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For you fans of the daytime soaps of old, here's an excerpt of a broadcast of an edition of The Doctors (which examined the goings-on at the fictitious Hope Memorial Hospital, and ran from 1963 to 1982) as presented by the NBC Network over Channel 5 - KXAS, that is, in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX. (This was Episode #4235.)
Includes:
Commercials for:
Carnation French Fries (joined in progress)
New Improved Kitty Litter Cat Box Filter (with Pat Harrington, Jr. as the voice of the cat)
Station ID (with red-and-blue 'N' logo)
Segment 1: Dr. Colin Wakefield (Philip English) calls Nola Dancy Aldrich (a pre-"Body Heat" and "Romancing the Stone" Kathleen Turner) to see him in his office at 3pm
Show open (theme: "Patterns" by Bob Israel), with voiceover (by Mel Brandt) advising the show "will return in just a moment," followed by sponsor billboard for Colgate-Palmolive, and main products Palmolive soap and Colgate Fluorigard Dental Care (voiceover by Mel Brandt)
Commercials for:
Colgate Fluorigard Dental Care (with a picket fence used to represent one's teeth)
Lemon Freshened Borax Fab laundry detergent (voiceover by Joel Crager)
Segment 2: A nurse comes with a young girl patient to see Dr. Wakefield; after which Mary Jane Match (Katherine Glass) comes to see him - and Nola walks in just as they're getting comfy
Commercials for:
Pam cooking spray
Woolite Self-Cleaning Rug Cleaner (voiceover by Joel Crager)
Segment 3: Missy Palmer (Dorian Lopinto) and Greta Powers (Jennifer Houlton) marvel over a gift for the young daughter, then commiserate over Billy Aldrich's (Shaun Campbell) condition after an episode with angel dust and "walking on eggshells"
Commercials for:
Palmolive dishwashing liquid (with Jan Miner as Madge the manicurist)
Ajax Gold dishwashing liquid - "Armed with Ajax #2" (another commercial in the same series was posted separately here: youtu.be/Ir25Eu6iQdI)
Doctors bumper ("...will return in a moment") (voiceover by Mel Brandt)
Commercials for:
Hefty 2-ply garbage bags (with Jonathan Winters as the garbageman)
Playtex deodorant tampons (with actress Jane Badler of "V" fame)
Segment 4: Dr. Steve Aldrich (David O'Brien) and Dr. Matt Powers (James Pritchett) meet with Billy to discuss his chances for being discharged in a few days, then the two discuss Greta and are midway through when the recording ends
This aired on local Fort Worth-Dallas TV on Tuesday, June 12th 1979 during the 12:59pm to 1:18pm 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!
For you fans of the daytime soaps of old, here's an excerpt of a broadcast of an edition of The Doctors (which examined the goings-on at the fictitious Hope Memorial Hospital, and ran from 1963 to 1982) as presented by the NBC Network over Channel 5 - KXAS, that is, in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX. (This was Episode #4235.)
Includes:
Commercials for:
Carnation French Fries (joined in progress)
New Improved Kitty Litter Cat Box Filter (with Pat Harrington, Jr. as the voice of the cat)
Station ID (with red-and-blue 'N' logo)
Segment 1: Dr. Colin Wakefield (Philip English) calls Nola Dancy Aldrich (a pre-"Body Heat" and "Romancing the Stone" Kathleen Turner) to see him in his office at 3pm
Show open (theme: "Patterns" by Bob Israel), with voiceover (by Mel Brandt) advising the show "will return in just a moment," followed by sponsor billboard for Colgate-Palmolive, and main products Palmolive soap and Colgate Fluorigard Dental Care (voiceover by Mel Brandt)
Commercials for:
Colgate Fluorigard Dental Care (with a picket fence used to represent one's teeth)
Lemon Freshened Borax Fab laundry detergent (voiceover by Joel Crager)
Segment 2: A nurse comes with a young girl patient to see Dr. Wakefield; after which Mary Jane Match (Katherine Glass) comes to see him - and Nola walks in just as they're getting comfy
Commercials for:
Pam cooking spray
Woolite Self-Cleaning Rug Cleaner (voiceover by Joel Crager)
Segment 3: Missy Palmer (Dorian Lopinto) and Greta Powers (Jennifer Houlton) marvel over a gift for the young daughter, then commiserate over Billy Aldrich's (Shaun Campbell) condition after an episode with angel dust and "walking on eggshells"
Commercials for:
Palmolive dishwashing liquid (with Jan Miner as Madge the manicurist)
Ajax Gold dishwashing liquid - "Armed with Ajax #2" (another commercial in the same series was posted separately here: youtu.be/Ir25Eu6iQdI)
Doctors bumper ("...will return in a moment") (voiceover by Mel Brandt)
Commercials for:
Hefty 2-ply garbage bags (with Jonathan Winters as the garbageman)
Playtex deodorant tampons (with actress Jane Badler of "V" fame)
Segment 4: Dr. Steve Aldrich (David O'Brien) and Dr. Matt Powers (James Pritchett) meet with Billy to discuss his chances for being discharged in a few days, then the two discuss Greta and are midway through when the recording ends
This aired on local Fort Worth-Dallas TV on Tuesday, June 12th 1979 during the 12:59pm to 1:18pm 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!
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