ABC Wide World of Sports - "Harlem Globetrotters in Nashville" (Complete Broadcast, 1/14/1979) 📺 🏀

WOW - what a TREAT! A complete broadcast of the Harlem Globetrotters in Nashville - as aired on ABC Wide World of Sports over WCTI Channel 12 in New Bern, NC. Previous to this we had posted another vintage Globetrotters airing, seen here:    • ABC Wide World of Sports - "The Harlem Glo...   - but nowhere near as complete or as long as this one! Includes: Station ID / In Search Of... promo Introduction by Jim McKay over Globetrotters' constant traveling around the world, followed by Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass performing their theme "Sweet Georgia Brown" Wide World of Sports open Sponsor billboard for Lincoln/Mercury and Black & Decker Roy Acuff, at Opryland, introducing and interviewing the Globetrotters who meet Porter Wagoner, Jeannie C. Riley, Jeannie Seely, Billy Walker, Jack Greene, Charley Pride, Hank Cochran and Tom T. Hall The action then moves to Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, where the actual action will take place against the Washington Generals; as they practice, Jim recounts their long history Commercials for: 1979 Mercury Capri Black & Decker Workmate (with Bob Lilly - V.1) Game play begins; action interspersed with shots of Globetrotters' children and various country stars Commercials for: Anheuser-Busch Natural Light (with Norm Crosby and Bill Saluga as Ray J. Johnson) Sony Trinitron Color TV More play, interrupted by a piece about a "very strange adventure" where their bus ended up on a track alongside Marty Robbins' stock car Commercials for: Tums antacid Bell System Promo for Pro Bowlers Tour and Wide World of Sports Yet more play, including an incident where Geese steals Johnny Paycheck's hat Commercials for: Vitalis Super Hold hair spray (voiceover by Scott Muni) Beneficial Income Tax Service (with Don Knotts) Promo for Battlestar Galactica (station cuts it off prematurely) Commercials for: Massey Motor Company in Kinston Trailer for "The Sweet Creek County War" Station ID / promo for My Three Sons (joined late?) Frank Gifford reports on NHL scores before we go back to Globetrotters play, interrupted by them jamming with Charley Pride Commercials for: GE Performance Television 1979 Lincoln/Mercury Cougar XR-7 and Zephyr Z-7 Promo for Mork & Mindy Commercials for: Massey Motor Company Trailer for "The Sweet Creek County War" Station ID / promo for My Three Sons More Globetrotters play, and a look behind the scenes Commercials for: Gillette Right Guard Gillette Atra Promo for Pro Bowlers Tour and Wide World of Sports More Globetrotters high jinks, plus interacting with small children and Geese's wife Awilda Ausbie Commercials for: Black & Decker Finishing Sander Anheuser Busch Natural Light (with Norm Crosby fishing) More play, plus the team meeting Barbara Mandrell at Ryman Auditorium Commercials for: Motorcraft heavy duty batteries (with Muhammad Ali) Anheuser Busch Natural Light (with Norm Crosby and Steve Landesberg - V.1) Promo for Mork & Mindy and How the West Was Won Globetrotters at recording session in Nashville with Ronnie Milsap, followed by more play Commercials for: Hertz Car Rental (with O.J. Simpson) United Air Lines (with Tom Poston) Promo for Delta House Promo for In Search Of... (voiceover by Leonard Nimoy) Commercial: Furniture Fair Station ID / promo for The Six Million Dollar Man Globetrotters' "water routine" (shot of Johnny Paycheck), an interview with Curly, then more play Commercials for: Skoal (with Earl Campbell and Steve Towle) RCA SelectaVision VCR Promo for Pro Bowlers Tour and Wide World of Sports Globetrotters' visit to Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum with Loretta Lynn, followed by more court action Commercials for: Black & Decker Workmate (with Bob Lilly - V.2) 1979 Lincoln Versailles (voiceover by Mel Brandt?) Promo for Pro Bowlers Tour and Wide World of Sports Examples of Geese's unpredictability interspersed with play action with another child Commercials for: Anheuser Busch Natural Light (with Norm Crosby and Steve Landesberg - V.2) Dean Witter Reynolds More ABC Sports reportage from Frank Gifford Globetrotters action winds down Ending credits (both on screen and voiceover by Jim McKay who promotes next Sunday's edition two weeks from here) Travel arrangement plug for United Air Lines Ending shot of Geese with young fan ABC's Wide World of Sports ending This aired on local New Bern TV on Sunday, January 14th 1979. 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. We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives 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!