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Here's the complete broadcast of a re-run of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (under the banner The Best of Carson) presented over WMAQ Channel 5, with guests Michael Landon, Buck Henry, Willard Espy (originally) , Francine Neago and Bulan (original air date: Wednesday, February 7th 1979). This had some edited out, as the show at this point had already been cut to 60 minutes and this edition was originally 90 minutes (meaning, Espy had to go).
A bonus will follow.
Includes:
End of NewsCenter5 (with promo voiceover by Ed Grennan) (full broadcast posted here: youtu.be/Sr3guNe8Slw)
Station ID / "Save Energy" PSA (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
"Best of Carson" notice (voiceover by Ed McMahon), followed by opening and Johnny's monologue
Commercials for:
Dodge Aries (with Angie Dickinson) (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
Certs peppermint breath freshener
Promo for "Centennial" (voiceover by Norman Rose)
Chanel No. 19 (featuring Christie Brinkley) (1979 Copyright)
Segment 2, with Johnny welcoming orangutan specialist Francine Neago of Great Ape Protection Project, and a film involving a bear and an ape is shown
Commercials for:
Bell System (with little league team)
Alpo Beef Flavored Dinner (with Ed McMahon)
White Hen Pantry Stores
PSA for United Negro College Fund (featuring Dorian Harewood)
110th Edition of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - at Rosemont Horizon and International Amphitheatre
Segment 3, with Bulan the Orangutan joining Neago and cavorting on set and giving Johnny a kiss
Commercials for:
Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Paul Frees as Poppin' Fresh and featuring a young Drew Barrymore) (1979 Copyright) (posted separately here: youtu.be/b-wTrEqzwIk)
L'eggs Sheer Energy (with homemaker Eileen Hawkins and mother/student Victoria Naefke)
Political ad for Alan J. Dixon for U.S. Senate
Promo for This Was America with William Shatner
"More to Come" bumper
Promo for Tomorrow (with Tom Snyder)
Commercials for:
Stewart's Private Blend Coffee
Purex Calendar of Coupons (with former U.S. Treasurer Francine Neff)
Political ad for Richard M. Daley for State's Attorney
Station ID / promo for Toni Tennille Show (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
Segment 4, with guest Michael Landon
Commercials for:
Nice 'n Easy hair conditioner
Lipton Onion Soup Mix
Scoundrel from Revlon
Levolor Blinds
Segment 5, Johnny continues with Michael, and a clip from Little House on the Prairie is shown
Commercials for:
Aunt Jemima Lite syrup
Listermint Cinnamon mouthwash
Ponderosa Steakhouse - All You Can Eat for only $1.99 (with Phyllis Diller at end) (posted separately here: youtu.be/TyyHazuMJTw)
Hamm's Special Light Beer (animated) - "Election"
Segment 6, with guest Buck Henry
Commercials for:
Pillsbury Danish Rolls (with Paul Frees as Poppin' Fresh)
7up (with Mike Schmidt of Phillies and Dave Parker of Pirates)
Rothschild's 97th Anniversary Sale (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
PSA for League of Women Voters (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
WMAQ Radio Dancing Dollars contest - "Kitchen Couple" (original version posted here: youtu.be/9Xm_sO1WK80)
Segment 7, Johnny rush-closes this edition (ending with promo voiceover for Tomorrow and Today by Casey Kasem)
Promo for Tomorrow (with Tom Snyder)
Commercials for:
Beck's Beer (with formal bartender) (voiceover by Karl Weber)
PSA for new edition of Consumer Information Catalog
Political ad for Ronald Reagan for President
9 Lives - "Soft Moist Report with Walter LeCat"
Station ID / promo for World Series Game 1 (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
Bonus: First 18 minutes of Tomorrow with Tom Snyder, as follows:
Segment 1, with opening, Tom previewing guests (director John Huston and opener Bobby Vinton)
Commercials for:
Ray-O-Vac and Coleco - $10 Savings (through November 15th)
Dodge Aries (repeat from earlier)
SpaceMaker microwave oven from General Electric
Promo for "Evita" at the Shubert Theatre
First 11 minutes of Segment 2, where Bobby discusses his career including his 1974 comeback "My Melody of Love" and first big hit "Roses Are Red (My Love)" (recording ends as Bobby relates a story about a missing statue at St. Patrick's Cathedral)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, October 13th 1980 during the 10:30pm to 11:48pm timeframe.
