Here's a mostly complete broadcast (except for the first few seconds of the opening titles missing) of an episode of The Harvey Korman Show, "The One Where There's a Holdup," as aired on the ABC Network via Chicago's own WLS Channel 7; followed by the first few minutes of another obscure, short-lived series - Julie Farr, M.D. (formerly known as Having Babies) (episode: "Careers," with Ralph Bellamy as an aging doctor who refuses to retire despite age-based diminution and erosion of his surgical skills).

This was the program for which Mr. Korman left The Carol Burnett Show after 10 years; the episode title was a forerunner to the kind used in episodes of the 1994-2004 sitcom Friends. His co-stars were Christine Lahti (later of shows like Chicago Hope) and Barry Van Dyke (Dick's son); the guests on this episode were Mark Lonow and Allan Arbus. Story editor was the late Garry Shandling, years before he "made it big"; a few Burnett-connected individuals, such as theme writers Ken and Mitzie Welch and musical director Peter Matz, were involved in this short-lived series as well.

Includes:

Opening title sequence (already in progress; Korman himself sang the theme)

Recording cuts to Act I (the first commercial break was edited out at time of recording)

Commercials for:

Maybelline Eye Color Styler-Pencil - "Eye Writing Is Here"

Listermint mouthwash - "Get Together With Something Better"

Promo for ABC News Closeup (about Army readiness) for Thursday, and Julie Farr, M.D. for tonight (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Animated ABC ID with lower-third station ID

Episode Act II

Commercials for:

Budweiser (sung by Lou Rawls) - "Welcome Home"

Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls

Episode epilogue and closing credits (with voiceover promo for Welcome Back, Kotter, What's Happening?!, Barney Miller, A.E.S. Hudson Street and Julie Farr, M.D. by Wally Parker)

ABC News Brief with Dave Marash (formerly of WCBS Channel 2 in New York) (opening voiceover by Gilbert Hodges), with headlines:

- Senate passes second Panama Canal treaty (by same margin as when they passed first treaty), with reactions from President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Trujillos

- Supreme Court rejects request to market copies of Nixon Watergate tapes

Commercial: Ford Fiesta

More news:

- Italian police still searching for body of Aldo Moro

Promo for Eight Is Enough, Charlie's Angels and Starsky & Hutch for Wednesday (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Wally Parker)

Commercial: Ford Thunderbird - with Dick Butkus at Chicago plant

Station ID / John Drury promo of 10pm Eyewitness News (a twister in Northern and Southwestern suburbs)

Episode preview and show opening titles for Julie Farr, M.D.

Julie Farr, M.D. starred Susan Sullivan as the title character, a doctor at a busy hospital who tended to either expectant mothers or new parents; among her co-workers were Dr. Blake Simmons (Mitchell Ryan) and his protege Dr. Ron Danvers (Dennis Howard). The show was plagued by poor ratings and equally poor reviews (one of which called it "one of the finer comedies of the season," whereas this was supposed to be a drama), and was cancelled in the middle of the airing of this episode; three unaired episodes were snuck in to the schedule in the next year. (Its failure is believed to have set back any possibility of a medical show with a female lead by several years.) Ms. Sullivan herself would have to wait a few years to achieve name recognition, until a new nighttime soap called Falcon Crest took to the air and ran from 1981 to 1989; she would later work again with her Julie Farr, M.D. co-star Mitchell Ryan in the 1997-2002 sitcom Dharma & Greg.

Commercials for:

New Undie-L'eggs

Kellogg's Special K cereal - "Good for You"

First minute of Act I of "Careers" episode, listing special guests in alphabetical order, followed by producing, writing and directing credits, before recording ends

This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, April 18th 1978 during the 8:30pm to 9:04pm timeframe.

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