Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a complete broadcast (with only the first few seconds or so missing) of an edition from the early years of The Young and the Restless (created by longtime WBBM personality, Chicago's own Lee Phillip Bell, and her husband William J. Bell) as presented over WBBM Channel 2.
(Technical Note: This broadcast was recorded on the short-lived, problematic Quasar "Great Time Machine" format, which accounts for the slightly off or funky aspect ratio. Tried to fit into standard 4x3 as much as possible but I didn't want to lose too much picture on the left and right sides, which accounts for the black bars at the top and bottom)
Featured in this installment are Victoria Mallory as Leslie Brooks, Tom Ligon as Lucas Prentiss, John McCook as Lance Prentiss, Jaime Lyn Bauer as Lauralee "Lorie" Brooks Prentiss, Roberta Leighton as Dr. Casey Reed, David Hasselhoff (long before Knight Rider or Baywatch) as Snapper Foster, Susan Walden as Linda Larkin, and Susan Adams as Beth Walsh.
Includes:
Prologue / Cold Open (joined in progress), followed by show open (theme: "Nadia's Theme" by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.)
Commercials for:
Cycle Dog Food - Cycle 1, Cycle 2, Cycle 3 and Cycle 4 - now in Crunchy Nuggets! (Featuring Winston the dog)
Jell-O brand gelatin (with Kate Marin (sp?) of Northern California) (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Act I
Commercials for:
Breck Shampoos - "The End of the Breck Girl" (with Christie Brinkley) (voiceover by Victor Caroli)
Duracell batteries - "The Coppertop Battery"
Act II
Commercials for:
Levi's jeans and clothes - "Trademark Walk" (voiceover by Ken Nordine)
ScotTowels (with Mae Questel as Aunt Bluebelle)
Avon products - "You Never Looked So Good" (featuring Morgan Brittany among the women)
Act III
Commercials for:
Pillsbury Plus cake mix
Spray 'n Wash (in trigger, refill and aerosol)
Act IV
Commercials for:
Arrid Extra Dry anti-perspirant - "Safe for the Ozone Layer" (see they worried about that in popular products even as early as June 1978!) (with Tina Louise of "Gilligan's Island" fame)
Clairol Condition
Ending credits (with voiceover promo for "Brink's: The Great Robbery" on The CBS Wednesday Night Movies by Lee Jordan; followed by closing show voiceover by Bern Bennett)
Promo for Search for Tomorrow (voiceover by Bob Hite)
Promo for "Escape from Bogen County" on The CBS Tuesday Night Movies (voiceover by Wally King)
CBS "Eye-D" (voiceover by Lee Jordan)
Commercials for:
The Tannery leather and vinyl cleaning spray
Heinz Deep Fries (voiceover by Michael Bell)
PSA from Chicago Department of Health - "Project Parenting" (about immunizing from childhood diseases) (voiceover by Bob Carrington)
Station ID / promo for Noonbreak (with Lee Phillip and Mort Crim) (voiceover by Bob Carrington)
First few seconds of Search for Tomorrow
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, June 19th 1978 during the 11:00am to 11:30am 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 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 a complete broadcast (with only the first few seconds or so missing) of an edition from the early years of The Young and the Restless (created by longtime WBBM personality, Chicago's own Lee Phillip Bell, and her husband William J. Bell) as presented over WBBM Channel 2.
(Technical Note: This broadcast was recorded on the short-lived, problematic Quasar "Great Time Machine" format, which accounts for the slightly off or funky aspect ratio. Tried to fit into standard 4x3 as much as possible but I didn't want to lose too much picture on the left and right sides, which accounts for the black bars at the top and bottom)
Featured in this installment are Victoria Mallory as Leslie Brooks, Tom Ligon as Lucas Prentiss, John McCook as Lance Prentiss, Jaime Lyn Bauer as Lauralee "Lorie" Brooks Prentiss, Roberta Leighton as Dr. Casey Reed, David Hasselhoff (long before Knight Rider or Baywatch) as Snapper Foster, Susan Walden as Linda Larkin, and Susan Adams as Beth Walsh.
Includes:
Prologue / Cold Open (joined in progress), followed by show open (theme: "Nadia's Theme" by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.)
Commercials for:
Cycle Dog Food - Cycle 1, Cycle 2, Cycle 3 and Cycle 4 - now in Crunchy Nuggets! (Featuring Winston the dog)
Jell-O brand gelatin (with Kate Marin (sp?) of Northern California) (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Act I
Commercials for:
Breck Shampoos - "The End of the Breck Girl" (with Christie Brinkley) (voiceover by Victor Caroli)
Duracell batteries - "The Coppertop Battery"
Act II
Commercials for:
Levi's jeans and clothes - "Trademark Walk" (voiceover by Ken Nordine)
ScotTowels (with Mae Questel as Aunt Bluebelle)
Avon products - "You Never Looked So Good" (featuring Morgan Brittany among the women)
Act III
Commercials for:
Pillsbury Plus cake mix
Spray 'n Wash (in trigger, refill and aerosol)
Act IV
Commercials for:
Arrid Extra Dry anti-perspirant - "Safe for the Ozone Layer" (see they worried about that in popular products even as early as June 1978!) (with Tina Louise of "Gilligan's Island" fame)
Clairol Condition
Ending credits (with voiceover promo for "Brink's: The Great Robbery" on The CBS Wednesday Night Movies by Lee Jordan; followed by closing show voiceover by Bern Bennett)
Promo for Search for Tomorrow (voiceover by Bob Hite)
Promo for "Escape from Bogen County" on The CBS Tuesday Night Movies (voiceover by Wally King)
CBS "Eye-D" (voiceover by Lee Jordan)
Commercials for:
The Tannery leather and vinyl cleaning spray
Heinz Deep Fries (voiceover by Michael Bell)
PSA from Chicago Department of Health - "Project Parenting" (about immunizing from childhood diseases) (voiceover by Bob Carrington)
Station ID / promo for Noonbreak (with Lee Phillip and Mort Crim) (voiceover by Bob Carrington)
First few seconds of Search for Tomorrow
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, June 19th 1978 during the 11:00am to 11:30am 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 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!