This is from a videotape donated to the Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of the Dr. William Matviuw collection.
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. We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives 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 broadcast of a re-run of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (under the banner The Best of Carson) presented over WMAQ Channel 5, with guests Michael Landon, Buck Henry, Willard Espy (originally) , Francine Neago and Bulan (original air date: Wednesday, February 7th 1979). This had some edited out, as the show at this point had already been cut to 60 minutes and this edition was originally 90 minutes (meaning, Espy had to go).
A bonus will follow.
Includes:
End of NewsCenter5 (with promo voiceover by Ed Grennan) (full broadcast posted here: youtu.be/Sr3guNe8Slw)
Station ID / "Save Energy" PSA (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
"Best of Carson" notice (voiceover by Ed McMahon), followed by opening and Johnny's monologue
Commercials for:
Dodge Aries (with Angie Dickinson) (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
Certs peppermint breath freshener
Promo for "Centennial" (voiceover by Norman Rose)
Chanel No. 19 (featuring Christie Brinkley) (1979 Copyright)
Segment 2, with Johnny welcoming orangutan specialist Francine Neago of Great Ape Protection Project, and a film involving a bear and an ape is shown
Commercials for:
Bell System (with little league team)
Alpo Beef Flavored Dinner (with Ed McMahon)
White Hen Pantry Stores
PSA for United Negro College Fund (featuring Dorian Harewood)
110th Edition of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus - at Rosemont Horizon and International Amphitheatre
Segment 3, with Bulan the Orangutan joining Neago and cavorting on set and giving Johnny a kiss
Commercials for:
Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Paul Frees as Poppin' Fresh and featuring a young Drew Barrymore) (1979 Copyright) (posted separately here: youtu.be/b-wTrEqzwIk)
L'eggs Sheer Energy (with homemaker Eileen Hawkins and mother/student Victoria Naefke)
Political ad for Alan J. Dixon for U.S. Senate
Promo for This Was America with William Shatner
"More to Come" bumper
Promo for Tomorrow (with Tom Snyder)
Commercials for:
Stewart's Private Blend Coffee
Purex Calendar of Coupons (with former U.S. Treasurer Francine Neff)
Political ad for Richard M. Daley for State's Attorney
Station ID / promo for Toni Tennille Show (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
Segment 4, with guest Michael Landon
Commercials for:
Nice 'n Easy hair conditioner
Lipton Onion Soup Mix
Scoundrel from Revlon
Levolor Blinds
Segment 5, Johnny continues with Michael, and a clip from Little House on the Prairie is shown
Commercials for:
Aunt Jemima Lite syrup
Listermint Cinnamon mouthwash
Ponderosa Steakhouse - All You Can Eat for only $1.99 (with Phyllis Diller at end) (posted separately here: youtu.be/TyyHazuMJTw)
Hamm's Special Light Beer (animated) - "Election"
Segment 6, with guest Buck Henry
Commercials for:
Pillsbury Danish Rolls (with Paul Frees as Poppin' Fresh)
7up (with Mike Schmidt of Phillies and Dave Parker of Pirates)
Rothschild's 97th Anniversary Sale (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
PSA for League of Women Voters (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
WMAQ Radio Dancing Dollars contest - "Kitchen Couple" (original version posted here: youtu.be/9Xm_sO1WK80)
Segment 7, Johnny rush-closes this edition (ending with promo voiceover for Tomorrow and Today by Casey Kasem)
Promo for Tomorrow (with Tom Snyder)
Commercials for:
Beck's Beer (with formal bartender) (voiceover by Karl Weber)
PSA for new edition of Consumer Information Catalog
Political ad for Ronald Reagan for President
9 Lives - "Soft Moist Report with Walter LeCat"
Station ID / promo for World Series Game 1 (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
Bonus: First 18 minutes of Tomorrow with Tom Snyder, as follows:
Segment 1, with opening, Tom previewing guests (director John Huston and opener Bobby Vinton)
Commercials for:
Ray-O-Vac and Coleco - $10 Savings (through November 15th)
Dodge Aries (repeat from earlier)
SpaceMaker microwave oven from General Electric
Promo for "Evita" at the Shubert Theatre
First 11 minutes of Segment 2, where Bobby discusses his career including his 1974 comeback "My Melody of Love" and first big hit "Roses Are Red (My Love)" (recording ends as Bobby relates a story about a missing statue at St. Patrick's Cathedral)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, October 13th 1980 during the 10:30pm to 11:48pm timeframe.
