OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XV {1988 CALGARY OLYMPICS} {1988/02/27}, PART 6 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games from Calgary. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Keith Jackson presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Al Michaels, Mike Eruzione, and Ken Dryden cover the men's ice hockey game between Canada and Czechoslovakia. Canada leads 4-3, and Gord Sherven (Canada) scores two goals and goalie Andy Moog (Canada) has two significant saves, leading to Canada's 6-3 win.
Jackson introduces a segment on Calgary mayor Ralph Klein.
Sports commentator Jim McKay covers a segment on the competitors of women's individual figure skating, featuring highlights of Kira Ivanova (USSR), who is in fourth place; Caryn Kadavy (USA), who is in sixth place, Elizabeth Manley (Canada), who is in third place; and Jill Trenary (USA), who is in fifth.
Jackson introduces a compilation of highlights from performances by Debi Thomas (USA) and Katarina Witt (East Germany) set to music.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Al Oerter for Medipren; Jamie Lee Curtis, Arnold Palmer and O.J. Simpson for Hertz; Kareem Abdul-Jabar for Campbell's soup.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 27, 1988 2:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:58:07
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:15980
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1988, Winter, Calgary; Olympics; Ice Hockey, ice hockey men; Figure Skating, individual women
- SERIES RUN: ABC
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Allstate insurance
- TV - Commercials - American Airlines
- TV - Commercials - American Express credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance
- TV - Commercials - Campbell's soups
- TV - Commercials - Compaq computers
- TV - Commercials - Diet Sprite soft drinks
- TV - Commercials - Federal Express
- TV - Commercials - Hertz car rental services
- TV - Commercials - Jeep automobiles
- TV - Commercials - K-Mart stores
- TV - Commercials - Kodak film
- TV - Commercials - Medipren
- TV - Commercials - Miller Genuine Draft
- TV - Commercials - New Coke soft drinks
- TV - Commercials - Northwestern Mutual Life insurance
- TV - Commercials - U.S. Sprint telephone services
- TV - Commercials - Wendy's restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Wrangler jeans
CREDITS
- Keith Jackson … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Mike Eruzione … Sports Commentator
- Al Michaels … Sports Commentator
- Ken Dryden … Sports Commentator
- Jim McKay … Sports Commentator
- Gord Sherven … Athlete
- Andy Moog … Athlete
- Kira Ivanova … Athlete
- Caryn Kadavy … Athlete
- Elizabeth Manley … Athlete
- Jill Trenary … Athlete
- Debi Thomas … Athlete
- Katarina Witt … Athlete
- Ralph Klein … Cameo
- Al Oerter … Talent, Medipren Commercial
- Jamie Lee Curtis … Talent, Hertz Commercial
- O.J. Simpson … Talent, Hertz Commercial
- Arnold Palmer … Talent, Hertz Commercial
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar … Talent, Campbell's Soups Commercial