ABC Network - Barbary Coast - "Funny Money" - WCVB Channel 5 (Complete Broadcast, 9/8/1975) 📺

Here's the complete broadcast of a first-run showing of the series premiere of Barbary Coast, "Funny Money" (S01E01), as aired on the ABC Network over its Boston affiliate from the point of its 1972 sign-on, WCVB Channel 5. (this first episode followed a movie-length series pilot which aired on 5/4/75)

The short-lived series spotlighted the exploits of Wild West-era agents Jeff Cable (William Shatner, in his first regular U.S. TV series since Star Trek) and Cash Conover (Doug McClure - who you may remember from such shows as The Virginian, The Men from Shiloh and Search) in late 19th-century San Francisco; one of the other co-stars, as bouncer Moose Moran, was memorable Bond villain Richard Kiel; and the guests in this episode are Pat Hingle and Kathleen Cody.

A little bonus will follow at the end.

(Modification Notice: This original recording was missing the first 17 seconds or so of the opening credits, so this was copied from another source, along with an added-in station ID/promo to lead us off.)

Includes:

Station ID / promo for Good Morning [copied from later in the recording]

Series opening title sequence, followed immediately by Act I (with guest list, creator, and writing/directing credits)

Commercials for:
Anacin Fast Pain Relief - "Motor Home"
Primatene Mist and Primatene Tablets - for asthma relief

Act II

Commercials for:
Krylon Spray Paint by Borden
Texas Instruments TI-1200 and TI-1250 pocket calculators - "A Better Way Keeps Getting Better" (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/PG_V39VMmIc)

Animated ABC ID (with WCVB on-screen ID)

Act III

Commercials for:
STP Oil Treatment (with Jan Smithers of WKRP fame as the girl in the car at the beginning and Suzanne Somers as the blonde running in the STP t-shirt) (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/R1nyRs7nqgE)
Extra Strength Efferdent Denture Cleanser and Extra Strength Effergrip Denture Adhesive - "Pearls in Cherry Preserves"

Local promo for Space: 1999 (premiering September 9th at 8pm on 5) - "This Fall Discover Us!"

Show bumper (voiceover by Hank Simms)

Brief network Happy Days promo slide, interrupted by local Happy Days promo slide (airs Tuesdays at 7:30pm)

Commercials for:
Jordan Marsh Warehouse Sale Center - at Squantum (Quincy)
HFC (Household Finance Corporation) (short animated ad)

Station ID / Space: 1999 promo
Station ID slide (with "This Fall Discover Us" slogan)

Episode Act IV

Commercials for:
Dodge / Chrysler / Plymouth "Clean Up" (with Joe Garagiola)
Wild Cherry Life Savers - "Johnny at his Uncle's Wedding" - "a part of living."

Episode Act V

Commercials for:
Clairol Herbal Essence shampoo animated commercial - "A Garden of Earthly Delights" - "Your hair will get very excited!"
Final Net non-aerosol hair spray by Clairol - with harried mom at an amusement park - "Holds up longer than you do."(is that actress Catherine Hicks playing the Mom?)

Episode epilogue

Commercials for:
Fig Newtons (with "Big Fig" [James Harder] doing "The Fig Newton Dance") (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/QkmS9tLgjDA )
Piels Real Draft beer (with the voices of famous comedy duo Bob & Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding) as Bert and Harry Piel) - "You can't beat the fresh creamy taste." (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/uVM_Ithbj9Y)

Preview of next episode (introductory voiceover by Hank Simms)

Promo for The Rookies - moving to Tuesdays at 9pm (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Gilbert Hodges)

Ending credits (with voiceover promo for NCAA College Football and The Muhammad Ali Variety Special by Gilbert Hodges)

ABC ID slide (local voiceover)

Local promo for Happy Days and Space: 1999

Local promo for The Bobby Vinton Show with guest Ted Knight

PSA for National Trust for Historical Preservation - "The Conrad House in Winchester, Virginia"

Commercial: Sunshine Cheez-It crackers - "It's Got it" (with actor Edward Winter, best known for playing Colonel Flagg on M*A*S*H and actress Linda Gray, best known for playing Sue Ellen Ewing on the series Dallas) (posted separately here: https://youtu.be/HbApcYlD-bo)

Station ID / promo for Good Morning

Bonus: First 21 seconds of opening of NCAA College Football (Missouri Tigers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide) before recording ends

This aired on local Boston TV on Monday, September 8th 1975 during the 8:00pm to 9:00pm (Eastern) timeframe.

This footage was donated to The Museum of Classic Chicago Television as part of The Steve Albert Collection.

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