NBC Network -The Misdaventures of Sheriff Lobo -"First to Finish.." (Complete Broadcast, 1/8/1980) 📺

Here's the (mostly) complete broadcast (except for the show preview, opening titles, and part of the first commercial break) of a first-run airing of an episode of The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, "First to Finish, Last to Show" (S01E11), as presented over NBC affiliate WMC Channel 5 in Memphis, TN.

Interesting note: Universal offered in syndication episodes of "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" in two forms, the original hour version and a cut down half hour version. Our local WPWR Channel 60 aired both versions(!)

In this edition, Lobo (Claude Akins) and his deputies stumble upon a con scheme and murder plot involving a winning racehorse that's being put to stud (the intended victim), its crooked owner, and a veterinarian. Guest starring John Anderson, Jack Ging, John Myhers and Eric Server.

A short bonus will follow.

Includes:

Commercials for:
Purina Dog Chow (joined in progress) - "He's a Dog Chow Dog"
Chevy Chevette

Act I

Commercials for:
Betty Crocker Mug-o-Lunch
Plush dry carpet cleaner
Airwick Fragrance Free Stick-Ups for refrigerators (voiceover by Dan Ingram)
Promo for "Power" (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Act II

Commercials for:
Anacin Fast Pain Relief
Phillips 66 Petroleum (with Oklahoma City-based paving company president Pete Wert)

Bumper

Promo for Real People and Diff'rent Strokes, then another for CHiPs and BJ & the Bear (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Commercial: Leader Federal Bank

Station ID / Action News promo (with Jack Eaton)

Sponsor billboard for Dry Formula Secret anti-perspirant (voiceover by Arthur Gary)

Act III

Commercials for:
Dry Formula Secret anti-perspirant
Extra Action Tide detergent - "Could You Write a Television Commercial?" (with Mrs. Jane Frobose of Scottsdale, AZ)
Promo for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Quincy and The Rockford Files, then for A Tribute to the 15th Annual Jukebox Awards (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Act IV

Commercials for:
Tang Instant Breakfast Drink (with Florence Henderson at a PTA breakfast)
Sears - Savings on Sears Homestead beds and furniture
Promo for "That Darn Cat!" on Disney's Wonderful World and "Doctor Franken" (voiceover by Casey Kasem)

Ending credits (with voiceover promo for next week's Lobo and A Tribute to the 15th Annual Jukebox Awards by Casey Kasem)

NBC News Update with Rebecca Sobel (voiceover by ??), with items:

President Carter orders 17 Soviet diplomats back to Moscow, Aeroflot ordered to cut back amount of flights to U.S., and Coast Guard cutters enforce new Soviet fishing limit

Soviet occupation of Afghanistan continues, with mass murders of Afghan rebels

Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia given OK to open test-tube baby clinic

Former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas seriously ill with pneumonia

Commercial: Michelob Light (voiceover by John Forsythe)

Promo for "Two-Minute Warning" (after Shirley; voiceover by Casey Kasem) (note: "Two Minute Warning" is apparently the reedited version of the film with the added art museum heist plotline).

Commercials for:

McDonald's Star Trek Meal (with voiceover by Gary Owens, translating for a Klingon) (posted separately here:    • McDonald's - Star Trek Meal - "Klingon Tra...  )

Wal-Mart - January Clearance Sale (posted separately here:    • Wal-Mart - "January Clearance Sale" (Comme...  )

Station ID / Action News promo (with Mason Granger, whose forehead grows like the mighty oak)

Bonus: First two minutes of a special, A Tribute to the 15th Annual Jukebox Awards (featuring the most popular records of 1979) from the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, NV, hosted by Mac Davis and George Segal, with performances by Frankie Avalon, The Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band, Blondie, Teresa Brewer, Glen Campbell, Chubby Checker, Judy Collins, the Commodores, Roberta Flack, Crystal Gayle, The Kingston Trio, Melissa Manchester, Henry Mancini, Barbara Mandrell, Paul McCartney & Wings, Marilyn Michaels, The Modernaires, Anne Murray, The Oak Ridge Boys, Peaches & Herb, Johnnie Ray, Jimmie Rodgers, Kenny Rogers, Kay Starr, Tanya Tucker and Bobby Vinton (recording ends just as Mac is about to start)

This aired on local Memphis TV on Tuesday, January 8th 1980 during the 7:03pm to 8:02pm timeframe.
 
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