Here's a "complete-ish" broadcast [composite] of a complete first-run episode of A Man Called Sloane, "Samurai" (S01E08) as aired over WMAQ Channel 5.

Note: The first 39 minutes of this clip are from our superior-quality original broadcast airing recording with commercials - unfortunately this tape ran out and so in order to see the remainder of the episode, we had to edit in the last 20 minutes from the best copy available - which isn't saying much since the quality is terrible (and had the ads cut out). If anyone has a better quality copy of this episode let us know and I'll redo this composite (e-mail: [email protected]).

In this episode of the short-lived series starring Robert Conrad, a politician's daughter is kidnapped by a martial arts expert.

Includes:

Station ID with 'Peacock N' / PSA for Chicago Crime Commission (voiceover by Ed Grennan)

Animated NBC bumper (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Episode preview and show opening titles (a QM production - but no Hank Simms voiceover)

Commercials for:
Timex watches - featuring Henny Youngman, Estelle Harris and others (voiceover by Mason Adams)
Bayer aspirin

Episode Act I (with title, guest list and writing/producing/directing credits at start)

Commercials for:
Aqua-Fresh toothpaste with gel
1980 Dodge B100 van (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
(18:25) - Timex watches (with Cindy Knittle of Riverdale, IL) (ending voiceover by John Cameron Swayze)
Promo for Disney's Wonderful World and "Smokey and the Bandit" on the Sunday Big Event (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Episode Act II

Commercials for:
Pepsi (with a kid and a horse)
Timex watches (with Jim McKay)

Sponsor billboard for Timex (voiceover by Arthur Gary)

Bumper

Promos for Little House on the Prairie and The Best of Saturday Night Live (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Commercial: Pizza Hut - Sicilian Pan Pizza

Station ID / promo for NewsCenter5 at 10pm with Linda Yu

Episode Act III (NOTE: at 38:59 comes a switch from one tape source to another - sorry in advance!), followed by Act IV (with commercial breaks cut out of recording from here on in)

Ending credits (with voiceover promo for next week's Sloane episode, followed by repeat of Saturday Night Live with Jack Burns and Santana [S02E17], by Casey Kasem), followed by "newer" animated QM Productions logo

This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, November 24th 1979 during the 9:00pm to 10:00pm timeframe.

This (the first 39 minutes) was from a tape donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The George Jen 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!