Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's the last three minutes of a broadcast of an edition of The Hollywood Squares as presented over KXAS Channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX, followed by a local news update and commercial break before the start of the next program.
The master, of course, was Peter Marshall, and the Squares lineup this week consisted of Robert Hays (co-star of Angie, later starred in "Airplane!"), Susan Richardson (Eight Is Enough), George Gobel, Susan Stafford (Chuck Woolery's co-host on Wheel of Fortune), Fred Willard, Joanna Cassidy (then in 240-Robert), Ron Glass (Barney Miller), Rose Marie, and "center square" Paul Lynde (in his last four weeks on the NBC daytime edition; his last appearance would be on August 24th, and he would not return to the show until its final 1980-81 season in syndication from Las Vegas). It was also one of the last weeks the 1969 "Merrill & Bob's Theme" by William Loose would be heard over the end credits.
Show voiceovers by Kenny Williams.
(TECHNICAL NOTE: There are some "issues" with this recording - which seem to be mostly reception related, so please keep this in mind while viewing this vintage aircheck) :-)
Includes:
Commercials for:
Phillips' Milk of Magnesia (joined in progress)
Fruit of the Loom underwear (featuring Loretta Tupper as the old lady - for which she would win a Clio award - plus Samuel Wright as the grapes, and Harry Goz as the apple - plus ending voiceover)
Peter closes the show (he identifies Melissa (?) as the 'O' contestant), followed by plugs for La-Z-Boy chairs, Friedrich Room Air Conditioners, Maybelline Fresh & Lovely makeup kit, Wizard charcoal lighters, Thompson's products (including Water Seal, Agri-500 and Concrete Driveway Sealer), FFV (Famous Foods of Virginia) Pizza Crackers, Shout! stain remover spray, Icee cold drink and Collier's Encyclopedia
Disclaimer about contestant "zingers," followed by product prize furnishing list and what little end credits there are (with voiceover promo for Little House on the Prairie, "The Rain People" and Days of our Lives by Howard Reig)
Texas News Watch with Dan Medina (apparently aired in place of national NBC News Update), with items:
- Second trial of Fort Worth millionaire T. Cullen Davis on charges of trying to buy the murder of his divorce judge commences
- Formal hearings begin into May 25th crash of American Airlines Flight 191 (a DC-10) in Chicago
- Northwest Airlines DC-10 loses power in one engine after takeoff from Fairbanks, but returns safely
- Navy rescues another 29 Vietnamese refugees ("boat people") in South China seas
- President Carter having lunch with 150 political and business leaders who'd advised him at domestic summit earlier in month, briefing them on energy proposals
- Afternoon weather forecast
Commercials for:
Optical Clinic - $115 for Hydrocurve soft contact lenses
Johnson's Baby Wash Cloths
Tostitos crispy round tortilla chips (with restaurant owner Fernando Escandon)
Station ID (voiceover by ??)
This aired on local Fort Worth-Dallas TV on Monday, July 30th 1979 between 11:54am and 12:00pm.
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 last three minutes of a broadcast of an edition of The Hollywood Squares as presented over KXAS Channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX, followed by a local news update and commercial break before the start of the next program.
The master, of course, was Peter Marshall, and the Squares lineup this week consisted of Robert Hays (co-star of Angie, later starred in "Airplane!"), Susan Richardson (Eight Is Enough), George Gobel, Susan Stafford (Chuck Woolery's co-host on Wheel of Fortune), Fred Willard, Joanna Cassidy (then in 240-Robert), Ron Glass (Barney Miller), Rose Marie, and "center square" Paul Lynde (in his last four weeks on the NBC daytime edition; his last appearance would be on August 24th, and he would not return to the show until its final 1980-81 season in syndication from Las Vegas). It was also one of the last weeks the 1969 "Merrill & Bob's Theme" by William Loose would be heard over the end credits.
Show voiceovers by Kenny Williams.
