NBC Network - Eischied - "Angels of Terror" - WMAQ-TV (Complete-ish Broadcast, 10/26/1979) 📺

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Here's a "complete-ish" broadcast [composite] of a complete first-run episode of Eischied, "Angels of Terror," as aired over the NBC Network, largely via WMAQ Channel 5.

Note: The first 32-odd minutes of this clip are from our superior-quality original broadcast airing recording with commercials - unfortunately this tape ran out and so in order to see the remainder of the episode, we had to edit in the last 22 minutes from the best copy available, which sadly had the ads cut out.

This short-lived series (from the creative team that had produced Kojak, and mounted by the producer of Police Woman) starred Joe Don Baker as Chief Earl Eischied. (incidentally, this episode features a trio of MST3k favorites - besides Joe Don Baker ("Mitchell"), there's also Alan Oppenheimer (the man insisting you do not bother him while he's working on his patent papers in "Riding with Death") and lastly Joe Estevez (who at this point was going by Joseph Sheen) (from "Soultaker", among others).

In this episode, Captain Finnerty (Alan Oppenheimer) is charged with negligent homicide in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old assailant. Guests include Jim Backus (Gilligan's Island and the voice of Mr. Magoo) and Shelley Berman.

Includes:

Eischied promo (joined in progress) (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Ending of The Rockford Files ending credits (with voiceover promo for Eischied by Casey Kasem)

PSA for Religion in American Life (with Joel Fink)

Promo for "Gus the Pigskin Mule" on Disney (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

NewsCenter5 Update with Chuck Henry (opening voiceover by Ed Grennan) - with items (dating this to October 26th 1979):

South Korean President Park Chung Hee assassinated, along with his bodyguard and four others, by Korean CIA

Mayor Byrne finds city workers running businesses on city time

Commercial: Diners Club

Continuation of news update:

Marine Midland Bank raises prime lending rate to 15¼%

Promo for BJ and The Bear (voiceover by Casey Kasem) (ending voiceover by Jim Hill)

Commercials for:
American Airlines - "Flight Attendant College" (with Vicki Getz (sp?) )

"NBC Proud as a Peacock" animated bumper

Preview and show opening titles

Commercials for:
1980 Dodge Aspen (voiceover by Mel Brandt)
Rolaids antacid (voiceover by Scott Muni)

Episode Act I

Commercials for:
Sucrets sore throat lozenges
Johnson & Johnson O.B. tampons
1980 Dodge Mirada (with Chrysler chairman Lee A. Iacocca) (voiceover by Mel Brandt)
Promo for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (voiceover by Casey Kasem)
Promo for NBC SportsWorld (voiceover by Les Marshak)

Episode Act II (transfers from one source tape to another at 31:46; from here on out, all commercial breaks, promos, bumpers et al., are missing)

Episode Act III

Episode Act IV

Ending credits (recording ends before Columbia Pictures Television 'sunburst' logo can show up)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, October 26th 1979 during the 9:00pm to 10:00pm timeframe.

This (the first 32 minutes) was from a tape donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The George Jen 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: [email protected] 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 [email protected] Thank you for your help!


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