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Description: Here's the first commercial break from the airing of The Honeymooners episode "A Matter of Life and Death" on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

The Honeymooners bumper slide (with colorized line drawing based on famed 1955 photo of three of show's stars inside a GMC "Old Look" bus, and Kaiser-era 32 logo) (NOTE: This same drawing would be used for a later bumper from after Field's own logo style took over, as seen on this clip)

Commercial: WLAK FM 94 - "FM 94 Is WLAK" (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Richards Wild Irish Rose Wine - with jazz band playing in a bar - "Everybody Knows Wild Irish Rose"

Commercial: Chicagoland Dodge Dealers - sale on 1978 Dodge pickups - with two Chicagoland Dodge Squad men talking to "Rhinestone Sylvia" the blonde country singer

Promo for the WFLD 7 O'Clock Movie airing of the 1965 film "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!" (starring Shirley MacLaine and Richard Crenna) for Saturday, November 5th at 7pm (voiceover by Bud Kelly) (the opening of this version of the 7:00 Movie graphics can be seen here)

The Honeymooners bumper slide

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 4th 1977 during the 10:30pm to 11pm timeframe.