This is from a videotape donated to the Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of the Dr. William Matviuw collection.
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. We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives 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!
![NBC Network - Alone at Last [with Bill Daily] - WMAQ Channel 5 (Complete Broadcast, 6/24/1980) πΊ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xh2U7PkdBoQ/hqdefault.jpg "NBC Network - Alone at Last [with Bill Daily] - WMAQ Channel 5 (Complete Broadcast, 6/24/1980) πΊ
Another from the Lost and Forgotten Pilots Department, heres another such example, from 1980 - the complete broadcast of the NBC Networks Alone at Last as aired over WMAQ Channel 5 (A little bonus will follow.)
Its interesting to note that NBC aired two unsold pilots with the same title within a few months of each other. This was the first, with Bill Daily (formerly of I Dream of Jeannie and The Bob Newhart Show) and Virginia Vestoff (formerly of such daytime soaps as The Doctors and Dark Shadows; alas, this was to be her final TV appearance, as she died two years later) as parents whose son (Michael Horton, years away from playing nephew Grady Fletcher on the long-running Murder, She Wrote) blindsides them (as theyre preparing for a trip to Europe) by announcing his intention to marry a woman twice his age. Also features Elaine Joyce (who seemed to be in everything during this period) and Francine Beers.
(The other Alone At Last, which aired over four months later on November 3rd and was a second attempt at this premise, starred Susan Bay and Eugene Roche as parents who attempt to cope with the uncaring attitude of their son - a pre-Saturday Night Live Dana Carvey - and make him more responsible; both dealt with the same family, only with different actors, and the parents first names differed from the one seen here. The later burned-off pilot has yet to turn up.)
Includes:
Animated station ID / PSA for Chicago Boys Clubs (voiceover by ??)
Show opening titles
Commercials for:
Doritos Tortilla Chips - The Flavor Stands Alone (I thought the cheese stands alone) (a strangely sentimental commercial for the product - trying to tie tucking in to a big bag of stinky (yet delicious) chips with traditional family moments)
Hawaiian Punch Drink Mix and Tutti Frutti Punch (with Donny and Marie Osmond - and the voice of Len Maxwell as Punchy)
Act I (with producing, writing and directing credits)
Commercials for:
Dietac time-release diet capsules - from the makers of Contac (with Bill Bixby) (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/juUlk0z0Tus)
Absorbine Jr. - for sore aching muscles
Promo for Heres Boomer, Me and Maxx, and The Rockford Files, followed by A Man Called Sloane (voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Act II
Commercials for:
Crispy Wheats n Raisins (voiceover by Casey Kasem) (I wonder if the boy likes gladiator movies?)
Incomplete commercial for Orbit Sugar Free Gum before what seems to be a short cut in the recording leading back into the tail end of a PSA for the Department of Energy
Epilogue, followed by ending credits (with voiceover promo for Real People, Diffrent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Quincy and The Best of Carson by Casey Kasem) - look for the Columbia Pictures Television sunburst logo bumper at the end
Were Proud promo [featuring the likes of Diffrent Strokes, Bob Hope, Steve Martin, Flamingo Road, Speak Up America, The Thursday Games, Harper Valley (starring Barbara Eden), Hill Street Blues, Johnny Carson, CHiPs and Little House on the Prairie)
Commercials for:
Harris Bank - Hello, Stan? (was posted separately here, although this is one of those clips that will not play now and needs to be replaced: https://youtu.be/fpK9WK3No10)
Ponderosa Steakhouse - Free Kids Meal (with magician Blackstone, and Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop)
Station ID / NewsCenter5 promo with Chuck Henry
Bonus: First five minutes of NBC White Paper, If Japan Can . . . Why Cant We?, hosted by Lloyd Dobyns about the differences between Japanese and American businesses in terms of productivity, featuring:
Opening setup and titles
Sponsor billboard for Weyerhaeuser - The Tree Growing Company
First segment, with Lloyd introducing the show and going from there before the tape runs out.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, June 24th 1980 during the 8:00pm to 8:35pm 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!")
