The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) | The NBC Movie of the Week - "Cotton Candy" (Complete Broadcast, 10/26/1978) 📺 🎸 @FuzzyMemoriesTV | Uploaded 7 months ago | Updated 2 hours ago
Here's the complete broadcast of a first-run presentation from The NBC Movie of the Week, "Cotton Candy," as aired over WDIV Channel 4 in Detroit, MI.
This made-for-TV movie, an early directorial effort from then-Happy Days star Ron Howard (and filmed entirely in Dallas, TX), starred Charles Martin Smith, Clint Howard (Ron's brother), Leslie King, Kevin Lee Miller, Manuel Padilla Jr., Dino Scofield and Mark Wheeler in a story of a group of high school friends forming a rock band.
All bumper voiceovers are by Victor Bozeman.
(A little bonus, an "end of tape find" from another date and station, will follow.)
Includes:
Opening NBC Movie of the Week titles, followed by preview (voiceover by ??) and film Act I (short disclaimer was added at 10:55)
Commercials for:
Sine-Aid
Johnson's Baby Shampoo
Frigidaire Jet Cone Washers
Friskies Chef's Blend Cat Food
Act II
Commercials for:
Shakey's Pizza Keeper
Sears - "Where America Shops"
Skippy Peanut Butter - "Parents' Day" (with Annette Funicello)
Quilted Pampers
Bumper (voiceover refers to The NBC Big Event)
Promo for Who's Watching the Kids? (voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Commercials for:
Airwick Stick-Ups (voiceover by Dan Ingram)
Wear Master muffler repair
WWJ FM 97 - "Music - Bright and Beautiful"
Station ID (with weatherman Sonny Eliot)
Act III
Commercials for:
Chicken of the Sea tuna (ending voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Master Charge credit cards (featuring Skip Hinnant)
Body on Tap shampoo (with Kim Basinger)
Loving Care hair color lotion - from Clairol
Act IV
Commercials for:
Aim toothpaste
Caress soap
Chevy Camaro Berlinetta
Homemade Soup Starter (posted separately here: youtu.be/EJfZOM1MF88)
Bumper
NBC News Update with Bob Kur
Commercial: Ford Mustang (backing music: sounds like a cover of "Swingtown" by The Steve Miller Band)
Promo for "The Gnome-Mobile" and "Centennial" (voiceover by Norman Rose)
Commercials for:
Burger Chef - "Top Chef"
Old Vienna beer
Station ID / promo for Dinah!
Act V
Commercials for:
Jell-O Pudding (with Bill Cosby)
New Improved Cool Whip (with Marge Redmond as Sarah Tucker) (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Avon - "You Never Looked So Good"
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Bumper
Promo for David Cassidy - Man Undercover (voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Commercials for:
McDonald's Halloween Gift Certificate
Promo for "Sweet Charity" on Movie 4 for Sunday
Station ID / News 4 at 11pm promo (with Mort Crim)
Act VI
Commercials for:
Fruit of the Loom
Kal Kan Chunky Beef Dinner
Mop & Glo (with Cinderella and her wicked stepmother and stepsisters) (posted separately here: youtu.be/8oQFZJeYYEc)
Extra Strength Efferdent Denture Cleanser
Act VII
Commercials for:
Spray 'n Wash (with trigger)
Mellow Roast instant coffee
Downy fabric softener
Crest toothpaste
Promo for "Kiss Meets the Phantom" (voiceover by Fred Collins?)
Promo for "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" (voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Promo for "Summer of My German Soldier" (voiceover by Les Marshak) (posted separately here: youtu.be/xkei-zdmyqY)
Film ending credits (with voiceover promo for "Centennial" and Quincy by Mel Brandt)
Incomplete promo of Gary Coleman speaking about baseball (recording cuts out midway)
Bonus - EOTF ("end of tape find") (from WJBK Channel 2):
Tail end of MTM logo
Promo for Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special, Fat Albert Halloween Special and "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank" (voiceover by Wendell Craig?)
