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Description: Here's the opening moments and first commercial break for The ABC Thursday Night Movie presentation of the animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Return of the King" (1980) on WLS Channel 7. Includes:

"Closed Captioned for the Hearing Impaired" animated bumper

ABC Thursday Night Movie opening and preview of "The Return of the King" (with voiceover by Joel Crager)

Commercial: Sani-Flush toilet cleaner - with 30% more cleaning ingredients than Vanish, plus powerful rust dissolver - "Kills Germs by the Millions" (voiceover by ??) - (C) AHP Boyle Midway Inc.

Theatrical trailer for the movie "Jaws 3-D" (voiceover by ??) - (C) 1982 MCA Theatricals, Inc.

Commercial: Hallmark Cards - "When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best"

Commercial: Wendy's Hamburgers - with speedy pick-up delivery window for people on the go (voiceover by ??)

The ABC Thursday Night Movie bumper (voiceover by Joel Crager)

Opening moments of film, with "Edited for Television" notice on lower-third screen in first few seconds

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, July 21st 1983 at 7pm.