Here's the full episode of another failed pilot, America 2100, which aired over WLS Channel 7. In its theme, it was a forerunner to such shows as Futurama, plus being in the vein of Woody Allen's comedy "Sleeper." The premise (such as it is): Two down-on-their luck comedians, Chester Barnes (Jon Cutler) and Phil Keese (Mark King) are freezing to death in a Fargo, ND hotel, and in trying to keep warm, end up both asphyxiated to death and then cryogenically frozen - leading to a state of suspended animation for the next 120 years, after which they find themselves in outer space in a community controlled by a computer, MAX (Sid Caesar), in which children are assigned jobs at age 6; and dealing with Dr. Karen Harland (Karen Valentine, ex Room 222) who tries to orient them towards 22nd-century ways while they try to teach her about how life was in the 20th century. Some commercial breaks are deleted. Includes: Station ID with Fahey Flynn previewing Eyewitness News at 10pm Preemption notice for Laverne & Shirley, with clip thereof (voiceover by Ernie Anderson) Prologue with setup of show premise, and opening titles with credits: Executive Producers: Austin Kalish and Irma Kalish Cut directly to Act I, with opening credits: Produced By Gary Menteer Written By Mark Rothman & Lowell Ganz Directed By Joel Zwick Commercial: Freshen-Up gum Commercial: Ken-L Ration Tender Chunks dog food - with James Whitmore Promos for Eight Is Enough for Wednesday at 8:00pm (7:00pm Central) and for Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley beginning Thursday at 8:00pm (7:00pm Central) (voiceover by Ernie Anderson) (ending voiceover by Wally Parker) Animated ABC ID with lower-third WLS ID Act II, which sees Dr. Harland coaxed into fancy hoofing (and our boys escaping another pickle) Ending credits (after main cast) with voiceover promo (by Wally Parker) for Eight Is Enough for Wednesday at 8:00pm (7:00pm Central) and for Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley for Thursday starting at 8:00pm (7:00pm Central), and coming up - Three's Company: Supervising Producer - Don Silverman Associate Producer - Stephen Cragg Director of Photography - Meredith Nicholson, A.S.C. Art Director - John Vallone Film Editor - Douglas Hines, A.C.E. Unit Production Manager - Norm Gray Assistant Director - Bob Graner Second Assistant Director - Don Buccola Set Decorator - Rich Reams Technical Coordinator - Phil Perez Script Supervisor - Dorothy Aldworth Assistant to Austin & Irma Kalish - Nancy Rogow Costumes Designed by Al Lehman Women's Costumer - Justine Brady Men's Costumer - Bob Campbell Make-up - John M. Elliott Hair Stylist - Charlene Johnson Music Editor - Chips Swanson Sound Editor - Bruce W. Schoengarth Recorded by Glen Glenn Sound Casting by The Ellison/Gartzman Company Music by Jonathan Tunick Copyright (C) MCMLXXIX by Paramount Pictures Corporation - All Rights Reserved Arim Productions, Inc. In Association With Paramount Television - A Gulf + Western Company ABC "Still the One!" promo with key stars including Dick Van Patten of Eight Is Enough, Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams of Laverne & Shirley, and Henry Winkler of Happy Days, up in the air in inflatable balloons (ending voiceover by Ernie Anderson) This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, July 24th 1979 during the 7:30pm to 8:00pm timeframe. [Trivia Note: The T.V. Show - another failed pilot, which was witness to the birth of the faux rock group Spinal Tap, aired later that same night.] About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television's primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s and early 80s, primarily) recorded off of any and all Chicago TV channels; footage which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical purposes. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to DVD, and to view more of the 4,700+ (and counting) video clips available for viewing in our online archive, please visit us at: http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?contentload=donate