(
Credit to the original uploaders.)
Old school clips of a younger
Jerry, many with his popular co-anchor
Norma Rashid.
1983
-June 2,
Live at the
Airport from a fire on
Air Canada Flight 797.
-September 21 promo for a
Nightbeat commentary on colleges.
1984
-"
Biography" flashbacks of one of his first newscasts, and late '84 coming out of segments on a kid pro bowler, with Jerry saying they were going to work on it that weekend
.. and a TEENY second of another one!
1985:
-Flashbacks outside a building I don't recognize, and on a famine relief effort to
Ethiopia.
-May 9
Promo for the top stories from his desk, Then, the first story about the controversy over drug testing for the
MLB at the time, and another on 2 huge cocaine busts in
South Florida (still the largest on record!).
-Promo from late '85 mentioning recent features on their station -
Cincinnati Vice,
Noel Morgan's report on defective Chrystlers, and
Johnny Bench inviting them to cover a
Damn Yankees play.
1986:
-February 3 Promos, with stories on the
Challenger tragedy investigation, president
Ronald Reagan and the federal budget.
Plus the first few seconds after the news open.
-Segment on the history of trench coats with journalists.
-Bob Seger's record breaking
Riverbend Arena concerts in August, not long after his "Like A
Rock"
album came out.
1987
-Flashback and partial speech from receiving a "
Best Anchor" award the first year their newscast was #1.
-with
Toria Tolley and a segment on three boys running their own neighborhood newspaper.
-Funny story on
Collins interviewing the then-mayor
Charlie Luken (ironically HE later replaced Jerry as an anchorman!).
1988
-blurb from a bus driver's strike commentary
-profile on
Andy Williams, showing his high school yearbook picture!
-with sports anchor Ken Broo coming out of a story on high school basketball.
-clip of the July 4th Bicentennial party.
-November 29 promo with Toria Tolley:
Panda leaving town, ski resort reopens, report on horror slasher movies.
1989
-Tiny clip coming out of a Bengals story
-Riverfest '89 clips with
Ray Combs, first talking about volleyball, a guy who dropped his pants, and joking about what he'd do if he had to announce the party was off!
-Introducing and ending a segment on
Nancy Reagan's autobiography "
My Turn", then joking back and forth about how it was a good book and people didn't give it a chance.
-Flashback of a commentary (sorry its covered by talking).
1990
-Two different flashbacks of the same newscast, one mentioning a local political election?
-Riverfest '90 clip (with a
1977 flashback of Jerry taking his shirt off as mayor), and joking about it with Norma.
-October 7 coverage from
Pittsburgh's old
Three Rivers stadium when the
Reds played the
Pirates.
1991
-Introducing and ending a segment on
Truckin' Bozo Dale Somers, a former country music DJ and entertainer.
-With anchor
Betsy Ross, story on college students doing a pie in the face for charity.
-Bobby Mackey's
Music World, and how it unnerved Collins when he went there.
1992:
-Partial report on
West Virginia prison escapees and the police manhunt for them,
-Jerry trying to tell a joke and having bad timing (also with weatherman
Pat Barry).
-Talking about reporter
Laura Randall going on a tandem skydiving trip.
-Blurb from a commentary on teaching kids values.
-Partial commentary on the
KKK and their right to hold a rally downtown, despite their horrible political views.
Early 1993 "
Take Care of Yourself and
Each Other" commentary blurb.
1980,
1981, 1982,
1994,
1995,
Crosley Square,
Kentucky,
Young Jerry Springer, Fox.
- published: 06 Jan 2016
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