The ABC Summer Movie - "Make Me an Offer" - WLS-TV (Complete Broadcast, 7/1/1981) 📺

Here's a complete broadcast from the short-lived ABC Summer Movie, one of the last to feature opening graphics dating back to 1975 before the fall overhaul - a repeat of a made-for-TV movie, "Make Me an Offer" (first broadcast on January 11th 1980), as aired over WLS Channel 7.

This starred Susan Blakely and featured Patrick O'Neal, John Rubinstein, Edie Adams and Stella Stevens. (note: a few of the commercials had to be partially edited out here and posted separately, as noted below)

All show voiceovers are by Joel Crager.

Includes:

Recording coming in as opening titles are underway, followed by preview of movie

Commercials for:

Bell System (two women recount early driving escapades)

Mountain Dew soft drink

For Faces Only by Coppertone

Trident sugarless gum (with Peggy Fleming)

Film segment 1

Commercials for:

Eveready Energizer

Close-Up Toothpaste

Mazda B2000 pickup truck

Kibbles 'n Bits dog food - from Ken-L Ration

Promos for Mork & Mindy and Bosom Buddies for Thursday (ending voiceover by Barbara Korsen)

Bumper

Promo for "The Black Bird" for Sunday

Commercial: Red Lobster

Station ID / Eyewitness News at 10pm promo (with Diane Allen)

Bumper

Film segment 2

Commercials for:

Minute Maid Lemonade Crystals (mostly removed to avoid YouTube blocking - full ad posted separately here:    • Minute Maid Lemonade Crystals (Commercial,...  )

Nair hair remover (mostly removed to avoid YouTube blocking - full ad posted separately here:    • Nair Lotion Hair Remover with Baby Oil (Co...  )

Promo for Barney Miller, Taxi and 20/20 for Thursday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)
Promo for World News Tonight (voiceover by Fred Collins?)

ABC animated ID with station lower-third

Film segment 3

Commercials for:

Wrigley's Spearmint gum

Tylenol (with headache sufferer Dan Rainey) (voiceover by Joel Crager)

Toyota Corolla Tercel front wheel drive

Irish Spring deodorant soap

Bumper

ABC ID (voiceover by Barbara Korsen)

Commercials for:

Fujicolor film - at Triangle Camera (ending voiceover by Janice Gears Kos)

Sunkist orange soda

Station ID / Eyewitness News at 10pm promo (with Diane Allen)

Bumper

Film segment 4

Commercials for:

Canada Dry club soda (with Louis Jourdan)

Cover Girl Marathon Mascara (with Cindy Harrell)

Sears sale on tires (expires August 1st) and DieHard batteries (expires July 11th)

Little Friskies Chef's Blend

Promo for Eyewitness Newsmagazine for 4:30pm

(followed by short snippet of end of promo for Benson, I'm a Big Girl Now and "Obsession")

Film segment 5

Commercials for:

"For Your Eyes Only" theatrical trailer

Duracell batteries (mostly removed to avoid YouTube blocking - full ad posted separately here:    • Duracell - "2-Year-Old Batteries" (Commerc...  )

Bic shavers (with Lyle Alzado, Greg Luzinski, L.C. Greenwood, Jack Reynolds, D.D. Lewis and Fred Dryer) (voiceover by Marv Albert)

70-calorie Olympia Gold beer

Bumper

Promo for ABC News Nightline (voiceover by Fred Collins?)

Commercial: Kmart White Sale

Eyewitness News Brief with Diane Allen (opening voiceover by Janice Gears Kos)

Commercial: John M. Smyth Homemakers (with Shelley Long)

Bumper

Film segment 6

Commercials for:

Dry Idea roll-on anti-perspirant

Toni Silkwave - "The Personal Perms"

Promo for Barney Miller, Taxi and 20/20 for Thursday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Promo for "White Line Fever" for next Wednesday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Film segment 7

Commercials for:

"Stripes" theatrical trailer

Dr Pepper (with David Naughton)

Simoniz SuperPoly

9 Lives Dry Cat Food (with Sylvester the Cat)

Film end credits (with voiceover promos for Mork & Mindy, Bosom Buddies, "The Black Bird" and ABC News Nightline by Barbara Korsen)

Ending show titles (recording ends during ABC Summer Movie bumper)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, July 1st 1981 during the 8:00pm to 10:00pm timeframe.

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