ABC Network - Happy Days / Laverne & Shirley - WLS-TV (Complete Original Broadcasts, 3/2/1976) ?

Here's another hour-long block of complete first-run episodes as originally aired - the Happy Days episode "Arnold's Wedding" (first-run Season 3, Episode 24) and the Laverne & Shirley episode "Father at the Alter" (first-run Season 1, Episode 5) as shown over WLS Channel 7, with opening titles for The Rookies thrown in towards the end (and 5 kHz telco audio all through the network feed). As usual with such blocks, the main emphasis will be on the commercials.

Includes:

'Zooming 7' animated ID / promo for 1967 TV-movie "Ironside" for 3:30 Movie on March 3rd (voiceover by ??)

[REMOVED] Happy Days opening titles

Commercial: Pepto-Bismol (waiting on bus stop in rain)

Commercial: Jean Nate - "Bottled Sunshine"

Act I of episode, which includes these elements of interest:

A technical difficulty leads to Happy Days slide being put up at 9:53, before show resumes at 10:01

Then, a news bulletin crawl (although it's more like a sprint) comes on at 3:13 (with punctuation and capitalization left as shown) reading:

ABC NEWSLINE. ABC NEWSLINE. IN THE VERMONT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. ABC NEWS HAS PROJECTED THAT JIMMY CARTER WILL FINISH FIRST BY A WIDE MARGIN. SARGENT SHRIVER IS A DISTANT SECOND IN VERMONT. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. GERALD FORD RAN UNOPPOSED. THE POLLS HAVE JUST CLOSED IN THE MASSACHUSETTS PRIMARY WHERE A TIGHT DEMOCRATIC CONTEST IS EXPECTED. WATCH A COMPLETE PRIMARY TONIGHT ON ABC AT 11:30 P.M.. 10:30 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.

Commercial: Jell-O Pudding (with Bill Cosby)

Commercial: New Improved Cool Whip

ABC logo with station ID lower-third

Act II of episode

Happy Days bumper (voiceover by Ron Howard)

Commercial: Sunkist oranges (1975 Copyright)

Commercial: Betty Crocker Ready-to-Serve Frosting

Epilogue

Promo for Laverne & Shirley (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by ??)

Ending credits, with promo voiceover for The Rookies and a Lola Falana special

Promos for The Bionic Woman and Donny & Marie (voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Tropicana frozen orange juice (hurry - offer expires March 31, 1976)

Station ID, with Joel Daly bumper promo for "Eyewitness News - Tonight at 10"

Laverne & Shirley opening titles

Commercial: Almond Joy candy - "Indescribably Delicious" (voiceover by John Bartholomew Tucker)

Commercial: Keebler Zesta crackers (ending voiceover by Danny Dark)

Act I of episode - with another speedy crawl coming in at 37:58, reading as follows:

ABC NEWSLINE. . .ABC NEWSLINE. . .IN THE MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. ABC NEWS PROJECTS THAT GERALD FORD WILL WIN BY A WIDE MARGIN. REPEATING. . .ABC NEWS PROJECTS A FORD VICTORY IN MASSACHUSETTS. WATCH A COMPLETE PRIMARY WRAP-UP TONIGHT AT 11:30 P.M.. 10:30 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.

Commercial: Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo

Commercial: Miss Clairol (with Bonnie Trompeter who was Miss Clairol 1968)

ABC logo with station ID lower-third

Act II of episode

Commercial: Cheerios - "Powerful Good Feeling" (with family skiing)

Commercial: Stove Top Stuffing with "Mrs. Kaaren Alvarado" of San Francisco

Promo for The Streets of San Francisco (pilot for Bert D'Angelo: Superstar) for Thursday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by ??)

Ending credits with voiceover promo for Donny & Marie for Friday, and The Rookies next

ABC News Political Spirit '76 coverage with Harry Reasoner (with sponsor billboard voiceover for B.F. Goodrich by ??), reporting on results of Massachusetts and Vermont Presidential primaries

Commercial: B.F. Goodrich tires - with Milton Berle

ABC News Political Spirit '76 bumper

Promo bumper for The Bionic Woman for Wednesday (voiceover by ??)

Political ad for Dan Walker for Governor

Commercial: Chevrolet economy pickups (voiceover by Pat Summerall)

Station ID, with Fahey Flynn promo for "Eyewitness News - Tonight at 10"

The Rookies opening titles (this week's episode: "Deliver Me From Innocence")

Commercial: Aim toothpaste - "Take Aim against cavities!"

Incomplete commercial for Levi's jeans (voice of Ken Nordine) - tape cuts out before ad ends

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, March 2nd 1976 during the 7:00pm to 8:01pm timeframe.

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