Here's the complete broadcast of a Summer repeat of a pilot movie for the very short-lived TV series "Future Cop" as aired on the ABC Monday Night Movie over WLS Channel 7.
This pilot film - which was first broadcast on May 1st 1976, and served as the basis for a TV show which ran for five episodes, aired between March 5th 1977 and April 30th 1977 - starred Ernest Borgnine (McHale's Navy, Airwolf) as a veteran cop, Officer Joe Cleaver, paired with a robot - er, "bio-synthetic android" named Haven (Michael Shannon). Also co-starred John Amos (for this he left Good Times?).
Note: We also have the complete broadcast of the regular series finale of Future Cop, which you can see here: [ Ссылка ]
(This was not the only case of a cop and robot partner show on the network that season - anyone remember Holmes & Yoyo?)
Includes:
"Spinning 7" station ID, with PSA for Adoption Information Service (voiceover by Al Parker?)
Show open, with preview of film (title shown on lower-third as "The Future Cop") (voiceover by Joel Crager)
Commercials for:
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Excedrin
Cool-Ray polarized sunglasses
Listermint mouthwash
Film segment 1 (featuring opening credits)
Commercials for:
Breck shampoo
Fritos brand corn chips
Post Raisin Bran
New Instant Maxwell House coffee
Film segment 2
Commercials for:
Opel Isuzu - At your Buick Opel dealer (long before Joe Isuzu came into the picture, lying through his teeth)
Pepto-Bismol
Promo for ABC News convention coverage (Political Spirit '76) - with Howard K. Smith
Promo for Hot Seat (short-lived game show)
ABC network ID (with station ID on lower-third)
Film segment 3
Commercials for:
Lemon Freshened Borax Fab (tape change resulted the recording cutting in about 10 seconds late during this ad)
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Bic butane lighter
Bumper (voiceover by Joel Crager)
Promo for 1976 All-Star Game (voiceover by ??)
Commercials for:
Trailways Travel Sale - ½ Airfare through August 4th 1976 (with Claude Akins)
Promo for Eyewitness News with Fahey Flynn (voiceover by ??) (audio futzed with to avoid potential YouTube copyright blockage)
What would be station ID with Joel Daly promoting upcoming Democratic National Convention - if you could hear him, that is (some sort of audio technical difficulty)
Film segment 4
Commercials for:
Betty Crocker Au Gratin potatoes - part of "The Plain-Meat Potatoes"
Diet Pepsi
Promo for Political Spirit '76 coverage of Democratic National Convention
Promo for The Movies on ABC (voiceover by Ernie Anderson) - preview for "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid"
Film segment 5 (with closing credits - and mid-1970's Paramount Television bumper at end)
Commercials for:
Volkswagen Rabbit
Cycle 3 dog food
Life Savers roll candy - "A Part of Living"
PSA for Post Office "Change of Address Kit" (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Ending ABC Monday Night Movie title sequence
Promo for 1976 Summer Olympic Games (main voiceover by Dan Ingram)
Incomplete promo for 1976 All-Star Game (recording ends just as promo starts)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, July 12th 1976 during the 7:00pm to 8:28pm timeframe.
This footage was donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The Mike and Britta Fayette 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: tapes@fuzzy.tv 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 tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
