Here's the final seven and a half minutes of a Donahue interview with legendary comedian Bob Hope as aired over WGN Channel 9, followed by a commercial break and small "bozonus."

Includes:

Recording coming in midway as audience members pepper Bob with such questions as whether he or any of his staff were denied entrance to any country, and about what famous world figures impressed him and had an influence on his own life (for whatever reason he seems to have considerable difficulty either hearing or understanding the quite reasonable and clear questions and he comes off looking like a bit of a jerk)

Commercials for:

Johnson's Disposable Diapers (with Juliet Mills)

Promo for "A Chorus Line" at Blackstone Theatre (filmed at and outside New York's Shubert Theatre) (main voiceover by Norman Rose) (ending voiceover by ??)

Nelson Brothers Warehouse & Showrooms (voiceover by Al Parker)

Eagle Discount Supermarkets - "Shopping Report" (with Mrs. Kenneth Pogwizd of Willowbrook) (who's the interviewer? It sounds like either Joe Slattery or Lloyd Hanson)

Phil brings out WGN Radio 720's Wally Phillips to meet and greet Bob, and hands him a copy of his book "Wally Phillips People Book"; Wally brings up the "mystery of the little black box" about a living famous American both Bob and Phil know (see the solution to the mystery here:    • WBBM Channel 2 - The 10 O'Clock News ...  ); they all speak of the book before Phil closes the program and the ending credits come up:

Phil Donahue's Wardrobe by Botany '500'

Promo plug for Ford Mustang and True Value Hardware Stores (voiceover by ??)

Hotel Accommodations Furnished by Hyatt Regency O'Hare
Executive Producer - Richard Mincer
(station fades show out at that point)

Commercials for:

Dominick's Finer Foods - sale on Thompson Seedless Green Grapes, through September 12th (voiceover by Lloyd Hanson)

Gloria Marshall Figure Salon (with Allen Ludden interviewing Madeline Bjornsen (sp?) )

Promo for The Palace (with Jack Jones - premiering September 29th) (ending voiceover by Carl Greyson)

Voiceover promo for "The House on 92nd Street" at 8pm, John Drury and NewsNine at 10pm, and "The Dark Corner" at 10:30pm (voiceover by Merri Dee) (backing music: "Barry's Theme" by The Love Unlimited Orchestra)

WGN "Last Farewell" ID (voiceover by Merri Dee)

"Bozonus": First 9 seconds of Bozo's Circus, with ringmaster Frazier Thomas starting things off

"What are you, with the State Department or something?"

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, September 10th 1979 during the 11:50am to 12:00pm timeframe.

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