt
Commercials for:
Thomas' Raisin English Muffins (jingle sung by Jake Holmes)
Red Rose Tea Bags (with porcelain miniatures in specially marked boxes)
WFYR 103.5 FM (with C.K. Cooper offering to pay your rent or mortgage for a month)
Eagle - sale on crisp green cabbage
Station ID / promo for "Murder on the Orient Express"
Act III
Commercials for:
Zenith VHS Hi-Fi videocassette recorders - "Very Smart"
Banquet Chicken Nuggets, Chicken Winglets and Chicken Drum-Snackers
Hallmark Halloween cards (with Peter Lorre impersonator)
Promo for "Ellis Island" (starting November 11th)
Act IV
Commercials for:
A.1. Steak Sauce
Polaroid offer - Buy a camera or five packs of film, get 25% off round trip coach or economy flight on TWA
Brite No-Wax Floors
Promo for Scarecrow & Mrs. King, Kate & Allie, Newhart and Cagney & Lacey (voiceover by Mark Elliott?)
Ending credits (with voiceover promos for CBS News Sunday Morning and NFL doubleheader [49ers v. Rams or Redskins v. Giants] on CBS Sports by Bill Martin)
PSA for Arthritis Foundation (with Leslie Nielsen)
Political ads for:
Mondale/Ferraro for President
President Reagan - "Leadership That's Working"
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Bill Martin)
Flash of the preview of the upcoming Channel 2 Weekend News at 10pm
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 27th 1984 during the 9pm to 10pm 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!
Here's the complete, first-run broadcast of an episode of the short-lived series Cover Up (starring Jon-Erik Hexum [whose tragic death sadly preceded this airing by nine days] and Jennifer O'Neill), "Nothing to Lose" (S01E05), as presented over the CBS Network via its Chicago outlet, WBBM Channel 2.
In this installment, an American couple vacationing in Rome for their 50th anniversary are targeted by drug smugglers, and it is left to Dani (Ms. O'Neill) and Mac (Mr. Hexum) to help the couple. With guest stars Noah Beery, Jeanette Nolan, Daniel Faraldo, and special guest star Vince Edwards.
Includes:
Show preview, opening titles, and Act I
Commercials for:
Improved Kodak Kodacolor VR disc film (sung by Leon Redbone?)
American Airlines - "Something Special in the Air"
Political ad for President Reagan - "Leadership That's Working" (with the 40th President himself)
Selsun Blue dandruff shampoo
Promo for "Silence of the Heart"
Promo for "Sweet Revenge" (voiceover by Brad Crandall?)
Animated CBS "We've Got the Touch" ID
Act II
Commercials for:
American Express IDS Personal Financial Planners
New Atune shampoo, conditioner and hair spray
Del Monte Lite sliced peaches, fruit cocktail and pear halves
Bumper (voiceover by William Conrad)
Promo for 60 Minutes (with Jackie Gleason interview) (voiceover by Bill Gilliand)
Promo for Murder, She Wrote, The Jeffersons, Alice and Trapper John, M.D. (voiceover by Mark Elliott?)
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Bill Martin)
Channel 2 Newsbreak with Mike Parker (starts at 9:31pm):
- 2-week-old girl in California doing fine after receiving baboon's heart
- CBS News/New York Times poll shows Reagan leading Mondale by 19 points
- Jumbo jet loses parts of engine housing over Wood Dale, but plane lands safely and no-one is hurt
Commercials for:
Thomas' Raisin English Muffins (jingle sung by Jake Holmes)
Red Rose Tea Bags (with porcelain miniatures in specially marked boxes)
WFYR 103.5 FM (with C.K. Cooper offering to pay your rent or mortgage for a month)
Eagle - sale on crisp green cabbage
Station ID / promo for "Murder on the Orient Express"
Act III
Commercials for:
Zenith VHS Hi-Fi videocassette recorders - "Very Smart"
Banquet Chicken Nuggets, Chicken Winglets and Chicken Drum-Snackers
Hallmark Halloween cards (with Peter Lorre impersonator)
Promo for "Ellis Island" (starting November 11th)
Act IV
Commercials for:
A.1. Steak Sauce
Polaroid offer - Buy a camera or five packs of film, get 25% off round trip coach or economy flight on TWA
Brite No-Wax Floors
Promo for Scarecrow & Mrs. King, Kate & Allie, Newhart and Cagney & Lacey (voiceover by Mark Elliott?)
Ending credits (with voiceover promos for CBS News Sunday Morning and NFL doubleheader [49ers v. Rams or Redskins v. Giants] on CBS Sports by Bill Martin)
PSA for Arthritis Foundation (with Leslie Nielsen)
Political ads for:
Mondale/Ferraro for President
President Reagan - "Leadership That's Working"
CBS 'Eye-D' (voiceover by Bill Martin)
Flash of the preview of the upcoming Channel 2 Weekend News at 10pm
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, October 27th 1984 during the 9pm to 10pm 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!
