Donahue - "Mid-Life Crisis" - WGN-TV (Last 10 Minutes of Show, 5/28/1980)

Here's the last 10 minutes of an edition of Donahue on WGN Channel 9, with Michael E. McGill, Ph.D. and two others (only identified at the end as Mr. Graves and Mr. Washington) as guests on the topic of mid-life crisis in men.

(TECHNICAL NOTE: Look every so often for RCA TK-45A cameras with WGN brandings on the sides, in the background.)

Includes:

Back and forth among guests, audience and Phil on such topics as fishing in Florida, advice for men suffering from mid-life crisis, and how such crisis is aggravated from women going to work

Commercial: Great Little Desserts

Commercial: Diet Rite Cola

Commercial: Eastern Onion Singing Telegrams (ending voiceover by Merri Dee)

Commercial: La-Z-Boy Showcase Shoppes - Discovery Days

Slide showing where to send for Donahue transcripts (voiceover by ??)

Question from one audience member on how men could be persuaded to "pour their hearts out" to women, and another woman whose husband works but she's the foundation; another asks about fathers with older children when the theme comes up signaling the end of another show; Phil plugs "The 40-to-60-Year-Old Male" by one of the guests, Michael E. McGill, Ph.D., and thanks the other guests, Mr. Graves and Mr. Washington.

Ending credits (with Phil Donahue voiceover previewing next show, about battered wives and what to do about it):

Phil Donahue's Wardrobe by Botany 500
Hotel Accommodations Furnished by Hyatt Regency O'Hare (with phone number)
Executive Producer - Richard Mincer
Senior Producer - Patricia McMillen
Director - Dick Flanders
Producer - Darlene Hayes-Tharpe
Producer - Sheri Singer
Produced through the Facilities of WGN Continental Broadcasting Corporation

Promotional plugs for 1980 Ford Mustang and True Value Hardware Stores (voiceover by ??)

Donahue
Distributed by Multimedia Program Productions, Inc., Cincinnati Ohio

Commercial: Pearle Vision Center (Grand Opening at Lombard, 224 W. Roosevelt Road)

Commercial: Prescribed Skin Care by Charles of the Ritz

Commercial: Dean Foods Country Charm Ice Cream

Commercial: Foster Grant Sunglasses - on sale at Woolco & Woolworth (sale ends June 18th)

WGN 'Last Farewell' ID (voiceover by Merri Dee)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 28th 1980 during the 11:50am to 12:00pm timeframe.

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