Promo for The CBS Late Movie showing of The Rockford Files and "The Million Dollar Ripoff" (voiceover by Norm Stevens)
CBS "Eye-D" (voiceover by Bob Hite)
Preview of coming newscast (with Joe Glover and Robbie Timmons)
Commercials for:
Detroit Optometric Centers (had to remove a few seconds)
Mercury Monarch (had to remove a few seconds)
Detroit Free Press "Extra" section
Station ID (with Detroit skyline in background and Nancy Marchand of Lou Grant)
First three minutes of Eyewitness News at 11pm (leading off with news of car flipping over near Oakland Street along Davison Freeway, and report from Norm Wagy)
This aired on local Detroit TV on Thursday, October 26th 1978 during the 8:00pm to 9:58pm (Eastern) timeframe. (the bonus end of tape find aired on Monday, October 23rd 1978 during the 10:58pm to 11:04pm (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. 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 broadcast of a first-run presentation from The NBC Movie of the Week, "Cotton Candy," as aired over WDIV Channel 4 in Detroit, MI.
This made-for-TV movie, an early directorial effort from then-Happy Days star Ron Howard (and filmed entirely in Dallas, TX), starred Charles Martin Smith, Clint Howard (Ron's brother), Leslie King, Kevin Lee Miller, Manuel Padilla Jr., Dino Scofield and Mark Wheeler in a story of a group of high school friends forming a rock band.
All bumper voiceovers are by Victor Bozeman.
(A little bonus, an "end of tape find" from another date and station, will follow.)
Includes:
Opening NBC Movie of the Week titles, followed by preview (voiceover by ??) and film Act I (short disclaimer was added at 10:55)
Commercials for:
Sine-Aid
Johnson's Baby Shampoo
Frigidaire Jet Cone Washers
Friskies Chef's Blend Cat Food
Act II
Commercials for:
Shakey's Pizza Keeper
Sears - "Where America Shops"
Skippy Peanut Butter - "Parents' Day" (with Annette Funicello)
Quilted Pampers
Bumper (voiceover refers to The NBC Big Event)
Promo for Who's Watching the Kids? (voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Commercials for:
Airwick Stick-Ups (voiceover by Dan Ingram)
Wear Master muffler repair
WWJ FM 97 - "Music - Bright and Beautiful"
Station ID (with weatherman Sonny Eliot)
Act III
Commercials for:
Chicken of the Sea tuna (ending voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Master Charge credit cards (featuring Skip Hinnant)
Body on Tap shampoo (with Kim Basinger)
Loving Care hair color lotion - from Clairol
Act IV
Commercials for:
Aim toothpaste
Caress soap
Chevy Camaro Berlinetta
Homemade Soup Starter (posted separately here: youtu.be/EJfZOM1MF88)
Bumper
NBC News Update with Bob Kur
Commercial: Ford Mustang (backing music: sounds like a cover of "Swingtown" by The Steve Miller Band)
Promo for "The Gnome-Mobile" and "Centennial" (voiceover by Norman Rose)
Commercials for:
Burger Chef - "Top Chef"
Old Vienna beer
Station ID / promo for Dinah!
Act V
Commercials for:
Jell-O Pudding (with Bill Cosby)
New Improved Cool Whip (with Marge Redmond as Sarah Tucker) (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Avon - "You Never Looked So Good"
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Bumper
Promo for David Cassidy - Man Undercover (voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Commercials for:
McDonald's Halloween Gift Certificate
Promo for "Sweet Charity" on Movie 4 for Sunday
Station ID / News 4 at 11pm promo (with Mort Crim)
Act VI
Commercials for:
Fruit of the Loom
Kal Kan Chunky Beef Dinner
Mop & Glo (with Cinderella and her wicked stepmother and stepsisters) (posted separately here: youtu.be/8oQFZJeYYEc)
Extra Strength Efferdent Denture Cleanser
Act VII
Commercials for:
Spray 'n Wash (with trigger)
Mellow Roast instant coffee
Downy fabric softener
Crest toothpaste
Promo for "Kiss Meets the Phantom" (voiceover by Fred Collins?)
Promo for "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" (voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Promo for "Summer of My German Soldier" (voiceover by Les Marshak) (posted separately here: youtu.be/xkei-zdmyqY)
Film ending credits (with voiceover promo for "Centennial" and Quincy by Mel Brandt)
Incomplete promo of Gary Coleman speaking about baseball (recording cuts out midway)
Bonus - EOTF ("end of tape find") (from WJBK Channel 2):
Tail end of MTM logo
Promo for Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special, Fat Albert Halloween Special and "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank" (voiceover by Wendell Craig?)
