The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) | WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Steve & Garry & John" (Complete Broadcast, 5/7/1982) 📺 @FuzzyMemoriesTV | Uploaded 8 months ago | Updated 4 hours ago
Here's the complete broadcast of an edition of AM Chicago from WLS Channel 7, with host Robb Weller and guests Steve Dahl and Garry Meier, and critic at large John Callaway. This was during the period when the show only ran 30 minutes.

Includes:

"Seven's On Your Side" station ID (voiceover by Fred Kasper)

Robb opens show and off the bat introduces Steve, Garry and John, topics include their recent Celebrity Jeopardy appearance, how sidekick Marcus Palmer's death affected how they deal with the subject, and John's analysis on their reactions and on their worldview

Commercials for:
Lees carpets by Burlington
Jayz Nacho Tortilla Chips
Dr Pepper (with some dancing on the ceiling a la "Royal Wedding")
Kraft Cheddar Cheese (voiceover by Ed Herlihy)

In Segment 2, topics include whose deaths Steve and Garry pick on (i.e. Paul Lynde) vs. whose they don't (John Belushi), Garry bringing up a 20-year-old girl who wrote about thinking about death for the first time after Marcus died, what lessons they've learned from these deaths, John explaining how difficult it is for people to even face death (and showing a copy of "The Denial of Death" by Ernest Becker), and their mixing up grief with mocking and how it contrasts with conventional newsmen like him

Commercials for:
79 Park Avenue (promo for conclusion) (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Fred Kasper)
Contadina Simmered & Seasoned Italian Paste
The Pepsi Challenge (at ski resort in Woodstock, VT)
Members Only (with Anthony Geary)
PSA for CareUnit Hospital Care / Community Hospital of Ottawa (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

In Segment 3, callers bring up issues to the guests such as desensitization to death, a question from someone who returned from Africa, about negative questions on Marcus' death, and personal responsibility and drawing a line between what one should or should not say

Promo for "The Survivalists" special report for 10pm

Commercials for:
Tio Sancho taco shells
The Pepsi Challenge (at University of Mississippi)
Kraft Cheddar Cheese (repeat)

Robb plugs giveaway for seats for Tuesday's edition at Apollo Theatre, then closes show

Weather forecast shown on screen (backing theme: "Dependin' on You" by The Doobie Brothers)

Commercials for:
Venture Mother's Day Sale
Sugar Free Diet Rite Cola
MCI long distance
The Whitehall Hotel

Ending credits (with theme "Allegory"):

AM Chicago
Robb Weller's Wardrobe Courtesy of I. Magnin Men's Store
Greenery Provided by Ronsley - Probably the Finest Florist in the World
(addresses may or may no longer be applicable)

AM Chicago
(c) 1982 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Commercials for:
Jewel Food Stores - sale on Round Steak and Fresh Broccoli (sale ends May 12th)
Viva Paper Towels
John M. Smyth Anniversary Sale

Station "Seven's On Your Side" ID / PSA for Hadley School for the Blind (voiceover by Fred Kasper)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, May 7th 1982 during the 9am to 9:30am timeframe.

This is from a videotape donated to the Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of the Dr. William Matviuw collection.

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