WLVI Channel 56 - Get Smart (Commercial Breaks, 1975)

Here's a neat rarity! The commercial breaks from a 1975 airing of Get Smart on WLVI Channel 56 in Cambridge/Boston, MA - which was a sister station to Chicago's own WFLD Channel 32. (and one of the Kaiser Broadcasting / Field Communications stations) (I wish this recording was from WFLD, but it's still cool to see and we're glad to present it to all our FuzzyFriends in the Boston area!) And what great kids commercials!

The episode shown on this day and time was "Dear Diary" (S01E21, originally broadcast on the NBC Network - and thus transmitted in Chicago via WMAQ Channel 5 - on February 12th 1966)

The complete episode was recorded but unfortunately it cannot be shared here due to YouTube restrictions, so this is the next best thing.

Includes:

(partial) Station ID / promo for "Citizen Kane" on the "Great American Picture Show" Movie at 8 (voiceover by Dale Dorman) (throughout, WLVI's Kaiser-era 56 logo is shown here)

Brief snippets of opening segment and main titles

Commercials for:

Huffy Thunder Road bicycles ("Some Assembly Required") (at Playmart and Caldor)

Putt-Putt Railroad - from Mattel (1972 Copyright)

McDonald's - "Cheeseburger Bowl" (1975 Copyright)

Snippets of episode Segment 2

Commercials for:

Big Jim's P.A.C.K. action figures - from Mattel (1975 Copyright)

Promo for Sunday Movie at Noon presentation of "War Gods of the Deep" (voiceover by Dale Dorman) [movie portion had to be removed to prevent YouTube blocking]

Tank Command strategic military board game - from Ideal - "War is Hell" (1975 Copyright)

Snippets of episode Segment 3

Commercials for:

Hot Wheels Thundershift 500 - from Mattel (1974 copyright; about half of the ad was removed to prevent copyright block - posted in its entirety here, separately:    • Thundershift 500 by Mattel (Commercia...  )

McDonald's - "Cheeseburger Bowl" (repeat)

Twirly Twerp - Twerpy the Twirling Twerp (available at Almy's)

VertiBird Air Police remote control helicopter and car set - from Mattel (1973 Copyright)

Snippets of episode finale and closing credits (with voiceover promo for the Movie at Noon by WLVI's equivalent to Dr. Don Rose - Dale Dorman)

Commercial: The Sunshine Family Van - from Mattel (1974 Copyright)

Station ID / promo for "Citizen Kane" on the "Great American Picture Show" Movie at 8 (same as before but this time complete) (voiceover by Dale Dorman)

This aired on local Boston TV on Sunday, November 16th 1975 during the 11:30am to 12:00pm (Eastern time) timeframe.

This footage was donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The Steve Albert Collection.

About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:

The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: [email protected] Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail [email protected] Thank you for your help!