WMAQ Channel 5 - NewsCenter5 at 10pm - "A Tale Of Two Weddings" (1981)

In time for the upcoming Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, here's a 1981 segment from NewsCenter5 at 10pm on WMAQ Channel 5, with a Tale of Two (local) Weddings.

Anchor Chuck Henry introduces a report by Carol Marin (produced by Don Mosely) which opened with a shot of the wedding of William's parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, and tying it to the wedding of a Chicago couple, Donald Stell(?) and Mitzi Friedland (in that in both nuptials, the groom was older than the bride, and both took place on the exact same day). The Chicago couple came to the County Building at 8:30am to commence their wedding; they were the first to arrive. Carol contrasted the royal couple's wardrobe with the Chicago couple, and interviews this "working couple." Also features interviews with marriage clerk Joan Healy and Judge Marilyn Rozmarek Komosa, and shots of Cook County Clerk Stanley Kusper's office where the Chicago couple went after their wedding, feasting on a cheesecake presented by restaurateur Eli Schulman. The Chicago couple's "contingent," after the ceremony, went to the Easy Park on Clark and Wacker where it ended. This local wedding was covered not only by local media such as WMAQ, but also national publications like Newsweek.

Chuck Henry, shown with Linda Yu at the anchor desk, then thanks videotape editor Charles Sanders for putting the piece together. Linda then says some words to the new Chicago couple, commenting how they accepted the media attention "with wonderful grace." They then say good night, flanked by weatherman Jim Tilmon and sportscaster Chet Coppock.

Theatrical movie trailer for the film Tarzan the Ape Man starring Bo Derek, Richard Harris and Miles O'Keeffe (main voiceover by Don LaFontaine) (ending voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Commercial: People magazine, with Charles and Di on the cover

Commercial: Jewel - Farm Stand Watermelon and Grade A Whole Fryers (voiceover by Joe Slattery)

NewsCenter5 closing with shots of set, anchors, weatherman and sportscaster (voiceover by Ed Grennan previewing tomorrow's NewsCenter5 at Noon and introducing The Tonight Show)

Promo slide for upcoming outdoor "Shakespeare in the Park" presentation of "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Geneva Summer Theatre Festival, Thursday-Sunday through August 2nd (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 29th 1981.

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