The ABC Sunday Night Movie - "The Stepford Wives" (Complete Broadcast, 10/24/1976) ???? ???? - Video

Here's the complete broadcast of The ABC Sunday Night Movie presentation of the 1975 movie "The Stepford Wives" as telecast over WLS Channel 7.

In this spooky horror/sci flick (based on the novel by Ira Levin), Katharine Ross stars as a housewife and photographer who moves to Stepford, CT, and, along the way, finds a sinister motive behind the "perfect" behavior of the other wives in the town. Also starring Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson (whose daughter, Mary Stuart Masterson, made her film debut as Ms. Ross' daughter) and Nanette Newman, and also starring Tina Louise, Carol Rossen, William Prince and Patrick O'Neal.

(Parts of some breaks were cut out of the recording.)

All movie show voiceovers by Joel Crager.

A bonus will follow.

Includes:

"Zooming 7" ID / promo for "Reflection of Fear"

Show open (station delayed in joining it), with preview of film

Commercials for:
Dodge Monaco (with Louis Jourdan) - "Merci"
Alka-Seltzer
Miss Clairol (with a young Erin Gray)
Final Net hair spray - "A Mist, Not a Cloud"

Segment 1

Commercials for:
Ford Cars (with Bill Cosby - whose Cos show aired on Sundays in this period)
Budweiser - "Beer Talk" (voiceover by Ed McMahon)
Colgate toothpaste (featuring Bob McGrath of Sesame Street)
Dynamo laundry detergent - "Better Than Tide" (featuring Pat Hansen) (voiceover by Jerry Damon?)

Promo for Rona (Barrett) Looks at Carol Burnett, Valerie Harper, Sally Struthers and Nancy Walker (voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Commercial: Your Chicagoland Solid Men of Olds

"Zooming 7" animated ID

Segment 2

Commercials for:
Gillette Right Guard Anti-Perspirant (Posted separately here: https://youtu.be/LZ5eeycSVX4)
Gillette Cricket disposable lighter, with 25 cents off on Sylvania Flashcubes and Magicubes
Promo for Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (main voiceover by Dick Tufeld) (ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys)
Promo for The Captain & Tennille (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Allan Jeffreys)

ABC animated ID

Segment 3

Commercials for:
General Motors - "Full-Size Cars for 1977"
Pontiac (cut)
Heinz Ketchup - "Anticipation" (voiceover by Casey Kasem) (beginning cut off)

Eyewitness News preview (with Jay Levine)

WLS ID / promo for "Reflection of Fear"

Segment 4

Commercials for:
Great Lash Mascara - by Maybelline
1977 Mercury Marquis
Campbell's new Meatball Alphabet and Chicken Alphabet soup
Phillips Petroleum

Promo for "Live and Let Die" (voiceover by Joel Crager)

Segment 5

Commercials for:
Pontiac Bonneville - "The Mark of Great Cars"
Chicken of the Sea Tuna Fish
Listerine mouthwash (voiceover by Peter Thomas)
Sinutab

Bumper

Promo for "21 Hours at Munich" (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Commercials for:
WLS Musicradio 89 ("Superstar" Bob Sirott and "Superjock" Larry Lujack)
Eyewitness News - "Suggestion Box" (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/uUfJpLlyqaQ)

"Zooming 7" ID / Eyewitness News promo

Segment 6

Commercials for:
Adorn Self-Styling Hair Spray
Non-alkaline Earth Born Shampoo (with beauty consultant Suzanne Leamer)
Promo for Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (main voiceover by Dick Tufeld) (ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys)
Promo for The Don Ho Show (main voiceover by Dick Tufeld) (ending voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Segment 7

Incomplete Doritos ad with Avery Schreiber (cut)

Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion

Promo for Rona (Barrett) Looks at Carol Burnett, Valerie Harper, Sally Struthers and Nancy Walker (voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Promo for The 3:30 Movie "Trick or Treat Week"

Political ad for Jimmy Carter for President

Alternate Eyewitness News "Suggestion Box" ad

"Zooming 7" ID / promo for Hollywood Squares

Segment 8

Commercials for:
Aim Toothpaste
Sucrets sore throat lozenges
Promo for The Captain & Tennille and The Don Ho Show (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Allan Jeffreys)

Film ending credits, followed by show ending titles

Political ad for Michael J. Bakalis for State Comptroller

PSA for United Way

Promo for ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner & Barbara Walters

Long-form political ad for Gerald R. Ford for President

ABC ID (voiceover by Allan Jefferys)

Preview of coming Eyewitness News with Nancy Becker, Jay Levine and Mike Nolan

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, October 24th 1976 during the 8:00pm to 10:23pm timeframe.

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