WGN Channel 9 - The Ray Rayner Show - "Addison Trail Boys Gymnastics Team" (Excerpts, 7/23/1980)

Here are (the only surviving) excerpts from an edition of The Ray Rayner Show on WGN Channel 9, broadcast from a park (behind Addison Street, and Lane Tech High School and its stadium).

Includes:

(mostly complete) Opening titles

Ray opening show outside, previewing appearance by Addison Trail Boys Gymnastics team and other highlights to come including Lake County Fair opening, weather and time, and explaining where he is, before the team begin their routines (over 4 minutes) set to music; after which he segues at 7:07am to . . .

Superman cartoon, "Seeds of Disaster" (original airdate December 31st 1966)

Time check at 7:13am, followed by bumper (voiceover by Bob Bell)

Commercial: Nature's Theme Park at Wisconsin Dells

Commercial: Fashion Candi doll from Mego (voiceover by Wendell Craig?)

Return bumper (voiceover by Bob Bell)

Time check at 7:14am, followed by Ray's birthday wishes and joke history lessons, weather forecast, baseball scores and video clips of Cubs and Sox games, before he previews coming guest

Bumper (voiceover by Bob Bell)

PSA for Keep America Beautiful campaign (cleaning campaigns in many cities)

Return bumper (voiceover by Bob Bell)

Time check at 7:19am, followed by Ray speaking with members of Addison Trail Boys' Gymnastics team which won a championship on June 6th; he interviews (in order) Joe Rekier(?), Paul Ashipeau(?), Ken Roper, John Lorman(?), John Arias(?), Jeff Mills(?), Craig Amerlan, Mike Mark, Tim Mills, Mike Amerlan, Lance Page, Bob Beller(?), Mike Harrast, Brian Garber, Neil Palmer (today president and boys' program director of Palmer's Gymnastics), Rob Brown (?), and coach Fred Dennis; after which Ray speaks with two little girls with Fred, his daughter Leticia Dennis (7) and her friend Alicia Zabert(?)

Bumper (voiceover by Bob Bell)

Commercial: Mid-Continent Railway Museum at North Freedom / Wisconsin

Promo for The Bozo Show with Bozo and Ray (moving to 8:00am starting August 11th)

Return bumper (voiceover by Bob Bell)

Bugs Bunny cartoon, "The Wabbit Who Came to Supper" (1942)

Time check at 7:32am, after which Ray starts interviewing 1979 Lake County Fair queen Vicki Cawthon, who crowns the new queen at 8:00pm this evening, and explains to Ray the fair's itinerary through Sunday the 25th (tape cuts out in middle of interview)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 23rd 1980 during the 7:00am to 7:33am timeframe.

This was from a tape donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television by Mike Amerlan. (Thanks, Mike!)

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