Here are some excerpts of Saturday morning TV from 1981, recorded in beautiful SP mode VHS on a tape that was very well cared for.

Portions of the ABC series Heathcliff are shown, as are bumpers of CBS's Tarzan / Lone Ranger Adventure Hour and NBC programming.

Includes:

Ending of Heathcliff short

Commercial: Cracker Jack snacks - Gymnastics and Soccer Kids

Return bumper for Tarzan / Lone Ranger Adventure Hour on CBS, with three TV's and tape recorder (voiceover by Wally King)

Heathcliff bumper on ABC (voiceover by ??)

ABC "We'll Return After These Messages" bumper (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Burger King - "Western Rodeo"

Commercial: Aim toothpaste (animated with "Hurtful J. Cavity")

Commercial: "Now Is the Time" promo, with clips from The Greatest American Hero (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

PSA for Keep America Beautiful's Clean Community System - featuring Iron Eyes Cody (voiceover by ??)

Incomplete title card for Heathcliff short "The Great Milk Factory Fracas" (12-HB) (first aired December 20th 1980, repeated December 5th 1981)

Commercial: Nestlé's Quik chocolate flavored drink - "Cool Kid"

Animated PSA for U.S. Department of Energy with Captain America - The Thermal Thief, Wattage Waster, Cold-Air Crook - "Keep it Up America!"

NBC "And Now Back to Our Program" bumper (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Switching from one program to Tarzan / Lone Ranger Adventure Hour

"And Now These Messages" bumper with satellite beaming to earth (voiceover by Wally King)

Theatrical trailer for the first re-release of "The Empire Strikes Back" (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Keebler Rich 'n Chips cookies

What followed next on the tape was an In the News segment - posted separately here: [ Ссылка ]

At least a portion of this seems to have aired on local Chicago TV Saturday, July 25th 1981. (some of it may have been from December of 1981 - or maybe even December 1980?)

About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:

The Museum of Classic Chicago Television's primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s and early 80s, primarily) recorded off of any and all Chicago TV channels; footage which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. 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 purposes. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to DVD, and to view more of the 4,700+ (and counting) video clips available for viewing in our online archive, please visit us at:
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About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:

The Museum of Classic Chicago Television's primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s and early 80s, primarily) recorded off of any and all Chicago TV channels; footage which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. 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 purposes. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to DVD, and to view more of the 4,700+ (and counting) video clips available for viewing in our online archive, please visit us at:
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