Here’s the last 17 minutes of the 10pm edition of NewsCenter5 with Jim Ruddle and Chuck Henry on WMAQ Channel 5, followed by the first four minutes of the opening segment of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (S17E61; with Doc Severinsen filling in for Ed McMahon and Tommy Newsom leading the orchestra; the guests on this night were Sammy Davis Jr., Charles Nelson Reilly and Jim Fowler).
Includes:
Commercial: A&P (joined in progress) (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
Part 3 of Special Report on temporary nursing services, reported by Barry Kaufman; interviews with nurse Carol Winjue (sp?) at University of Illinois Hospital, a look at one temp nurses’ agency, Revell Medical, and two hospitals that refused to allow looks inside (tune in tomorrow to learn which ones)
In other news:
– Governor Thompson floating idea of raising gas tax again to pay for roads, bridges and highways; followed by Peter Nolan’s Viewpoint on the subject of gas taxes
“Coming Up Next” (with camera shot of a little behind-the-scenes look at how Vizmo is operated and used to generate parts of the weather report)
Commercials for:
Richard Pryor album – “Wanted” (featuring John Lawlor, who played Mr. Bradley on the first season of the Facts of Life)
Special Chicago magazine issue, “The Best of Chicago”
Levitz January Sale & Clearance
Jerry Taft with the weather (in sum, bitterly cold)
Followed by Greg Gumbel with sports, featuring:
– Black Hawks hockey
– Bulls basketball
– Hustle college basketball
– John O’Reilly on upcoming Illinois v. Michigan State college basketball game in Champaign, with Illini ’63 MVP Dave Downey interviewed about today’s group
Commercials for:
S&H Green Stamps at A&P
Self magazine
TWA – “Winter Holiday” (with Don Criqui)
Totino’s Crisp Crust frozen pizzas
More news:
– 3 men – John Baggett (sp?), Nathaniel Hevis (sp?) and Gregory Wallace, all of 1159 N. Cleveland – arrested on charges of 15 burglaries at several North Side high-rises
– Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau censured by Virginia State Legislature over his skewering of new Senator John Warner
And with that, Jim and Chuck conclude the broadcast
Commercials for:
Dominick’s Finer Foods – sale on USDA Grade A Large Eggs
Quaker 100% Natural Cereal – with Jim Fixx
WFYR 103½ FM – “Blah, Blah” (short version)
Yellow Pages
NewsCenter5 ending (with voiceover promo for upcoming Jesse Jackson appearance on Tomorrow by Ed Grennan)
PSA for Foster Parents – Catholic Charities of Chicago (voiceover by Ed Grennan)
Tonight Show open, with first minutes of Johnny’s monologue (recording ends around point he compares East Coast vs. West Coast football fans)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, January 10th 1979 between (approx.) 10:13pm and 10:34pm.
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