Promo for The CBS Late Movie showing of The Rockford Files and "The Million Dollar Ripoff" (voiceover by Norm Stevens)
CBS "Eye-D" (voiceover by Bob Hite)
Preview of coming newscast (with Joe Glover and Robbie Timmons)
Commercials for:
Detroit Optometric Centers (had to remove a few seconds)
Mercury Monarch (had to remove a few seconds)
Detroit Free Press "Extra" section
Station ID (with Detroit skyline in background and Nancy Marchand of Lou Grant)
First three minutes of Eyewitness News at 11pm (leading off with news of car flipping over near Oakland Street along Davison Freeway, and report from Norm Wagy)
This aired on local Detroit TV on Thursday, October 26th 1978 during the 8:00pm to 9:58pm (Eastern) timeframe. (the bonus end of tape find aired on Monday, October 23rd 1978 during the 10:58pm to 11:04pm (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. 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!
![Under Discussion - The American Teen-Ager Today [with George Martin, Beatles Producer] (1964) 🎸♫](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/axTbgFLWzjE/hqdefault.jpg "Under Discussion - The American Teen-Ager Today [with George Martin, Beatles Producer] (1964) 🎸♫
Though audio-only (and from New York City instead of Chicago), heres an historically significant (and lost) broadcast from March 1st 1964 of a Sunday-night panel show then airing on WNEW Channel 5 called Under Discussion. This was transferred from an open-reel audio recording (pictures of which are shown throughout the video).
This series was started after the station fired Open End host David Susskind, whose first stint with the station began in 1961-62 after his first home, WNTA Channel 13, was sold to an educational consortium (which would turn it into non-commercial WNDT, now WNET) - and who had gotten into one too many battles with the then-management of WNEWs parent, Metropolitan Broadcasting, division of Metromedia, Inc. (He would move to WPIX Channel 11 for a three-year interval, 1963-66.) This show had a different set of hosts, including as will be mentioned in the next paragraph. (Its run may have ended after Channel 5, by then under different station management, brought Mr. Susskind back to helm what would now be called The David Susskind Show and would run without much incident at the station until a few months before his death in 1987.)
The topic of this edition is The American Teen-Ager Today, moderated by Dr. Harold Taylor, and the panelists (in order of introduction) are: Beatles producer George Martin; Charles King, executive director of Wiltwyck School for Boys; David and Lisa co-star Keir Dullea (later to find immortality in 2001: A Space Odyssey); Ruth Whitney, executive editor of Seventeen magazine; Robert Paul Smith, author of Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing.; WMCA (570 AM) disc jockey B. Mitchel Reed; and psychiatric social worker Oscar Rabinowitz.
Note: Two commercial breaks appear to be edited out, but most are left intact.
Includes:
Opening intro of guests, (break cut) then moderator starts things, going from (starting at 3:03) the similarities between British and American teens and differences from adolescents, the business of labeling for marketing purposes, whom Ruths magazine is edited towards, Rabinowitz dealings with people in that age group, U.S. vs. UK education, parental influence on teens, Reeds original plans to become a teacher, screaming girls at Beatles concerts, teens being colonized, and what The Beatles represent (also note an (early?) use of the term hippies at 06:19)
(starting at 20:33) Commercial: Schlitz Beer
(starting at 21:35) PSA for Red Cross
(starting at 21:45) Promo for Bus Stop (ending voiceover by Chuck Caron)
(starting at 22:51) Discussion of recent Beatles Royal Command performance, a show BMR did for teens in a deprived section of the Bronx, the effects of commercialism on teens, and issue of role models for youth
(starting at 41:46) Commercial: Raleigh cigarettes
(starting at 42:29) PSA for Fresh Air Fund
(starting at 42:39) Promos for The New Breed (main voiceover by Hank Simms) (ending voiceover by Chuck Caron) and (starting at 43:30) for The Outlaws (voiceover by Chuck Caron)
(starting at 43:44) Topics dealt with include worry of how this generations teens will turn out, juvenile delinquency, immobilization of youth, the Peace Corps, teens rebellion towards older people, an incident on board a train The Beatles were riding in (which seemed to have made its way into their A Hard Days Night film), parents relationship to teens, and distinguishing between sociopolitical and economic in discussing this issue
(Commercial break omitted.)
