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Description: Here's an excerpt from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson with guest Richard Pryor as aired on WMAQ Channel 5. Includes:
Tail end of commercial for Purina Puppy Chow (voiceover by Sterling Holloway) - "For a Full Year - Till He's Full Grown"
"Happy Birthday Taurus - More to Come" bumper
Commercial: 1980 Buick Skylark - with plenty of room inside and able to navigate in all weather - "It Just Might Be the Perfect Car for You" (voiceover by ??)
Commercial: Ariens Lawn Mowers - "A Cut Above the Rest" - Available at Gerber Hardware in Oak Park and Gray's Lawn & Garden Center in Rockford (main voiceover by Ken Nordine) (ending voiceover by ??)
Johnny then continues his talk with Richard Pryor (other guests that night were Bess Armstrong, Calvin Trillin, and musical guest Judith Blegen) - Richard speaks of a trip to Kenya and brings up Idi Amin's attempts to "break into show business", drinking habits, Kenyan currency, problems with local customs, and an aborted plane trip from Nairobi to London.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, May 11th 1979 during the 10:30pm to 11:30pm timeframe.
WMAQ Channel 5 - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Promos / Station ID's, 1976)
NBC Network - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - "The Royal Wedding" (Excerpt, 1981)
WMAQ Channel 5 - Tales Of The Unexpected - "The Turn Of The Tide" (Ending & Break, 1980)
WMAQ Channel 5 - The Richard Pryor Special Tornado Warning (1977)
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter 5 - "Chicago Primary '79" (Excerpt, 1979)
Budweiser - "Race Cars" (Commercial, 1978)
WMAQ Channel 5 - 5's Pride with Norman Mark (Excerpt, 1979)
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 5pm - "The Weather In Your Car" (1978)
WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 At 10pm - "The Blizzard of '79" (Part 1, 1979)
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