The Hollywood Squares - WLS-TV (Mostly Complete Broadcast, 3/30/1980) ▦

Here's most of an edition (albeit with the first four or so minutes missing) of the Peter Marshall incarnation of The Hollywood Squares as aired on WLS Channel 7. The "squares" on this show are Dick Van Patten, Diana Canova, Steve Landesberg, Big Bird, Jonathan Winters, Joan Rivers, George Gobel, Fred Willard, and in the center Wayland Flowers with Macklehoney; and the contestants are Kelly Jolly ('X') and Laurie Powell ('Circle') All voiceovers by Kenny Williams. Includes: Midway through first round, then 'secret square' for 'Circle' (with plugs for Friendly Holidays, Western Airlines, Skyway luggage, Totes compact automatic umbrella, Helbros diamond watches, Olympus XA 35mm pocket camera, and Friendly Holidays), followed by a 'secret square' for 'X' Commercials for: St. Paul Federal Savings - promo for various size color TV's Theatrical trailer for "The Fifth Floor" (ending voiceover by Wayne Atkinson) Bob Evans pork sausage Plug for various bonus prizes (Datsun 200-SX Sport Coupe, Turtle Wax PolyShell system, The Tannery vinyl cleaner/conditioner, and Air Canada) Commercials for: Long Chevrolet - $500 bonus on all 1979 models (but Timmy the newsboy's nowhere in sight) Belgium - "The Surprise Package of Europe" Round 2 beginning with Kelly, followed by another 'secret square' started by 'X' (with plugs for BarcaLounger's "Living End" modular furniture, RCA ColorTrak remote control TV, Mr. Muscle oven cleaner, Zip-Strip paint varnish and stain remover/Zip-Guard wood finish, Pearl grandfather clocks, Jacobsen 830 riding mower, and 3-night stay in San Francisco with lodgings at Best Western's Kyoto Inn) Commercials for: Imperial margarine (with the Molofsky twins) Red Cross Shoes (ending voiceover by Wayne Atkinson) (and by the way, as they note at the end, they are not connected in any way with the American Red Cross) Tropicana orange juice - "If It Tasted Any Fresher, It Would Still Be On the Tree" Seven's On Your Side (with Fahey Flynn, Diane Allen(?), Jay Levine, Tim Weigel and Joel Daly) promo for Eyewitness News Round 3, beginning with Laurie, then she gets to pick a star - but not before more plugs (for The Selfridge Hotel in London, Hotel Zurich in Switzerland, Riviera portable Tiger hot tub, and 10-day Pacific cruise to Vancouver on Delta Line); after games are over, Peter plugs new film Fred appearing in, "First Family," Big Bird on Sesame Street and Joan in Vegas, before saying goodnight Ending plugs for Olan Mills photo studios, "The Man with Bogart's Face," Crayola art kit, Heet arthritis strength liquid, Hinkle "paint-on" Easter egg colors, and Peter Marshall custom plate from The Carson Mint Disclaimer about squares' answers, followed by "promotional consideration" notice and ending credits Copyright 1980 Heatter-Quigley Inc. All Rights Reserved Commercials for: West Virginia Brand Meats Pepper's Waterbeds Qwip (precursor to fax machines) from Exxon Information Systems - with Mason Adams (who played "Charlie Hume" on Lou Grant and was a prolific voiceover artist for Smucker's, Cadbury Creme Eggs, et al) Station ID slide with promo for Chicago Historical Society (voiceover by Wayne Atkinson) Sunday Night Movie 'swirling stars' open (with "Flight to the World" music by Sven Libaek) and opening titles of "The Burglars" [1971] (posted separately here:    • WLS Channel 7 - Sunday Night Movie - "The ...  ) This aired on local Chicago TV late Sunday, March 30th 1980 during the 11:27pm to 11:54pm timeframe. 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 DVD, please e-mail [email protected] Thank you for your help!