In final segment (starting at 1:03:44), discussions include differences among youths in different areas, social sense of Scarsdale vs. slum dwelling teens, who in this age group is considered creative, George expounding on Rabinowitz points about education as it relates to music and crediting teens with realizing good and bad, the danger of set standards, what adolescents want, and teachers role in shaping pupils; moderator closes program by noting about sensitivity of young to values around them, and moving when asked to next level
This aired (with accompanying video - alas, unseen here) on local New York television on Sunday, March 1st 1964 during the 10:00pm to 11:30pm (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 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!")
![KABC Channel 7 [Los Angeles, CA] - Eyewitness News at 5pm (1st 34 Minutes, 5/21/1979)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bRCQId6VZdg/hqdefault.jpg "KABC Channel 7 [Los Angeles, CA] - Eyewitness News at 5pm (1st 34 Minutes, 5/21/1979)
Heres the preview and first 34-odd minutes of a broadcast of Eyewitness News at 5pm from KABC Channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA, anchored by Jerry Dunphy and Harold Greene.
Includes:
Station ID / promo for Haunts of the Very Rich (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
Jerry and Harold preview coming newscast, along with other stories (voiceover by Mike Laurence?)
Commercials for:
Sparkling Champale
PSA Smile Service to Las Vegas
Station ID / Thats Hollywood promo (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
News opening (voiceover by Mike Laurence?), followed by items:
- 12th day of odd-even gas rationing, with Barney Morris looking at lines at differing gas stations
- L.A. city and state officials call press conference to say more gas may be available, and enforcing gas plan regulations
- Larry Carroll tosses to John North on how odd-even has affected Riverside; deputy district attorney Kenneth Pike is interviewed
- Laurel Canyon gas station in Studio City closed due to vandalism
- East Coast beginning to be adversely affected by long lines at gas stations
- Congressional hearing to determine if oil companies are holding back supplies to drive up prices (Shell Oils James H. DeNike testifies at hearing)
- Gov. Jerry Brown says President Carter is speaking in forked tongue over gas situation
- Fred Anderson at LA International Airport on how travelers are making plans amidst gas shortage; PSA Public Relations Kathy Donnelly is interviewed
- Harold previews coming special report from Jerry on old Pacific Electric rail system
Commercials for:
Haunts of the Very Rich promo (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
New-Skin Clear Liquid Bandage
Magic Mountain
Pet-All flea and tick collar
- Larry tosses to Mark Coogan at L.A. school board meeting on cutting back on bus use
- Feud escalates between Gov. Brown and Lt. Gov. Mike Curb over forced busing
- Cocaine bust in L.A. area, netting 26 ½ pounds with $6 million; Seth Dannehauer (sp?), 35, of Santa Monica, and Stephen Bellamy, 37, of Venice, are arrested
- Verdict reached in trial of Dan White who murdered S.F. Mayor Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk
- Larry tosses to Bob Banfield on trial of Dr. William Waddill in Santa Ana
- Florida Supreme Court refuses to stay executions of John Spenkelink and Willie Darden (both would meet Ol Sparky on May 23rd)
Commercials for:
Old Spice after shave lotion
Westinghouse Open Office system
Crocker Bank
Alpha Beta - Lower Food Prices (Alan Hamel interviews Linda Harmon)
Dr. George Fischbeck weather report
Commercials for:
Tyson Rock Cornish Game Hen
Mazola Margarine (What You Call Corn)
5th Annual San Diego Jazz Festival (at San Diego Stadium, June 8th and 9th)
Mighty Dog Beef for Dogs
- Environmentalists suing over L.A. Dept. of Water and Power siphoning water from Mono Lake; David Gaines speaks about damage done
- Leo McElroy moderates debate between City Council candidates Barbara Klein and Hal Bernson for coming runoff election
Commercials for:
Carls Jr. burgers
Racing at Los Alamitos
Datsun Dealers of Southern California
Pan Am - Daily 747s to New York
Sports with Ed Arnold:
- Dodgers opening 3-game series against Padres in San Diego
- Angels prepping to play Brewers in Milwaukee; followed by baseball scores thus far
- Bill Fitch stepping down as head coach of Cleveland Cavaliers (recording cuts out midway through this story)
This aired on local Los Angeles TV on Monday, May 21st 1979 during the 4:58pm to 5:34pm (Pacific) 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!")