(TECHNICAL NOTE: There are some "issues" with this recording - which seem to be mostly reception related, so please keep this in mind while viewing this vintage aircheck) :-)
Includes:
Commercials for:
Phillips' Milk of Magnesia (joined in progress)
Fruit of the Loom underwear (featuring Loretta Tupper as the old lady - for which she would win a Clio award - plus Samuel Wright as the grapes, and Harry Goz as the apple - plus ending voiceover)
Peter closes the show (he identifies Melissa (?) as the 'O' contestant), followed by plugs for La-Z-Boy chairs, Friedrich Room Air Conditioners, Maybelline Fresh & Lovely makeup kit, Wizard charcoal lighters, Thompson's products (including Water Seal, Agri-500 and Concrete Driveway Sealer), FFV (Famous Foods of Virginia) Pizza Crackers, Shout! stain remover spray, Icee cold drink and Collier's Encyclopedia
Disclaimer about contestant "zingers," followed by product prize furnishing list and what little end credits there are (with voiceover promo for Little House on the Prairie, "The Rain People" and Days of our Lives by Howard Reig)
Texas News Watch with Dan Medina (apparently aired in place of national NBC News Update), with items:
- Second trial of Fort Worth millionaire T. Cullen Davis on charges of trying to buy the murder of his divorce judge commences
- Formal hearings begin into May 25th crash of American Airlines Flight 191 (a DC-10) in Chicago
- Northwest Airlines DC-10 loses power in one engine after takeoff from Fairbanks, but returns safely
- Navy rescues another 29 Vietnamese refugees ("boat people") in South China seas
- President Carter having lunch with 150 political and business leaders who'd advised him at domestic summit earlier in month, briefing them on energy proposals
- Afternoon weather forecast
Commercials for:
Optical Clinic - $115 for Hydrocurve soft contact lenses
Johnson's Baby Wash Cloths
Tostitos crispy round tortilla chips (with restaurant owner Fernando Escandon)
Station ID (voiceover by ??)
This aired on local Fort Worth-Dallas TV on Monday, July 30th 1979 between 11:54am and 12:00pm.
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!
![U.S.D.A. - Farmer Brown & Harry Hound [Proteins] (PSA, 1978)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b4WyW8eHDCM/mqdefault.jpg "U.S.D.A. - Farmer Brown & Harry Hound [Proteins] (PSA, 1978)
Heres another PSA for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in their series of Farmer Brown spots (of which there were four), here joined by Harry Hound in spotlighting protein foods such as meat, fish, baked beans, eggs and peanut butter for kids to eat to keep them healthy.
(Another PSA in that series, with Fred the Horse, which explains the benefits of bread, rice and cereal, had previously been posted here: https://youtu.be/TLqSk8-EBjA)
Eat a veg-a-bread-a-milk-a-cheese-a-bean-a-meat-a-fruit!
I love you Farmer Brown...
This aired on local New York TV on Monday, September 25th 1978 during the 10:00am to 11:30am (Eastern) 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!")
![WFAA Channel 8 [Dallas-Fort Worth, TX] - Country Daybreak (Complete Broadcast, 3/6/1979) 📺 🐓 ☀️](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bbEBeBxn9u8/mqdefault.jpg "WFAA Channel 8 [Dallas-Fort Worth, TX] - Country Daybreak (Complete Broadcast, 3/6/1979) 📺 🐓 ☀️
Remember the Farm Report? Well, heres the complete broadcast of an edition of Country Daybreak as aired over WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. Steve Weebus(?) is your host keeping abreast of all the news on markets and farms.
(Previously, part of another edition from later in the year was posted: https://youtu.be/PxysVlJ386s )
You can also see Chicagos version of the Farm Report here: WGN Channel 9 - Top O the Morning (First 17 Minutes, 7/13/1982) (https://youtu.be/GQs-zeUwjGI)
Includes:
PSAs for:
EPA, Car Care Council and Lung Association about keeping cars tuned to reduce pollution
American Cancer Society (voiceover by William B. Williams)
Station ID / PSA for American Heart Association
FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitives update list - Charles Everett Hughes added, including the crimes hes wanted for (Hughes would finally be arrested in April of 1981)
PSA for UTA - looking for answers to energy needs in Texas
Station ID / PSA for Dallas Public Library
Show open, with Steve starting off with weather forecast, then giving advice to farmers on certain crops, coastal Bermuda grass and use of dormant oil, and following items:
- Coming New World of Agriculture meeting in Fort Worth
- Showing of printout of A.M.S.-U.S.D.A. Market Report (with phone voiceover by Ronnie Steen of the Federal-State Market News Office in Ft. Worth explaining everything) before commercial break
Commercials for:
Wescott Ford (with owner Carl Wescott) - Delayed Moving Sale
H&R Block (with Henry Block)
Liquid Milogard 4L Herbicide
- Steve fields questions on when to start fertilizing your lawn
- This day is deadline for applying to Small Business Administration for drought disaster loans over 1978 crop losses
- Annual meeting of Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association to be held March 11th through 13th in Houston
- Steve previews guests Charles Rollins and Don King, who would talk about said meeting
- Meeting at 1:30pm at Bonham Livestock Auction Barn, livestock specialists to be guests
- Preview of meetings happening next day, including one at Gladys & Rubys Restaurant in DeSoto at 11:30am, before Steve closes program (Go fishin...)
Closing titles (music: Nashville Skyline Rag by Bob Dylan, which had to be modified to prevent YouTube blocking)
First few seconds of notice for Small Business Administration (about said drought losses) before recording ends (a presentation of the WFAA-TV Farm Department)
Good morning, its time for another cup of coffee...
This aired on local Dallas-Fort Worth TV early Tuesday, March 6th 1979 during the 5:58am to 6:15am 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!")
