SoundStage - "The World of Proctor and Bergman" - WTTW Channel 11 (Complete Broadcast, 6/1/1978) 📺

Here's another complete edition of SoundStage as aired on local PBS affiliate WTTW Channel 11 (simulcast in stereo on WXRT 93 FM), "The World of Proctor and Bergman" (Philip Proctor and Peter Bergman, both of whom had been with The Firesign Theatre). Several routines are from their then-current album, "Give Us a Break" (Mercury SRM-1-3719, 1978 - a label then still based in Chicago).

Also features special guests Hirth Martinez, Gramps, Dr. X, Astro and Maurice, and others.

Includes:

Viewer suitability and simulcast notices (voiceover by Marty Robinson)

Opening segment, with Proctor (right) and Bergman (left) as PBS board members

"Carumba" ad parody

Show open (voiceover by Marty Robinson)

Routines include:

Hoodah Hat

Proctor/Bergman Report: Consumer Watchdog

Astro & Maurice Psychic Surprises Show

Movie Spots (Trailers for "The Man in the Ironed Mask" and "Doggies")

Hirth Martinez perfoms "Mama Say" and "She Was Lonely When I Met Her"

ZBS-TV (Market Guards and The Man in the Iron Link)

Brandt's Words (old time radio parody)

Flu Song

The Ring of the Orphan King

Geezer and Ebenezer Sneezer for Sneezer's Chicken

Proctor/Bergman Report: Nukes in the News

Dr. X

Hirth performs "I've Been Workin' on the Railroad" and "He's a Scary Man"

Chef Entree

Proctor/Bergman Report: Arnold Brainduster Memory School

Lemon Car

Ending credits (with 'ON AIR' sign and "What Did That Man Say?" routine in background):

The World of Proctor and Bergman
Starring Philip Proctor and Peter Bergman
Special Guest - Hirth Martinez
Featuring Caroline Cox, Joe Conte, Jerry Dye, Orlando Reyes
and members of the Chicago Historical Society
Musical Director - John Simon

SoundStage
Produced by Dave Erdman, Charles Mitchell
Directed by Dave Erdman
Associate Producer - Jane Kaplan
Associate Director - Cynthia Southon
Production Assistant - Paul Rocklon
Floor Director - Marvin Pienta
Technical Supervisor - Tim Snell
Audio - Jim Mancini
Video - Jerry Hanna
Cameras - Roy Alan, Barry Blue, J. R. Hampson III, Ray Meinke, Susan Smeyak, Carlos Tronshaw, Rick Wells
Video Tape Recording - Rich Davies, Vorce McIntosh
Video Tape Editing - Susan Smeyak
Set Designer - Michael Loewenstein
Lighting - Jim Gedwellas
Cinematographers - Cal Langenberg, Dick Sato
Film Audio - Laszlo Aranyos, Bob Dove
Camera Assistants - Patti Hewes, Mike Rafayko
Graphics - Sandy Gartler, Tim McGovern
Acknowledgements: North Shore Hilton, Studio Instrument Rentals, Jim Sulski
Public Television Stations
Copyright 1978 Chicago Educational Television Association
A Production of WTTW Chicago

"Portions of the following program may be unsuitable for younger or more sensitive viewers."

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, June 1st 1978 during the 9:00pm to 10:00pm timeframe. (program was repeated Saturday, June 3rd 1978) [according to a Chicago Tribune article, the special was taped in March 1978]

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