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Here's a broadcast of the first 34 minutes of the matchup of the Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals from Busch Stadium (II), as aired over WGN Channel 9. Your announcers for this game are Harry Caray (who had been the Cardinals' announcer from 1945 until his firing in 1969, which was how he would end up in Chicago, first with the White Sox and then the Cubs) and Lou Boudreau (Milo Hamilton was off after falling ill the prior day).
Includes:
Illinois State Lottery Daily Game drawing, with Karen Smith and lottery official Bill Riley (sp?) presiding over the drawing of the three-digit numbers (voiceover by Floyd Brown) (and I still want to know what jazzy version of "Over the Rainbow" they use here - any jazz aficionadi know?)
Animated WGN "Superman" logo ID
Opening titles, followed by Harry (off camera) starting with the setup, then handling sponsor billboard for Miller High Life, True Value Hardware Stores, Union '76, Canon cameras, Toyota, Zenith, United Air Lines and McDonald's, followed by MLB logo and Cubs copyright notice
Commercials for:
Miller High Life - "Tree Climbing Contest" (voiceover by Gene Barry)
Zenith Space Screen 45 TV (voiceover by Alexander Scourby?)
Tru-Link [True Link] fence
Harry and Lou start off the gate, with Harry giving Lou a cigar after Willie Hernandez' wife gave birth, and observations of the Cubs lineup same as the prior night's and the previous game's play; as they speak, the Cards take the field as the Cubs' lineup is shown on screen, then Harry announces the Cards' lineup and the umpire crew and Cubs coaching staff are also shown, as the top of the 1st inning commences, and he also reports on the results of the White Sox game against Seattle and other baseball scores; the Cards' lineup is also shown; Cubs' Junior Kennedy, Bill Buckner and Leon Durham are at bat
Commercials for:
Union '76 - at "Murph's 76 Station" - "Go with the Spirit - the Spirit of 76" (with Richard X. Slattery as Murph)
United Air Express (overnight delivery service of United Airlines) (with puppet package characters)
SportMart sale on Cardinal 700 series spinning reels
Bottom of 1st inning, with Cards' Lonnie Smith, Tom Herr, George Hendrick and Darrell Porter at bat
Commercials for:
Miller High Life - "If you've got the time, MIller's got the beer" (Miller Time) (man who works on bringing ships to harbor) (voiceover by Gene Barry)
Red Lobster - "An Uncontrollable Urge" (featuring the actor Renny Temple)
Old Spice Stick and Solid Anti-Perspirant Deodorant
Top of 2nd inning; after brief shot of Cubs' manager Lee Elia (and the Cards' Joaquin Andujar on the mound), Jay Johnstone, Gary Woods and Jody Davis take their turns at bat
Commercials for:
Toyota small trucks
Jet America airlines
WLS-FM 95 - "Leave It to Stever" (short version) (with Steve Dahl and Garry Meier) (posted separately here: youtu.be/dlo4sfYtWdI)
Bottom of 2nd inning, with Cards' Ken Oberkfell followed by Willie McGee at bat; the tape begins to really show signs of wear at this point, and ends midway in the inning
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 3rd 1982 during the 6:59pm to 7:34pm 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!
Here's a broadcast of the first 34 minutes of the matchup of the Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals from Busch Stadium (II), as aired over WGN Channel 9. Your announcers for this game are Harry Caray (who had been the Cardinals' announcer from 1945 until his firing in 1969, which was how he would end up in Chicago, first with the White Sox and then the Cubs) and Lou Boudreau (Milo Hamilton was off after falling ill the prior day).
Includes:
Illinois State Lottery Daily Game drawing, with Karen Smith and lottery official Bill Riley (sp?) presiding over the drawing of the three-digit numbers (voiceover by Floyd Brown) (and I still want to know what jazzy version of "Over the Rainbow" they use here - any jazz aficionadi know?)
Animated WGN "Superman" logo ID
Opening titles, followed by Harry (off camera) starting with the setup, then handling sponsor billboard for Miller High Life, True Value Hardware Stores, Union '76, Canon cameras, Toyota, Zenith, United Air Lines and McDonald's, followed by MLB logo and Cubs copyright notice
Commercials for:
Miller High Life - "Tree Climbing Contest" (voiceover by Gene Barry)
Zenith Space Screen 45 TV (voiceover by Alexander Scourby?)
Tru-Link [True Link] fence
Harry and Lou start off the gate, with Harry giving Lou a cigar after Willie Hernandez' wife gave birth, and observations of the Cubs lineup same as the prior night's and the previous game's play; as they speak, the Cards take the field as the Cubs' lineup is shown on screen, then Harry announces the Cards' lineup and the umpire crew and Cubs coaching staff are also shown, as the top of the 1st inning commences, and he also reports on the results of the White Sox game against Seattle and other baseball scores; the Cards' lineup is also shown; Cubs' Junior Kennedy, Bill Buckner and Leon Durham are at bat
Commercials for:
Union '76 - at "Murph's 76 Station" - "Go with the Spirit - the Spirit of 76" (with Richard X. Slattery as Murph)
United Air Express (overnight delivery service of United Airlines) (with puppet package characters)
SportMart sale on Cardinal 700 series spinning reels
Bottom of 1st inning, with Cards' Lonnie Smith, Tom Herr, George Hendrick and Darrell Porter at bat
Commercials for:
Miller High Life - "If you've got the time, MIller's got the beer" (Miller Time) (man who works on bringing ships to harbor) (voiceover by Gene Barry)
Red Lobster - "An Uncontrollable Urge" (featuring the actor Renny Temple)
Old Spice Stick and Solid Anti-Perspirant Deodorant
Top of 2nd inning; after brief shot of Cubs' manager Lee Elia (and the Cards' Joaquin Andujar on the mound), Jay Johnstone, Gary Woods and Jody Davis take their turns at bat
Commercials for:
Toyota small trucks
Jet America airlines
WLS-FM 95 - "Leave It to Stever" (short version) (with Steve Dahl and Garry Meier) (posted separately here: youtu.be/dlo4sfYtWdI)
Bottom of 2nd inning, with Cards' Ken Oberkfell followed by Willie McGee at bat; the tape begins to really show signs of wear at this point, and ends midway in the inning
This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, July 3rd 1982 during the 6:59pm to 7:34pm 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!
