February 15, 2012: Sports Nut

I added 20 more ads today from October and November 1971 plus two more Random Pages gallery additions, including a Tuesday, 11/9/71 AP story on the top ten shows for the week of 10/25-31/71. It was the first time that Monday Night Football made the top ten. There are two Thursday, 11/18/71 Norman Dresser items too, "TU Rockets Again in TV Spotlight" and "Covering the Local Radio-Television Beat," about Chase Clements being named news director at channel 13 and WABJ-AM's 25th anniversary. There's just one Channel 11 gallery ad, a Monday, 11/15/71 ad for "Robin and the Seven Hoods" on The Big Show. There's another WTOL-TV ad in the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, a Sunday, 10/31/71 ad for Project Eleven "Election 71" and one more in the Channel 11 News gallery, a Thursday, 11/11/71 ad for "The Complete News" on The Toledo Eleven Evening News st six and The Eleven O'Clock Report. There are seven ads in the Channel 13 gallery including a Friday, 10/29/71 ad for two weekday shows, Gilligan's Island (Bob Denver) and Hogan's Heroes and for eleven Saturday daytime shows, The Uncle Ben Show, Dr. Doolittle, Woody Woodpecker, Deputy Dawg, The Pink Panther, Barrier Reef, Giant Step, The Bugaloos, Mr. Wizard, The Jetsons and Untamed World. There's a Tuesday, 11/2/71 ad for The Venner-Ward Report (Frank Venner, Gordon Ward, Chase Clements, John Saunders), NBC Nightly News, What's My Line?, NBC prime-time shows Ironside, Sarge, The Funny Side plus Election '71 and NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Next is a Friday, 11/5/71 ad for Perry Mason "The Case of the Traveling Treasure" (Raymond Burr), the regular early evening and late-night shows (including Truth or Consequences at 7:30), NBC prime-time shows The D.A., NBC World Premiere Movie "A Howling in the Woods" and the syndicated Primus. There's also a Thursday, 11/11/71 ad for The Venner-Ward Report (Gordon Ward), the regular early evening and late-night shows plus NBC prime-time series The Flip Wilson Show, James Garner as Nichols and The Dean Martin Show, followed by a Friday, 11/12/71 ad for The Venner-Ward Report (Frank Gilhooley, sports nut) and the same Friday night NBC shows as above except the movie is "The Harness." Next is a Saturday, 11/13/71 ad for The John Saunders Report, NBC Nightly News, The Lawrence Welk Show (with his picture) and NBC shows, The Partners, The Good Life, NBC Saturday Night at the Movies "The War Wagon" and 13's late movie, "The Art of Love" followed by a Monday, 11/15/71 ad for "Dames at Sea" on NBC's Bell System Family Theatre (Ann-Margret). There's one in the Channel 24 gallery, a Saturday, 11/13/71 ad for Steven Spielberg's "Duel" on The ABC Movie of the Weekend (Dennis Weaver). There's one more in the Channel 24 News gallery, a Friday, 10/29/71 ad for 24's Eleven O'Clock News with Earl Nightingale. There are two ads for High School Football in the Buckeye CableVision gallery, a Tuesday, 11/2/71 ad for a Bowser vs. Devilbiss game and a Tuesday, 11/9/71 ad for a Libbey vs. Woodward game, both shown on tape-delay on cable channel 7. There are five ads in the Radio Station Ads gallery, including two WSPD-AM 1370 ads, a Thursday, 10/28/71 ad for the shows of Chuck Parmalee, Ron Tindall and Ted Dalaku ("Groove with the Golden Greats") and a Friday, 11/19/71 ad for "Speedy Copter" traffic reports. There are two WCWA-AM 1230 ads, a Friday, 10/29/71 ad and a Saturday, 10/30/71 ad for High School Football. There's one more, a Thursday, 10/28/71 ad for Smoooooth WCWA-FM Music on 104.7. The last of today's ads is in the Other Vintage ads gallery, a Thursday, 10/28/71 ad for Toledo Home Federal Savings and Loan where you could earn up to 6% interest on a CD. More November and December 1971 ads from the online archives of The Toledo Blade are on the way...