ABC Network - The Donna Summer Special - WLS Channel 7 (Complete Broadcast, 1/27/1980) 📺 ♫

Here's the complete airing of The Donna Summer Special, as aired on the ABC Network via its Chicago outlet WLS Channel 7. Joining the Queen of Disco are Robert Guillaume, "bad girls" Debralee Scott, Pat Ast and Twiggy, and Donna's daughter Mimi; such studio segments are interspersed with footage of a concert she gave at the Hollywood Bowl.

Includes:

Animated 1979-80 ABC ID [added to give more of an "opening" to the recording]

Opening, with Donna going on about her early days, then segueing into "Dim All the Lights" and "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It," followed by lineup of guests for this show

Commercials for:

Maybelline - "Face Writing Is Here" (plus offer for Rodeo Lip Colors)

Aqua-Fresh toothpaste

Segment with Donna and daughter, who performs a number, followed by "On the Radio" [note: about 45 seconds of the song starting at 14:11 had to be removed to prevent YouTube blocking]

Commercials for:

1980 Mazda 626 - "The More You Look, The More You Like"

Wendy's Chili

Promo for "An Unmarried Woman" for Friday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Animated ABC ID (hey, where's the lower third station ID?)

In Segment 3, Donna in concert performs "Hot Stuff"

Commercials for:

21:13 - Wrigley's Big Red cinnamon gum (majority of ad had to be cut out to avoid YouTube blocking; full ad is posted separately here: https://youtu.be/g6H4nZSQkqI)

Agree Shampoo - "Helps Stop the Greasies"

Promo for Happy Days and Goodtime Girls for Tuesday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

"We will return" bumper

Incomplete promo for Hart to Hart for Tuesday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (cut off by station)

Theatrical trailer for "The Fog"

Station ID / "Who Are You?" promo (voiceover by Gary Gears?)

Eyewitness Newsbrief with Jack Jones (opening voiceover by Wayne Atkinson), with preview of item:

- Conflicting messages on whether Chicago schools will be open Monday

Commercial: Kentucky Fried Chicken

Show resumes with Donna performing "Once Upon a Time," leading to sketch with Robert who performs a snippet of "Midnight at the Oasis," then he and Donna duet on "Bridge Over Troubled Water"; next, in a nightclub setting, she sings "The Man I Love" and "Some of These Days"

Commercials for:

Army - "Students Start College Richer"

Carefree Panty Shields

Promo for Family and Stone (followed by Republican reply to State of the Union address) for Monday (voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

In next segment, Donna performs "Sunset People," then (with Twiggy, Debralee and Pat accompanying her) "Bad Girls"

Commercials for:

L'eggs Sheer Energy - with real estate salesperson Dolores Williamson, personnel assistant Annie Bouligny and speech pathologist Caren Rothstein

Oldsmobile Delta 88

Donna performs "Starting Over Again," then "Last Dance" (with invitations to certain audience members to join her)

Commercials for:

Noxzema Cover Girl Clean Make-Up (with Cheryl Tiegs on beach for photo shoot)

Olympia Beer (with mountain climbers)

Donna closes program with final thoughts, then come ending credits (with voiceover promo for Good Morning America by Sandy Hill, then voiceover promo for Eight Is Enough and Charlie's Angels by Allan Jefferys)

Promo for ABC News, emphasizing their coverage on Iran and the hostage situation (which would later evolve into Nightline) and World News Tonight

Preview for upcoming Eyewitness News with Jack Jones, weatherman Tom Hale (?) and sportscaster Jay Berry

Commercial: Harris Bank - "It's Important to Have Your Own Harris Banker" (recording ends just before commercial does)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, January 27th 1980 during the 9:00pm to 10:00pm timeframe.

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