WBBM Channel 2 - "Living History (Bloopers)" (Part 5, 1978/1979)

Here's Part 5 (the final part) of a blooper reel from WBBM Channel 2 which featured all sorts of screw-ups, mix-ups and moments that may or may not have actually made it to broadcast.

This part features (in order of first appearance): Johnny Morris (at first, voice only), Chicago Bears defensive back Doug Plank, Bill Kurtis, Bill Frink of rival WLS Channel 7, Harry Volkman, John Coughlin, Susan Anderson, Bruce Roberts, John Drummond, Carrie Cochran, Muhammad Ali, Mort Crim, Walter Jacobson, Harry Porterfield, a sergeant who worked with once and future Chicago anchor Paul Udell, Gene Siskel, Irv Kupcinet, Walter Cronkite, and the Thomson TTV-1518 with Q-TV VPS-100 prompter.

This ends (finally) with the following closing credits, set to the familiar backing music of Dick Marx's Channel 2 News theme ("I Love Chicago, Chicago My Home"):

Writers - Deborah Lee, Marshall Roenthal, Neil Rosenau, Allen Schaefer
Assignment Editors - Linda Friedman, Gera-Lind Kolarik, Mike Kertez
Focus Unit - Brian Boyer, Rose Economou
Minicam Editors - Ed Dahlberg, Bud Marcus, Al Sauser, Dick Castle, Greg Jackson, Jessica J. Miller, Rick Moser, Mike Prah, Tom Reuter, Sam Walker, Gary Wright, Joan Zuckerman
Technical Director - Gordon Barkes
Audio by Melvin
Factfinder Unit - Susan Anderson, Gladys Lindsay, Mary Nissenson, Pam Wilsey, Bob Veasey
Sports Producer - Richard Woldow
Production Coordinator - Buzz Hannan, Timothy Jackison
Production - Basia Chyra, Dave Fell, Caryn Vogel
Stage Manager - Cheryl Stutzke
Studio Lighting - Tom Kaniff, Bernie Klein
Portions of this broadcast were recorded
(No kidding!?)

"Susan [Anderson] would not want to be anyone else, but would Susan B. Anthony?"

This did not air anywhere in this form, but selected segments that were live originally aired on local Chicago TV during the 1978-1979 time period.

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