WGN Channel 9 - Ray Rayner and His Friends (Nearly Complete Broadcast, 11/5/1979) 📺

Amazing find! Here's an (almost) complete edition of The Ray Rayner Show (a.k.a. Ray Rayner and His Friends) on WGN Channel 9 (only about the first 40 seconds of the show were cut off).
Tape comes in with Ray (wearing a 'Slippery Rock' shirt) opening show and giving Bears-Lions football score (Chicago won 35-7), then weather forecast, before launching jellybean contest on how many there are in a glass house, and promising different prizes (a T shirt and do-it-yourself project) for winners (deadline for submitting postcards is Sunday, November 11th)
Cartoon (starts at 7:03am): Rookie Revue (1941) (this and all other cartoons shown are pre-1948 Warner Bros. cartoons, shown in somewhat faded 16mm glory)
"We'll be right back" bumper
Commercial: Bop Bop 'n Rebop from Hasbro (voiceover by Dan Ingram)
Commercial: Candi doll for hair coloring from Mego
Two commercials for Battlestar Galactica collection from Mattel: Cylon Raider and Colonial Viper, followed by Cylon Raider, Colonial Scarab and Colonial Stellar Probe
"Back to the show" bumper
Ray speaks on phone with Roger Triemstra about weather forecast, then gives football and hockey scores and shows Bears tape highlights, then does date check and goes back to jellybean counting contest pitch, showing various prizes one can win
"We'll return..." bumper
Commercial: Wheelie Speed Burner racers from Mego
Commercial: Hornetroid and Terraphant from world of Micronauts from Mego
Commercial: Fashion Plates from Tomy
"Now we return..." bumper and 7:21am timecheck, followed by "Ark in the Park" segment from Lincoln Park Zoo with director Dr. Lester Fisher
Back at studio, 7:26am timecheck and Ray giving another weather forecast and sports scores
"We'll be right back..." bumper
Commercial: Battlestar Galactica collection from Mattel - Viper Launch Station
Commercial: Big Wheel Rally Cycle from Marx
"And now back to the show" bumper
Cartoon: Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
7:35am timecheck, followed by Ray's weather and another plug for jellybean contest and what prizes one could win
"We'll return..." bumper
Commercial: Li'l Sport Basketball from Ohio Art
Commercial: My Friend Snoopy from Hasbro's Romper Room
Commercial: Zap Zap Racetrack from Hasbro's Romper Room
"Now we return..." bumper and 7:39am timecheck, followed by "TV Powww!" game with Scott Vedder, 11, of Winthrop Harbor, IL (on other end of phone) as contestant, with prizes Paint by Numbers of superheroes and Monopoly game
Commercial: Talking Mork from Ork dolls from Mattel (posted separately here: • Mattel - Mork & Mindy ... )
Commercial: Alphatron, Betatron and Amatron figures from Mego's Micronaut collection
Commercial: Service Merchandise
Commercial: Spider-Man and Incredible Hulk from Mego's Elastic Superhero collection
8:43am timecheck (with "TV Powww!" bumper) and next contestant, Michele Casera(?), 9, of La Grange Park; after game is over, Ray lists more prizes for winners
Cartoon: Foney Fables (1942)
"We'll be right back" bumper
Commercial: Lite Brite from Hasbro
Commercial: Squirt Squirt Squirt the Animals from Hasbro's Romper Room
Commercial: Slik Silver game from Mego
Commercial: Dispensa's Castle of Toys (ending voiceover by Bob Bell) (posted separately here: • Dispensa's Castle Of T... )
"And now back to the show" bumper
Cartoon: Acrobatty Bunny (1946) (joined in progress)
Ray comes back to jellybean contest and prizes to win from it, then reads community notices before ending show
End credits:
Ray Rayner and His Friends
Musical Director - Don Orlando
Assistant Director - Barbara Shikami
Executive Producer - Ray Rayner
Directed by Bill Hartmann
The prizes awarded on this show were furnished in consideration for the promotional value of the prizes.
Ray Rayner and His Friends - (C) 1979 WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.
Commercial: Toys 'R' Us
Promo for Bozo's Circus for 12 noon
Animated WGN 'Last Farewell' Station ID (voiceover with timecheck by Bob Bell)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, November 5th 1979 during the 7:00am to 8:00am timeframe.
This footage was donated to the MCCTv as part of the Duane Kucera Collection.
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