Here's a complete first-run airing of an episode of Switch, "Fade Out" (S03E03), as broadcast on the CBS Network via then-Boston, MA affiliate WNAC Channel 7 (now WHDH - of no relation to what since 1972 is WCVB Channel 5).
This show - which starred Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas and Sharon Gless, and on this installment (about a leading lady facing threats on her life and a movie producer hiring Pete and Mac to protect her) features among the guests Casey Kasem - was in its final season at the time; the opening title sequence used (with its moving vertical lines traveling horizontally) would also form the basis for the opening titles of New York station (and WNAC's then sister station) WOR Channel 9's "The 4 O'Clock Movie" beginning in this year and used (for the most part) through 1984 (both were created by Image West using the "Scanimate" video-based animation system).
Includes:
Ending of station ID / Second City Television (SCTV) promo (that series also aired in New York on WOR-TV, from 1977 until 1979)
Episode preview, followed by opening titles
Sponsor billboard for Buick (voiceover by ??)
Commercials for:
Midsize Buick Regal
Zenith Videocassette Recorder
Episode Act I
Commercials for:
Buick Regal and LeSabre - "Turbo Charged"
One Step at a Time by Water Pik (quit smoking aid)
Episode Act II
Promo for All in the Family and Alice (voiceover by ??)
Promo for Rhoda (voiceover by Don Robertson)
Commercials for:
Midsize Buick Century
FTD "Hello Sunshine" Bouquet
Switch bumper (voiceover by Dick Tufeld?)
Promo for The Jeffersons (voiceover by Don Robertson), followed by CBS "Lightning Eye-D" (voiceover by Bill Martin)
Commercial: Cadillac dog food (was it known as the Cadillac of dog foods? My dog got better mileage on Toyota Dog Food though)
Station ID / promo for Newsroom 7 with John Henning
Episode Act III
Commercials for:
Mazda GLC
Sears Kenmore - Save $70.00 (through December 31st)
Gallo Premium Wine (voiceover by Ken Nordine)
Episode Act IV
Commercials for:
Chevrolet - "See What's New Today" (New-Size Malibu)
Sears Renfrew Hall Collection (sale on country English furnishings through November 19th)
Harveys Bristol Cream (after skiing on snowy mountains)
Promo for "Jacqueline Susann's 'Once Is Not Enough' " on The CBS Wednesday Night Movies (voiceover by Alan Berns)
Ending credits (with voiceover promo for Women's Tennis Championship Finals on Saturday, and 60 Minutes on Sunday, by Bill Martin) - followed by post-1976 Universal TV bumper
Promo for The Carol Burnett Show, followed by promo for Rhoda and On Our Own (voiceovers by Don Robertson) and CBS "Lightning Eye-D" (voiceover by Bill Martin)
Preview of upcoming Newsroom 7 with John Henning (about to end when recording does)
This aired on local Boston TV on Friday, November 4th 1977 during the 10:00pm to 11:00pm (Eastern) timeframe.
This footage was donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The Steve Albert 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. 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!
3 апр 2023
